IMPORTANT NOTICE These terms and conditions contain clauses appearing in similar font / text style to this clause and which may:           

• limit the risk or liability of RCI^® or another person;       
• constitute an assumption of risk or liability by you or your guests;      
• impose an obligation on you or your guests to indemnify RCI^® or any other person for any cause;      
• be an acknowledgement of a fact by you or your guests      

These clauses are important and your attention is specifically drawn to their contents.

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 These terms and conditions of RCI® membership set out the legally binding agreement between Vacation Exchanges International (Proprietary) Limited, trading as RCI® (Africa) ("RCI®") and each person who applies and is accepted for membership of RCI® ("Members" or "you/your"). RCI® (Africa) is a South African company owned by Wyndham Destination Network, a division of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a public company resident in the United States of America and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (WYN:NSE). RCI® (Africa) is the licensed operator of various Wyndham brands for the Republic of South Africa and all of sub-Saharan Africa, including, Cape Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles and Zanzibar.

1.2 This agreement is a separate and distinct agreement from your timeshare weeks/points purchase agreement with the developer, seller or reseller of timeshare interests at a RCI® affiliated timeshare resort or points club.

1.3 RCI® does not accept responsibility for any representations made by a third party with regard to the RCI® vacation exchange system, or any aspect of RCI® membership, products or services.

1.4 The RCI® vacation exchange system, membership, products and services are designed to give variety and flexibility to your timeshare weeks/points ownership, and are separate products and services from your timeshare weeks/points club ownership products and services.

1.5 These terms and conditions are applicable to you, your companions, your guests ("Guests") and everyone travelling with your Guests, who utilize the benefits of any and/or all programmes, products and services offered by RCI® to its Members. You undertake to ensure that all of your Guests who are eighteen years or older are aware of, and familiar with, these terms and conditions and that they agree to adhere to them and that you bear the risk of any failure on your or their part, in this respect.

1.6 Programmes, products and services that may be offered through RCI® by third parties may be subject to separate terms and conditions.

1.7 It is in our interest and yours that you and your Guests should understand these terms and conditions. We have tried to write them in plain and understandable language. If there is anything in these terms and conditions that you or your Guests do not understand, please bring it to our attention and we will endeavour to clarify these for you or your Guests.

1.8 These terms and conditions will apply to all standard RCI® vacation exchange and rental holiday programmes, products and services. These terms and conditions will also apply in amplification of any terms and conditions that may appear on any specific advertised offer and to the extent that there is a conflict between the two, these terms and conditions will always take precedent.