With all due respect, Scubaman, it's fine to say don't use them, but not everyone is hooked on St. Maarten, and in fact may have purchased their timeshares for the sole purpose of trading. Aren't you more or less locked into the trading company your timeshare uses, be it RCI, II or whomever else is out there?

We also dropped out of RCI after the first two or three years of ownership when we realized how poor their services were, along with suspecting how high their expenses would climb. We have four weeks of time in SXM exactly where and when we want to be there, and fortunately for us, our resort allows internal exchanges so there's no need for an exchange company.