Additional Inside Tips
If your requested holiday isn’t immediately available, you have the ability to request that we (RCI) search on an ongoing basis for your desired holiday! Go online to start your ongoing search today. Here’s how:
- Click the Search for a Holiday tab.
- Search for your holiday, and if it isn’t available, click the area to the right that looks like this:
- Enter your criteria, and start searching!
- When a holiday that meets your desire becomes available, RCI will give you a call and hold it on your behalf for up to 24 hours. You are under no obligation to go on the holiday once a match has been found.
Call 1300 368 800 (AU)
or 0800 368 800 (NZ)
Weekdays from 7 am - 7 pm
Weekends from 7 am - 1 pm
(Local times for Eastern Standard Time)
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If you’ve ever spoken with an RCI Reservations Consultant, or received membership information from RCI, you’ve probably heard or seen the following recommendation, “Deposit Early to Maximise Your Trading Power”. You’ve probably also asked yourself, “What exactly does that mean?".
We’re here to tell you what Trading Power is, and why it’s so important to Deposit Early!
The (Trading) Power of Knowledge
According to the RCI Disclosure Guide, Trading Power is "The value assigned by RCI to Holiday Time upon a Deposit and used by RCI to fulfill an Exchange Request."
So in essence, your Trading Power is the value assigned by RCI to your week at the time of Deposit, which determines what Exchange availability you see when you search for an Exchange Holiday. Thus, it is used by RCI to fulfill your Exchange requests.
That probably helps, but if you're like many other members, you're now wondering:
LET’S START WITH EXPLAINING A DEPOSIT!
You own a week at this resort and decide to Deposit it with RCI so that you can Exchange it for another holiday.
Upon depositing, RCI assigns a value to your holiday time, which is based on the answers to the following questions:
- What is the Classification, Demand, Supply, and Utilisation for your specific Deposit,
your resort and the region?- Classification: Did you deposit a resort, a boat, or an RV?
- Demand - How many members want your deposit?
- Supply - How many similar deposits do we already have?
- Utilisation - How many deposits like yours have been confirmed by other members in the past?
- What season do you own?
- What size and type of unit is it?
- What are the comment card scores for your resort?
- How far in advance are you depositing?
Based on the above components, your deposit is assigned Trading Power.
THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL EXCHANGE
1. Deposit early:
By Depositing early, you can maximise the Trading Power of your Deposit.
2. Request an Exchange (early) that is similar to your Deposit:
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By searching for an Exchange as early as possible, that is similar to what you Deposited, you can maximise the availability you see and attempt to secure it before demand exceeds supply!
So why does RCI have Trading Power in the first place?
Trading Power is a way to help RCI get you a fair Exchange that is comparable to the week you deposited. By assigning Trading Power RCI can help members find holidays similar to the ones they already own.
Ready to apply your new knowledge?
Go to RCI.com today >> or call an RCI Reservations Consultant on
1800 368 800 (AU) or 0800 368 800 (NZ).
*Subject to availability based on value-for-value holiday exchange principles.
*RCI exchange program usage impacts Trading Power.
In certain circumstances, Trading Power criteria is waived for exchanges.
