Wyndham Timeshare

Tomorrow is the day for change as the Westin Rio Mar becomes known as part of the Wyndham family of resorts.

With over a mile of tropical beach and adjacent to Puerto Rico’s Caribbean National Rain Forest of El Yunque and the Mameyes River, the beautiful Rio Mar Resort is a true luxury resort. Wyndham Worldwide has purchased a partial ownership interest in the Rio Mar Resort that was originally developed by Tishman Realty Corporation.

Included among the many amenities of the expansive resort property are two 18-hole golf courses, a spa and fitness center, 11 restaurants, and a casino. But as if all of this is not enough, a multimillion dollar redevelopment is planned that includes redesign of the golf courses and expansion of the casino. Franz Hanning, president and ceo of Wyndham Vacation Ownership, sees the development of timeshares at Rio Mar as creating an exciting new destination for Wyndham timeshare owners in the Caribbean market. Hanning says, “We are committed to expanding the Wyndham Vacation Ownership system of timeshare resorts throughout the world to provide our owners with the broadest choice of high-quality vacation opportunities in the most desirable and exciting locations…”

Throughout the Wyndham Vacation Ownership system there are approximately 150 timeshare resorts and more than 800,000 Wyndham timeshare owners. Look for Puerto Rico timeshare resales and Puerto Rico timeshare rentals for some of the best values for your vacation ownership dollar at Wyndham timeshares as well as other resorts.

The great opportunities for timeshare owners only seem to get better and better all the time.

With NASCAR enthusiasts now one of the fastest growing sports fan bases in the country, more timeshare owners see potential to use their timeshare vacation property themselves or rent it to other fans during the big races.

Who is staying in your Texas timeshare to watch NASCAR’s Samsung 500 on Sunday at the Texas Motor Speedway? Who is scheduled in your Arizona timeshare to see the Subway Fresh Fit 500 next week, or in your Alabama timeshare the week after that for the Aaron’s 499?

NASCAR is one of the fastest growing spectator sports in the US and their fans are some of the most loyal. But have you ever tried to get a hotel or motel room within a 150-mile radius of Talladega, Alabama on a race weekend? It can’t be done, and the same is true for accommodations in many of the cities that host NASCAR events.

So if you follow the races or know someone who does, don’t overlook timeshare rentals or timeshare exchanges for your lodging. While many big names in corporate America spend a lot of money to promote themselves to NASCAR fans, hotels (other than Holiday Inn) and timeshare companies have not been known for paying to advertise their logos on the uniforms and cars of NASCAR drivers. But I predict this may be changing. You see, women (already comprising some 40 percent of race fans) are the fastest growing segment of the NASCAR fan base. And while camping in the infield or the parking lot may have been acceptable when NASCAR was primarily a guy’s sport, as racing becomes more and more of a shared family pastime, look for hoteliers and timeshare companies to start paying attention to this expanding market.

Earlier this spring, Super 8 ® Motels, part of Wyndham Worldwide Resorts and timeshares, announced that they have signed an agreement with Petty Enterprises to become the official lodging partner and associate sponsor of the Number 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge that Bobby Labonte drives. You may have already noticed the Super 8 logo on Labonte’s car and his uniform this season.

To help you coordinate your timeshare vacation schedule with the upcoming NASCAR season, here is a list of the official events scheduled in 2007:

• April 15 2007 Samsung 500 Texas Motor Speedway
• April 21 2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Phoenix International Raceway
• April 29 2007 Aaron’s 499 Talladega Superspeedway
• May 05 2007 Crown Royal Presents Jim Stewart 400 Richmond Int. Raceway
• May 12 2007 Dodge Avenger 500 Darlington Raceway
• May 19 2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge Lowe’s Motor Speedway
• May 27 2007 Coca-Cola 600 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
• June 03 2007 Dover 400 Dover International Speedway
• June 10 2007 Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway
• June 17 2007 Citizens Bank 400 Michigan International Speedway
• June 24 2007 Toyota/SaveMart 350 Infineon Raceway
• July 01 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 New Hampshire International Speedway
• July 07 2007 Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway
• July 15 2007 USG Sheetrock 400 Chicagoland Speedway
• July 29 2007 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• August 05 2007 Pennsylvania 500 Pocono Raceway
• August 12 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup at the Glen; Watkins Glen International
• August 19 2007 3M Performance 400 Michigan International Speedway
• August 25 2007 Sharpie 500 Bristol Motor Speedway
• September 02 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 500 California Speedway
• September 08 2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Richmond International Raceway
• September 16 2007 Sylvania 300 New Hampshire International Speedway
• September 23 2007 Dover 400 Dover International Speedway
• September 30 2007 Kansas 400 Kansas Speedway
• October 07 2007 UAW-Ford 500 Talladega Superspeedway
• October 13 2007 Bank of America 500 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
• October 21 2007 Subway 500 Martinsville Speedway
• October 28 2007 Georgia 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway
• October 04 2007 Dickies 500 Texas Motor Speedway
• November 11 2007 Checker Auto Parts 500 Pennzoil Phoenix International Raceway
• November 18 2007 Ford 400 Homestead-Miami Speedway

Name may change but quality remains with Wyndham Vacation Resorts.

Effective in 2007, you can expect Fairfield Resorts, TrendWest North America, and TrendWest South Pacific to be renamed and re-branded as part of the Wyndham hospitality empire.

When the name change is completed, more than 140 timeshare resorts throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and the South Pacific will carry the Wyndham identity and logo.

Fairfield Resorts will become Wyndham Vacation Resorts. TrendWest South Pacific will be known as Wyndham Vacation Resorts-Asia Pacific, while WorldMark by Trendwest will become WorldMark by Wyndham. Wyndham Worldwide chairman, president and chief executive officer Stephen P. Holmes, announced last summer that for Fairfield Resorts, the re-branding process will begin immediately.

Industry experts believe that the renaming will go a long way to reinforcing the Wyndham brand, especially on mixed-use hotel and timeshare properties, which seem to be the way of the future. When corporations re-brand a product, there is always initial cost and at least a little confusion. In the end, it typically proves to be a cost-saver, allowing the corporation to focus all of their marketing and advertising dollars on a single identity or label.

More timeshare opportunities in Mexico with Wyndham Resorts.

Taos, New Mexico is as ideal for a summer vacation as it is for a winter ski holiday. Long recognized for both its mystical beauty and its historic charms, Taos is a center for arts and native crafts as well as skiing, white-water rafting, hiking and biking.

Last month, Wyndham Vacation Ownership announced that they are expanding their timeshare vacation properties through the acquisition of the Fechin Inn in Taos from Taos Lodging Associates, LP. Located near the cultural center of historic Taos Plaza, the current property will be renovated and upgraded into timeshare condos. When reconfigured, the original 84 rooms in the Inn, located just behind the Taos Art Museum, will offer studio units, as well as one and two-bedroom timeshare condos. The Wyndham Fechin Inn will become the second Wyndham Vacation Ownership property currently under development in New Mexico. In 2006, Wyndham purchased 22 vacation units north of Taos, at the Riverside Lodge and Cabins in Red River, with plans to also refurbish them as a timeshare vacation resort. Additionally, during the past year, Wyndham Vacation Ownership has opened a sales center in nearby Albuquerque.

If you are interested in a New Mexico timeshare vacation, Sell My Timeshare NOW currently offers resale timeshare condos and cabins at:

• The ski resorts of Angel Fire and Eagle Wing
• Pine Cliff Village, Crown Point Condominiums, and High Sierra, all near Ski Apache
• Tiara Del Sol atop Camelot Mountain, and
• Las Brisas and the Sunterra Resorts, both in Santa Fe.

Visit www.sellmytimesharenow.com to check our constantly changing inventory of resale and rental timeshares and vacation ownership properties.