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Not the whole story... (by KC):

adahiscout wrote:

All of the exchange companies I am familiar with --RCI, II, SFX ,Holiday, etc-- do rentals in addition to exchanges. TImeshare resorts themselves frequently do. The sources of these rentals are much more diverse and legal than we timeshare owners generally realize.

I don't dispute the accuracy of your statement. However, I also seriously doubt that it is the standard, routine practice of those other non-RCI entities you mention to consistently "hold back" most or all of the BEST QUALITY deposits in order to just rent them out themselves for much greater profit. To me (although I personally don't and won't use RCI anyhow) the issue here is not a matter of quantity, it's an issue of QUALITY. Just for one example, when was the last time an RCI member got an exchange (...ANY exchange, ANY facility, ANY size unit) in coastal SW Florida in February or March? YEARS, according to an endless number of folks I meet at facilities in that area at other times of the year. Being able to "exchange" into there only in the searing heat and humidity of summer or in hurricane season is hardly a "plus".

In any case, what's done is done --- the fat lady has now officially sung.