Do you recall being in elementary school, sitting in your desk, doing your work, while the teacher focused all of his or her attention on a few disruptive students? If you were one of the kids who followed the rules, doing your work, and trying to master long division and the names of capital cities in Europe, you must have wondered why the loudmouth in the third row could get away with interrupting the educational process for you and others who were in school to learn.

Sometimes in the timeshare industry it seems as if all the attention goes to a limited group of unscrupulous business people. Over 80 percent of all timeshare owners use and enjoy their timeshares. Some timeshare owners choose (or need) to resell timeshare. And although you hear over and over that it is impossible to resell timeshare, each month, at Sell My Timeshare NOW alone, nearly 150,000 offers to buy timeshare or rent timeshare are made for the vacation ownership properties we market and advertise.

For all the timeshare owning families that enjoy great vacations in their timeshare, and all the timeshare owners who successfully sell or rent their timeshares through reliable timeshare resales avenues including by-owner advertising and timeshare broker sales-well, I suspect they get really tired of being treated as if they made a foolish decision to buy timeshare.

…and then again, maybe they are just busy enjoying their vacation ownership property.

Sell My Timeshare NOW has announced new business expansion being funded by $1.6 million in growth funding from partner Edison Venture Fund and existing investment partners. The company is moving forward with some exciting plans that include expansion of marketing and sales, new services, and enhanced customer support services. What was very, very good in timeshare resales and timeshare rental is about to be even better.

With over 2 million page views monthly, the websites for Sell My Timeshare NOW deliver 61,000 offers valued at $338 million for timeshare resales and 86,000 offers valued at $88 million for timeshare rentals to timeshare owners and developers.

Michael Kopelman, Principal of the Edison Venture Fund, hints at some of Sell My Timeshare NOW’s expansion plans, when he says, “The company is currently in negotiations with many of the timeshare industry’s most prominent brands.”

Sell My Timeshare NOW is appreciative of the strategic counsel and commitment of its investors and deeply appreciative of the ongoing customer support that continues to make this company one of the best places possible to buy, rent, or sell timeshare on the secondary market.

Follow this link to read the media release in entirety: Timeshare Resale Leader, Sell My Timeshare NOW, Receives Growth Funding of $1.6 Million

Posted on the Disney Vacation Club website you will find a warning to everyone who may have received a letter saying that they have won a “Travel Passport Cash Giveaway. The letter, according to Disney Vacation Club timeshare, is fraudulent.

Not only are some people receiving letters, but many are receiving telephone calls as well from an individual who represents him or herself to be a Disney Vacation Club Cast Member (Cast Member being the term the Disney Parks use for all of their employees).

The Disney Vacation Club advises those who receive the letter or the phone call to report it to their State Attorney General and to the Federal Trade Commission. As an added control measure, Disney Vacation Club timeshare is recommending that any timeshare owner or vacationer who receives a phone call from a Disney employee to validate the authenticity of the call and to refrain from giving out any personal or financial information until the caller’s identity is confirmed. The number to call to verify an employee of Disney is 888-727-4880.

Difficult times seem to give rise to more scammers in every industry. Be smart, play it safe and be wary about the information you share with anyone, whether it is by phone, email, or postal mail.
The link for more information on the Disney Vacation Club timeshare website is located near the bottom of the page and asks you to click-through to a pop-up page. You must have pop-ups enabled in order to read the full text of the warning. http://dvc.disney.go.com/dvc

And to learn more about safe, reliable opportunities to buy Disney Vacation Club timeshare resales or rent Disney Vacation Club timeshare, visit Sell My Timeshare NOW.

AIF has finalized the State of the Vacation Timeshare Industry: United States Study, 2010 Edition, releasing some very positive and reaffirming news about timeshares. The annual study, prepared by Ernst and Young, showed an average of 79.9 percent occupancy at US timeshare resorts in 2009 as compared to a 54.7 percent occupancy rate at US hotels. (Source: “STR Trend Report,” Smith Travel Research, April 2010)

Thirty-four percent of US timeshare resorts showed occupancy rates as high as 90 percent and higher, with another twenty percent ranking between 80 and 89 percent occupancy. Only twelve percent of US timeshare resorts had 60 percent or lower occupancy rates last year.

Occupancy Rate for Timeshare 2009 Attests to the Strength of Timesharing

Stats don’t lie. While there will always be timeshare owners who don’t use their timeshare or who feel buyer’s remorse and wish they had not purchased it, the majority of timeshare owners use and enjoy their vacation ownership property. In fact, many timeshare owners believe that in the tight economy of recent years, had they not owned timeshare, providing them pre-paid vacation accommodations, they would have never been able to work a much-needed vacation into their budgets. Timeshare owners frequently have found that they are at the beach or in the mountains enjoying a family holiday while many of their friends and neighbors were left at home, in the backyard on staycation.