Timeshare Rentals

The newest property at Bluegreen timeshare, The Studio Homes at Ellis Square, has been added to the RCI  timeshare exchange network. Bluegreen Vacation Ownership’s newly-constructed resort, The Studio Homes at Ellis Square, is located in charming, historic Savannah, Georgia. The resort was developed by News Place Developers LLC, who has partnered with Bluegreen timeshare through its Fee Based Services platform.

Gordon Gurnik, president, RCI, says, “The Studio Homes at Ellis Square are located in the heart of Savannah, where RCI members can get a taste of southern culture in a bustling urban location. These homes make a wonderful addition to the RCI network, along with the many other Bluegreen properties that are already a part of our portfolio.”

Kristin Burghardt, general manager for Bluegreen, says, “We’re excited to share the charm and southern hospitality of Savannah with RCI members. The successful relationship between RCI and Bluegreen has allowed so many people to experience great accommodations in exciting destinations. Adding The Studio Homes to our portfolio will give our owners and RCI members the opportunity to experience luxurious accommodations in the midst of such an intriguingly cultured and historic city.”

Another Bluegreen Timeshare Great Vacation Destination

Located at 120 W. Bryan Street, within a brief walk of the City Market, The Studio Homes at Ellis Square makes it easy and convenient for vacationers to explore the Savannah Historic District, Forsyth Park, and the City Market. Rich in historic architecture, Savannah is also known for its dining, shopping, art, theater, and entertainment.

Timeshare owners and renters at Bluegreen’s The Studio Homes At Ellis Square can choose from one- and two-bedroom timeshare villas. Décor is described as chic, and each timeshare offers high ceilings, a designer kitchen and designer bath as well as wireless internet access and other amenities. Timeshare owners and guests enjoy an onsite pizza restaurant, concierge services, and valet parking. The property’s rooftop lounge affords views of the Savannah skyline, and a fire pit and grill for barbecuing.

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.

Many in the vacation ownership and timeshare industry know that our company has been making major changes in order to serve both our consumer clients and our industry clients better. On March 30 of this year, we announced our newest brand: VacationOwnership.com. (see: Leading Timeshare Resale Company Rebranding As VacationOwnership.Com)

Rebranding a company, especially one with an internet presence as expansive as ours, is a big challenge. Although our new website www.vacationownership.com is busy with the online activity of timeshare buyers, sellers, and renters through our licensed timeshare brokerage, we are still working daily to expand and improve the website.

We have also had the exciting opportunity of working on our new corporate logo. A process that isn’t—and really shouldn’t be—easy to do. After all, a logo plays an important role for a company. It must communicate, brand, engage, and attract. At the same time, it needs to look good on your website, your golf shirt, or your business card. It can’t be too busy or it will be distracting, nor can it be too plain which would make it boring. Most importantly, it has to speak to others for your company when you are not there to speak yourself.

The number of people who can say they would recognize the CEOs of NIKE, Coco-Cola, or McDonalds if they saw him or her walking by is vastly smaller than the number of people who know the brand marks of those corporations. People recognize certain logos so well that they can instantly identify them even without the presence of the company’s name beside the mark.

Yes, a little logo carries a lot of responsibility on its back. We can’t wait to start unveiling ours. We tried to think of a good hint to share about our new logo but decided that for now, we’d just have to tell you that it makes us feel good about our company every time we see it and we hope that’s how it will make you feel, too.

…watch for it soon!

Yesterday, the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) announced findings from the State of the Vacation Timeshare Industry: United States Study 2012 Edition conducted by Ernst & Young.

Howard Nusbaum, president and CEO of the American Resort Development Association describes the state of the vacation ownership industry. Nusbaum says, “Our 8 million owners continue to value the proposition of vacationing better with timeshare as the products offer flexibility and rejuvenating amenities for the whole family.”

Timeshare sales, the report reveals, were up slightly in 2011 over the previous year. Just as importantly, nearly 80 percent of  owners travel to their resort. This is an especially significant finding in view of the fact that hotel occupancy lags behind at only 60 percent in 2011. These findings are from a Smith Travel Research December 2011 report.

Vacation Ownership and Resort Rentals

The distinctive niche of rentals continue to be significant, with twelve percent of the resort occupancy rate being comprised of renters, and eighty-six percent of the resorts offering some form of rental program. In 2011, renters accounted for 10.4 million nights of total occupancy.

Other facts of interest about the timeshare industry include:

• Fifty-eight percent of sales in 2011 were from new owners, which indicates that over forty percent of sales were from repeat buyers.

• Seventy-two percent of resorts have at least half of their sales from new owners, showing a healthy influx into vacation ownership.

• Roughly seventy-two percent of the survey respondents own multiple weeks.

• Sixty-seven percent of vacation owners participate in a points based ownership structure.