Comments on: RCI Timeshare Exchange and Leisure Link http://www.thetimeshareauthority.com/2007/11/14/rci-timeshare-exchange-and-leisure-link/ The Timeshare Authority has the latest in timeshare news and info. Fascinating, entertaining and useful information about timeshares. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:12:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Peter Gallic http://www.thetimeshareauthority.com/2007/11/14/rci-timeshare-exchange-and-leisure-link/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Peter Gallic Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:38:22 +0000 http://192.168.5.88/kagi/wordpress/?p=386#comment-428 Timeshare is maturing as an industry and the need for the major player to change is very evident. IT is also time to change the way things are done. I personally believe that Timeshare owners are poorly served by the exchanges and the rest of the travel community. Partly this is caused by the disparate and diverse structure of the industry. TImeshare owners all belong to an exchange that is supposed to represent them. But I have yet to see a coordinated effort by the exchanges to effectively secure preferred airline rates, car rental rates, insurance rates for the members. Now I have a bias. I created an airfare program for timeshare owners that would allow them to collectively bargain for better rates. It is called Intellifares. But I have also worked in the past trying to effectively change the structure of the timeshare system most notably with the Yunnan Tobacco Company in China five years ago. I highlighted what I thought were evolutionary practices that the timeshare market should embrace in order to be more efficient and effective. I applaud you blog as being one of the few communication tools that serves owners. ARDA, RCI and II need a lot of help in this regard. Keep up the good work. Timeshare is maturing as an industry and the need for the major player to change is very evident. IT is also time to change the way things are done. I personally believe that Timeshare owners are poorly served by the exchanges and the rest of the travel community. Partly this is caused by the disparate and diverse structure of the industry. TImeshare owners all belong to an exchange that is supposed to represent them. But I have yet to see a coordinated effort by the exchanges to effectively secure preferred airline rates, car rental rates, insurance rates for the members.

Now I have a bias. I created an airfare program for timeshare owners that would allow them to collectively bargain for better rates. It is called Intellifares. But I have also worked in the past trying to effectively change the structure of the timeshare system most notably with the Yunnan Tobacco Company in China five years ago. I highlighted what I thought were evolutionary practices that the timeshare market should embrace in order to be more efficient and effective.

I applaud you blog as being one of the few communication tools that serves owners. ARDA, RCI and II need a lot of help in this regard.

Keep up the good work.

]]> By: My Personal Blog » RCI Timeshare Exchange and Leisure Link http://www.thetimeshareauthority.com/2007/11/14/rci-timeshare-exchange-and-leisure-link/comment-page-1/#comment-425 My Personal Blog » RCI Timeshare Exchange and Leisure Link Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:26:43 +0000 http://192.168.5.88/kagi/wordpress/?p=386#comment-425 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptRCI Timeshare Exchange and Leisure Link Author: Jason Tremblay Last month RCI (Resort Condominiums International) timeshare exchange announced a strategic alliance with LeisureLink, which followed the September news that RCI was making a substantial financial investment in the LeisureLink company. LeisureLink is the company behind the electronic distribution of many vacation rentals, condo-hotels, (or condotels), and timeshares via several of the online travel sites as well as traditional t [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptRCI Timeshare Exchange and Leisure Link Author: Jason Tremblay Last month RCI (Resort Condominiums International) timeshare exchange announced a strategic alliance with LeisureLink, which followed the September news that RCI was making a substantial financial investment in the LeisureLink company. LeisureLink is the company behind the electronic distribution of many vacation rentals, condo-hotels, (or condotels), and timeshares via several of the online travel sites as well as traditional t [...]

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