The fifth development phase at Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club Hawaii timeshare has recently been completed. With 132 new two- and three-bedroom villas added in this expansion, the Ko Olina Resort is the largest Marriott timeshare in Hawaii, and the largest resort in the Hawaiian Islands.

Marriott Timeshare for Luxury and Comfort

Each of the spacious Marriott timeshare villas in the new addition has Hawaiian inspired furnishing and décor, themed in yellows, greens, and reds providing a rich contrast to the deep mahogany finish of the furnishings and cabinetry. The villas include fully equipped kitchens with stainless steel appliances, large living and dining areas, and private balconies. Vistas from the balconies are spectacular, with glass paneled railings to ensure uninterrupted views.

These beautiful Marriott timeshare villas includes flat panel televisions, DVD players in the living area and bedrooms, and in-unit washers and dryers. Free high-speed internet is available throughout the resort, making it easy to stay connected. But when you are ready to relax and ‘disconnect,’ the beachfront, private lagoon, and multiple swimming pools surrounded by tropical gardens and expansive ocean views make it easy to enjoy being away from it all.

Edgar Gum, Regional Vice President Hawaii Operations, Marriott Vacation Club, says, “Ko Olina Beach Club is a magnificent resort set in one of Oahu’s prime beachfront locations. “The availability of these beautiful villas comes at just the right time when our occupancy will reach nearly 100 percent through the summer months and the attention to detail and relaxing views will make for many memorable vacation experiences for our Owners and guests.”

An Ideal Hawaii Timeshare Resort Destination

Onsite, Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club features Longboards Bar & Grill, offering oceanfront casual dining and Chuck’s Steak & Seafood, named for the legendary owner of Hawaii’s first steakhouse. Weekly entertainment includes the Fia Fia Polynesian Dinner Show featuring Hawaiian cuisine, fire knife dancing, drums, and more. Other on-property amenities include a fitness centers, the Spa by the Sea at Ko Olina, and the famous championship golf course at Ko Olina Golf Club.

At Sell My Timeshare NOW and VacationOwnership.com, we offer two different ways to enjoy timeshare rentals. You can leisurely peruse our advertised timeshares for rent. You’ll find some that are by-owner timeshare rentals and others that are offered to you through a licensed timeshare resale estate broker.

With these timeshares, you can choose from rentals that are available in upcoming weeks or  plan months and months ahead. You can start now to make your Christmas plans for December, or even schedule a vacation for Spring Break 2013. These ads give you plenty of time to look through the choices and plan an upcoming vacation in a discount-priced timeshare vacation rental.

On the other hand, you can also go straight for the deal. If you are the kind of person who likes economical prices, last minute rentals, and the thrill of the deal, you should do your travel planning from our “Amazing Last Minute Deals.” These are timeshare rentals at destinations worldwide; vacation rental accommodations of all sizes, all types, and all prices. The one thing they all have in common however, is that they are a steal of a deal and you always have to act fast.

In our last minute rental deals, we present you timeshare vacations that are all available within the next three weeks. These reservations are guaranteed. In many cases, the owners are negotiable, meaning you can book the units for the advertised week, or if your schedule is tight, vacation there only for a few days or for a long weekend.

What’s Available in Last Minute Timeshare Rentals

To help you understand the diversity of vacation opportunities available, we are including below a random selection of actual resort rentals that are available right now. Well, at least available at the time this blog is being written. Frankly, hot deals like these don’t usually stick around very long.

Last Minute Timeshare Rentals:

Club Casa Dorada Beach And Golf Resort, ad number 1516595, is a studio rental that sleeps 4. Located in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, it is renting for $799/week.

Diamond Resorts Polo Towers Suites, ad number 1521224, is a 2-bedroom, 2-bath rental that sleeps 6. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, it is renting for $1000/week.

Diamond Resorts Villas De Santa Fe, ad number 1473744, is a 1-bedroom, 1-bath rental that sleeps 4. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, it is renting for $1299/week.

Eagle Crest, ad number 1483390, is a 2-bedroom, 2-bath rental that sleeps 6. Located in Redmond Bend, Oregon, it is renting for $1599/week.

Marriott’s Aruba Surf Club, ad number 499831, is a 3-bedroom lockout, with 3 baths that sleeps 12. Located in Palm Beach, Aruba, it is renting for $5200/week.

Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club, ad number 1438562, is a 2-bedroom, 2-bath that sleeps 8. Located in Oahu, Kapolei, Hawaii, it is renting for $2800/week.

Peppertree Atlantic Beach, ad number 1473640, is a 2-bedroom, 2-bath rental that sleeps 6. Located in located in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, it is renting for $1,100/week.

Four Seasons Residence Club Aviara, ad number 1436498, is a 2-bedroom, 3-bath rental that sleeps 6. Located in Carlsbad, California, it is renting for $4295/week.

Holiday Inn Club Vacations Desert Club Resort, ad number 1541182, is a 2-bedroom, 2-bath rental that sleeps 6. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, it is renting for $700/week.

Wyndham Makai Club, ad number 1537434, is a 1-bedroom, 1-bath rental that sleeps 4. Located in Kauai, Princeville, Hawaii, it is renting for $850/week.

Ten diverse and delightful timeshare rentals and only a small sample of what’s available. Sure, you could pay a lot more and rent timeshares like these on some other website, but why would you want to? This is timeshare priced to move, just waiting for a savvy vacationer to grab the deal.

Stephanie Peterson, Executive Vacation Counselor at Hilton Grand Vacations Club at Waikoloa Beach Resort is one of the winners of the 2012 American Resort Development Association of Hawaii (ARDA-Hawaii) “Timeshare with Aloha” Award.

ARDA Hawaii Award for Hawaii Timeshare Employee Excellence

The award was expressly developed to recognize individuals for their dedicated service and excellence in the workplace. One outstanding timeshare industry employee from Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii is recognized as a “Timeshare with Aloha” awardee (total of  four recipients). Each award winner receives a two-night stay at a Hawaii timeshare resort plus $1,000 to spend during his or her Hawaii timeshare vacation.

ARDA-Hawaii chairperson, Daniel Dinell explains, “Stephanie is precisely the kind of above-and-beyond individual who inspired us to launch the Timeshare with Aloha Awards.”

ARDA-Hawaii, which is the local chapter of the American Resort Development Association, says that Hawaii timeshares account for 13 percent of Hawaii’s visitor lodging inventory and thousands of jobs for residents.

Dinell adds, “Though many vacation destinations offer sun, sand, and surf, exceptional individuals like Stephanie truly set Hawaii apart. We are thankful to her and the many hospitality employees who make the Islands a place people long to discover – and rediscover – by embodying the Aloha State’s unique culture.”

AdGooroo has released interesting information from an internet search analysis showing that the most frequently occurring travel-related internet searches  involve transportation … airlines, train schedules, and automobile rentals.

But after travelers and vacationers figure out how they are getting where they seek to go, what topics are they then researching the most?

Analyzing roughly 1,000 travel-related keywords searched on Google an estimated 2.4 billion times during January and February 2012, AdGooroo found that 7.3 percent of all searches involved the word “Disney” while another 6.3 percent involved the words, “Las Vegas.”

Other frequently searched terms include the words: Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Hawaii.

Richard Stokes, founder and CEO of AdGooroo, says, “Travel is one of the most keyword-competitive industries. So it represents fertile ground for search marketers in the travel category to apply industry insight and deepen their understanding both of their marketplace and the competitive landscape.”

The Timeshare Industry Already Understood Where You Wanted to Vacation

For the timeshare industry, these search patterns only  reveal what timeshare developers already understand. The greatest concentration of timeshare resorts in any one area is found in Disney World’s hometown, Orlando, Florida. And not far behind in popularity for are Las Vegas timeshares, Caribbean timeshares, the many beautiful Mexico timeshare resorts, and of course, Hawaii timeshares, which is where timesharing in the US first got started.

Although the AdGooroo study only reinforces what the timeshare resort and vacation ownership industry already recognized about where people like to vacation and holiday, it did show that travel-related online searches are still reflecting a tight economy.  Words such as coupon, cheap, deal, low-price, and discount, show up in 13.3 percent of travel-related online searches. And with the excellent discounts available in timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, bargain hunting travelers should be able to find exactly what they are seeking for their next vacation, at the destination they most want to visit and at a price that fits even a tight vacation budget.