Today, Sell My Timeshare NOW is releasing its 2010 HOT 100 Timeshare List … just in time for the peak summer vacation season. The timeshare resales and timeshare rentals in this report are those that received the greatest number of offers to buy or rent in 2009 at Sell My Timeshare NOW.

Here’s a profile of the hottest of the hot timeshares—The Top 10.

• 8 of the top ten properties are US timeshares.
• 6 of the top ten properties are Marriott Timeshares.
• 4 of the top ten are Hawaii timeshares.
• 2 of the top ten are Florida timeshares.
• And 10 of the top ten are at the beach!

Click the report below to download this special Sell My Timeshare NOW report and find out not only the hottest top 10 timeshare properties, but all 100 timeshares that made the list!

Or type this link into your browser: http://www.sellmytimesharenow.com/media/pdf/hot-100-2010.pdf

Sell My Timeshare NOW is excited to announce that we’ve selected Marge Lennon and Lennon Communications as our publicist. Lennon Communications is a Florida-based public relations, marketing, and advertising firm, with extensive experience in timeshares, timeshare resales, and timeshare rentals.

Marge has some thirty years experience in the timeshare industry-if you are in the business of timeshares, it’s likely you already know Marge. Even if you haven’t met Marge personally, or seen her on the dance floor of industry events, you’ve likely read her byline.

Marge writes frequently in Resort Management & Operations, where she is a Contributing Editor. She also blogs for several timeshare related blog sites and is the editor of the WIN e-newsletter for Women In the Industry. Marge is also a past board member of ARDA, the American Resort Development Association, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Bluegreen Vacation Club.

So welcome, Marge, we are pleased to be your client and trust our message to Lennon Communications. There’s a great deal of exciting news at Sell My Timeshare NOW, so keep an eye on The Timeshare Authority blog, industry publications, and national and international news-you’ll be hearing a lot from us in weeks to come-and it’s all good news for timeshare owners and the future of timeshare sales and timeshare resales across the industry.

Click here to read the Sell My Timeshare NOW media release.

CareerBuilder’s annual survey has found that workers feel they need a vacation this year more than ever. Roughly 56 percent of the working population says they are more in need of a vacation in 2010 than they have been in past years.

Besides needing a summer holiday, timeshare vacation, or recreational travel, 36 percent of the US workforce surveyed (more than 4800 people) say they feel more comfortable about taking a vacation this year than they did last year, and attribute that feeling to a general sense that the economy is improving.

Career Builder‘s research shows that 64 percent of workers say they have already taken a vacation or have one planned. Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder says, “It is good news that workers’ anxiety around taking vacation time appears to be lessening this year compared to last. Now workers need to follow through and actually utilize their full vacation benefits; 15 percent reported that they didn’t use all of their allotted time last year. Utilizing time off to recharge batteries is even more important today as staffs have shrunk over the last 18 months and workers are dealing with added responsibilities and pressure.”

Here are four important steps to take so that you can truly enjoy your time off and not feel as if you are still tied to your job.

1. Plan early.

Staffing in many workplaces has been reduced which means jockeying for your desired days off can be challenging. Pre-planning is also valuable in scheduling your timeshare vacation if you are considering timeshare exchange. But even if you find yourself facing last minute travel, there are always great deals you can pick up in timeshare rentals, typically for far less than you pay at a hotel.

2. Have someone in place to pick up the slack.
If you can, coordinate with a coworker so that he or she can be on the alert for red flags, deadlines, and other “office fires” that can come up in your absence. If you have already filled someone in on the possibilities, that person may be able to take necessary action without interrupting your relaxation—just be prepared to return the favor for it is his or her turn to take holiday time.

3. If you have to work during your timeshare vacation or summer holiday, do it during a scheduled time.
Let your office or co-workers know you will make yourself available to them during certain hours each day. Work when you have to, and then put the stress of work time on the back burner during the other hours of the day.

4. Start a trend.
If you demonstrate your skill in managing vacation time and work time, others in your office will follow suit. As the vacation experts at VacationBetter.org remind us, “…studies point to increased stress levels, health risks and strained relationships as contributing factors from too much work and not enough vacation.” It only stands to reason that if and your coworkers all manage some much needed time for vacation, overall workplace productivity should increase while stress levels decrease.

(Source: www.careerbuilder.com)

We love the news we receive from TATOC Timeshare Association. Here’s what they said in their last news release. It is just so intriguing we want to share it with you in exactly their own words:

“Wednesday 26th May 2010 was an important day for the timeshare industry. There was no scandal, no new legislation nor a consumer television programme about to reveal all. But in a hotel in Manchester (England) there were representatives from every facet of the industry meeting for the first time to discuss the challenges and problems of the industry and more importantly to discuss action to overcome them.”

TATOC (Timeshare Association Timeshare Owners and Committees) is known as the only elected consumers association to represent the interests of timeshare owners in Europe. The topics of their watershed meeting sounded very much in harmony with the issues brought up last week, here in the US at the ARDA New England Regional Meeting. TATOC members addressed, with concern, the fact that the media perception and consequently much of the consumer perception about timeshares is not healthy for the industry. One spTimeshare resales, timeshare news, timeshare blog, timeshare owners, timeshare exchange, RCI timeshare, Interval International, European timeshareecific prevailing topic that the industry is working hard to resolve is that of how to best respond to timeshare owners who wish to resell timeshare.

Harry Taylor, the CEO of TATOC, explains, “Following our very successful Annual conference in March and as an Association who represents the consumer, we felt, that we should keep the impetus going and use this opportunity to move forward as a cohesive body. It is a TATOC initiative and we have been very encouraged as to the companies and interest taken by the industry and also the commitment to address these issues.”

Executives from Worldwide Timeshare, Club la Costa, Diamond Resorts International©, FNTC, RCI, Resort Developers Association, Resort Properties, Resort Solutions, Interval International, and Dial an Exchange participated.

Learn more about TATOC:
www.timeshareassociation.org
Or contact Harry Taylor CEO on +44 (0)845 230 2430