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Re: point rental liquidators Sunset Harbor Resorts (by Tina K.):

Susan, -The credit cards say RCI Elite Rewards World Master Card and are issued by Bank of America. A different exchange company, like VSI or II would use a different credit card. Also, I guess some people pay cash or write a check, so there wouldn't be a new credit card. -The way I understand that some of the timeshare condos work is that some of the units can be purchased by individuals that chose to be affilitated with RCI for any of their exchanges and other units could be purchased by individuals that possibly chose to use VSI or II to handle any of their exchanges. I believe the resort would be in charge of offering these choices and RCI or VSI or II would have to have the resort approved and on their rolls. If a buyer doesn't ever intend to exchange and only wants to stay at their home resort during the week that they own or rent out their week, there is no need for them to join any exchange program. I know that RCI charges a membership fee and an exchange fee, but I'm not sure about the others. Some timeshare condos are in the "weeks" program and some are in the "points" program. I guess it's possible for a resort to have some of their units in "weeks" and some in "points" but I don't think they are interchangeable once they are set up a certain way. -My parents' condo is "weeks" so I'm not very familiar with the "points" set up. I have noticed on the RCI exchange info pages that some resorts charge a "Housekeeping Fee" for points reservations, but not for weeks reservations. This one example in Colorado was $90! You'd need to factor that in the formula if you're trying to compare pros & cons of weeks vs. points.