Original Message:
Rental inquiry (by Bonnie A.):
bonniea16 wrote:jayjay wrote:bonniea16 wrote:There are thousands of timeshares being rented in Orlando and if it wasn't for many (not all) being rented the way they are not supposed to Redweek would most likely be half empty with advertisments. I do beleive that the websites are being watched by exchange companies but this year with high costs they are turning a blind eye because if they didn't Orlando would be in dire straits with no tourists and timeshares would sit idol without occupants.If I'm reading your post above correctly, you are saying to go ahead and rent an exchange from RCI and/or II. With the economy being like it is you say that, "RCI and II are turning a blind eye" to this activity. Do you know this for a fact?
There have been reports, one just recently on Tug, where an II member was accused of renting II exchanges. In the end the accusations were false, but II contacted that member threatening to close his II account, so if you think it's okay to rent RCI and/or II exchanges, you are wrong ... bad economy or not.
There have also been reports on Tug of RCI closing member's accounts that have been caught renting RCI exchanges. Some people do get away with it, but I definitely wouldn't take the chance myself .... it's just not worth losing one's membership and renters being turned away at check-in.
I agree with you... I would not take the chance either but all I meant was that we didn't really know the gentlemans situation before some questions were asked in a questionable way. I guess I find it hard to understand how SO many timeshares are for rent everywhere if they are not done through exchanges. I couldn't imagine renting a timeshare out and then having it cancelled or my membership taken away I so agree with you but so many are taking that chance and most are getting away with it to the few that are getting caught . At some point the system has to change things to either allow it or to monitor it one or the other to make it honest and fair.I guess the original way of questioning could have been phrased differently to not offend anyone thats all.
Also what is TUG I would like to read about it for my own knowledge and interests. Can you post the website? I would appreciate it thanks!