RCI is well known for being a pioneer in the concept of holiday exchanges for timeshare weeks, but it’s perhaps less known that it was also a pioneer in enabling owners of points to exchange between different timeshare resorts through RCI Points.
The concept of ‘points’, rather than an individual timeshare ‘week’, is a relatively recent concept but has quickly become both well established and popular. For those unfamiliar with the idea, rather than buying a particular week, an owner buys, or is allocated, a set number of points for a recurring 12 month period against a particular week and accommodation type. In the case of RCI Points those can then be used against holidays at your home resort, or against a holiday – or holidays – at any RCI affiliated resort around the world.
Perhaps the big difference between weeks and points is that an owner can see at any time how many points they have available, and with RCI Points how many they need to book a particular season and size of accommodation. RCI Points also have a two year life span, so there are a number of opportunities to really make the most of membership.
If you have RCI Points left over after making a booking then these are automatically carried forward into the following year. It is possible to choose not to make a booking and save all your RCI Points into the following year, but there is a small charge for this.
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