Timeshare exchange company, Trading Places International was recently named one of the top 75 companies in Orange County (California) on the Orange County Register’s Top Workplaces for 2009 List.

“We’ve always been conscious of the fact that our employees seem to enjoy working for us, and our goal has always been to create an atmosphere in which we can strike a balance between working hard and having fun.” says RJ Jackson, president of Trading Places International timeshare company and timeshare exchange. “It is very gratifying to discover, through the results of the employee survey, that we have indeed succeeded in that goal.”

Trading Places International has been in the travel, vacation ownership, and timeshare exchange industries for more than thirty-five years. The company has over 71,000 timeshare owner members at more than thirty timeshare resort locations, including South America timeshares, Mexico timeshares, United States timeshares (mainland), and Hawaii timeshares.

Trading Places International, which boasts a 95 percent confirmed timeshare exchange request rate, is a preferred partner of Sell My Timeshare NOW. Timeshare owner benefits of timeshare exchange with Trading Places include:

• No mandatory membership fee
• Low exchange fees
• Search available inventory before depositing your timeshare week
• Online exchange services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Additional discounts and perks for Trading Places’ Vacation Exchange Club members

All of the companies that made the OC Register‘s Top Workplaces List were selected based on a survey involving 31, 311 employees at 121 companies across the county. The survey addressed compensation and training, company leadership, workplace flexibility, and diversity.

Click here to read a Q & A about Trading Places International timeshare company:
Trading Places International: The perks of being a small business

Before you know it, the WIN (Women in the Industry) Orlando Conference will be here.

Scheduled for January 28-29, 2011, the educational and networking opportunity begins with an evening reception at The Fountains. On Saturday morning, the conference sessions run from 9AM to 2PM at The Marriott Learning Center also in Orlando. This conference marks WIN’s second Orlando event, with the first having been in Orlando last January.

WIN reminds everyone in the timeshare industry that although its purpose is to advance the opportunities for women in the timeshare and vacation ownership industry, its membership is open to men and women, corporations and individuals. WIN works to foster the growth of women in timeshare, offering networking, mentoring, and charity, business and educational opportunities.

Benefactors of WIN include: Group RCI, Marriott Vacation Clubs International, CARE, ICE, Wyndham Worldwide, and Shell Vacations. Others in the timeshare industry support WIN as event sponsors or as patrons.

More Information on the Timeshare Industry’s WIN, Women in the Industry

To learn more about the Orlando WIN Timeshare Conference or how you can be part of WIN, visit the organization’s website at: www.womenintheindustry.org

You can also email them at: [email protected] or call (561) 912-8031.

For specifics on the Orlando WIN event, contact: Ellen Devine

You could be visiting a Disney theme park free this year. And if you are a Disney Vacation Club Member, (Disney timeshare owner) or you have a Disney timeshare rental, then you will be enjoying the benefits and savings that go along with Disney timeshare, Disney timeshare resales, and Disney timeshare rentals on top of your theme park ticket savings.

Give a Day, Get a Disney Day

For 2010, Disney is launching its new “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” promotion designed to encourage volunteerism. In order to participate in the program you must sign up online at: http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=Give-A-Day-Get-A-Disney-Day

You and up to eight members of your family can participate (children must be age six or older) by volunteering to serve in one of hundreds of volunteer opportunities available across the US. Once your participation in a designated volunteer activity has been confirmed by the HandsOn Network, (the volunteer-focused arm of Points of Light Institute), you will receive an email with instructions on how to print your Disney theme park voucher. Full details are available at the Disney Give a Day, Get a Disney Day website.

If you use your free pass at Disneyland® Resort in California, you can redeem your voucher for a 1-day ticket to either Disneyland® Park or Disney’s California Adventure® Park. If you choose Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida, you can redeem your voucher for a 1-day ticket to one of the follow: Magic Kingdom® theme park, Epcot®, Disney’s Animal Kingdom® theme park, or Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ theme park. (Tickets are not valid for admission to a Disney Water Park admission, DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park or Disney’s World Wide of Sports® Complex.)

With this kind of savings, a Disney vacation becomes more affordable than ever. Now image how much you can save by buying right-priced Disney timeshare resales or enjoying a Disney timeshare rental?

Across the US, Disney has been sharing its message about the program. Here’s a YouTube video of the Disney Give a Day, Get a Disney Day promotion in Dallas, Texas.

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment (formerly Busch Entertainment Corporation) has announced it will continue its long-running, “Here’s to the Heroes” promotion.

Through this promotion, men and women who are active members of any branch of the US military received a free single-day ticket to any one of the SeaWorld Parks. This includes, SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Antonio, SeaWorld San Diego, the two Busch Garden parks (Tampa Bay, Florida and Williamsburg, Virginia) Sesame Place (Pennsylvania), Water Country USA (Williamsburg), and Adventure Island (Tampa). Making the benefits even better, the member of the armed forces not only gets free admission, but can get one free admission each for up to three direct dependents.

The promotion applies to any active duty, activated or drilling reservist, or National Guardsman. Excluded from the offer is admission to: Discovery Cove, Aquatica, and the Christmas Town portion of Busch Gardens in Williamsburg.

Opportunities for Everyone in Timeshare Resales and Timeshare Rentals

Discounts such as these to our men and women in the military are well deserved. And to make vacation planning even better, there are also great timeshare deals in timeshare resales and timeshare rentals available for anyone at all of these popular destinations:

• Orlando timeshare
• San Antonio timeshare
• Tampa timeshare
• Florida timeshare
• Pennsylvania timeshare
• Williamsburg timeshare