The "trading power" of your week could prove to be a very important thing. It depends on a lot of things. RCI and II have their own criteria when it comes to judging the trading power of a week. Given here are a few things with which you can pretty much come to an idea.
1. Your week's comment card ratings
2. Size of your unit and the kind of amenities available
3. Location
4. The season (Red, green, etc)
5. Supply and demand ratio in that area
Just wanted to share this with you guys. Thanks.
When you come to think of it, these set of rules also apply when you are about to sell or rent your timeshare. I see a lot of people in this forum raising the issue of not finding enough buyers to sell their timeshare. When your timeshare has
a) good comment card rating
b) prime location
c) red week
d) good amenities and spacious
e) good demand
Naturally, you should be able to sell or rent your timeshare quite easily. So, before you try to sell or rent your timeshare, just think of these issues and you should be fine.
John
Nice info beachlife. I'm sure it will help a lot of people. Just curious, how did you come up with these points? Out of research, expert opinion, or are you a timeshare expert yourself? :)
Thanks for the appreciation Shelia. I came up with these points myself, out of my own experience. But after dealing with so many timeshares and developers, I have become quite an expert myself, though. :)
Very nice. I might want to add one more point to that list. Depositing your week in advance is very important. I don't have a fair idea of II, but as far as RCI is concerned, if you deposit your week very much in advance, your trading power is high. It gives you a lot of flexibility.