Timeshare Condos

Imagine a floating city, rising 1200 feet in the air, designed to generate its own electricity, withstand hurricane winds, and eliminate the need for automobiles within its structure. This is the vision for the New Orleans Arcology Habitat, (NOAH) and if you think it looks like something out of The Matrix, you are right.

Now imagine owning timeshare there.

The project has been proposed for placement in the Mississippi River gulf, adjacent to the commercial district of downtown New Orleans. With an estimated 30 million square feet at build out, the NOAH project would include 20,000 rental condos, three hotels, and 1500 timeshare units, with the timeshare averaging 1100 square feet each.

The proposal also includes 3 casinos; 500,000 square feet of commercial space; parking for 8,000 cars; cultural facilities; public works; schools; admin offices; and a hospital.

I can’t say if or when this will come to fruition, but when you consider the visionary construction that has been undertaken in Dubai at “The Palm” and the Dubai Tower, (which both offer Dubai timeshare) we shouldn’t be too quick to dismiss this as “overly futuristic”. New Orleans timeshares have always been a popular vacation destination and one can only imagine the interest that timeshares within this environmentally green, hurricane resistant, innovative property could create.

Tangram 3DS LLC, (a firm specializing in visualization and computer animation) is responsible for creating the computer-generated images and partnering with the designer Kevin Schopfer to visualize his concepts throughout the design process. Here’s a video look at a rendering of the exterior of this amazing structure, courtesy of Tangram 3DS LLC:

In the Lynchburg, Virginia area of Huddleston, a Smith Mountain Lake resort community is making plans for a new waterfront condominium complex.

The Mariner’s Landing Development will construct the new resort, to be known as “Longview at the Pointe”. Plans are to sell the two and three bedroom condo units in four-week intervals, although full ownership options will also be offered.

The Point Is Not Selling Timeshare; It’s Buying Vacation Ownership

Jay White, a marketing consultant whose family owns the resort community, calls it, “…Just another type of ownership at Smith Mountain Lake.”

Good point! The developers didn’t wake up one morning and think: Our business goal is all about selling timeshare.

Instead, they looked at an opportunity (for their business and also for families in need of vacation options), and they considered how they could make vacation property ownership available to more people.

White, in an interview with The Lynchburg News and Advance, called the pricing, “… affordable compard with other offerings at the lake…”

“It’s just another way for people to enjoy the lake and not bankrupt themselves,” said White. “In my mind, the goal is to offer an affordable product someone can buy young and continue to upgrade until they want to retire and get the (vacation) home of their choice.”

Selling Timeshare Probably Started in a Cave

Once upon a time, there were no doubt two cave dwellers who wanted the same rock shelter. In order to accommodate the wishes of both, they decided to share the space, alternate who slept closest to the fire pit, and both contribute by dragging home freshly killed stegosaurus steaks. In every sense of the word, the two were involved in shared ownership, marked by the intervals of whos turn it was to sleep by the fire.

Timeshare shouldn’t be thought of as some suspicious idea, nor should it be viewed as a get-rich-quick plan by anyone in the business. Timeshare is really a very simple concept of shared ownership, enabling people who could never afford the cost and upkeep of sole ownership to still enjoy their little piece of vacation heaven.

Today’s timeshare is an evolved business model that translates to making vacation ownership available to the greatest number of people possible. And every day, through the sale of both new timeshare and of timeshare resales, vacation ownership is happening.

As Jay White so aptly put it in talking about the Smith Mountain Lake property, “This is really becoming a great destination, a great resort, and it needs to be affordable for people to enjoy it. If it’s going to be successful, it’s got to be available to people who can afford $750,000 or $50,000.”

Now let’s throw in the idea of timeshare resale properties, some of which are priced at $5000 or less, and you truly get: Affordable Vacation Ownership.

Follow this link to learn more about Virginia timeshare resales.

Plans are underway to transform Slains Castle – the castle that inspired Bram Stoker to write the horror classic, Dracula – into timeshare condos.

The cliff top ruins of Slains Castle are near Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was originally built in 1597, which leads one to assume that calling the renovations extensive is an understatement, yet plans continue to move forward on this £6 million timeshare project.

Understandably, some people have raised objections to the idea of turning a structure of such historic significance into a timeshare, but supporters point out that if Slains Castle is not renovated in this way, it will continue to deteriorate, crumbling down the cliffs and into the sea.

According to Timesharing Today, the architect behind the development, Douglas Forrest said, “Work has already started on the new plans and it’s going well.” He also explained that the intention was to restore the castle to the way it was during its prime.

…Sounds like it may be a while before you can start scheduling weeks at this timeshare condo resort. Until then, you may want to vacation in Scotland timeshare resales and Wales timeshare resales. Both countries offer beautiful timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, amazing castles and ruins to explore, and who knows, perhaps even a vampire or two.

HOT 100 List timeshare number 53 is Marriott’s Ocean Pointe timeshare in Palm Beach Shores. This Florida timeshare puts you right on the beach, with the Intercoastal Waterway to the west and big, blue Atlantic Ocean on the east.

Florida Timeshare on Historic Singer Island

Palm Beach and Palm Beach Shores have long been a favorite getaway for those who want to escape winter weather and enjoy sun and sand in upscale style. The Marriott Ocean Pointe timeshare is luxurious and in keeping with the affluent charm and lifestyle that defines Singer Island, which boasts some of the most expensive real estate in the world.

The island is named after the twenty-third son of the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine company, Paris Singer, who developed the nearby city of Palm Beach. It is believed that Mr. Singer originally purchased the island as a gift for a woman he loved. Sadly, she failed to appreciate his grand gesture, so Singer and architect Addison Mizner, set about to develop the property with a large resort on either end of the island and a golf course in between.

The combination of the 1928 hurricane and the 1929 stock market crash brought development of the resort properties on the island to a halt, until 1947 when railroad tycoon, A. O. Edwards, bought 240 acres of land on the island and began building hotels and luxury vacation homes. After Edwards’ death in 1960, financier John D. Macarthur bought the Edwards estate and came to be the largest landowner in Palm Beach County, with more than 100,000 acres of real estate. Having built his empire by founding the Chicago’s Banker’s Life and Casualty Insurance Company, MacArthur reigned over his multi-billion dollar kingdom from a coffee shop booth in the island’s Colonnades Hotel, reporting for work there daily until his death in 1976. Today, Marriott’s Ocean Pointe Resort stands on the spot where MacArthur once ran his business.

Enjoying Your Marriott’s Ocean Pointe Resort Timeshare

For soaking up the sun, the Ocean Pointe Marriott timeshare gives you choices: there’s the Singer Island Beach, (which is closer to the Gulf Stream than any other point in North America), three heated pools, a whirlpool, and a children’s pool. There is also an onsite fitness center, and within a short drive you will find 145 holes of golf in Palm Beach County. The island has 47 miles of white sand beaches, as well as a nearby zoo, science museum, and a drive through safari.

So now the question is not “if” you want a Marriott’s Ocean Pointe Resort timeshare vacation, it is only a matter of “when”. The timeshare resales and timeshare rentals specialists at Sell My Timeshare NOW, can answer those questions today. With two and three bedroom Marriott timeshare resales starting at around $10,000, you can enjoy a lifetime of glitz, glamour, sun, and sea breezes in a Palm Beach Shores Ocean Pointe timeshare resort all your own.