Trust me...RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN!

***DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO Interval **** This company promises plenty but delivers nothing but hassle and disappointment... I inherited 3 banked weeks with interval International from a relative and just tried to book something, we were trying to book a vacation -- planning a year in advance, spending several calls on the phone with customer serv reps from interval we found nothing for Costa Rica, Buenos Aires and Rio De Janeiro, Sydney, Tahiti -- for the months of Jan-March 2012!! Even though their catalogue boasts thousands of resorts - this is not what it seems -- basically it is an operation that recycles unused timeshare days...it is a useless service unless one 1) Doesnt care where they go 2) When they go 3) care about the quality of the resort - perhaps best suited for retirees? (No offense) ... I have resigned to using interval international for work travel that I will be reimbursed for so i dont care where i stay...A piece of advice...use VRBO for condo rentals when you are looking to stay somewhere...the failities are much nicer, the rates better and you actually can book something wihtout hassle. It goes without saying that I am going to rapidly use up my interval internal weeks prob at second rate hotels in obscure cities for business travel and then cancel my membership.

Subsequent to making a reservation with Interval International, I discovered from a review that the property I selected was undergoing renovations, and the noise was a major disturbance to a peaceful vacation. I cancelled our reservation and was told that I forfeited the $159 reservation fee. This was my first experience using the exchange program and I wasn't aware of this policy (I didn't read all the fine print). Since I wasn't informed of the noise problem by Interval, I requested that my reservation fee be applied to another property. My request was denied. Even if I had purchased insurance for $75, it wouldn't have covered refunding my reservation fee.
Interval International has very limited selection of exchange properties (compared to their Getaway program). Many (most?) owners in the Getaway program do not participate in the Exchange Program. It's necessary to get on a waiting list for most desirable properties. If you have a small window, it's likely that you will not get a reservation. In order to use your exchange points before they expire, you may have to settle for a 3rd or 4th choice destination. If you give Interval a list of properties and dates you would like, you must take the first opening they find (or pay a new reservation fee).
I cannot speak for the Getaway Plan, but I would not recommend their Exchange Plan to anyone. Since this organization deals with primarily with the (shrinking) middle class, one would think they would emphasize outstanding customer service and value, since that is all they have to offer.

This company is a fraud. We joined this time share exchange instead of RCI "Big Mistake". We could not exchange our week anywhere! They had restrictions on every state, resort you name it. We were so frustrated we decided after trying to book our week and being shot down over and over we would cancel our membership. Since then they take money still out of our bank accounts and trying to reach them is ridiculous. They pass you off to everyone then you disconnect. There latest bunch of bull is that we deposited our month with them january 1st. New Years day...really. I find that amusing. So they are literally lying to keep our money after we cancelled with them in February. Its so unfare and i plan on calling the better business and letting them know what these thieves are up to, as well as my finacial institute. Do your self a favor go with RCI or anyone else this has and still is a exhausting dead end experience. Interval International bad business.

I made my reservations in April for an exchange resort (Welk Resorts in san Diego). I hold a two bedroom unit for a week through Marriot. Interval talked me into getting into this downgraded one bedroom in Welk resorts and told me to check with the hotel periodically to see if the two bedroom units will be released. I was told by WElk that the requests can be made only through Interval. Interval kept telling me that there were no units at all for the week and I will have to forgo the studio portion of my units. I attended a preview of WElk and found out that Interval does this one bedroom exchange for two bedroom units in Marriot claiming that Welk is a premier resort. Much to my chagrin I was dumped into a small one bedroom unit the size of a studio for the premier two bedroom that I used to enjoy at Marriot. To add fuel to the fire I also found out that Interval has their HQ in Welk's premises and all along they played that they know nothing about the resort's availabilities and handle only the inventory. As an advise please do not check into Welk thinking this is better to be downgraded to a premier resort - the accommodation SUCKS! The rooms are very awkwardly set up and my kids had to sleep in a pull out couch that had a terrible mattress. The showers are substandard and I ended up taking my family to LA for two nights. This has been a horrible experience.