Timeshare Weeks

Keep the waggle in your routine. It is great advice for golf, but have you ever thought about how it applies to everyday life?

Many golfers have a problem they develop, usually because of tension, which causes them to freeze up over the ball before they hit their golf shots. To keep them loose and allow them to execute a fluid swing with good rhythm, they often use the ‘waggle’. A waggle in golf is simply a little shake or wiggle incorporated into the pre shot routine that prevents golfers from being too tense in their movements.

As stressful as life is today, most of us need a little waggle in our routines. And nothing makes it easier to shake loose and relax than using a timeshare resale to enjoy some downtime at vacation lodging you have already prepaid to enjoy.

Gone are the days when timeshare intervals are locked in to one or two week increments. Now most timeshares can be enjoyed in two, three, or four night blocks, and some you can even use one day at a time.

Your hectic schedule may not allow time for you to take 7 days away from your responsibilities, but even the busiest people can usually manage to squeeze in short stays at their favorite timeshare resort.

So to help you get your mini vacation started and create a little waggle in your routine, here’s a video from Sell My Timeshare NOW’s favorite PGA Tour player, Bobby Cole. On the course at Doral Golf Resort and Spa, (an excellent timeshare vacation destination) Bobby tells you why and how to put some waggle in your pre shot routine.

If you start talking to people about “Week 53” you can expect to be met with strange stares as if you just crossed over from an episode of Rod Serling’s classic The Twilight Zone. That is, unless the people to whom you are talking happen to be timeshare owners.

While most of us accept that there are 52 weeks in a year, there are actually only 51 or 52 complete weeks in most years along with either one or two partial weeks. Once every 28 years, there are even 54 weeks. The last time there was a 54-week year was in the year 2000, which is ironic when you consider how many other time-related issues there were that year.

Many people simplify the matter of the 53-week year by saying it occurs once every seven years, but this is an over simplification. Actually, because of leap year, the 53 week year rolls around at five, six, or seven year intervals. When it happens in timesharing, it has nothing to do with crossing over into another dimension, where your next stop is The Twilight Zone.

Week 53 usually belongs to the timeshare association or the timeshare resort. It is typically not sold or rented, although it may be. Sometimes week 53 is used as a time to perform routine repairs and maintenance at the resort.

To learn more about week 53, spacebanking, and the lingo of timeshares, you may want to visit the “Glossary of Terms” on the Sell My Timeshare NOW website.

And just for the fun of it, enjoy this You Tube video of the old TV intro to The Twilight Zone.

Timeshares are a blended industry that has brought together concepts from the hotel and hospitality industries as well as principles from the real estate profession. As a result, the timeshare industry uses language from these professions, but has also developed an industry specific vocabulary all its own.

When you want to rent or buy timeshare or just make the most of a timeshare you already own, you’ll find that it is easier if you understand the timeshare industry language and learn to “talk the talk”.

One of the more interesting words in the timeshare industry is, “spacebanking,” a term that seems to be used exclusively in the world of timeshares. When a timeshare owner spacebanks his or her timeshare unit or timeshare interval, he or she is simply saving the timeshare for use in the future. Generally, in order to space bank, you have to place or deposit your timeshare interval in a pool with other spacebanked timeshares. Other owners, who are looking to exchange timeshare, will be able to swap their unit or interval with the one you have spacebanked. Rarely are such exchanges direct swaps, meaning that just because someone selects the time you have banked, does not mean that you have to accept the timeshare or interval that person added to the bank.

Timeshare exchanging is one of the most attractive options to many timeshare owners. When you can’t use your timeshare, it is always nice to be able to bank it for use in the future. Another option, when your schedule makes it impossible to use and enjoy your timeshare, is to advertise it as a timeshare rental.

For more information about spacebanking your timeshare unit, contact your resort or your exchange company. To learn more about renting your timeshare, contact Sell My Timeshare NOW at 877-815-4227 or go online to the Sell My Timeshare NOW website to learn more about your options to buy, sell, or rent timeshare.

The publishers of The Old Farmer’s Almanac have been predicting the weather since 1818. Despite writing their weather predictions not months but years in advance, the Almanac is one of the most reliable sources available for weather forecasting. Although their formula is a well-kept secret, their forecasts have a legendary 80-85 percent accuracy rate. So what does the 2007 Old Farmer’s Almanac, released this past August, predict for the upcoming winter?

One very long, very cold season.

Which leads me to predict that this will be a great winter for a timeshare vacation!

According to Almanac predictions, Montana, North and South Dakota and parts of Wyoming can expect temperatures as much as 20 degrees below their seasonal norms. The mountain regions of the Pacific Northwest should plan for heavy snowfalls, and residents of the New England states should brace themselves for both atypical cold and unusually heavy snow.

Now, if you love to hit the ski slopes, this forecast is all good news to you. Those who enjoy winter sports should start waxing their skis and scheduling their timeshare vacations. You may want to head to the northeast and enjoy a great timeshare deal at resorts like Stowe and Sugarbush. You can buy or rent Vermont timeshares there. And a timeshare condo in Vail, Telluride, Snowmass or Grand Junction will be a perfect Colorado timeshare ski getaway.

On the other hand, if the news of an unusually cold and snowy season makes you shiver, then start today planning a Caribbean timeshare vacation that includes sun baked sands and warm tropical waters, perhaps in Aruba, Barbados or Cozumel. That’s the great thing about timesharing. When you make a smart timeshare deal and buy a timeshare resale, you are not only buying vacation ownership at the right price, but you are guaranteeing yourself the ultimate in vacation flexibility.