Earlier this week CanadianBusiness.com published an article on timeshares and timeshare resales, written by D G Southen. I wasn’t familiar with Southen’s writing before, but he sure captured my attention with an article entitled, “Confessions of a Timeshare Junkie.”

Southen blames the bad reputation that sometimes haunts timeshare sales on, “…the dubious ways they’re sold. Developers entice you to presentations with come-ons such as ski-lift tickets, cheap accommodation, even cash — and once you’re seated, the developer’s sales staff put the hard sell on you.”

Then he goes on to explain how he has avoided the heavy-handed developer sales approach, and at the same time, avoided paying too much for timeshare. He buys timeshare resales! As Southen explains, “Instead of paying thousands for the rights to spend a week once a year in a resort condo, I’ve paid as little as $150. I have an annual March Break reservation in Grand Cayman where I bought into a gorgeous 110 sq m (1,200 sq. ft.), two-storey unit with full eat-in kitchen, three full baths, two bedrooms and a full balcony overlooking the ocean. I paid less than $2,000 for it — and I can use it every year for the rest of my life.”

I’m quoting the author’s words exactly, because I simply could not explain the opportunities for timeshare ownership and fabulous vacations that timeshare resales affords, any better myself. Southen writes about attending a timeshare presentation and turning down the $8000 timeshare week offered at a ski resort, only to buy the same thing shortly thereafter as a timeshare resale for the ‘whopping’ price of $865.

Valuable Insights for Buying Timeshare Resales

What makes this author such an authority? He’s owned 20 timeshares, and he admits that sometimes he has made buying mistakes. So here’s a summary of this self-proclaimed timeshare junkie’s do’s and don’ts:

Buy at a resort where you want to vacation. Southen’s says it’s easier than buying elsewhere and trying to exchange timeshare for the location you prefer.

If your heart is set on timeshare exchange, buy timeshare at a resort that has properties in different parts of the country or different parts of the world. That way, you’ll be exchanging within a brand’s own network of timeshare resorts.

Shop around. While Southen suggests eBay, I suggest a timeshare advertising and marketing company, like Sell My Timeshare NOW.

Research maintenance fees. Timeshare maintenance fees that are too high will keep coming around to bite you, making your good deal not so good. Fees that are too low suggest a timeshare resort is not keeping up with repairs and necessary updates to the property.

And lastly, the author advises you to be patient about timeshare closings. Expect them to take at least three months.

To learn more about safe and economical ways to buy timeshare, read “Timeshare Resale Buyers FAQ,” from Sell My Timeshare NOW.

Perennial timeshare resort favorite, Orange Lake, makes Sell My Timeshare NOW’s HOT 100 list as property number 98. Located in Kissimmee, Florida, approximately 25 miles from Orlando International Airport, beautiful Orange Lake is a timeshare resort oasis at the hub of Central Florida’s favorite tourist attractions.

So close to the Walt Disney World vacation area, part of the Orange Lake timeshare resort property borders Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Of course, the many on-property amenities are all some vacationers ever need, which makes Orange Lake timeshares and timeshare resales a perfect choice for family vacations or reunions that call for lots of recreation options at one location.

At Orange Lake timeshare resort you will find a 120-seat movie theater, an arcade, mini-golf, pools (including a lazy river style pool), restaurants, sports bar, fishing, boating, waterskiing, tennis, an exercise room, whirlpool, playground, live entertainment, and outstanding golf.

Orange Lake’s East Village Timeshare Resales for Your Next Golf Vacation

The golf alone is plenty of reason to become an Orange Lake timeshare owner or plan a timeshare rental vacation there. Courses include the nine-hole Crane’s Bend, a beautiful executive course that winds around the lake; The Reserve, an eighteen-hole course, recently redesigned, and formerly known as The Resort Course; and the showpiece at Orange Lake: The Legends Course.

The Legends Course is an eighteen-hole masterpiece. Designed by Arnold Palmer, The Legends includes both links style holes and classic fairways lined with oaks and pine. The course plays 7,072 yards from the back tees and is both challenging and beautiful. And since Central Florida is home to more professional golfers than anywhere else in the world, don’t be surprised when you run into some of the pros tuning up their game on this first-rate course.

What to Expect at Your Orange Lake East Timeshare

The timeshare condos at Orange Lake East are studios, or one, two, and three-bedroom timeshare units. A three-bedroom timeshare condo sleeps up to 12 people and has dining table seating for six. Each of the three bedrooms has a television, plus there is a television in the living area. Two-bedroom timeshare condos are designed to accommodate up to eight people, while a one-bedroom timeshare at Orange Lake East sleeps up to four adults. Each timeshare unit has a washer and dryer and a fully equipped kitchen. Many have spa tubs and in-room safes. A baby crib is available at no charge. If you need a second crib, there is a $20 per week (or $5 per day) charge.

Options in Orange Lake Timeshare Ownership

Orange Lake timeshare resorts can also be found in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; Ascutney, Vermont; and Panama City, Florida. For more choices in timeshare exchange, Orange Lake timeshare is part of RCI and available for exchange by timeshare owners who are current RCI members.

Orange Lake timeshare resort in Orlando/Kissimmee is divided into four complexes: Orange Lake’s East Village; Orange Lake’s North Village; Orange Lake’s River Island; and Orange Lake’s West Village. Excellent opportunities are available in timeshare resales and timeshare rentals at each of these complexes through Sell My Timeshare NOW.

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Want to know what it’s like to play The Reserve course at Orange Lake timeshare resort? Here’s a hole-by-hole fly over from YouTube:

On Friday, our timeshare blog filled you in on all the glowing details about Club Regina Los Cabos timeshare resort, which is property number 100 on the Sell My Timeshare NOW HOT 100 list. So it is timely that today I am writing about another Raintree Resorts International timeshare property, just acquired in Mexico.

On May 7, Raintree closed the deal for a new Mexico timeshare, buying a property known as Nautilus. The acquisition makes the new property one of 20 points-based timeshare resorts owned by this timeshare company. Purchased from Jose Luis Borioli, a Puerto Vallarta developer, the marina-side location attracted Raintree. More importantly, so did the fact that the resort is across the street from Raintree’s Club Regina Puerto Vallarta, timeshare property, already a popular Mexico timeshare destination.

Doug Bech, CEO of Raintree Resorts, says, “The new resort provides a great property adjacent to our existing Club Regina and gives our Members additional access to the popular vacation destination with added meeting space and 100% renovated units, accommodating primarily couples on vacation.”

Things are Changing at this Mexico Timeshare

The new owners quickly renamed the timeshare, Villa Vera Puerto Vallarta. Currently the property offers a restaurant and snack bar; two swimming pools; a business center; and a conference area. Renovations estimated at $4.5 million are scheduled for completion within the year and will add a beach club, sundeck, fitness center, and new landscaping to the timeshare resort.

Bill Tsao, Senior VP with Raintree timeshares calls the new property, “…a jewel in one of our most popular destinations.”

Sell My Timeshare NOW has great deals on Club Regina Puerto Vallarta timeshare resales, as well as other Mexico timeshare resorts. If you want to buy Mexico timeshare, from a company you trust, this may be the right vacation choice for you. When you read what current Raintree timeshare owners are saying, most of them seem very satisfied with their timeshare ownership and only have one regret—that they paid full price instead of buying timeshare resales, where they would get the same ownership, at a much lower price!

Number 99 on Sell My Timeshare NOW’s HOT 100 List is the Hilton Club New York, a timeshare resale property we have written about many times before. It’s elegant, it’s energetic, and yet it’s affordable New York City accommodations with style.

Located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, the Hilton Club New York timeshare is in midtown Manhattan, conveniently within walking distance to cultural and entertainment hot spots like Rockefeller Center, The Museum of Modern Art, shopping on Fifth Avenue, Radio City Music Hall, Broadway, Times Square, Central Park, as well as major corporate locations.

The Hilton Club Timeshare Resales

This property is urban timeshare in every sense of the word. True, you won’t find any golf courses or ocean views at this timeshare resort. But that’s not what you come to Manhattan to enjoy. The Hilton Club timeshare is where you close that big business deal. It’s where you stay to Christmas shop at Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdales. Or you immerse yourself in culture with an afternoon at the Museum of Modern Art, and an evening enjoying classics on Broadway like “A Chorus Line,” or new hits like “Cry-Baby“. The Hilton Club New York is, simply put, where you go to be upscale and uptown.

Hilton Timeshare Amenities

With wall-to-wall windows, these timeshare suites offer dramatic skyline views. The property includes the largest grand ballroom in New York City (as well as 3 other ballrooms); large meeting and exhibition space (150,000 square feet of meeting area); restaurants and bars; an 8,000 square foot fitness club; and all of it recently revitalized by an $148 million renovation and redesign.

Hilton New York timeshare owners can expect generous suites, on-property laundry service, and the service of a luxury hotel, at the price of a timeshare resales. Sell My Timeshare NOW is your very best resource to learn more about Hilton New York timeshare resales and Hilton Club New York timeshare rentals.

Your purchase of a Hilton New York timeshare resale is points-based, right to use ownership at a location that is priceless. Except you will pay the competitive discounted rate of a timeshare resale.

…And for an Interesting Twist to Your Hilton Club New York Timeshare Vacation

For a totally different perspective on your very elegant timeshare vacation in the Big Apple, you might want to swap your Manolo Blahniks for running shoes and try a guided running tour of the city. City Running Tours, Inc, is a unique company that helps you see a city up close and from a native’s perspective, while you tick off the miles on your daily jog. City Running Tours offer escorted pre-mapped runs through many of your favorite cities, with an expert runner who is also a fitness trainer and a knowledgeable city guide. As an interesting addition to your Hilton New York timeshare vacation, discover the city, named by Runner’s World as one of the top three best running cities in the US.

To whet your appetite for Broadway fun, enjoy this YouTube from Cry-Baby: