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Re: Can I rent out a timeshare that I exchanged with Interval International? (by R P.):
phill12 wrote:These people should be reading the rules they signed on to. I think most do understand and either just want others to say it is alright or for some its a sly way to let people see they have a top resort and week to rent out!I wish anyone caught doing this would be removed from the trading company after first time and never be able to rejoin! Then they have no choice but rent their own unit if they want!
Stopping these people would seen notice to all these others hoping for quick buck that one time and your done.
Someone needs to start cleaning the timeshare business up and that includes removing up front companies and all these other sleeze bags in the timeshare world! PHIL
phil, there have been cases where RCI and II expelled members for rentng exchanges, however many people don't know that this rule exists unless they read forums like these. That's why Redweek forums are so important.
I do agree that the timeshare industry needs a major overhaul from top to bottom. The word timeshare had a very bad reputation back in the early 1980's then they finally cleaned up their act with the advent of high end timeshares like Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and others entering the field, but then upfront fee resale companies, postcard companies and other scams entered the field and now timesharing is once again a 'bad word' due to the millions of people that have been taken. It's sad that such a large industry allows all the scams involved since timesharing is not regulated.
I keep repeating the mantra that 'exchanges are not allowed to be rented' to inform those that have not seen the message here.