Versatile Points

I have too many points!

Having recently become addicted to cruising, we have not had as many timeshare holidays as before. So the points have added up and we suddenly find ourselves with approx. 300000 points and most of next year's holidays booked.

We have found the answer in short breaks - mini cruises. I phoned RCI cruise department and was told that the number of points we have could get us a £900 spend on cruises.

Perfect - a 3 night cruise across the English Channel for 2. It may not be the most cost effective way of paying for a cruise but it certainly uses up the points.

timetraveller

What good value!

We didn't mean to book another holiday. We were just brwsing around the RCI website when we decided to go to Florida again next year.

And all of a sudden we found a resort to die for in Sarasota on Longboat Key in September 2010.

The second week soon clicked into place with a lovely resort on Marco Island.

A quick phone call to RCI Points and we're booked.

For 95000 points, we have 2 weeks of frontline accommodation. We are very choosy. Our unit must fully face the beach and those resorts are quite hard to find.

95000 is exactly the value of my week at Clowance. So for the annual maintenance fee of £515, we have 2 weeks of superb accommodation in Florida. The advertised prices for these 2 resorts are in excess of US$1000 per week which is approx. £700 per week.

What great value!

timetravellers