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Timeshare Exchange Companies

Another very attractive reason for owning timeshare is the opportunity to exchange your week for a week at any of more than 5,700 other timeshare resorts in over 101 countries worldwide. For this you must become a member of an exchange organisation. You may choose to return to your home resort year after year, trade it for any of the thousands of affiliated resorts throughout the world, or alternate back and forth between the two! It is this kind of owner flexibility that brought the timeshare industry from nothing more than a great idea 30 years ago to the multi-billion dollar industry it is today.

Can I exchange my Timeshare weeks for another place?
Most reputable Timeshares sold are exchangeable around the world through R.C.I., I.I., Dial an Exchange or exchange organisations.

What is an Exchange Company and how does it work?
There are several timeshare exchange companies. The most known are Resort Condominiums International (R.C.I.) and Interval International (I.I.). These exchange companies are affiliated with over 5,000 resorts across the globe. The concept is really quite simple. Timeshare exchanging means to trade your week at your resort with another timeshare owner's week at another resort.

Between R.C.I. and I.I., over 3.4 million exchanges were processed last year alone. Joining is easy and affordable! Costs for joining I.I. is £75 for 1 year, £150 for 3 years and £281 for 5 years and for R.C.I. £139 for 2 years, £185 for 3 years, £235 for 4 years and £290 for 5 years. There is now another exchange company, Dial an Exchange, which although much smaller, offers an efficient and friendly service at much lower rates. Obviously the choice of resorts is more limited.

Dial An Exchange is an independent exchange company much smaller than RCI or II. By offering personal service and excellent value for money, Dial An Exchange has become a leader in the holiday home exchange business and their quality of service is good. Dial An Exchange started in Australia in 1995. The operation was extended to Europe in 1999, when a business was opened in the UK. The Australia/New Zealand business is owned and managed by Francis Taylor and Marc Chouniard.

The European business is owned and managed by Philip A. Green. Customers are treated as individuals and offered a friendly, helpful, personal service. They are able to obtain holiday weeks for exchange in many other countries such as USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, and South Africa through their well established network of trading partners. Dial An Exchange IS NOT part of the timeshare business. Dial An Exchange exists for the benefit of existing Timeshare owners so that they can benefit from the most flexible use of their ownership.

	2011 New Membership	2011 Renewal	2011 Exchange Fees

1 Year	Free	Free	£69.00
3 Year	Free	Free
5 Year	Free	Free

RCI

In 1974, RCI pioneered the concept of exchange vacations. Since then, millions of timeshare owners have discovered that an RCI subscribing membership really enhances the quality of vacation ownership.

Today, RCI has more than three million members worldwide, who enjoy dream vacations at RCI's over 3,700 affiliated resorts. These timeshare owners and resorts are a unique community of travel enthusiasts with the common bond of a lifetime commitment to quality vacations through timeshare. RCI members benefit from the knowledge, experience and resources of RCI's Guides, who provide assistance in the planning of exchange vacations.

RCI is the world's expert in exchange vacations. An exchange vacation allows members to discover new places and enjoy the freedom of resort vacationing all over the world. RCI is considered within the timeshare industry as the global leader in vacation exchange.

	2011 New Membership	2011 Renewal	2011 Exchange Fees

1 Year	--	£72.00	Domestic - £129.00
2 Year	£152.00	--
3 Year	£192.00	£169.00	International - £169.00
4 Year	£223.00	--
5 Year	£254.00	£269.00	Guest Cert - £37.00

Interval International operates membership programs for vacationers and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Based in Miami, Florida, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in serving the vacation ownership market for 35 years. Today, Interval has an exchange network of approximately 2,600 resorts in over 75 nations. Through offices in 14 countries, Interval offers high-quality products and benefits to resort clients and approximately 2 million families who are enrolled in various membership programs. Interval is an operating business of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IILG), a leading global provider of membership and leisure services to the vacation industry.

Interval provides its members — vacation owners from around the world — with comprehensive exchange services and a variety of other exciting benefits that offer value and convenience at home and on the road.

Membership is limited to owners at Interval-affiliated resorts. And while the properties are not owned or managed by Interval International, they all must meet Interval's criteria for quality.

Costs for Interval International are -

	2011 New Membership	2011 Renewal	2011 Exchange Fees

1 Year	£74 (+£49 for Gold or +£99 for Platinum)	£74	£114 Europe
3 Year	£189 (+ £124 for Gold or +£252 for Platinum)	£189	£129 rest of the world
5 Year	£299 (+ £199 for Gold or +£396.00 for Platinum)	£299	Guest Certificate £29