Trading Places International (TPI) is a corporation located in

Lake Forest, California Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 85,858 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Lake Forest incorporated as a city on December 20, 1991. Prior to incorporation, the community had be ...

. TPI provides a full spectrum of vacation services to vacation interval owners, resort associations, and resort developers. They rank third worldwide in independent vacation exchanges confirmed annually at hundreds of resorts. The company specializes in association and resort management, vacation exchanges, rentals, owner resales, traditional travel, and developer support offerings.Trading Places International - Company Overview, Programs, Products and Services
/ref> Similar to RCI, TPI works directly with resorts and individual owners in affiliate programs. If the owner of a

timeshare A timeshare (sometimes called a vacation ownership or vacation club) is a Real property, property with a divided form of ownership or use rights. These properties are typically resort Condominium (living space), condominium units, in which mul ...

unit at one of TPI's member resorts is in good financial standing with their resort, then TPI allows the owner to deposit their timeshare week(s) and exchange their week(s) with TPI's available inventory. Typically, TPI allows an owner to deposit their week(s) up to a year advance of arrival date; this practice is sometimes referred to as "banking your week(s)". Timeshare owners may exchange their week(s) through TPI for a different week(s) at their own resort. Timeshare owners are able to exchange to destinations all over the world or back to their home resort. Trading Places, unlike many timeshare companies, also acts as a property manager for some properties. Its largest competitor using the same model (free membership) i
Dial-an-Exchange
(DAE Live). Their largest competitors that charge yearly memberships are

Resort Condominiums International RCI (formerly Group RCI and, before that, Resort Condominiums International) is a timeshare exchange company with over 4,300 affiliated resorts in 100 countries. Founded in Indiana in 1974 by Jon and Christel DeHaan, RCI is one of the two main ...

an
Interval International
(However, Interval International owns Trading Places within their corporate structure). In November 2010, Trading Places was acquired by Interval Leisure Group. In May 2022, Trading Places was acquired b
Capital Vacations
Capital Vacations Acquires VRI Americas from Marriott Vacations Worldwide
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