Getting Started with your membership
Because your holiday means the world to us
Welcome to a whole world of wonderful holiday opportunities Because your holiday ownership is affiliated to the world’s leading holiday exchange provider, you can choose to take holidays in any of over 4,000 resorts in more than 100 countries, so you can feel at home anywhere in the world. You’ll be in good company too, as you’ll be joining around 3.8 million like-minded members and their families who enjoy the variety, great value and many benefits of RCI Exchange Holidays year after year. So whether your dream holiday is relaxing on a tropical beach, skiing at a stunning mountain resort or a cultural city adventure, they are all possible with your RCI membership.
SO HOW DOES IT WORK?…
Make a Deposit All members can deposit their holiday ownership (a ‘week’) with RCI and exchange with other members from the available weeks deposited. This is what we call an Exchange Holiday. To offer a fair exchange we assign each deposit a Trading Power. Trading Power is based on ownership classification, demand, supply, unit size, resort rating and season. Trading Power is also influenced by when you deposit, to get the maximum Trading Power you must deposit your week at least 9 months before the start date.
Activate Your Membership Visit RCI.com/welcome-uk
Deposit Calculator To see the Trading Power of your week before you deposit visit RCI.com and use the Deposit Calculator.
How to Deposit Deposit your week(s) as early as possible to get the maximum Trading Power. You can usually deposit your week between 2 years and 2 weeks before the start date (“Deposit Window”), but remember depositing later than 9 months will affect how much trading power you receive. Once your week is deposited you can exchange it to travel between 1 year before and up to 2 years after the start date, for example: if the week you deposit starts on the 15th August 2017, you can deposit as early as the 16th August 2015 and travel against it between 1st August 2016 and 31st August 2019. You can deposit your week directly with us on RCI.com, however if you don’t know the details of the week you wish to deposit please contact your resort who will be happy to advise you.
Deposit Window D E P O S I T W I N D OW T R AV E L W I N D OW
2 YEARS PRIOR
1 YEAR PRIOR
1 YEAR AFTER S TA R T DAT E O F T H E W E E K YO U OW N
2 YEARS AFTER
Learn more about your membership by visiting RCI.com/welcome-uk
Make an Exchange Making the most of your Trading Power A key benefit of your membership is that you can exchange into a week with higher Trading Power by combining your deposits, or you can book multiple Exchange Holidays from just one deposit by exchanging into a resort with lower Trading Power and using the change (a Deposit Credit) to book another Exchange Holiday.
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The easiest way to check for live availability is to visit RCI.com and use the search filters to find the Exchange Holiday for you. If we are unable to satisfy your request you can add an Ongoing Search by paying an exchange fee and we will continue to search the system for you 24/7. If a match is found we will contact you to confirm your Exchange Holiday.
Additional benefits In addition to RCI Exchange Holidays, your RCI membership provides you with a range of other great benefits including: Extra Holidays These are cash holidays for which you do not need to exchange your week.
Late Deals Like Extra Holidays these are cash holidays offered at a discounted rate for travel within 45 days.
Guest Certificates Share the experience of an RCI Exchange with friends and family members allowing them access to use your Exchange, Extra Holiday or Late Deal.
Wyndham partner discounts RCI is part of Wyndham Worldwide and as such can offer members discounted rates with our sister companies including; James Villa Holidays, Cottages4you, Landal GreenParks, Wyndham Hotels and more. Visit rciwyndhamdiscounts.com for more information.
RCI Platinum Our highest tier of membership offers additional benefits including unit upgrades, member rewards, priority access and more.
RCI Travel† Once you’ve found your Exchange Holiday, RCI Travel can help you with your travel arrangements. Receive great deals on flights, car hire, cruise, travel insurance, airport parking and more. †RCI Travel is fulfilled by Contemporary Travel Solutions, an Accredited Body member of Advantage Travel Centres (“Advantage”) – registered office: 21 Provost Street, London N1 7NH – company registration number 04698963. Advantage is an ABTA and ATOL bonded company and uses the name RCI Travel under licence from RCI Europe. RCI Europe is a separate entity to Advantage and does not supply any travel services and is not responsible for any of the products or services sold by RCI Travel. All bookings with RCI Travel are subject to their booking conditions. Not all RCI Travel products are available in all countries.