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Original Message:

RCI is VERY actively involved in rentals.... (by KC):

jayjay wrote:
RCI has no affiliation whatsoever with any timeshare rental or resale company .... they are in the business of exchanging only.
The statement quoted above is NOT factually correct or accurate.

RCI (Resort Condos International) owns or operates NUMEROUS different rental outlets and operations. One that comes immediately to mind is Leisure Link. Another one is SnapTravel. There may be others too. I recall the Leisure Link acquisition very clearly because the RCI press release announcing this particular acquisition (about 3 years ago) truly surprised me with its' wording, wherein RCI openly described ITSELF as "a RENTAL and exchange company" (quoted verbatim; capitalization of the word RENTAL is mine, for emphasis). Note which function is listed FIRST in that self-description published in a press release which was prepared and issued by RCI itself!

RCI has also, for a very long time now, rented out weeks to RCI members under a program which they call "Extra Vacations". RCI has of course ALSO become somewhat notorious in recent years for renting out prime weeks directly to the general public (i.e., in addition to the "Extra Vacations" rentals available to RCI members). These are prime weeks which RCI has received from RCI members as "deposits for exchange". In fact, this practice of direct rentals to the public by RCI is EXACTLY what first prompted the Murillo vs. RCI lawsuit, which was initially filed against RCI back in March, 2005.

It is certainly true that *MANY YEARS AGO* RCI started out as being ONLY an "exchange" company, but the times (and the pertinent facts) have changed considerably since then. In the words of an old Chad & Jeremy song "...But that was yesterday, and yestersday's GONE."