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Re: Timeshare Points vs. Weeks (by Mary D.):

The RCI directory shows Vacation Village at Weston as a Gold Crown resort and Red Season all year round. The season color depends on location, not resort, and Westin in is southern Florida. January is dandy. The Villas at Summer Bay Resort in Kissimee are Silver Crown and just plain Summer Bay Resort in the same area is Gold Crown. They too are Red all year, but not quite as desirable for exchange in winter. Orlando can get pretty chilly. I can't tell whether Summer Bay has any indoor pools. They should, but most Florida resorts live with the illusion that they are not needed. It is my understanding that Summer Bay is in the RCI Points program.

Many resort groups have an internal Points system which lets owners exchange within their own chain at any time of year and for a variety of unit sizes and lengths of stay. Those groups may be members of RCI Points or they may use their own points system internally and exchange outside their own group through the RCI Weeks program. It is my understanding that you have been exchanging outiside Vacation Village through RCI Weeks. Not clear whether you had flexibility within the assorted VV resorts or always had to use the same week at the same resort.

In any case, you are way beyond the date for rescinding your contract with Summer Bay. Have they pressed you to complete the transfer of your VV property? We have had dealings with a Mexican resort which was willing to give us credit for a US resort--which they would use as a tax loss. They didn't seem to care a lot whether they ever got it.