It seems to me that any people who want to do this already can...simply start a thread along the lines of the pool chair swap or Christmas tree swap...probably in "Planning?" Or maybe build a "subcommittee" (like the different resort lovers' threads?) of people who are willing to consider swaps and they can then PM each other (or exchange email addresses) when specific vacation plans materialize? I do think the idea of thread where people who want to pursue this can find each other "in general," if not for a specific reservation, would be useful to many of us...
But, I suspect not all that many people will actually be able to do this...maybe BCV and VWL owners relative to each other...possibly BWV owners some of the time...too soon to tell about AKV...but for SSR and OKW owners I have my doubts...too easy to get a reservation, at pretty much any time (within five months or so) other than the 3-4 "big weeks" at those resorts (a possible exception is the GV at OKW--but then only for people w/lots of points to trade--both on the having and wanting sides!...).
Our personal situation is a good example: We own at SSR and love it there...we also love BCV...I would surely be interested in trading some time at SSR for time at BCV--but would any BCV owner "need" my SSR points? We usually get a studio...very occasionally, a one-bedroom...I have a hard time seeing when any BCV owner would "need" (or even want!) my SSR points (at those levels)...of course I see the value to me to get an 11-month reservation at BCV, perhaps for F&W or at T-giving--but I sure don't see a comparable need for my SSR points...so I wonder if this would ever work for owners like me? And while the BCV owner might want to try VWL in December, and the VWL owner might want to do BCV at F&W time, I don't really see any other situation where a BCV owner or a VWL owner would need the 11-month window anywhere else...
AKV could change this equation...hard to tell at this point...
But, we'll never know unless we try...so, maybe OP could start a thread, a la the "SSR Owners and Lovers Thread" or the "Christmas Tree Swap" thread, where we can all "list" ourselves as interested in seeing if there are any trades we'd be willing to negotiate?
Anyway, I like the idea in concept... but I'm not sure its own forum on the R/T board is the right way to approach it (and I absolutely HATE disagreeing with JimMIA, who's "my hero"--he helped me enormously when I got scammed last year!--, or I might be more willing to tackle the problems that a separate forum on the R/T board! would raise)...
So I'm a "provisional" vote in favor of a way to find owners willing to trade, if not of a separate forum on the R/T board...
But, I suspect not all that many people will actually be able to do this...maybe BCV and VWL owners relative to each other...possibly BWV owners some of the time...too soon to tell about AKV...but for SSR and OKW owners I have my doubts...too easy to get a reservation, at pretty much any time (within five months or so) other than the 3-4 "big weeks" at those resorts (a possible exception is the GV at OKW--but then only for people w/lots of points to trade--both on the having and wanting sides!...).
Our personal situation is a good example: We own at SSR and love it there...we also love BCV...I would surely be interested in trading some time at SSR for time at BCV--but would any BCV owner "need" my SSR points? We usually get a studio...very occasionally, a one-bedroom...I have a hard time seeing when any BCV owner would "need" (or even want!) my SSR points (at those levels)...of course I see the value to me to get an 11-month reservation at BCV, perhaps for F&W or at T-giving--but I sure don't see a comparable need for my SSR points...so I wonder if this would ever work for owners like me? And while the BCV owner might want to try VWL in December, and the VWL owner might want to do BCV at F&W time, I don't really see any other situation where a BCV owner or a VWL owner would need the 11-month window anywhere else...
AKV could change this equation...hard to tell at this point...
But, we'll never know unless we try...so, maybe OP could start a thread, a la the "SSR Owners and Lovers Thread" or the "Christmas Tree Swap" thread, where we can all "list" ourselves as interested in seeing if there are any trades we'd be willing to negotiate?
Anyway, I like the idea in concept... but I'm not sure its own forum on the R/T board is the right way to approach it (and I absolutely HATE disagreeing with JimMIA, who's "my hero"--he helped me enormously when I got scammed last year!--, or I might be more willing to tackle the problems that a separate forum on the R/T board! would raise)...
So I'm a "provisional" vote in favor of a way to find owners willing to trade, if not of a separate forum on the R/T board...