Rediff India Abroad is an online news source that deals with news and events not only within India but also news that specifically relates to people of Indian heritage living in all parts of the world. They recently ran a detailed article looking at both the pros and the cons of India timeshares.

The article is titled, “Timeshare holidays? Be careful!” and from that title, you would think the writers had nothing good to say about timeshare real estate. Instead, Nikhil Menon and Anagh Pal, who write a segment called “Outlook Money”, not only end their research with a positive assessment of timeshare sales, but also provide their readers sound advice about the decision to buy timeshare.

Whether you are interested in India timeshare, US timeshare, or timeshare resorts anywhere else in the world, I highly recommend you take a few moments and read this article.

Here are just a few of the tips Menon and Pal pass on to their readers:

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And as you investigate more about timeshare ownership and timeshare resorts, don’t forget to look at the excellent opportunities in timeshare resales and timeshare rentals available at Sell My Timeshare NOW.

India Timeshare Resorts:

• Royal Goan Beach Club – Haathi Mahal
• Royal Goan Beach Club – Royal Palms
• Best Western Resort Country Club
• Royal Goan Beach Club – Monterio
• Ras Resorts Silvassa
• Clifftop Club
• Royal Goan Beach Club at Benaulim
• Toshali Sands
• Toshali Royal View
• Lotus Suites, Mumbai
• Sterling Resort at Lonavala

India is a growing market for timeshares resorts. Not only does the magic of India attract multitudes of tourists, but there are also large populations with Indian heritage who live around the world and who make regular trips to visit family and friends in India. For many people with Indian ancestry, owning an India timeshare is the perfect solution to annual or biannual visits to their homeland.

Two India timeshare resorts recently to receive recognition for their amenities and quality are Ffort Radisson Holiday Klub and Orange County. Ffort Radisson Holiday Klub (note the resort name often appears with both the traditional “Ffort” spelling and the Americanized version, “Fort”) is designed with a historic theme and is built on 160 acres along the Hoogly River. Orange County is located in Western Ghats on a coffee and spice plantation.

Both Ffort Radisson and Orange County are Resorts of International Distinction and recipients of the AIRDA (All India Resort Development Association) Gold Crown Award for consistently surpassing international standards of excellence in timeshare resort quality and hospitality. AIRDA is a member of ARDA – the American Resort Development Association – and works to further the development of timeshare resorts and timeshare vacationing in India, addressing both the interests of the timeshare industry and of the timeshare owner or timeshare renter.

But just how serious is India about the timeshare industry?

Anand Mahindra, chief of India’s $6 billion Mahindra Group was recently quoted in Newsweek as saying, “We’re the largest time-share operators in India. Club Mahindra, part of our real-estate division – with 22 resorts worldwide – will list in 2008. With the currency factor and the rising affluence and leisure time in India, it is the fastest-growing company in our group. Indian tourism is No 2 in the world after China.”

Mahindra’s point is that the weakened US dollar makes America a prime market for a company such as his with widely diversified interests and that is interested in buying into US manufacturing while the dollar is soft in the international market. Mahindra and Mahindra’s businesses go far beyond timeshare resorts and include automobile manufacturing, tractors, financial services, insurance, retail, and a number of other products and niche markets.

Look for this timeshare company and others to be making advances in the timeshare industry, seeking to build on the heightened interest in India timeshares and the weakened value of the US dollar. And if you are interested in keeping US dollars in the United States and still owning India timeshare, look at timeshare resales and timeshare rentals advertised at Sell My Timeshare NOW. When you buy timeshare resales, you are bypassing the middleman, and dealing directly with the person who currently owns the timeshare weeks. In this troubled economy, timeshare resales are the true win-win for people who want to sell timeshare and for people who want to buy timeshare.

Be sure to visit our timeshare blog again on Monday, when I will be sharing a really interesting account of timesharing in India.

Silverleaf Resorts timeshare has opened the “Beach Club” timeshare in Flint, Texas. So far, 16 timeshare units are complete of the 144 timeshare units planned for the resort. The Beach Club is a section of The Village Resort timeshare and will be sold as product upgrade for current owners of Silverleaf timeshare.

The timeshare resort is being constructed near Tyler on Lake Palestine, and when complete, will include a pool, children’s water play area, and access to the beach for sunbathing and beach-related activities.

Wellington Financial, is the timeshare lending correspondent for Liberty Bank, the Connecticut-based lender to the Silverleaf project. The deal provides for $37.5 million in receivables financing for Silverleaf timeshares to build the Beach Club Resort.

Silverleaf timeshare has been in operation nearly 20 years and offers drive-to resort locations, primarily in the central part of the US, with six resorts already in Texas. In addition to the Silverleaf Villages timeshare, Flint, Texas is also home to the Silverleaf Lake O’ the Woods timeshares.

If you are interested in a Silverleaf timeshare vacation, it makes a lot of sense for you to first look at the opportunities to buy Silverleaf timeshare resale or vacation in a Silverleaf timeshare rental. Sell My Timeshare NOW has an excellent inventory of Silverleaf timeshare resales.

• Silverleaf’s Villages – Flint, Texas
• Silverleaf Lake O’ The Woods – Flint, Texas
• Silverleaf’s Holiday Hills Resort – Branson, Missouri
• Silverleaf’s Oak N’ Spruce Resort – South Lee, Massachusetts
• Silverleaf’s Orlando Breeze Resort – Davenport, Florida
• Silverleaf’s Ozark Mountain Resort – Kimberling City, Missouri
• Silverleaf’s Hill Country Resort – Canyon Lake, Texas
• Silverleaf’s Seaside Resort – Galveston, Texas
• Silverleaf Timber Creek Resort – Desoto, Missouri
• Silverleaf Piney Shores Resort – Conroe, Texas
• Silverleaf’s Holly Lake Ranch – Holly Lake Ranch, Texas
• Silverleaf’s Fox River – Sheridan, Illinois
• Silverleaf’s Apple Mountain – Clarkesville, Georgia

Before Christmas, Sell My Timeshare NOW was able to contribute food items and a check to representatives of the Dover New Hampshire Police Department. The food drive was part of the police department’s Christmas Food Basket Outreach Program to families in need here in the Dover area.

I am proud of everyone at Sell My Timeshare NOW for their contributions to this important effort. Like many people, we are touched during the holiday season by the plight of needy people; by the contrast of those with abundance and those with so little. Thank goodness there are bell ringers on the street corners, volunteers to collect Christmas toys for children, and companies, organizations, and individuals who rally to gather gifts, food, and cash to help make this season a little brighter and a little merrier for others.

Today is December 27. The toy drives have ended and there are no longer kettles at every storefront where loose change and spare bills quickly add up. The New Year will soon take all of us back to our focus on bowl games, our short-lived commitment to the exercise equipment Santa left under the tree, and our thoughts and plans for 2008.

But the needy don’t stop having needs just because Christmas is passed. Children will still outgrow their winter shoes and coats. Elderly people will struggle with snow on the sidewalks and the challenge of getting to the pharmacy to buy much needed drugs they can ill afford. And hard working men and women will lose their jobs, default on their bills, and work very hard to keep the electric bill paid and food on the table.

The point is, our Christmas spirit will waft on the winter winds and our focus will return to ourselves and the needs of our own families. But the needs of those who are less fortunate will not go away.

Who will fill the community food banks in January? Who will provide the manpower to run soup kitchens in March? And who will be there for the lonely, the destitute, the sick, and the elderly now that Christmas is over, and we are all returning to own routines and busy lives?

If you make just one resolution for the New Year, I urge you to resolve that 2008 will be your year to give. Change one routine and free up a tiny bit of money, which you can give each week to a worthy cause. Find an hour of your time and help a friend or a stranger with a task they could not physically or financially accomplish on their own. Buy one less shirt, handbag, or pair of shoes the next time you shop and use that money instead to help someone who may desperately need your support.

If you can write checks with lots of zeros to donate to charity that is incredible and I hope you do just that. But don’t let the fact that you may have only a little to give, stop you from giving at all. Someone today needs exactly what you have to share.

May your New Year be Happy and Bright,
From Jason Tremblay and Everyone at Sell My Timeshare NOW