Last week Wyndham Vacation Ownership (Wyndham timeshare) announced it was updating its sales practices with the use of an iPad platform. By equipping all of its sales associates with a timeshare sales “tool center,” the Apple iPads become dedicated sales tools for the Wyndham timeshare sales team. Utilizing some 3,000 iPads, Wyndham Vacation Ownership timeshare [...]

Yesterday The Timeshare Authority blog reported “Profits Rise at Marriott Vacations Worldwide.” Today’s story is about positive momentum shown in Wyndham Worldwide’s Q1 performance. The report includes a look at Wyndham vacation ownership. Wyndham Hotel Group posted first quarter 2013 revenue of $222 million, which is an increase of 20 percent over the same quarter in [...]

VacationOwnership.com LLC has jobs open in many areas including timeshare sales. If you are looking for a new job as a timeshare sales professional, you may be looking for a  career with VacationOwnership.com LLC.  Last month we cut the ribbon on beautiful, new office space in Exeter, NH, that was purpose built to create a [...]

Vacation services provider, Travel To Go released a media announcement this week to its members and others who may own timeshare, warning them to be wary of timeshare scam solicitations. In the  press release, the Travel To Go Scam Department described some of the approaches and ruses used by timeshare scam companies and disreputable individuals to receive [...]

Let’s face it, one size doesn’t really fit all. This is true in the clothes you wear, the financial choices you make, and even the car you buy. And it’s just as true when selling your timeshare. When it comes to timeshare resale, you need choices. With Sell My Timeshare NOW, as a timeshare seller, you have [...]

The following article looks at some of today’s challenges when it comes to marketing timeshares and timeshare resales. Much about the decision to sell your timeshare or to buy a timeshare  is  surprisingly similar to the decisions you make and the sales strategies behind the last cup of pumpkin latte you ordered. This article, “Why the future of [...]

A select group of some of the timeshare sales and vacation ownership industry’s top professionals met last week in Deer Valley, Utah. Coming together were corporate vice presidents; regional vice presidents; directors of sales; and project directors—the cream of the crop, one might say, when it comes to timeshare sales and leadership. The group experienced [...]

Whether you call it sensationalism, deceptive marketing, or an urban myth … here’s one that just won’t die: “You will never be able to resell your timeshare.” How do I know it is untrue? Because since Sell My Timeshare NOW began tracking offers in 2006* through our website, www.sellmytimesharenow.com we have generated more than $2.1 [...]

On the heels of last week’s 14th annual Shared Ownership Industry Conference (SOIC) held in Orlando, the Orlando Sentinel reported on the overall feeling among timeshare and vacation ownership industry executives. (See: Time-share industry sees daylight ahead). The Orlando Sentinel summarized the ups and downs of timeshare sales by identifying that the collapse of Lehman [...]

At Sell My Timeshare NOW and VacationOwnership.com, we did not have a Labor Day Sale on timeshare resales, just like we didn’t have a Back-to-School Sale and we won’t be having any holiday shopping sales heading into the Christmas buying season. You might think timeshare sales or timeshare resales bidding wars would be a good [...]