Elite Weeks/Sandos Weeks
kdf1081
vacation club. We have 1 Sandos Week and 3 elite weeks. I'm a little
confused on the difference between the two. Can anyone help explain
the difference? Also, where does RCI fit into this? Thank you!
andrea harutunian
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Mike Beerling
RCI is a vacation club that you can trade vacation weeks for points to use towards other properties around the world that are RCI members. There are thousands of properties. You can also use the points towards airfare, cruises etc. You need to check with RCI, but my understanding is you can only use up to 25k a year in points on airfare which is about $250 towards your ticket price. The Sandos week is the only week you can trade with RCI and use for points.
The elite weeks can only be used to stay at Royal Elite properties. You can sell/give them to other people as long as they stay at a Royal Elite property. If you sell/give it to them, you make the reservation and they get all the benefits you would if you were using the week. If you have a third party like Royal Elite sell your weeks, they buyers do not get your benefits. If you go on line, depending on the property, right now the weeks to Sandos are selling for about $350 to $500 for the week.
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exchanges and stay at a lot of other properties correct?
On Jun 14, 3:28 pm, Mike Beerling <mi...@marketplacehome.com> wrote:
> RCI is a vacation club that you can trade vacation weeks for points to use towards other properties around the world that are RCI members. There are thousands of properties. You can also use the points towards airfare, cruises etc. You need to check with RCI, but my understanding is you can only use up to 25k a year in points on airfare which is about $250 towards your ticket price. The Sandos week is the only week you can trade with RCI and use for points.
> The elite weeks can only be used to stay at Royal Elite properties. You can sell/give them to other people as long as they stay at a Royal Elite property. If you sell/give it to them, you make the reservation and they get all the benefits you would if you were using the week. If you have a third party like Royal Elite sell your weeks, they buyers do not get your benefits. If you go on line, depending on the property, right now the weeks to Sandos are selling for about $350 to $500 for the week.
>
> I hope this helps.
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> From: re-con...@googlegroups.com [mailto:re-con...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of andrea harutunian
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> i bought the vacation club as well but mine is totally different...we got 30 RE weeks to be used in 10 yrs...no limit on how many weeks we use each yr-1 bedroom suite...can give away weeks to family and friends or sell (privately)...we use HSI as our wholesale travel agt if we want to go somewhere else...sounds like u got the full timeshare (25 yrs - u get a certain amt of weeks per yr etc and use RCI for selling weeks and getting points toward other things...we pay no maintenance fee either/ and the price was ridiculously cheap-don't think they offer what i have anymore tho... guess i can't really help u understand what u have ...all i know is i LOVE it and have saved tons of money not booking w a regular travel agt... :)
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> > Hi everyone! I just got back from Sandos Carocol and purchased the
> > vacation club. We have 1 Sandos Week and 3 elite weeks. I'm a little
> > confused on the difference between the two. Can anyone help explain
> > the difference? Also, where does RCI fit into this? Thank you!
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Luv2vac
We have used RCI several times for that purpose using the points based
program (not sure if you purchased points or weeks with RCI) and we
have had great vacations. We are not fans of Royal Elite Exchanges
(REE) as they are fairly new and alot more expensive than the RCI
membership ($89/yr). RCI has been around many years and their
customer service reps know their stuff!
We also rec'd 1 Sandos week and 3 RE bonus weeks with our purchase in
2008 and we never thought we would use all of them each year but we
have by bringing family and/or friends with us on our trips. We have
yet to "exchange" any weeks elsewhere because we love Playacar.
Enjoy :o)
jriz
recommendations for using the 3 REE weeks. I am trying to use my
membership for the first time and getting a little frustrated because
it's not going the way I thought it would. During the sales
presentation, I proposed a trip itinerary that I was working on for
November. REE (via Josh) confirmed that the hotel I was interested in
participated in the exchange and quoted a discounted price if I
elected not to use my exchange weeks. He also quoted a discounted
price for a cruise I was also planning to take. Once I got my log-in
information, I found that not only was the hotel I was interested in
for November not available for exchange, but they didn't even have a
discounted price for it. Turns out, NO hotels in that town are taking
exchange weeks and I'm not traveling high season. The 'discounted'
hotels on the website are not discounted either - I found a cheaper
rate going direct to the hotel. I also looked up my cruise, and
again, found that the price on the REE site was not any more
discounted as booking direct from the cruise company. Funny how much
the reality has changed from the sales office to reality...
Has anyone had decent success exchanging their REE weeks? Any
pointers to share with a newbie like me? So far, I feel like I'm not
any better off that I was before (except my hefy membership fee I
paid). I welcome any pointers and suggestions on how to maximize this
membership.
JR
Luv2vac
conjunction with Sierra whom in my humble opinion are crooks. We were
enrolled in the standard REE membership for free because we were not
happy with HSI. From the brief dealings with REE, I was not
impressed. I like to do my own investigating for vacations but with
the standard membership we can not browse properties. I would rather
use my weeks at a Sandos property than exchange with REE at this
juncture.
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free trail is over. I prefer HSI even if only for their burn weeks.
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[mailto:re-con...@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of Luv2vac
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To: RE-Connection
Subject: [RE-Connection] Re: Elite Weeks/Sandos Weeks
It is my understanding that REE is a fairly new company and works in
conjunction with Sierra whom in my humble opinion are crooks. We were
enrolled in the standard REE membership for free because we were not
happy with HSI. From the brief dealings with REE, I was not
impressed. I like to do my own investigating for vacations but with
the standard membership we can not browse properties. I would rather
use my weeks at a Sandos property than exchange with REE at this
juncture.
On Jul 21, 4:17�ｿｽpm, jriz <jenrizz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am also a new member and I'm looking for either examples or
> recommendations for using the 3 REE weeks. �ｿｽI am trying to use my
> membership for the first time and getting a little frustrated because
> it's not going the way I thought it would. �ｿｽDuring the sales
> presentation, I proposed a trip itinerary that I was working on for
> November. �ｿｽREE (via Josh) confirmed that the hotel I was interested in
> participated in the exchange and quoted a discounted price if I
> elected not to use my exchange weeks. �ｿｽHe also quoted a discounted
> price for a cruise I was also planning to take. �ｿｽOnce I got my log-in
> information, I found that not only was the hotel I was interested in
> for November not available for exchange, but they didn't even have a
> discounted price for it. �ｿｽTurns out, NO hotels in that town are taking
> exchange weeks and I'm not traveling high season. �ｿｽThe 'discounted'
> hotels on the website are not discounted either - I found a cheaper
> rate going direct to the hotel. �ｿｽI also looked up my cruise, and
> again, found that the price on the REE site was not any more
> discounted as booking direct from the cruise company. Funny how much
> the reality has changed from the sales office to reality...
>
> Has anyone had decent success exchanging their REE weeks? �ｿｽAny
> pointers to share with a newbie like me? �ｿｽSo far, I feel like I'm not
> any better off that I was before (except my hefy membership fee I
> paid). �ｿｽI welcome any pointers and suggestions on how to maximize this
> membership.
>
> JR
>
> On Jun 14, 3:33�ｿｽpm, Mike Beerling <mi...@marketplacehome.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Yes, you don't really trade, you just use them to stay at any Royal
elite property as if you owned a time share at that location.
>
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> > With the royal elite weeks we can trade them with royal elite
> > exchanges and stay at a lot of other properties correct?
>
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> Subject: RE: [RE-Connection] Re: Elite Weeks/Sandos Weeks
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:43:35 -0600
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> At this point I have to agree with you. Don't think we will renew when our
> free trail is over. I prefer HSI even if only for their burn weeks.
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> [mailto:re-con...@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of Luv2vac
> Sent: July 22, 2010 7:06 PM
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> Subject: [RE-Connection] Re: Elite Weeks/Sandos Weeks
>
>
> It is my understanding that REE is a fairly new company and works in
> conjunction with Sierra whom in my humble opinion are crooks. We were
> enrolled in the standard REE membership for free because we were not
> happy with HSI. From the brief dealings with REE, I was not
> impressed. I like to do my own investigating for vacations but with
> the standard membership we can not browse properties. I would rather
> use my weeks at a Sandos property than exchange with REE at this
> juncture.
>
> > I am also a new member and I'm looking for either examples or
> > membership for the first time and getting a little frustrated because
> > presentation, I proposed a trip itinerary that I was working on for
> > participated in the exchange and quoted a discounted price if I
> > price for a cruise I was also planning to take. Once I got my log-in
> > information, I found that not only was the hotel I was interested in
> > for November not available for exchange, but they didn't even have a
> > exchange weeks and I'm not traveling high season. The 'discounted'
> > hotels on the website are not discounted either - I found a cheaper
> > again, found that the price on the REE site was not any more
> > discounted as booking direct from the cruise company. Funny how much
> > the reality has changed from the sales office to reality...
> >
> > pointers to share with a newbie like me? So far, I feel like I'm not
> > any better off that I was before (except my hefy membership fee I
> > membership.
> >
> > JR
> >
> > On Jun 14, 3:33 pm, Mike Beerling <mi...@marketplacehome.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Yes, you don't really trade, you just use them to stay at any Royal
> elite property as if you owned a time share at that location.
> >
> > > Mike Beerling
> > > Controller
> > >
> >
> > > Suite 150
> > > Edina, MN 55435
> > >
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> > > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:32 PM
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> > > With the royal elite weeks we can trade them with royal elite
> > > exchanges and stay at a lot of other properties correct?
> >
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andrea harutunian
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:41:56 -0600
From: darwin....@shaw.ca
Subject: Re: RE: [RE-Connection] Re: Elite Weeks/Sandos Weeks
To: re-con...@googlegroups.com
Luv2vac
On Jul 23, 2:47 pm, andrea harutunian <abh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:41:56 -0600
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> Hey Jamm
> You hear anything from Aaron since his post om June 17 saying that he is back?? Wow..Back to 0 communication.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: andrea harutunian <abh...@hotmail.com>
> Date: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:35 pm
> Subject: RE: [RE-Connection] Re: Elite Weeks/Sandos Weeks
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>
> > always had a great response fr HSI...they call back, email
> > quickly and r willing to help... burn weeks r great as r the
> > cruises and the breakaway weeks...the more advance notice u give
> > the better chance of getting the dates u need...HSI also has a
> > network of outside agencies that can find just about anything u
> > need @ a reasonably cheap rate...my friend has a (different)
> > timeshare and ALWAYS plans his next vaca as soon as he gets back...
>
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was not allowed to release it but did confirm he was back.
On Jul 23, 2:47 pm, andrea harutunian <abh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> To: re-con...@googlegroups.com
>
> Hey Jamm
> You hear anything from Aaron since his post om June 17 saying that he is back?? Wow..Back to 0 communication.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: andrea harutunian <abh...@hotmail.com>
> Date: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:35 pm
> Subject: RE: [RE-Connection] Re: Elite Weeks/Sandos Weeks
> To: royal elite-google groups <re-con...@googlegroups.com>
>
> > always had a great response fr HSI...they call back, email
> > quickly and r willing to help... burn weeks r great as r the
> > cruises and the breakaway weeks...the more advance notice u give
> > the better chance of getting the dates u need...HSI also has a
> > network of outside agencies that can find just about anything u
> > need @ a reasonably cheap rate...my friend has a (different)
> > timeshare and ALWAYS plans his next vaca as soon as he gets back...
>
>
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DF
some open communication..
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To boot, I emailed Diana for Aaron's email address and she said she
was not allowed to release it but did confirm he was back.
On Jul 23, 2:47�ｿｽpm, andrea harutunian <abh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!�ｿｽ
> > > > recommendations for using the 3 REE weeks. �ｿｽI am trying
> > to use my
> > > > membership for the first time and getting a little
> > frustrated because
> > > > it's not going the way I thought it would. �ｿｽDuring the sales
> > > > presentation, I proposed a trip itinerary that I was working
> > on for
> > > > November. �ｿｽREE (via Josh) confirmed that the hotel I
> > was interested in
> > > > participated in the exchange and quoted a discounted price
> > if I
> > > > elected not to use my exchange weeks. �ｿｽHe also quoted a
> > discounted> > price for a cruise I was also planning to
> > take. �ｿｽOnce I got my log-in
> > > > information, I found that not only was the hotel I was
> > interested in
> > > > for November not available for exchange, but they didn't
> > even have a
> > > > discounted price for it. �ｿｽTurns out, NO hotels in that
> > town are taking
> > > > exchange weeks and I'm not traveling high season. �ｿｽThe
> > 'discounted'> > hotels on the website are not discounted either -
> > I found a cheaper
> > > > rate going direct to the hotel. �ｿｽI also looked up my
> > cruise, and
> > > > again, found that the price on the REE site was not any more
> > > > discounted as booking direct from the cruise company. Funny
> > how much
> > > > the reality has changed from the sales office to reality...
>
> > > > Has anyone had decent success exchanging their REE
> > weeks? �ｿｽAny
> > > > pointers to share with a newbie like me? �ｿｽSo far, I
> > feel like I'm not
> > > > any better off that I was before (except my hefy membership
> > fee I
> > > > paid). �ｿｽI welcome any pointers and suggestions on how
> > > �ｿｽ(privately)...we use HSI as our wholesale travel agt if
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