Trading Places International

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Trading Places International (TPI) is an independent corporation located in Laguna Niguel, California that 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.^[1]

Similar to RCI, TPI works directly with resorts and individual owners in affiliate programs. If the owner of a timeshare 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.^[2] Typically, Trading Places International 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)". It should be noted that 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. ^[3] Its largest competitors are Interval International and Resort Condominiums International.