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Re: Against RCI/II Rules to Rent out Exchanges (by Mary D.):

jayjay wrote:

Actually, in retrospect, I believe when we first started timesharing RCI charged only $129 for an exchange.

I agree that it would be more trouble than it would be worth to rent exchanges, especially since RCI members can be suspended for doing so and renters turned away at check-in, however some people seem to get away with it for whatever reason.

However, you can now buy yearly guest certificates from RCI for a fee (not sure what the fee is) and issue all the guest certificates you wish in that year. To me, this flagrantly invites rentals of exchanges. I don't understand many of RCI's business practices.

I recently inquired about this and was told that you can buy a three year or five year "Partial Guest Certificate" for a specific person to be your guest. I don't remember the exact fee but it was less than three regular guest certificates cost. That NAMED person could make an unlimited number of reservations. This is not going to help anyone who wants to pretend that assorted strangers are his personal guests. It would be useful if you have an adult child whom you frequently let to use your exchanged weeks. Ahaa! I think I can copy some of that info to you:

A Member may give a Multi-Year Guest Certificate to a friend or family member by purchasing at the then current fee a Multi-Year Guest Certificate for a stated period of time offered by RCI in its discretion from time to time. A Multi-Year Guest Certificate allows the Member to give the named guest recipient the benefits of a Guest Certificate on multiple occasions during the stated period without paying an individual Guest Certificate fee for each transaction; provided that the Member has timely renewed his/her RCI Weeks Subscribing Membership, the subscribing membership has not been terminated, and Member has not directed RCI to terminate the Multi-Year Guest Certificate. The Member may terminate a Multi-Year Guest Certificate at any time. The Multi-Year Guest Certificate fee is nonrefundable. No substitution of named guests on the Multi-Year guest Certificate will be permitted. It is the responsibility of the Member to forward any and all correspondence and information regarding Guest Certificates and Confirmations to the guest. Guest Certificates may only be used by the individual(s) named on the certificate and their guests and may not be used by persons under the age of twenty-one (21).