REDWEEKS NEW TIMESHARE EXHANGE PROGRAM

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Re: REDWEEKS NEW TIMESHARE EXHANGE PROGRAM (by Terry H.):

daddyd "Just so I understand....."

I own a Marriott Waiohai, which I have yet to trade, and

I own a 3BR 3BA unit at the Christie Lodge in Avon, CO. The Christie Lodge, in general, is not in a very high demand unless it is booked for a prime ski week.

I usually book my week during a spring break period to get the most value possible. I then turn the week in to RCI, use it, or rent it.

The trades I have received have been nice, usually gold crown units, at decent places. When I say decent, I mean Sheraton max, not Marriott or Hilton.

But getting what you want, when you want has always been a problem with exchanging. I have a pending search for South Padre for next March that has been going on for four months no luck yet.

I decided to deposit into Redweek my Christie Lodge spring break week for 2008. They offered me exactly what I was asking for rent on the unit. I had a rental listing on Redweek. I took their offer and now have points waiting to spend.

Hopefully some good deposits will come in well before my three years expires.

The problem with floating weeks system is that everyone wants the same time periods. It has become a major problem that timeshare owners now book all the prime weeks and never have any intention of using them. All the good weeks are used for rental and not deposited regularly enough. Check out nice resorts at Hawaii, Cancun and Aruba – tons of rentals listed. Marriott used to offer us large sums of money UP FRONT for our booked weeks. This was contributing to the problem. That meant other Marriott owners at other locations could never trade in to the most desired locations and weeks because none were deposited. Do to owner backlash, Marriott is now using a more traditional rental system (you don’t know how much or if your unit will be rented).

I think this new Redweek program is fair because you see your offer and can relate it to the asking price of other properties before you deposit. Good luck and Give it a try!!

Terry