What are good prices for Royal Resort resales?

Of course we are all looking for bargains, but sometimes the desire to purchase will outweigh the common sense. So the price will always be dependent on how bad you want it versus how desperate the sellers want to sell it. That's the reason we need to look in a "range" of prices. What this implies is that neither the cheapest or highest price is necessarily a "bad" price. Obviously, the cheapest is most desirable. But what if the week for sale is at exactly the resort you want, exactly the season you want and the location of the villa is just right for your needs?  You may be inclined to pay a little more in order to get that week, right?

All of the Royal weeks are priced differently based on the following factors:

1. Resort
The newer Royals cost more and the older Royals cost less. This is because the older resorts originally cost less, people naturally want the newer resorts more and the "Right to Use" period is fewer years for the older resorts. Ranked by current value, cheapest to most expensive. (year of expiration on the RTU):

Club Internacional    (2007)
Royal Mayan          (2014)
Royal Caribbean      (2018)
Royal Islander        (2023)
Royal Sands           (2048)

2. Season
Each Royal Resort timeshare is sold as a fixed week. The week you own is yours every year. There is no floating time. The highest season is winter which is roughly Christmas through Easter. The next highest is Summer, July-August. Then the medium seasons of May-June and mid October-mid December. The lowest time is the height of hurricane season, which is September-Mid October. Prices, of course, vary with the season.

3. Unit Location
Each timeshare is sold as a fixed villa. Every time you show up to use your week, you stay in the very same villa that you own. Therefore, the prime locations are worth more now and they sold for more when new. The most desired locations are the beach front villas, then the penthouses and higher floors with good views.

The point of all this is that when making your offer for a week, all these factors will affect the price. There are a lot of variables to consider. I have noticed little difference in trade power from one resort or week to the next. They are all red time (except for the month of September which RCI classifies as white time), all Gold Crown or Five Star and all are much desired by exchangers. Unit location seems to make absolutely no difference to RCI or II. I would suggest that if buying a week, to preferably purchase the week and unit you would enjoy using yourself every year. The years you don't use it, it will exchange very well and with a preference into any other Royal week, regardless of season.