My wife and I are planning on coming for about a week in July. I have some friends that actually are repeaters and are "members"? She (the friend) told me that if we come under their membership (they can get 4 "guests" a year? or something like that) the savings would be worth it and I'd get a different wrist band that comes with perks. Can any of you explain what exactly this is about and if the savings are really worth it? We just got our quote from TTR - with airfare included and were both shocked at how affordable it was.
We just signed up for premier status last week. Basically you get the hotel for about 50% off of the lowest rate you can find. You also get to trade in your weeks for RCI if you wanted to go somewhere else besides their resorts. You get perks such as internet, top shelf drinks, seating areas, dinner reservations, yacht club... We joined because it made sense for us. We plan on going back to one of their clubs at least two weeks per year and the membership pays for itself after 8 weeks or 56 days. We would still have another 119 days of discounted travel and that will allow us to be ahead not incuding any of the perks. You can give away two weeks per year to other people and they get your status but they can only use it once. It is to introduce other people to the resort and program. Hope that helps.
