RCI COMING SOON… MEMBER APPRECIATION EVENT Check back 8/7 for more details.
Discussion in 'Exchanging Timeshares' started by Panina, Aug 5, 2018.
Check back 8/7 for more details.
The email states "Big savings are coming your way! "
Likely discounted membership extension for 3-5 years. They seem to be on about extending and getting customers to pay up front for membership years after recently raising the transaction rates.
A raising of fees? RCI would appreciate the customers more. A little cynical I know. I have been marketed to so much that the red flag goes up every time I hear about those great opportunities and new and improved.
Sadly, you are probably right. They will offer us something good and then charge us more later. I have a few trips booked with RCI and after them I am out of RCI except thru the hgvc portal. I had enough of their high fees, tpu unfairness, and competing against everyone when they combine their weeks and I deposited a highly desirable week.
Not even close! May offer a free exchange if you bank a week?
I don't think so..., I received the email as well and have no weeks to bank - only Points for our RCI account.
Membership is universal to all so it's likely the issue at hand for the deal.
Depends on the offer if I will renew or not.
Whatever it is, my guess is they are offering whatever because their revenue is hurting and their goal is to make it better.
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Big deal......exchange fee reduced to $199.
At first I thought it was select EV for $199 - that wouldn't have been bad. This isn't enough to get me excited.
Especially since I won't have another week to deposit/exchange until October. Bah, humbug.
RCI "over promise, under deliver"
Telling though that perhaps they are beginning to realize that their fees are just too high. We can only hope. I think that it would have been a bit more meaningful if they gave everyone a "coupon" for the discount that was good for a month or two.
If I am reading it right, you have to deposit and trade within a few days which means you only have open inventory. I give them a FAIL, not excited or moved, well maybe even a step further back.
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Wasn't it $199 like a year ago?
Every time RCI sends a comment card when we return from a vacation (which is 4-6 X/yr) I complain about their rates. On the question about recommending RCI to family or friends I give a low rating and say it is largely due to their exorbitant rates for membership and exchanges. I really think there should be a much larger discount (maybe 50%) for booking vacations ourselves through their website, with absolutely no involvement of a VC at all, and I tell them that too!
I am another one who is unimpressed with their special offer and the short time in which to use it.
Only good for two days. Did anyone do this?
I did. And since you mentioned it I'm going to take another look to see if there is anything else I want to book before the sale ends.
Did you get a nice exchange Jan?
Yes I did. I may have to give up one of them. I have the week of August 19th at The Resort on Cocoa Beach in a two bedroom unit. My husband is saying since we will already be gone for two weeks and only home a full day before we leave again he thinks we should just stay home. We've stayed at this resort several times and really like it. I'm going to send you a pm. If you can use the week you are welcome to it for what it cost me.
I don't know what other deals they've had running, but the last two exchanges I've made have been discounted. The most recent was a couple days ago. $60 off. The previous one was months ago, and I think that was $60 off also.
I think that might have been developer specific. What were you trading from and to?
There was a notice on my RCI home page when I logged in that said I might be eligible for an exchange fee discount, but it didn't explain the terms. Most recently, I used a combination of leftover TPUs to book a unit at The Eastern Slope Inn in NH. I theorized the discount could have to do with booking another resort recently. I exchanged into Mauna Loa Village on the Big Island for next March. The discounted exchange fee from a few months ago occurred when I booked weeks at two different resorts in Florida the same day, so I theorized the timing could be a factor.
That statement has been showing up on my page for a long time - I still haven't figured it out.