Interval International
Interval International is an international time share swapping organization.
If desired, members can exchange a week's stay at their home resort
for a week's stay at one of the many timeshare resorts supported by
Intervals International.
Likewise, if you are a timeshare owner at another timeshare resort,
you can bank a week's stay at your resort into Intervals International
and request a trade to one of the DVC resorts. The percentage of
DVC owners that actually spend their vacation time at their home
resort (as opposed to trading out to other resorts) is very high
compared to many timeshares, so I understand that it is quite difficult
to trade in, but it has been done.
Disney does charge a fee (in addition to all trade fees) of approximately
$100 per week to people who trade into OKWR and BVR resort. The
fee covers the WDW transportation (which is available to everyone
that stays at the WDW DVC resorts) and concierge services. Even
if you don't plan to use the transportation or concierge service,
you must pay in advance or the trade will not be allowed.
The ease of trading OUT of your DVC home resort is completely dependent
on the interest that is generated by your resort in the Intervals
International directory. Since you really are requesting a
"trade," someone else has to agree to take a week at your
home resort in exchange for a week at their timeshare. Generally,
most trades occur within four to six months of the date. I've
only attempted to do a trade once, but cancelled the request nine
months or so out for personal reasons...so I don't know if I would
have been successful had I been able to be more patient and wait
it out.
Hot Tip: Interval
International has a site that DVC members might like to look
over!
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