Original Message:
Re: Renting exchanged RCI weeks is expressly prohibited (by S. D.):
This policy is exactly why I cancelled my account with RCI. I think it's totally bogus. If I can stay there myself, then I should be able to have someone else stay there, the same way a renter in an apartment is able to sublet their apartment to someone else. If I clearly tell them that I don't own at that resort but I exchanged the unit I do own somewhere else, then there's nothing dishonest about it.
This policy is just another way for RCI to stick it to people, imo.
I'm not saying that I rent out my exchange dishonestly. Once I found out about this policy (which wasn't in place when I first bought my timeshare in 1988, and in fact the sales person encouraged me to rent out an exchange if I couldn't use it), I stopped renting. But as I said, I also closed my account with RCI.