Original Message:
"Exchanger" status.... (by KC):
troyr22 wrote:I am wondering if you get the ownership benefits of the resort that you end up staying at if you exchange or if you are considered a guest and have to pay the higher costs of use?
There really are no "higher costs of use to pay" in an exchange, except for the exchange fee itself (paid directly to the entity brokering the exchange, not to the resort). The only difference to an "exchanger" is invisible and occasional; the best unit locations at many resorts may not be made available to "exchangers", often being (entirely appropriately) allocated for booking by owners at that resort booking their "float" week reservations. Exchangers generally get what's then left over. That's entirely fair and appropriate, since it's the owners (not the exchangers) who are paying the annual maintenance fees at the resorts.