You can now hear about holiday experiences from fellow travellers and share your own travel tales at a new online community - rcicommunity.co.uk. Best of all, by talking about your holidays you can earn points towards hundreds of travel and leisure products, and even dream holidays!

Tap into top tips, destination guides and resort reviews written by other travellers � by logging on you instantly become a member of a huge community of travel enthusiasts. Holiday descriptions come to life with access to other members� travel photos.

You also earn credits just for joining. And by posting your own stories in the form of a travel-journal, you clock up additional points. From hiking boots to mountain bikes, cameras, scuba gear or travel certificates towards that dream holiday, these points convert into real rewards.

The website is a quick and handy research tool when you�re planning your holiday; search by destination or activity (for example skiing or golf) or post your queries for advice on anything from travelling with children to recommended resorts and tips on timeshare. You can also search for journals from people with the same holiday preferences as you � everyone who completes a journal provides a personal profile.

As the market leader in holiday property exchange, RCI is making the most of its travel expertise. �As one of the foremost providers of travel services in Europe we are able to use our strengths to help enhance holiday experiences � not only for our core members but for other travellers,� comments John Barrows Director of Communications.

�The community site is not just about timeshare � it�s a global forum for people who enjoy their holidays and want to tell everyone about their experiences. Non-RCI members are an integral part of this �holiday community�,� he adds.

The RCI Community was piloted in the US in August 2002. In its first two weeks it had 10,000 registered members; in less than four months this figure rose to 30,000, with more than 5,000 journals written by members on destinations and resorts around the world. There are now well over 100,000 people registered on the RCI Community. A UK version was launched on 1 January 2003.

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About RCI

RCI is a global provider of leisure travel services to businesses and consumers. It is the market leader in holiday property exchange, rental, and resort management.

In partnership with its business clients, RCI delivers superior holiday experiences for travellers across the globe, utilising its expertise in world-class customer service, network, technology, brand and product development.

RCI's core business is the RCI community, an exchange network of 3 million timeshare owners around the world who enjoy dream vacation experiences through RCI's traditional week-for-week and points-based exchange networks.

RCI provides consumers the world's largest and most diverse selection of holiday rental properties through the RCI Holiday Network, and operates rental programmes on behalf of resorts, property management companies and holiday property owners around the world.

RCI Resort Management is the holiday ownership industries largest property management company, providing branded holiday experiences to consumers on behalf of nearly 280 resorts and associations world-wide.

RCI also offers property owners at private residence clubs access to a portfolio of fine leisure assets through The Abercrombie and Kent Registry, bringing flexibility and added value to the luxury segment of the holiday ownership industry.

RCI is a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD), a global provider of services primarily in travel and real estate.

For further information, please contact: Rebecca Genin, Samantha Jones or Geoff Saltmarsh The Saltmarsh Partnership Tel: 020 7928 1600 Fax: 020 7928 1700 E-mail: rebecca@saltmarshpr.co.uk The Copperfields, 25d Copperfield Street, London SE1 0EN