Just had a quick turnaround time on an auction for a Princeville, Kauai condo. Bid and won at a late night weekend auction, specified Thanksgiving week, and got the confirmation and a RCI voucher link on my online reservation record 11 hours later (1-2 week processing time has been more typical in the past for me). Maybe it was faster processing this time since it was a Wyndham property listed through RCI?

I had to be slightly creative to get there in a holiday week though (BDL-LIH decent flights are $1,600+ on my dates of travel). Wound up doing this as an Expedia hotel/Delta air package to Vegas...with only a one and a half night stay at the Luxor and a 7 hour layover in Vegas on the way back. For LAS to LIH, I used HA points for a coach ticket on the midnight madness flight out (flies out at 1:15 AM!) and a redeye on the way back. Always a calculated risk with end-to-end ticketing, but HA usually can tag my bag straight through when I return, can usually confirm my connecting flight, but I'm asked to recheck in with the other carrier once I get to the mainland. Savings on the airfare will basically pay for the Skyauction condo rental and airport parking.