Timeshare Exchange

Group RCI timeshare exchange has announced an agreement with the Resort Owners Group that will allow member/ owners at Resort Owners Group to participate in RCI’s The Registry Collection (RCI’s luxury exchange program) or in RCI Weeks, the timeshare exchange company’s traditional interval exchange program.

Geoff Ballottii, president and CEO of Group RCI says, “These fine properties (the vacation homes of Resort Owners Group) will be complementary to our global portfolio and owners at Resort Owners Group affiliated resorts will greatly benefit from the services and benefits we provide through our unsurpassed global vacation exchange networks.”

CEO Gary Carter of Resort Owners Group was quoted in Hotel Interactive as saying, “Our affiliation with RCI now provides our owners with even more vacation options and a great value-added selling feature for Resort Owners Group developer partners.”

Group RCI, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, is the leading timeshare exchange company for vacation exchange and European vacation rentals, and this affiliation clearly expands options for owners with the Resort Owners Group. Based in Canada, Resort Owners Group is known for offering a unique platform approach for independent developers. With destinations in Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and the US, Resort Owners Group has created a global brand of professionally managed, rental-ready, resort vacation homes. The company markets their properties as being, “more affordable, more usable, and more exchangeable, with ownership options of fractional, whole, Private Residence Club and the new BuyWithFriends.com model of ownership.”

… A Little More Insight on this Type of Vacation Ownership

If you haven’t run across the concept of buying a vacation property “with friends,” Resort Owners Group is one company marketing a purchasing structure that lets you share ownership of a vacation property with your friends and family on the assumption that this is more desirable than ownership shared with strangers such as a fractional or a timeshare. How correct this theory is, has a lot to do with your friends and your family members and whether you see them as ideal property ownership partners or as contractual partners with whom complexities or problems could arise.

As part of our aggressive growth plan, Sell My Timeshare NOW has hired Jay Bade as our new Executive Director of Business Development. Jay comes to Sell My Timeshare NOW as a timeshare industry veteran with 20 years experience in timeshares. Previously he was Vice President, Eastern Region for Trading Places International.

At Trading Places International, a respected timeshare exchange company, Jay was responsible for business development in the eastern US, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. Before working for Trading Places International, Jay was the Director of Club Inventory Development for Bluegreen Resorts.

Starting in Timeshare Sales

Jay began at RCI on the call center sales floor. He advanced to key client management and business development for RCI Resort Services. Jay is an experienced timeshare executive with account management experience in working with resorts, exchange services, owners associations, and inventory acquisitions. He will play a key role in our growth and expansion at Sell My Timeshare NOW. Jay’s also an avid skier and we anticipate finding him on the slopes, when he is not on the job, hard at work.

Sell My Timeshare NOW welcomes Jay Bade!

Follow this link to read Sell Timeshare NOW’s official press announcement of the hiring of Jay Bade.

I don’t know how many cities Santa Claus covered on Christmas Eve and in the wee hours of Christmas Day, but he’s about the only one who can take in more territory than you can as a timeshare owner with great timeshare exchange privileges.

Timeshare exchange is designed to give you flexibility in vacation destinations, dates, and accommodations. Resort Condominiums International (RCI) and Interval International, (II) are the two largest timeshare exchange companies, but there are dozens of other companies, many of which specialize in regional or other targeted types of travel. You will find the cost to join a timeshare company varies, as will the types of services they offer.

In their book, How to Benefit from Your Timeshare, authors Susan Johnson and Janice Taylor describe the benefits of timeshare exchange like this:

“An Exchange Club is an organization that lists thousands of travel destinations for use by its members. … An Exchange Club take points/weeks that you do not want to use in the current year and allows you to use and select from their huge inventory of locations worldwide. You should receive a directory from the Exchange Club listing all properties available to you within their network.”

Currently there are 4,775 RCI affiliated timeshare resorts and 2,400 resorts affiliated with Interval International.

Follow this link to learn more about the opportunities of timeshare exchange. And to help you get started in planning your vacations, here is a handy timeshare calendar or, you may wish to visit the website for Timeshare Calendar.

In the small island fishing village of Favignana is the Sicilian timeshare resort, Villaggio Cala La Luna. Travelers love the area for its old world charm and clear blue waters, where local fishermen catch bluefin tuna, lobster, and octopus.

This week, the resort announced their affiliation as part of the Interval International timeshare exchange. According to Timeshare Perspective, Darren Ettridge, Interval International’s vice president resort sales and service (Europe), says, “Good quality resorts such as this are popular with our members and we are delighted to welcome this resort to our network. This is our fourth affiliation in Italy since July 2007 and it is continued evidence of Interval’s success in the region.”

New Timeshare Resort Destinations Growing in Popularity

Villaggio Cala La Luna timeshare resort is within walking distance of the harbor and offers a pool, restaurant, and live entertainment. Popularly accessible by hydrofoil from the mainland, the island is a favorite destination for deep sea fishing and diving. Many people are familiar with it as the host site of the 2008 America’s Cup. Less than one year old, this timeshare resort includes 58 timeshares within its 70 studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units.

While we are all familiar with well-known favorite timeshare vacation destinations, including Florida timeshare, Las Vegas timeshare, Aruba timeshare, and Hawaii timeshare, it is exciting to see new venues in the timeshare marketplace. And by joining the Interval International timeshare exchange system, this small Sicilian timeshare resort is becoming part of an exchange network that includes over 2,400 timeshare resorts in 75 countries around the world.

Who knows, someday tiny Sicily might be on the list of top-demand timeshare vacation destinations.