Grand Timber Lodge Timeshare Resort is so much more than a timeshare vacation destination; it is a life style. And while owning and maintaining a year-round ski retreat in Breckenridge, Colorado may not be within your budget, owning a week or two of timeshare at Grand Timber Lodge can be very affordable, especially if you take advantage of reasonably priced timeshare resales.

Grand Timber Lodge timeshare is HOT 100 list timeshare property number 54 at Sell My Timeshare NOW. Of course timeshare owners at Grand Timber Lodge love the resort because of its ski-in and ski-out convenience. But there is also the Grand Victorian Day Spa, the swimming pools, hot tubs, athletic center, children’s playground and the arcade to love as well.

While many timeshare resorts offer excellent retreats for you and your family, the Grand Timber Lodge has units large enough to accommodate family groups of all sizes or you and your 9 best friends.

Timeshare Units to Accommodate Up to 10 People

The Grand Timber Lodge timeshare resort offers studio timeshare units, 2-room suites with kitchenettes, and one, two, and three-bedroom timeshare condos. The largest condos at the Grand Timber Lodge are 1,500 square feet and designed to accommodate up to 10 people. They include fully equipped kitchens with granite countertops, a washer and dryer, a private deck, gas fireplace, and complete dining service for 10 people. These timeshare units have 3 full bathrooms, (one with a jetted bathtub) and an entertainment center in the living area.

But you don’t necessarily have to go for the largest timeshare to enjoy luxury and comfort in a Grand Timber Lodge timeshare. Even the 2-room suites with kitchenettes are designed to sleep up to 6 people, and include one king size bed, 1 queen size bed, and 1 sleeper sofa. The kitchenette includes a mini fridge, a mini dishwasher, a microwave oven and a two-burner stove. These timeshare units also include an entertainment center and 2 full bathrooms.

If you are interesting in learning more about becoming a vacation property owner, paying for only the days and nights you schedule to enjoy at the Grand Timber Lodge timeshare, visit Sell My Timeshare NOW and learn more about the timeshare resales and timeshare rentals waiting for you.

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Are you considering selling your timeshare? Owning timeshare is a great idea, but time, lifestyle changes, health, and even economic ups and downs can lead you to the decision to sell your timeshare. Selling timeshare often means that you get out from under annual fees and taxes, and as great an idea as timeshare vacations can be for millions of people, if you are not using your timeshare…then it is time to sell.

Timeshare Valuation from Sell My Timeshare NOW

You know what you paid for your timeshare, and perhaps you even know what your timeshare cost you in interest and financing fees if you borrowed money to make your timeshare purchase. You can also look at what you have paid in annual fees and taxes during the time you have owned your vacation ownership property. But clearly, if you have looked around at the timeshare resale market at all, you already understand that you will not be able to recoup these expenditures in total when you resell your timeshare.

Instead, think of buying timeshare as being very much like the money you spend buying a new car. Your new car comes with a purchase price, for most of us it comes with financing fees and interest, and for as long as you own that car, you also pay for taxes, maintenance, insurance, and fuel. Yet when you get ready to sell it, you will not be able to regain the money you have spent on your vehicle.

Okay, so if you cannot resell timeshare for your purchase price, what is the right price to ask for your timeshare on the resale market?

Don’t guess. Don’t pick a number out of the air. Let Sell My Timeshare NOW, the leading online timeshare resale and timeshare rental advertising company help you. Follow this link to Sell My Timeshare NOW, and receive a free Sellers Market Survey to find out the timeshare resale value of your property.

Sell My Timeshare NOW, eliminating the guesswork.

Timeshares Daily carried an article earlier this week titled, “Real Estate Industry’s Odd Duck is a Golden Goose Called Timeshare Resales.” The article looked at a recent The Today Show segment with Natalie Morales and real estate expert Barbara Corcoran, as well as included an interview with us, here at Sell My Timeshare NOW.

Corcoran is a knowledgeable resource for information on real estate, having turned a $1000 loan from a friend into the real estate industry powerhouse, known as the Corcoran Group. In 1971, Corcoran sold her company for $70 million. The article notes that Corcoran refers to timeshares as, “…the odd duck of the real estate business.” But as the author points out, “…she wasn’t calling them an ugly duckling; Corcoran was simply pointing out that in the world of real estate, timeshares are different.“

Timeshare Sales are Different than Other Types of Real Estate Transactions

Sell My Timeshare NOW elaborated on Corcoran’s point, explaining that timeshare sales are unique in the real estate industry. Here’s an example to further explain what I was referring to in the Timeshares Daily article: imagine trying to sell your home by luring prospective buyers with promises of discounted vacations, tickets to theme parks and free dinners. If you did pass out these freebies to everyone who toured your home, you’d have a substantial out-of-pocket expenditure and you’d be looking to recoup this cost by marking-up the asking price of your home. The person who ultimately bought your home would bear the costs of all the free giveaways you handed out in hopes of attracting that one person who was ready to buy. And as odd as this sounds in terms of residential real estate, this is exactly how timeshare developers sell timeshare.

The person who buys timeshare new from the developer pays to cover the developer’s upfront marketing costs. But when timeshares reach the resale market, the playing field gets level. Timeshare owners looking to resell their vacation ownership property aren’t trying to make back what they initially spent to buy the timeshare; they are simply trying to sell timeshare at the price the resale market will bear.

When you read the Timeshares Daily article, you’ll see that on the subject of selling timeshare, Corcoran’s advice from a real estate perspective is for timeshare owners to use an online timeshare resales company. You will also see that it is exactly the same advice I gave in the article.

Timeshare resales sell at market value - the price the buying market is willing to pay for the product. But pricing your timeshare resale at fair market value is only half of what it takes to sell your timeshare. You must also get your timeshare resale advertised in front of as many prospective timeshare buyers as possible.

… And that, of course, is where Sell My Timeshare NOW comes in.

To watch the full clip from The Today Show interview, click here to play the video.

When I hear people talk about a guaranteed sale of your timeshare on the resale market, it makes me cringe. Can Sell My Timeshare NOW guarantee you that we will sell your resale timeshare? Of course, we cannot. And neither can anyone else.

So if you are interested in reselling your timeshare, and someone contacts you “promising” to get you a sale - especially if that promise of a sale includes a target date - you should back away from that offer in a hurry. It simply is not logical to say that any company can guarantee that it can produce the right buyer, at the right price, on a given day, for a timeshare or for almost any other product.

But here’s what is logical and it is what we do best at Sell My Timeshare NOW: If you advertise your resale timeshare with us, we will give you expansive global visibility to a market of interested timeshare buyers and timeshare renters, greatly increasing your chance of making that sale.

At Sell My Timeshare NOW, we are committed to helping you sell your timeshare, as easily and efficiently as possible. And while we don’t guarantee a sale, we DO guarantee that if you advertise your timeshare on Sell My Timeshare NOW, but sell it through another company or timeshare broker at the same advertised price, all you have to do is show us your document of sale and we will refund the money you paid to advertise with us.

…And that’s a timeshare guarantee you can believe in and rely on.

To learn more about what it takes to sell your timeshare, take a moment and watch this video:

Would you be surprised to learn that 15 percent of all households in Finland are considering the purchase of timeshare weeks or timeshare condos? Finland based, Holiday Club Resorts Oy, is not surprised; they have recognized the opportunity to grow their hotel and spa business through the development of new Nordic timeshare resorts.

With 5.3 million people in 2.4 million households, (according to Timeshare Perspective Magazine) Finland has some 800,000 people who currently have the potential to buy timeshare. Neighboring Sweden offers another 1.5 million potential timeshare owners—and these numbers only reflect people who can afford to buy timeshare from the developer. Imagine how these figures increase if you include all the people who can afford to buy timeshare at the fantastic discounts available in timeshare resales.

Holiday Club Resorts is Thinking Big about European Timeshare

Holiday Club Resorts Oy is the oldest timeshare company in the Nordic countries. They are part of the RCI timeshare exchange, and they offer Holiday Club timeshare resorts in high-demand ski destinations, as well as numerous spa resort hotels. Currently Holiday Club timeshare, which has timeshare resorts in Sweden, Finland, and Russia, projects they may be on their way to becoming the largest European timeshare company.

Holiday Club Resorts Oy is seriously going after new timeshare owners. They have set up some of their timeshare condos in line with the concepts of the Stress Free Area®. Stress Free is a registered design of the Conbalance company, that specializes in interior space planning. In Stress Free designs, attention is given to planning lighting, color selections, fabrics, and furnishing to enhance a sense of calmness and wellbeing for the occupants.

Timeshare Resales, the Nordic Opportunity

Listening to the media tell you about the surfeit of home foreclosures and the spiraling increase in the costs of energy and durable goods, you may feel that this is an impossible time to sell timeshare. But these statistics from Finland and Sweden are just one more reminder that the person who buys your timeshare resale could be from anywhere in the world, provided you advertise your timeshare resales through a company that uses the world wide web to create a broad base of global marketing.

And as an interesting post script, I have to compliment the people at Holiday Club for the timeshare advertising slogan they pose to their market, “Why buy a cow when you need a litre (liter) of milk?”

…I couldn’t have said it better myself.

In a very short time, eBay has created a powerful, effective global marketplace that serves as yard sale, antique auction, real estate showcase, trading post, and memorabilia collector’s paradise. Old, new, valuable, eclectic, or pure junk, you can find it all on eBay.

Beyond creating a worldwide flea market, eBay has also afforded a way for people to supplement their incomes or even build small (and sometimes not so small) businesses. eBay entrepreneurs are a whole new category of business people, so much so, that the eBay empire has also established eBay University to train aspiring merchants in their structure and business model.

When You Sell Timeshare or Buy Timeshare Through an Online Auction

Yes, you can even buy timeshare or sell timeshare on eBay. When you sell timeshare through eBay, you have the choice to handle the sale yourself or to go through an eBay store that resells timeshare. Selling your timeshare weeks this way may work for some people, but online auctions are truly a situation of both buyer beware and seller beware.

For example, I just checked today’s timeshare resort properties advertised on eBay and found timeshare weeks listed at a starting bid of one cent—that’s right—one penny. Some have a reserve amount on them, meaning the timeshare will not be sold until a minimum price is met, but others are sold without the reserve. This is potentially a one-penny selling price; received after you (the timeshare seller) pay a fee to advertise your timeshare resale on eBay. And as a timeshare buyer, don’t assume that these rock bottom prices are actually the amount that you are required to come up with at the close of the auction. Instead, be sure you read all the fine print, because you are sure to be hit with closing costs, maybe advance or past maintenance fees, and other costs that turn your penny-priced property into a much larger expenditure. Additionally, as a timeshare buyer, you may not be given the choice of which timeshare closing company you wish to use to finalize your transaction, giving you even less control of the final dollar amount your budget priced timeshare deal will cost.

A timeshare owner posting on the TUG website recently observed: “Did you see the auction on eBay, a small 1 br gold week so that was an original Starwood went for the whopping amount of $3.25. Yes the decimal point is in the right spot.”

Another reason to be cautious in any online auction is that there is often nothing to standardize the information provided about the timeshare resale. If a timeshare seller knowingly or unknowingly, misrepresents the facts about the timeshare weeks he or she owns, the prospective buyer has no real way of sorting out fact from fiction. Important details about the timeshare weeks being advertised can be omitted or misstated. As a timeshare buyer, your risk can be great. As a timeshare owner who wants to sell timeshare, you will find the timeshare resort ad you credibly present is competing with ads that may promise amenities or terms they cannot deliver.

When you try to sell timeshare in an online auction, you are attempting to sell timeshare in a marketplace that contains timeshare properties owned by people who are apparently willing to pay to give them away! Combine that with how quickly eBay’s ads expire and you have a tough way to sell timeshare unless you too, are ready to pay someone to let you give them your vacation property.

In an interesting move this week, eBay announced that beginning in May, sellers will not be allowed to leave negative comments about their customers. They will still be permitted to leave positive ones. According to eBay spokesperson, Usher Lieberman, “The No. 1 reason buyers cited for decreasing or ceasing their activity on eBay was negative unwarranted retaliatory feedback they received from sellers.”

Remember that no one solution is best for every person who wants to sell timeshare or buy timeshare. Your needs and your objectives are unique. But before you turn to any online auction to buy or sell timeshare, consider all your options. An online auction is truly a case of caveat emptor…buyer beware…and sometimes, it is “seller beware” as well.

To learn more about safe, effective ways to sell timeshare or buy timeshare resales, visit Sell My Timeshare NOW.

What a great time to spend Canadian dollars on US timeshare! I know I have mentioned this before, but with the value of Canada’s loonie strong to the US dollar, Canadians have never been better positioned to buy timeshare or rent timeshare in the United States.

And since Canadians are quickly realizing this, there have been a number of articles on timeshares and vacation ownership in the Canadian press lately with good advice for anyone who wants to buy timeshare or buy timeshare resales. But, I was particularly impressed with an article I read in Canada.com, titled, “No such thing as a free lunch“. Reporter Sandy Fife has done an excellent job of defining the pitfalls (many) and the benefits (a few) of attending timeshare promotions in order to enjoy a reduced rate vacation.

Notwithstanding the fact that a timeshare promotion deal may enable you to take a vacation with free or deeply discounted rates, and provides you an excellent chance to try before you buy timeshare, the high-pressure tactics of some salespeople may offset the value of what would have otherwise been a relaxing vacation.

If You Attend a Timeshare Presentation…

Fife offers the following good suggestions for surviving a timeshare promotion:

• Choose a reputable name in the hotel and/or timeshare resort industry for your free (or reduced) getaway.
• Be very careful if you choose to respond to a timeshare promotion that contacts you only by email or phone solicitation.
• And lastly, she says, don’t even think about going if you are susceptible to high-pressure sales pitches.

As one seasoned veteran of enjoying timeshare promotions was quoted as saying, “You should never buy at a presentation, because time-shares cost much less on resale.” I couldn’t have said that better myself.

If you have ever considered going on a timeshare promotion vacation, just to enjoy the perks that come with it, take a few minutes and read the Canada.com article first. And if you want to sidestep the sales rush and developer prices, go straight to shopping timeshare resales.

When you visit the website for Sell My Timeshare NOW, we don’t give you free tickets to theme parks, or a coupon good for breakfast, but you can browse and peruse our huge inventory of timeshare resales and timeshare rentals as much, and as often as you like. You can show up in your pajamas or your favorite sweats, and from the comfort and convenience of your personal computer, you can take your time selecting the timeshare vacation option that is right for you. Best of all, what you save when you buy timeshare resales instead of paying developer prices, will help you pay for future vacations—vacations that don’t involve sitting through sales presentations.

Here are links to a few of the timeshare resorts from which you can choose at Sell My Timeshare NOW.

• Bluegreen Timeshare
• Marriott Timeshare
• Shell Vacations Club Timeshare
• Starwood (including Westin and Sheraton) Timeshare
• Fairfield, WorldMark / Trendwest Timeshare
• Hilton Grand Vacation Club Timeshare
• Westgate Timeshare
• Mayan Palace Timeshare
• Orange Lake Timeshare

Last week, the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau released the results of a new nationwide research study conducted by Opinion Research’s Caravan. The study looked at the travel patterns and preferences of grandparents, or the segment of society many people call the Baby Boomers.

According to the study, 49 percent of grandparents have traveled with their grandchildren, as well as with one or both of the children’s parents. In 2000, when a similar study was conducted, only 37 percent reported taking this type of multi-generational vacation. On top of the 49 percent of three-generation vacationers, another 31 percent said they vacationed with their grandchildren, but without the children’s parents.

Why the increase over the past 7 years?

Part of it has to do with the fact that Boomers now represent the fastest growing demographic in America’s culture. Today’s fifty-something generation is healthier, wealthier, and better educated than so-called senior citizens of any previous era. Still vital, active, and with many of them still climbing the corporate ladder, most Boomers have yet to reach their peak earnings capacity. In short, grandparents today may be rockin’, but are not likely to be in a rocking chair!

And where are grandparents traveling with their grandchildren in tow? The top three destinations for multigenerational vacations are: Orlando, Washington DC, and New York City.

With great timeshare and timeshare resale opportunities in all three cities, you can be sure that many of these vacations are planned for timeshare resorts, where everyone in the family can enjoy spacious accommodations, full kitchens, eat-in dining, and lots of on-property activities and entertainment.

Here are only a few of the excellent timeshare resorts in these three favorite grandparent-grandchild vacation cities:

• Grand Lake Resort Orlando Timeshare
• Westgate Leisure Resorts Orlando Timeshare
• Disney’s Boardwalk Villas Timeshare
• Wyndham at Bonnet Creek Orlando Timeshare
• Wyndham Washington DC Timeshare at Old Town Alexandria Virginia
• Manhattan Club Timeshare
• Hilton Club New York Timeshare

Last week in the Timeshare Owners Blog, I mentioned that many people have discovered September is an excellent month for taking a vacation. This month is an especially good time for visiting theme parks like Disney World, as the crowds are typically at their lowest.

Recently, I ran across a unique item in the Detroit Free Press. If you are planning a Disney timeshare vacation in the near future, this interesting information may cause you to add one more item to your vacation agenda.

An entertainment attorney in Detroit, Gregory Reed, was, for many years the attorney for civil rights activist Rosa Parks. In 1998, Reed was part of a groundbreaking ceremony at the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. Following the ceremony, a man approached Reed and gave him an envelope. The man unknown to Reed, said only, “I believe you should have these.”

The envelope contained the original fingerprints and police booking cards, signed by Rosa Parks, dated December 1, 1955—the day Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus.

Beginning September 28, the documents will be on display at the Epcot Center in Disney World, Orlando, Florida. The exhibit will also include items from Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Jackie Robinson, and George Washington Carver.

As Reed says, “There’s an obligation to take note of this moment and time in American history.”

An Orlando timeshare vacation means warm sun, balmy breezes, and entertainment venues guaranteed to appeal to a wide range of interests. Much more than roller coasters or a ride in a spinning teacup, a Disney timeshare vacation can also include the chance to introduce your children to America’s social and cultural history in a very meaningful way.

Here are some excellent opportunities available to you now in Disney timeshare resales:

Disney’s Beach Club Villas timeshare resales
Disney’s Boardwalk Villas timeshare resales
Disney’s Old Key West Resort timeshare resales
Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa timeshare resales
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort timeshare resales

Gatlinburg, Tennessee is seeking to curb overly enthusiastic timeshare sellers.

“Thank you, I’ve already been asked,” is the badge some tourists will be sporting when they visit the Smokey Mountain resort city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Vickie Simms, executive director of the city’s chamber of commerce, told The Mountain Press that they were receiving too many complaints about the “repetitiveness and behavior” of timeshare sales people soliciting on the streets. The chamber’s intention is not to discourage those who are interested in viewing timeshares and attending timeshare sales presentations. However, they do want to offer visitors the choice to request the sticker and hopefully be spared repeated overtures by the OPC’s—the off-premise contacts (or off property contacts) who represent timeshare sales. Simms was quoted as saying, “As the tourism industry is the lifeline of the business community, it is the chamber’s goal to provide our visitors with the most gratifying and memorable experience possible.”

You can also shop for Smokey Mountain timeshare resales and timeshare rentals at www.sellmytimesharenow.com. You will by-pass all the eager OPC’s who want to sign you up for presentations you don’t really want to sit through. Instead, you can browse the inventory of right-priced vacation ownership properties on your own schedule and without any heavy-handed sales pitches trying to sell you something that is not right for you.