Armed Forces Vacation Club

Armed Forces Vacation Club (AFVC, afvclub.com) is a free membership travel program that offers the U.S. military community discounted resort stays, hotels, cruises, and car rentals worldwide. It is operated by Resort Rental, LLC, part of Travel + Leisure Co., not by the Department of Defense, and functions as a commercial quality-of-life benefit rather than a logistics system.

What it is

AFVC is an online vacation-booking platform built on Travel + Leisure Co.'s RCI resort-exchange network. Members book discounted resort weeks, condo stays, hotel rooms, and cruises, with listings organized into tiers such as "R&R Vacations," "High Demand," and "Short Stays," plus last-minute deals and car-rental discounts. Destinations span all 50 U.S. states and dozens of countries. A paid "premium" membership tier offers deeper discounts on top of the free base membership.

Who operates it

AFVC is run by Resort Rental, LLC, a subsidiary within Travel + Leisure Co. (which also owns the RCI timeshare-exchange network). It is a commercial travel benefit made available to the military community, not a government-run or DoD-funded program.

Access

Membership is free but requires account registration and eligibility verification before booking. Per the official site and an Air Force Retiree Services fact sheet, eligible members include active duty, National Guard, Reserve, and retired members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard; DoD civilian employees; Gold Star families; and immediate family members of any of the above. Registration is completed at afvclub.com's account sign-up page. Customer support is reached at 1-800-724-9988 (overseas: 317-805-9975); the site does not publish a support email, only a contact form.

How logisticians and the military community use it

AFVC is a morale/quality-of-life travel benefit rather than a materiel or logistics tool — it does not touch supply chains, NSNs, or acquisition. Service members, retirees, veterans, DoD civilians, and their families use it to book leisure travel at member-only rates as a recognized benefit of service.

Related systems

AFVC sits alongside other MWR-affiliated quality-of-life and travel benefits in the directory's Adjacent section; it is distinct from official DoD travel systems such as the Armed Forces Recreation Center resorts.