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Exchange fees are standard procedure ANYWHERE... (by KC):

sadiea2 states: >>Beware with Interval, they charge you for anything they can. When we had to exchange with them from Festiva (Ellington) they charged us $139 on top of our membership dues.<< ===============================================

In fairness to II, **ALL** exchange companies charge an exchange fee for making ANY exchange --- that's the business they are in. This has ALWAYS been the case, with just minor variations in the actual exchange fee charged by different exchange companies. How / why is this decades long and established fee practice somehow now an objectionable suprise to you?

Exchange companies are in business to make a profit --- not to be your friend or to facilitate your vacations for free. Profit motive is the reason why they exist at all and it's the reason why they charge membership fees and exchange fees (which are both purely voluntary choices for the consumer). With due respect, if you don't want to pay for those particular services, you can always make the personal choice to just not use them...