Sell My Timeshare

Planning your vacation should never be work… it should be easy and part of the fun of taking a vacation. That’s why we have been highly focused at Sell My Timeshare NOW on updates and innovative changes to our website to make it easy and pleasant for you to peruse, browse, and then select a vacation ownership resort or rental to enjoy on your next vacation.

Sell My Timeshare NOW has Rebuilt the Timeshare Search Experience from the Ground UP

Searching for a timeshare resale or timeshare rental has become fast, simple, and direct. Here are a few of the reasons why:

1. Every page on the website includes a full text search box.
2. You will find clickable filters; choices to let you narrow your search parameters and more easily find the timeshare that is right for your vacation needs.
3. Your most recent searches are tracked, so you can easily back up and revisit a property that caught your eye.
4. You can click on the search box at the top of any Sell My Timeshare NOW page, and type in the location or resort you are interested in and get an idea of what is available. But you can also type in something much more general, such as “ski in Colorado” or “Orlando golf”.
5. On each timeshare resale or timeshare rental ad you now have immediate access to photos of the resort, every detail we have available for the timeshare unit, and all the details for the resort property. You will also find maps for most destinations to help you know more about the resort you are considering.

The improvements to the SellMyTimeshareNOW.com website are really just too many to cover in only one blog post. Why not watch this video to help you understand more, and then visit the site yourself to check out everything that is new and different there.

Wow! Or as we say around here, “POW!!”

You know those events that happen in life that you are so excited about you can’t stop talking about them? At Sell My Timeshare NOW, we are having such an experience.

Yes, we are the most trusted name in the timeshare resale and timeshare rental market. Yes, we serve the needs of timeshare buyers, renters, sellers, owners, and developers every day in ways that are effective, efficient, and respectful of our clients. But the truth is, we’ve known for quite some time that we wanted our website to be better…better in every possible way.

We wanted the Sell My Timeshare NOW website to have a fresh, interesting face. Even more importantly, we wanted your experience when using our website to be simple, intuitive, and pleasant.

We wanted you to come to our website and find the vacation ownership and timeshare rental deals you were hoping to find. But we also wanted you to find the things you didn’t quite know how to search for, like a ski vacation destination in Colorado when the price or the resort features might help you decide between Breckenridge and Steamboat Springs.

We are making all those things and many more happen right now. Over the next few weeks, I will be talking about all the new features, the improved old features, and all the fun of our refreshed, revised face. But don’t just wait on me. Please go to www.sellmytimesharenow.com and see for yourself.

And if you feel the urge to throw your arms in the air and shout, “POW!” it’s okay. There’s been a lot of that going on around our offices all week.

John Locher is a name many people in the timeshare industry know as the co-founder and former vice president of marketing and sales at Redweek.com. John helped grow RedWeek to 1.5 million registered users and brought RedWeek into the American Resort Development Association. In 2010, he founded Locher & Associates, and Sell My Timeshare NOW is excited to be working with John Locher as we continue to grow our company and expand our services.

In addition to being the founder and past chief executive officer of Everythingholidays.com, you may not know that John was one of the masterminds behind Classmates.com. As the former vice president of Marketing and Promotions for Classmates.com, John points out, “Classmates really is the original social networking website.”

John works with our team at Sell My Timeshare NOW on areas of business development. He’s also working with our social media messaging staff. We are putting his extensive promotional and strategic online experience to great use as a resource.

Sell My Timeshare NOW is committed to providing reliable options for both individuals and for the timeshare industry itself when it comes to ways to effectively buy, rent, or sell timeshare. As John observes, “Today’s consumers demand transparency and safe choices in order to navigate the resale industry process. SellMyTimeshareNOW.com is diligent with their effective ‘for sale or rent by owner’ consumer model and the recently enhanced ‘no fee until sold’ option for those who want turnkey service in handling their timeshare resale. I embrace this success-driven emphasis that is improving the secondary market for everyone.”

At Sell My Timeshare NOW, our vision targets how we can better serve the market and with innovative marketers such as John onboard, we are turning our vision into timeshare reality.

Wander around the internet and it’s easy to find comments by first one ‘authority’ and then another bemoaning how many timeshare owners want to resell their timeshare. In a refreshing counterbalance to these many anti-timeshare articles (often written by people who have never vacationed in a timeshare), it is especially interesting to read an article that appears in the September/October edition of Timesharing Today magazine. Titled “Why we’re selling,” this article provides an unbiased look at the answers received when interviewing more than a dozen owners who are currently seeking to sell timeshare.

Why Timeshare Owners Sell Timeshares

Here’s what we discovered as we analyzed the results cited in Timesharing Today:

• More than twenty-five percent of the prospective sellers interviewed in the article cited “aging” as their primary reason for selling. At least two of the couples interviewed noted that they were beyond the age of 80 and simply didn’t travel and vacation as much as they once did.
• One timeshare owner mentioned that a certain timeshare destination has grown “too touristy” over the years and that, he had no interest in timeshare exchange. He to vacation at the timeshare destination he owned and his vacation destination was no longer enjoyable for him.
• Multiple owners noted that increasing timeshare dues or maintenance fees and the increase in travel costs, especially when combined with a reduced income or dwindling pension, made continuing to own timeshare a financial strain.
• Lifestyle changes such as illness, relocation, or children leaving the nest also came up in the quotes from the owners wishing to sell.

The Positive Side of Buying Timeshare

While a few of the timeshare owners interviewed either were unhappy with the management at a particular resort or had difficulties in timeshare exchange at the resort, almost every owner also had many good things to say about vacation ownership—even though they planned to sell. Many of the people selling were owners of more than one timeshare and sometimes were only paring down their inventory not giving up timesharing altogether. Several timeshare owners mentioned flexibility issues and cited that they would rent timeshare in the future but they no longer wanted the on-going commitment of ownership.

Quotes from “Why we’re selling”:

Life changes. Divorce, illness, job transfers or just the growing up of our families changes our interest and vacation needs. Timesharing Today did an excellent job with its article and when in reading it, you clearly understand that just because someone is selling a timeshare, doesn’t mean he or she had a bad experience with it.

Thank you again Timesharing Today for this candid insight into timeshare ownership.