Last week, Sell My Timeshare NOW released its 2010 HOT 100 List, and we want to make sure you didn’t miss it. This free, downloadable report gives you valuable insight into which timeshare resales and timeshare rentals people are genuinely interested in buying or renting.

Covering the “hottest” 100 timeshares, this report ranks from number one to number one hundred, the timeshares that are advertised and marketed on the websites for Sell My Timeshare NOW, and that receive the largest number of offers to buy or rent in 2009. When you read the report, you are no longer relying on information from a timeshare sales company or timeshare developer to help you evaluate the popularity and resale demand for a resort, you are able to assess for yourself recent consumer buying patterns in timeshares.

The Sell My Timeshare NOW HOT 100 List is import to you because:

• As a prospective timeshare buyer, you get an authentic sense of which timeshare resorts others have picked as their favorites.
• As a timeshare owner you can gage demand for your timeshare should you want to use it as a timeshare rental or timeshare resale.
• As an interested timeshare renter, you can determine whether to look for rentals at the most popular destinations, or to consider renting timeshare at a resort where demand is lower.

Click here to download for the 2010 Sell My Timeshare NOW HOT 100 List.

Marriott Vacation Club timeshare is expanding with the addition of the new timeshare points-based Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program for North America and the Caribbean. The new timeshare points program is designed to increase flexibility for timeshare owners. This announcement comes after months of speculation by timeshare owners and prospective timeshare buyers about the rumored changes or additions to the options for Marriott timeshare exchange.

Lee Cunningham, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Marriott Vacation Club, North America and the Caribbean says, “Over the years, we have successfully evolved our product offering based on Owner feedback, and the Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program reflects a tradition of Owner involvement and was designed specifically for both current and future Owners.”

Describing the program as Marriott timeshare’s, “…most significant program innovation in our history,” Cunningham goes on to point out that the new Marriott timeshare points exchange program will afford timeshare owners ease of use and expanded choices for enjoying their timeshare product.

The new Marriott Vacation Club timeshare program will be available to new Marriott timeshare owners, but current owners will also have the opportunity to enroll. Here are a few other specifics about this timeshare exchange program:

• The new Marriott timeshare points program means simplified fees. Timeshare owners will be able to pay one annual fee as a consolidation of all their bookings; eliminating a la carte fees. Inclusive in the fee will be the costs for changing your reservation, changing your length of stay, your Interval International membership fee, and possible other benefits. The fee will reported be $165 per year. Your current timeshare maintenance fee should remain the same.
• This program is available to residents of the US, including the District of Columbia, however NY residents should check to make sure they are eligible to participate.

• Marriott’s Frenchman’s Cove timeshare (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) is excluded from the new timeshare points program.
• And, based on the information we have currently, it appears that Marriott timeshare owners who purchased their vacation ownership as a Marriott timeshare resale will be eligible to participate. Whether this will apply to timeshare resale purchases in the future is not clear at this time.

This new timeshare points program is an interesting development at Marriott Vacation Club, and as more facts are confirmed, we’ll keep sharing them here on The Timeshare Authority blog.

Do you own InnSeasons Resorts timeshare at Pollard Brook? Thinking about buying InnSeason timeshare resale at this popular White Mountain, New Hampshire location? Good things are happening there that you should know about. In addition to sprucing up the timeshare units in several buildings, a great deal of attention has focused on improving the outdoor areas.

InnSeason Resorts Timeshares Prepare for Summer Vacations

InnSeason Resorts at Pollard Brook timeshare is getting ready for your summer vacation with renovations and improvements. Get your chocolate bars, graham crackers, and marshmallows ready; a new fire pit near the tennis courts and playground is part of the backyard area renovation. Instead of the fire pit that has been there, expect to find a new stone pit area with paved walk space encircling it. The new fire pit is both more functional and more attractive than the previous one.

Good-bye to the wooden fence that once surrounded the tennis courts! The old fence is gone, replaced with a new green chain link fence that affords a view of the two courts.

In the pool area, the deck around the hot tub has been removed and replaced with a heated stamped-concrete deck to eliminate water retention and ice buildup. And perhaps best of all, is the resurfacing of the Pollard Brook pool, with all new tiles, making the pool more attractive and for summer splash down.

And despite all this, if you are uncertain what to plan during an InnSeason Resorts timeshare vacation, or want activities to take you beyond the fire pit, tennis courts, hot tub, and pool, then just call Eric.

New Hampshire native and White Mountains expert, Eric Pyra, serves as your guide and concierge for timeshare vacation activities at Pollard Brook. He can offer advice, suggestions, or help you track down tickets, tee times, and dinner reservations. He’s also your blog master for White Mountains Adventure Concierge and the Pollard Brook Timeshare Resort blog—blogs we welcome to The Timeshare Authority Blog Roll. You can reach Eric at [email protected].

If you are surprised to learn that 38 percent of women are already taking girlfriends-only vacations, (without their husband, boyfriend, significant other, or the kids) then you may be amazed to find out that 63 percent of the women surveyed plan on taking up the practice within the next two years.

According to research released by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the trend toward girls-only holidays and timeshare vacations is strong and growing. Women, especially those in the thirty-something to forty-something demographic, are choosing to vacation with other female friends and family members in increasing numbers.

Here are just five of the many reasons that more and more women plan girls-only vacations:

• Overworked and overstressed, women seek a break from their responsibilities as career women, wives and mothers.
• As a working woman, today’s woman has income she considers expendable and discretionary.
• Girls-only vacations afford women time for nurturing friendships.
• Girlfriend vacations are about rest and rejuvenation, not compromising holiday time doing what your children or your spouse wants to do.
• Research reinforces the message that although vacation time is important for everyone, it can play an especially critical role in women’s health and wellbeing.

Timeshare Vacations take the Stress Out of Vacation Planning

Timeshare vacations are the low-stress vacation choice. Staying in timeshares get you out of a cramped hotel room and into spacious accommodations with multiple bedrooms, a living area, and a kitchen. Timeshare exchange means that no matter where you own timeshare, you don’t have to travel cross-country to holiday. You can vacation close to home, yet enjoy the experience of feeling transported a million miles away from daily routines and responsibilities.

Timeshare resorts are typically safe places to relax. Frequented by vacationers rather than conventioneers or overnight travelers, timeshare resorts tend to be properties with limited ‘outsider’ traffic and many onsite activities and options.

As Howard Nusbaum, ARDA president and CEO says, “Making the Girlfriend Getaway special starts with selecting the right place. Timeshare provides spacious accommodations in fabulous locations and are a terrific option for these girls-only vacations.”

Click here to download ARDA’s newly released Guide to Girlfriend Getaways.