I want a Points Program, want to trade into other properties.

Hi,

Let me try to share a little more. RCI points are the most flexible points system out there, and expansive. You can use them at hotels, for cruises, even car rentals as well as timeshare weeks. Most folks use them for timeshare weeks, but if they have left over points in a year, they will find alternate ways to "spend them" or they will have the points carry-over to the next year. Now to be clear, folks who own traditional fixed or floating weeks can bank those too with RCI and exchange. The thing with points is that they tend to give you more trading power, and trading power factors into cost.

The main reason folks choose points is for exactly what you requested--to be able to go anywhere, but also in different kids of ways-break up weeks for long weekends (resorts close to home) or to get MORE weeks than just one, as RCI has a great Points "last call" which means you can get a week 45 days away from travel for about 9,000 points in most cases. I recommend going to www.rci.com and just look around for various aspects of points. Our web site, www.emidsouthinc.com has a lot of answers too.

Okay, now. The deed on this particular points package is now for inventory purposes only, and is what RCI considers your HOME RESORT. The owner paid the RCI conversion fee ($1-2K) and essentially converted this deed to points. RCI would expect you to use the points UNLESS you let them know 13 months ahead of time. In that case, you could make your floating week reservation and use it at the resort as is:

Annual Floating Week / Choose Week: 24 - 38 (June 15 - September 30). Use begins in 2008!

So, basically, you would use a summer/early fall week in CO. in a 2 BR unit, which is an awesome deal in an of itself. But, now this deed through RCI and the resort is a POINTS usage, which means: reserve anytime of the year at your home resort (for any size unit), and you get a preferential time period for reserving at your home resort you could reserve at ANY RCI points resort (examples of what 50,000+ points will get you in Hawaii are below) So, in order to get a good match, it's important to know what general size of unit you'll need and general seasons you like to travel. Here are some other things to consider. The budget of your annual MF fee, whether you think you'd like to really use at a home resort (otherwise buying anywhere for best MF-number of points), and what kind of vacationing you like to do (one week per year, distance, etc.)

Finally, you can look at other points packages at their web site, www.wyndham.com and www.bluegreenonline.com . My guess is that you will enjoy RCI's all-encompassing program. I hope this is a good start for you. Let me know what you think and we'll go from there

Best,
Francene Watson