Sell My Timeshare

Last month ARDA-ROC launched its Timeshare Resale Resource Center. This online information data center was created as a reliable, go-to resource to help timeshare owners and prospective timeshare buyers understand the timeshare resale market, including what to look for in a timeshare resale service and how to tell which companies to avoid.

ARDA is the Washington D.C.-based professional association that represents the timeshare, vacation ownership and resort development industry. ARDA-ROC is the Resort Owners’ Coalition, an alliance of over a million timeshare owners, developers and timeshare managers who promote and advocate for public policy to protect the interests of timeshare owners and future owners.

The combination of an unstable economy, lack of clearly defined timeshare resale guidelines and policy, and a demographic within the base of timeshare owners, who have now reached a time in their lives they no longer wish to be owners, has opened the door to disreputable companies seeking to make money by exploiting others.

Ken McKelvey, Chairman of ARDA-ROC, explains, “Existing owners are just as concerned as would-be consumers about the misinformation regarding resales and have supported efforts to educate owners about the process to buy or sell a vacation product from the secondary market. Leaders in our industry – developers, managers, homeowners’ associations and resellers – have tirelessly worked together to develop new business models for the secondary market as a way to address basic problems rather than treat symptoms.”

Sell My Timeshare NOW is proud to be a member of the American Resort Development Association. Learn more about ARDA at its website http://www.arda.org

Not only are we getting the word out to consumers that we have just released the Top 100 Timeshare Resales and Top 100 Timeshare Rentals lists, we are also getting the word out to the timeshare and vacation ownership industry.

Through our owner services program, we provide customized resort services for timeshare resort companies, developers, and HOAs that may not have their own internal programs but want to work with a reputable resales company to provide rental and resale options to their owners. Sell My Timeshare NOW, though Vacation Property Solutions, offers unique, resort-friendly services that make it easy for developers and HOAs to satisfy their need to sell timeshares, while helping them increase customer satisfaction and brand loyalty.

The new Hot 100 Timeshare Resales report and the Hot 100 Timeshare Rentals are available here:

Timeshare Resales http://www.sellmytimesharenow.com/media/pdf/HOT-TIMESHARE-RESALES-2011.pdf

Timeshare Rentals http://www.sellmytimesharenow.com/media/pdf/HOT-TIMESHARE-RENTALS-2011.pdf

On these lists, you will see a diversity of timeshare resorts and destinations. While the branded hospitality providers are present, so are the smaller independent resorts. You will see that Sell My Timeshare NOW has buyers and renters making offers on traditional timeshare as well as on timeshare points and vacation clubs, and on resorts at beaches, east coast, west coast, ski destinations, and even urban properties.

As a timeshare owner who wishes to sell or rent; as a timeshare company; or as a prospective buyer or renter, when you study the Sell My Timeshare NOW Hot Resales and Rentals lists, you gain consumer generated insights; the properties on these lists are there because consumers have put them there. The Hot 100 Timeshare Resales report and the Hot 100 Timeshare Rentals show you the most in-demand, hottest timeshares and vacation ownership destinations in the world!

The question comes up from time to time, “what happens to my timeshare when I die?” It’s not a topic most people like to think about, but it is a valid and responsible question that many timeshare owners want to know.

Some timeshare ownerships end when the named owner dies; many however, do not. Obviously, if you have the right to pass your timeshare deed on to your heirs, you may simply leave it in your legal will to the person or persons you specify.

Your heirs will then become the owners (although a name change on the deed will be necessary) and as the owners, they will have both the rights and the responsibilities, including that of paying the maintenance fees and taxes, for that timeshare unit or interval. Whatever fees you paid as an owner, your heirs will also need to continue paying if they inherit your timeshare.

Timeshare owned by persons who die without specifying an heir, or owned by persons who have not prepared a legal will, become part of the probate estate.

The Timeshare Sales Alternative

If you are a timeshare owner who has reached a point in your life when owning timeshare no longer fits your lifestyle and you are concerned about what will happen to that timeshare in the event of your death, you may want to try to sell your timeshare now, before it becomes a responsibility for others to address.

Some timeshare sells quickly. But not all timeshare is easy to sell and in a competitive market, you have to be willing to price your timeshare aggressively. However, before you make any decision about your timeshare, I urge you to talk both to your attorney or estate planner, and to someone who specializes in timeshare resale, like the experienced team at Sell My Timeshare NOW.

A Sell My Timeshare NOW resale specialist will help you understand your choices for how to sell timeshare; including whether to use a timeshare broker assisted sale or to sell by owner. He or she will also help you determine the market value for your timeshare, and give you realistic feedback about which properties are selling well and at what price.

And lastly, here are three important things to know when you are considering selling timeshare:

1. Don’t be duped by headlines that say it is impossible to resell timeshare. Sell My Timeshare NOW receives an average of $1 million in offers to buy or rent timeshare every day—365 days per year.
2. Don’t make an on-the-spot decision. No one at Sell My Timeshare NOW will ever pressure you to decide what type of timeshare transaction is best for you. We will advise you based on our experience, but the decision-making is, and should always be, up to you.
3. And lastly, never sign paperwork that you don’t fully understand.

Timeshare ownership is great, right up until the moment it becomes a burden or a responsibility without benefits. If you find yourself in this situation, we will do everything we can to assist you. Call us at 1-877-815-4227

We recently ran across an interesting tidbit that claimed on certain days of the week vendors and retailers were more likely to discount specific items.

Here’s what the study found:

• Mondays it is men’s and women’s dress pants and sunglasses.
• Tuesdays: Men’s apparel.
• Wednesdays: Shoes and kid’s clothing.
• Thursdays: Women’s handbags.
• Fridays: Accessories, such as jewelry, belts and scarves.
• Saturdays: Intimates, jackets and outerwear.
• Sundays: Swimsuits

Why? Who knows. Is it accurate? We’re not sure, because unfortunately the information wasn’t backed up with its source.

A similar consumer shopping factoid that is documented by many sources is the often-asked question, “When is the best time to buy airline tickets?” According to the Wall Street Journal, many airfare sales, in which seats are discounted by 15 to 25 percent, are launched on Monday night.

Bob Harrell, a fare consultant who has tracked airline pricing for years, says, “Like bread, fares get sort of stale toward the end of the week.”

Of course, when you are looking for deals on air travel, your best savings always occur when you book at least 14 days in advance, and are flexible on your travel times and even travel dates.

But What is the Best Day to Buy Timeshare?

Timeshare resale prices are determined by the popularity of the season (if it is timeshare that can only be used at a specific time); by the size of the timeshare unit; the resort’s features; and the market demand—meaning the number of consumers who are actively seeking to buy timeshare for that date and that resort.

Beyond the impact of the variables to influence the asking or selling price of timeshare resales, what day of the week you buy timeshare really doesn’t make a difference. That’s because the best deals are available 24/7 …365 days … a year when you are shopping for a timeshare resale.

Nevertheless, if you are curious as to the ebb and flow of timeshare resale and timeshare rental offers, Sell My Timeshare NOW will show you the offers and amounts of those offers coming into our website all day, every day. Just go to Up-to-date Timeshare Offers – Buy Offers and Rent Offers.

The truth is, it is always a good time for great deals on timeshare resales and timeshare rentals.