Palm Beach Shores Resort and Vacation Villas timeshares and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa timeshares are back-to-back on the Sell My Timeshare NOW HOT 100 list; and both are very popular Florida timeshare resorts for timeshare resales and timeshare rentals.

Palm Beach Shores Resort and Vacation Villas, located in Palm Beach, Florida, ranked number 57 on the HOT 100 list. Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa timeshares in Orlando ranked as number 56. These are two luxurious Florida timeshare resorts, but the appeal of each is unique and distinctive.

Palm Beach Shores Resort and Vacation Villas Timeshares

For beachside luxury, you can’t do better than the Palm Beach Shores Resort. Located on prestigious Singer Island, the area has long been a playground for the rich and famous. Timeshare units at the Palm Beach Shore Resort offer your choice of ocean view, pool view, or island view. Units include fully appointed kitchens, king size beds, queen size sleeper sofas, and two televisions. On property, you will find a full service restaurant, nail salon, exercise room, swimming pool, and a spa.

Plan a Palm Beach Shores timeshare vacation when you want to watch the sunrise on the beach or to sleep in and then lounge by the pool. Or schedule a day for marathon shopping at the internationally renowned shops of Worth Avenue. You can also choose from a wide selection of water sports or golf at one of the many nearby championship courses. If you like Vegas-style excitement, you may decided to schedule a day cruise for gambling and games.

The Palm Beach Shores Resort and Vacation Villas timeshare is an RCI Gold Crown Resort.

Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa Timeshares

Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa may be a Florida timeshare, but as its name suggests, it pays homage to horse racing and upstate New York country retreats as they were at the turn of the century.

This is the largest of the existing Disney Vacation Club timeshare resorts, and as of early 2008, is sold out for new timeshare sales. But that doesn’t mean you and your family can’t enjoy a Disney vacation at Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa in a Disney Saratoga Springs timeshare resale or timeshare rental.

This Disney Vacation Club property offers studio timeshare units, one and two-bedroom units, and grand timeshare villas. The property includes 12 buildings and approximately 46 timeshare units or villas per building. With its Victorian architecture, shaded lakeside setting and bubbling fountains, you may forget that you are at a Florida timeshare at all, that is, until you hop the Disney monorail and are transported straight to the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, or any of the other Orlando Disney theme parks and attractions.

Choices for Your Florida Timeshare Vacation

Palm Beach Shores Resort and Vacation Villas timeshares and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa timeshares give you two great choices for a Florida timeshare vacation. But remember, there are more timeshare resorts in Florida than anywhere else in the world, which means more vacation fun and more opportunities to become a vacation property owner. Best of all, you can easily and affordably enjoy Florida timeshares through timeshare resales and timeshare rentals.

As part of the Disney Vacation Club’s continued growth, Disney commenced sales last week for their new timeshare resort, the Bay Lake Tower. Opportunities to buy timeshare at this new Orlando timeshare, which will be located at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, are made available first to Disney Vacation Club Members, with sales to the public to be available at a later date.

In a press release issued by Disney Vacation Club timeshare, President Jim Lewis said, “Our founder, Walt Disney, was well known for having one foot in the past and one in the future. These new resort developments share that dynamic sensibility, blending modern luxury and design with the nostalgic spirit of two of the most storied resorts in Walt Disney World history.

“What excites me most about this tremendous growth is that we’re not only creating new accommodations, but new experiences. Each of the projects we’ve undertaken at Disney Vacation Club is unlike anything previously available in our resort portfolio, and both Bay Lake Tower and the Treehouse Villas proudly build on that tradition.”

Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort

If you are old enough to remember when Disney Orlando’s Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, one of the things you will also remember is that parts of the park were very specifically designed to honor Walt Disney’s vision of futuristic (George Jetson-style) living. Much of the design of the new Bay Lake Tower timeshares will pay architectural tribute to Disney’s Contemporary Resort.

Bay Lake Tower timeshare villas will include 295 two-bedroom villas and will be the closest resort to the Magic Kingdom Park. Featuring modern artwork, and an ultramodern color scheme, rooms will include flat-screened televisions, full kitchens, washers and dryers, plus plenty of space for relaxing. Designed to accommodate up to nine people, some timeshare units will be lockouts that can be divided into a one-bedroom timeshare villa to sleep five, with a studio timeshare to sleep up to four. A convenient skybridge will link the timeshare high-rise to shops, restaurants, and the Disney monorail station.

Follow these links to read about other recent developments at Disney Vacation Club timeshare:

• New Disney Timeshare Deal with Four Seasons Hotels, Resorts and Timeshares
• Disney Marketing Gives You a New Reason to Buy Timeshare
• Disney Vacation Club Timeshare is Family Fun, but One Disney Restaurant Is No Longer Family Friendly

Yesterday’s The Timeshare Authority reported on Holiday Inn jumping into the timeshare market through a relationship with Orange Lake timeshare resorts. Holiday Inn will be starting first with the Orange Lake resort in Orlando, and later moving to brand all of the Orange Lake timeshare resort properties. And despite the fact that there are already more Orlando timeshare resorts and more Orlando timeshare units than anywhere else on earth, it’s not stopping Disney Vacation Club from building two more vacation ownership resorts there.

Starting in the summer of 2009, Disney Orlando will open the Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa timeshares, followed by the opening of the Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort later that year.

This post looks at the new Disney Treehouse Villas timeshares, while Monday’s post will fill you in on the high-rise Disney timeshare property at Bay Lake Tower in Orlando.

Disney Timeshare Sees Unprecedented Growth

Disney’s announcement of two new timeshare properties describes current business as, “an unprecedented era of growth for Disney Vacation Club … (and that) membership has more than doubled since 2004, expanding to include more than 350,000 individuals from approximately 100 countries and every U.S. state.”

Disney’s Orlando timeshare at Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is the largest of the Disney Vacation Club resort properties, opening in 2004 and selling out in early 2008.

The Treehouse Villas, will expand Disney Vacation Club with 60 new three-bedroom timeshares. The timeshare villas will be elevated 10 feet above ground on pedestals and beams designed to blend into the forest-like environment along the river bend at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. Each timeshare condo will sleep up to nine people and although the style is called “cabin casual” look for luxuries like flat-screened TVs and granite countertops.

As Disney imaginer, Todd Thomasson explains, “I was lucky enough to have a treehouse as a kid, but it was certainly nothing like this. In developing this resort, we’ve all learned a new word, ‘glamping,’ which apparently means glamorous camping. The Treehouse Villas will be glamping at its absolute best.”

Be sure to read Monday’s blog to learn about Disney’s other new Orlando timeshare property. And for information on becoming a timeshare resale owner at the Disney timeshare resorts, explore these links:

• 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 & Spa Timeshare Resales
• Disney’s Villas at Wilderness Lodge Timeshare Resales

© Disney. Source: Laughing Place.com

The Hyatt Beach House Resort Timeshare is number 65 on the Sell My Timeshare NOW HOT 100 List of timeshares that received the most offers to buy or rent.

Key West, Florida has been an ‘escape-to’ destination for generations, and the Hyatt Beach House Resort timeshare gives you plenty of reasons to choose it for your own great escape. This Key West timeshare offers a relaxed and slightly reclusive hideaway that is perfect for vacations now, and for many years to come.

Spanish Kings first laid claim to Key West real estate. Explorers came, seeking the fountain of youth. Generations later, artists, writers, visionaries, and even expatriates called it their home, including John Audubon, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Edison, and Tennessee Williams.

Getting to Your Key West Timeshare Vacation

While many travelers think that Key West is just beyond Miami, Key West is actually more than 150 miles south and west of metropolitan Miami. If you are headed to your Key West timeshare by car, don’t expect to clip along US Highway 1 (an official Florida Scenic Highway) at 70 miles an hour. Schedule time to allow you to stop and enjoy the sights along the way from Key Largo to Marathon to Big Pine Key.

Another fun way to arrive at Key West is via the Key West Express, which operates high-speed passenger ferries from Ft. Myers Beach and Marco Island to the Key West Bight Ferry Terminal, located in the city’s historic Seaport District. Plan about 3.5 hours to make the trip by ferry or you can schedule your air travel directly into the Key West International Airport.

Key West Timeshares Will Have You Living on Island Time

When you vacation in Key West, you are truly living on island time. While the island’s roads accommodate automobiles, there are also trolleys, bicycles, and walking paths for leisurely touring the shops and restaurants.

The timeshare units at the Hyatt Beach House timeshare resort are 2 bedroom and 2 bath units with approximately 1000 square feet of living space that is designed to accommodate 6 to 8 people comfortably. Each timeshare unit offers a screened balcony, with a television, VCR/DVD/and CD player.

Bedrooms have a King bed and whirlpool tub, and there is a Queen sleeper sofa in the living area. Kitchens are fully equipped with a microwave/convection oven and a dishwasher. Washers and dryers, data ports, and high-speed internet are also available.

While there’s a pool for relaxing and a beach to enjoy, don’t expect your Hyatt Beach House Resort timeshare vacation to be high energy and a whirl of activities—that’s just not the way things are done in Key West.

Hyatt Beach House Resort Timeshare

So the next time your job, your commitments, and your daily grind start feeling like the weight of the world, remember what you’ve read about days spent in the Florida Keys. With excellent options to buy Hyatt Beach House Resort timeshare resales or rent Hyatt Beach House Resort timeshares, what’s standing between you and a Key West timeshare vacation?

Somewhere, in the very southern tip of the US, there’s a slice of key lime pie, a tall frosty drink, and a shaded beach chair just waiting for you.

The next wonderful Wyndham timeshare resort on the Hot 100 List is located on prime real estate on Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach Walk® where you can enjoy shopping, dining, and entertainment, as well as the celebrated winds and waves of Waikiki. If you have been to the area in the past, you’ll want to go back again to take in all the new properties, renovated shops, and Waikiki Beach Walk’s upscale but “Hawaii-friendly” new look.

This Hawaii timeshare resort became part of the Wyndham FairShare Plus program in 2006, and while it has always had a lot to offer, timeshare owners at the Wyndham Resort at Waikiki Beach Walk will tell you that it seems to get better and better every time they vacation there. Vacationers rave about the resort’s beautiful suites, top-notch cleanliness, friendly and helpful staff, and frequent on-property entertainment. Timeshare units there include 1 and 2-bedroom suites with a whirlpool tub in every master bath. All units offer at least one lanai and many have two, along with full kitchens, washers and dryers, and comfortable living and dining areas.

Planning Your Hawaii Timeshare Vacation

While every one of the islands of Hawaii has a unique personality, Oahu, where the Wyndham timeshare at Waikiki Beach Walk is located, is a perfect representation of the tourist’s Hawaii. It is also the easiest island to get to because it is home to the Honolulu International Airport, served by major air carriers from around the world.

Long before tourist from around the world discovered vacationing at Waikiki Beach, Hawaiian royalty chose it as their first choice vacation destination. Today, one of the very best parts of owning Hawaii timeshare at a Wyndham Resort is that it not only opens the doors to timeshare exchange worldwide, but the selection of Wyndham Hawaii timeshare properties is growing all the time, including the Wyndham Bali Hai Villas, Wyndham Ka ‘Eo Kai, Wyndham Kaua’i Beach Villas, Wyndham Kona Hawaii Resort, Wyndham Makai Club timeshares, Wyndham Mauna Loa timeshare resort, Wyndham Royal Sea Cliff, and Wyndham Shearwater timeshares.

Tips for a Safer Waikiki Beach Timeshare Vacation

• Swim in lifeguard protected areas. The water looks inviting but the currents can be strong.
• Stay off the sea walls and waterbreaks; they are slippery and during high tide are subject to crashing waves.
• Don’t fall victim to petty crime. Pickpockets and frauds know that tourist who are a long way from home make easy prey and are unlikely to stick around long enough to pursue charges against them in court.
• In short, play it smart during your Hawaii timeshare vacation. These beautiful islands really are a slice of paradise, so don’t let anything mar your heavenly Hawaii timeshare holiday.

If you haven’t been following the HOT 100 List appearing each week in The Timeshare Authority, you are missing in-depth profiles of each of the 100 timeshare resorts that received the most offers last year to buy timeshare or rent timeshare through SellMyTimeshareNOW.com. With this list, you won’t have to rely on a travel writer or industry ranking association to tell you which timeshare resorts are wonderful - you can see for yourself where other vacationers are choosing to spend their precious leisure time and vacation dollars.

Today’s blog post looks at the Paradise Village Beach Resort & Spa, which ranked number 78 on the HOT 100 List. Already on this list, we’ve covered several beautiful Mexico timeshare resorts, and the Paradise Village Beach Resort & Spa is another special addition to this list. Located in Nuevo Vallarta the New Vallarta - the timeshare is situated on Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay. With all the convenience of Puerto Vallarta, and all the sparkling new amenities of Nuevo Vallarta, this Mexico timeshare resort location combines the best of everything into one ideal vacation destination.

Plan a wedding, a honeymoon, or the luxury vacation of a lifetime at Paradise Village Beach Resort and the relaxing Palenque Spa, and then because you are a Mexico timeshare owner, plan on going back year after year for more amazing holidays.

Room Accommodations at Paradise Village Beach Resort Mexico Timeshare

Paradise Village Beach timeshare offers studios, 1, 2, and 3-bedroom units. All are spacious and well appointed with fold out couches to help you accommodate the entire family. Each timeshare unit (depending upon size) offers either a full kitchen or a kitchenette. Comfortable and relaxing, timeshare units includes a private terrace and views of the ocean, the gardens, or the marina.

Amenities and Activities at the Paradise Village Beach Resort & Spa include:

• Bike Rentals
• Auto Rentals
• 24-Hour Front Desk
• Tennis Courts
• Playground
• Daily activities
• Restaurants, Bars, Lounge, & Nightclub
• Concierge
• Security
• And much more…

• Lagoon Swimming Pools
• Sauna/Steam Room
• Jacuzzi
• Outdoor Hot Tub
• World Class Spa & Spa Services
• Boat Marina/Launching/Rentals
• Beach Access
• Internet Access
• Putting Green
• Children’s Programs
• Convenience Store
• Live Entertainment

Nearby to this beautiful Mexico timeshare, you will also find an 18-hole championship golf course, biking and horseback trails, cruises, deep sea fishing, and all types of water sports. The only thing missing here is you, and with excellent deals in Paradise Village Beach Resort & Spa Mexico timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, you can easily and affordably put yourself in this picture.

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!

This week, Sol Meliá Vacation Club and Timeshare Resort announced the realization of a business milestone. The timeshare company developed three properties in 2004, and today the internationally branded club has 13 international locations.

As part of Spain-based Sol Meliá Hotels and Resorts, the vacation club has properties in Mexico, Europe, the Caribbean, and Central America, with more than 20,000 members worldwide. Alain Grangé, Chief Executive of Sol Meliá Vacation Club and Leisure Real Estate Division, says, “We have been profitable since our first quarter of business from vacation club sales, member and network operations, rental and Club portfolio.”

The vacation club and timeshare credits its success in part to the fact that its projects are fully integrated with those of the company’s hotel and resort divisions. The timeshare company feels this creates a beneficial synergy of marketing, sales, products, operations, financial strength, and customer loyalty.

But here is the single most important reason the company gave for its success and rapid growth. Alain Grangé described loyalty as a two-way street and said, “We couldn’t expect our customers to be loyal to us if we weren’t loyal to them first.”

Applause! The word loyalty is thrown about a lot in the business world, but it is rarely used to talk about a company being loyal to its customers. Loyalty is all too often forgotten in business today, and the few companies that demonstrate it deserve to profit because of it.

You can read the Sol Meliá Vacation Club and Timeshare press release here.

And you can learn more about the opportunity to become a member of Sol Meliá Vacation Club and Timeshare. Go to Sell My Timeshare NOW and look for the outstanding opportunities in Sol Meliá Vacation Club and Timeshare resales and timeshare rentals.

• Sol Melia Vacation Club at Gran Melia Puerto Rico
• Sol Melia Vacation Club Dominican Republic

In yesterday’s Timeshare Owners Blog, we looked at an ABC 20/20 investigation of Royal Holiday vacation club. Here is Part II of that post:

The hidden camera videotape made by ABC’s 20/20 investigators reveals that Royal Holiday breaks a lot of rules when it comes to selling timeshare. People who attend the Royal Holiday sales presentation are promised an incentive if they sit through a 90-minute sales pitch, which actually lasts 3 or more hours. They are told that they can only take advantage of special pricing if they buy today…on the spot, and if they prove reticent to buy, that price may mysteriously be cut in half in hopes of getting them to sign up now, as first one and then another salesperson tries to break down their resistance.

Royal Holiday also serves alcoholic drinks to their prospects. It is poor business ethics to do this, and it is an absolute no-no for you, as a prospective buyer, to make the mistake of clouding your good judgment with alcohol. Never, I repeat never, mix alcohol with the decision to buy timeshare.

Other criticisms of Royal Holiday’s sales tactics include promises made by salespeople that a buyer’s money is invested in a foreign bank account and will be returned to them in 30 years; that rooms shown as examples of what you are buying are far nicer than the rooms you actually can book; and that availability in busy seasons is scarce.

How to Avoid High Pressure Timeshare Sales Tactics

All in all, 20/20’s report was extremely negative. There is however, one foolproof way to avoid the heavy hand of a timeshare company salesperson. Buy resale timeshare. Deal only with the person who already owns the timeshare or vacation club membership. Bypass that salesperson who works for the timeshare company yet counts on you to pay his or her salary through commission.

When you shop for timeshare resales or timeshare rentals online, you can take your time. You can ask questions, you can compare products. You can sleep on your decision and consult your attorney or your financial planner. Money doesn’t come easily these days; take your time deciding how you will spend it.

Royal Holiday Vacation Club Timeshare Resales

Currently Sell My Timeshare NOW timeshare resales and timeshare rental advertising company has more than a hundred different listings for Royal Holiday vacations. Some start at under $1000.

The Royal Holiday vacation club affords you the opportunity to travel the United States and Mexico without joining an exchange company. Royal Holiday Club has occupancy rights at Sheraton Cancun Resort and Towers in Cancun; Sol Caribe in Cozumel; Sheraton Ixtapa, Mexico; the Raddison Xanadu in Freeport, Bahamas; Wave Crest in Del Mar, California; Powell Place, San Francisco; Marriott’s Streamside at Vail; Tropicana Golf Estates in Las Vegas; High Point in Orlando; and Brigantine Beach, NJ.

Sell My Timeshare NOW can help you buy, rent, or sell Royal Holiday vacation club timeshares, without the hassle.

Part I of a two-part post.

If you ask the people that own and operate Royal Holiday vacation club and timeshare, they will tell you that 97 percent of their approximately 65,000 timeshare owners or members never complain. Yet a recent investigation by ABC’s 20/20 revealed a different picture.

Let’s start with the semantics of what Royal Holiday Club sells. According to an ABC News report, “Royal Holiday calls its Vacations for Life plan an alternative to the complaint-riddled timeshare business.”

We can skip the double talk here. Vacation ownership, fractionals, vacation clubs, and timeshares are all variations of the same thing. The type of ownership will vary. You may have deeded timeshare ownership or you may own the right to use a timeshare resort property. You may even own points that can be used like currency to pay for your vacation accommodations. But in all cases, whether it is one week every other year, or 180 days of glorious vacation time, you still own vacation rights that are measured in intervals of shared time. Voila! Timeshare! And frankly, companies that call themselves something other than a timeshare are usually just looking for an angle they think will improve their marketability.

Two Sides to this Timeshare Sales Story

There are two sides to every argument. Royal Holiday is probably correct, that they have a huge number of satisfied timeshare owners, a.k.a. members. I also think the 20/20 investigators are right that there are unhappy timeshare buyers who justifiably feel ripped off by Royal Holiday.

While the average member at Royal Holiday vacation club, who buys from Royal Holiday, pays $11,000 to join, plus a yearly fee of about $465, this price varies greatly depending on how much vacation time a person is seeking.

And it doesn’t seem that the majority of the complaints are about Royal Holiday’s resorts. The vacation club company has more than 180 destinations, as well as 3000 different cruise itineraries, which members can access by spending their “Holiday Credits” or points.

But here’s the problem. There are some angry people who are very dissatisfied with the difference in what they thought they were buying and what they actually own. And it all goes back to the sales people who sold them their Royal Holiday vacation club memberships, and some very unethical sales practices.

According to the 20/20 investigation, the company has, “…a growing number of members who say Royal Holiday misled them about how the club operates, and the availability of vacations they’d want. The only thing royal about their membership was the way they were ripped off.”

“They lie,” was the accusation raised most often in describing the sales staff at Royal Holiday. And if complaints are the measure of dishonesty, then it looks like lying is a growing trend at this company.

In 2005, there were 282 complaints against Royal Holiday; in 2006, there were 506 complaints; and by 2007, there were 761. Unless the company’s business tripled between 2005 and 2007, their complaint ratio is definitely moving in the wrong direction fast. As further proof of the problems, consider the fact that the Better Business Bureau gives Royal Holiday its lowest ranking, an “F”.

Take a few minutes, watch the 20/20 investigative report on Royal Holiday courtesy of YouTube, and then come back to the Timeshare Owners Blog tomorrow to read the rest of the story…