posted 03-03-2005 20:41               

They also have the weeks memberships on the "BOGO" offer, but it sounded from recent threads like most people liked the points program better in RHC than the weeks program.

By the way - this is not an ad! I have no relationship to holiday group. I was just hoping to give a heads-up to people who have recently posted about RHC.

Edye

posted 03-04-2005 15:59               

I couldn't find this on ebay.
Is it a current ongoing auction? Or is it a recently closed auction?

posted 03-04-2005 19:01               

I also saw the RHC unit a few days ago. On this 'giveaway' list, they also include the number of units they have for that resort or club. I saw several with 2 or 4 'like these', but I don't remember seeing any more than one for the Holiday Club.

(Some of the units list as GC or 5 Star, but usually, the colors aren;t red, or the location might be so, so. If I find a link I'll post.

posted 03-05-2005 18:40               

Thanks for posting the updates on the Holiday Group's offers for the Royal Holiday Club.

My question to you is that when I went to the Timeshare listings on the EBay website - I could not find the Holiday Group's offer.

When I went to the Holiday Group's home web page & did a search of their site - I also couldn't locate the offer.

Ken, I did go to the link you posted and read about their offer but I'm wondering why I wasn't able to locate the offer on my own. If it wasnt' for your & Edye's post, I wouldn't be aware that the offer existed.

What am I missing?

posted 03-05-2005 19:16               

Hope that clarifies everything. ??
Edye

posted 03-05-2005 19:49            

Ambassador Unit -- weeks based "high season" membership can travel every week of the year except for 51, 52, and the weeks before and after Easter

Rome(Studio sleeps 4 at the Mayfair Residence/Spanish Steps
34200 points most of the year
37999 points July, August, 51, 52

London (2-BR at the Allen House)
20842 points most of the year
32846 points July, August, 51, 52

Aruba (1-BR at Paradise Beach Villas
25001 points most of the year
34999 points Dec 16-31, Jan - April 15

10000-15000 points isn't enough for those who want a full week of travel.

posted 03-05-2005 20:02            

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Originally posted by jbmcginness:
I thought that I could pick a resort that is also a part of the RCI weeks system and call RHC and asked them to deposit one of these weeks into my weeks RCI account.

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RHC is not good for that. But, it is great as a weeks deposit. They told me that the way the week is picked is that RCI is given the choice of all the units you can book with your points, and RCI picks the week it wants most. Therefore, the week that is deposited will have the highest possible trade power in the RCI weeks system. But it will not take the technical aspects of RCI points conversion into account.

In my case, they deposited a New Year's Studio at Park Royal Cozumel, which I traded into Amsterdam for this summer.

posted 03-05-2005 20:05               

What's the link you're using to get to the Holiday Group Auction?

I can't seem to locate it from their home page.

Thanks

posted 03-05-2005 20:08               

I think that another Tugger discussed this in a another thread.

Look through this Tug Thread and see if that's where it was mentioned. http://www.tug1.net/tugbbs1/Forum20/HTML/002006.html

posted 03-05-2005 20:37               

hope that works!
Edye

posted 03-06-2005 15:33               

Thanks.

I sent you a private email as a follow up.

posted 05-29-2005 13:38               

Steve (Hoc) does comment that the RHC doesn't seem to have the most responsive management people to help...but if you learn the system...it might be great.

posted 05-30-2005 06:21               

On TUG and the RCI BBS, I believe there was a listing of the mandatory RCI AI resorts posted by Madge. But some Holiday Clubs might also contract use in non-T/S resorts, as well.

Don't know where a listing for RHC sales might be. HAve seen some on TUG classified (maybe overpriced??).

posted 05-31-2005 11:42               

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Originally posted by jbmcginness:
I own 30,000 points with the RHC (www.royal-holiday.com). I would love to talk with someone else who is also a points member of RHC and see what locations they have gone to and which ones they have liked. I could give some good input if they have any questions also. I thought that I could pick a resort that is also a part of the RCI weeks system and call RHC and asked them to deposit one of these weeks into my weeks RCI account. Then I had planned to call RCI and have them convert this week into my ponits account. When I called RHC, I had picked several resorts that were worth high point value for RCI during the time period that I requested. RHC informed me that they will not let a RHC member request the week that they want put into their RCI account. They said that the week that is put into our RCI week account is all done by computer and I would not find out what week I got until I called RCI. I was shocked b/c of course, my system did not work and the point conversion would normally not be worth the week that I had picked out. Has anyone else tried to do deposit their points back to RHC so that they would deposit a week into RCI - most people do this if they can not use all of their points for the year and they do not want to lose them. Would love to discuss with other RHC members. Thanks,
Joy

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Your dilemma is an interesting one and is more than a cursory read for me. Please keep me posted on developments in this particular reserve-deposit-exchange scenario (RDE). If I receive any information or conjure up some clever way to maximize returns on this RDE scene I'll keep you and other TUGgers posted.

posted 05-31-2005 13:37            

quote:

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Originally posted by jbmcginness:
I own 30,000 points with the RHC (www.royal-holiday.com). I would love to talk with someone else who is also a points member of RHC and see what locations they have gone to and which ones they have liked.

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I am in Madrid now, and I like the resort a lot. I would give it an 8. I will post a review when I get back, including a fairly extensive review of Madrid, since there is no other TUG review of the area. I really wish that you would post reviews of the resorts where you stayed on TUG, as it´s hard to find reviews of RHC timeshares. But, I´d also be glad to exchange any info.