vacation ownership

Our newest media release, distributed on March 29, 2012.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SellMyTimeshareNOW.com and Timeshare Broker Services, both owned by Vacation Hotdeal Companies, Inc, announced today that the company is rebranding its timeshare resale and rental services, licensed timeshare brokerage, and resort services as VacationOwnership.com.

Founder Jason Tremblay says, “The timeshare industry and the vacation ownership product have changed significantly since our company was founded in 2003. As we approach 10 years in timesharing, we recognize how much our services have developed and evolved and that our future includes continued expansion and enhancement of services. With this in mind, we are unifying our products and services under one strong, all-encompassing name: VacationOwnership.com.”

The company sees VacationOwnership.com as a single brand that consolidates its messaging and will increase consumer understanding of its services. As part of VacationOwnership.com the company is launching a recently acquired domain that will be uniquely for its for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) timeshare resale and rental ads: TimeshareResales.com. Tremblay explains, “We have no immediate plans to discontinue use of our existing brands, but we are very excited that going forward we will be representing the timeshare industry, specifically the secondary marketplace as VacationOwnership.com, a name that is compelling, memorable and comprehensively speaks to all aspects of timeshare vacationing.”

Equally as important as the company’s marketing to consumers is its capability to serve the needs of timeshare resorts, developers, and HOAs. “Changing your brand is a big move for a company,” says Tremblay. “We sought to develop a brand that would be more timeshare industry and developer friendly. Our current industry partnerships are numerous, strong, and growing; they are an important part of our business. We offer many customized owner services that resorts can depend on and we are constantly working to present our company and our services in ways that are embraced and accepted by the timeshare and vacation ownership industry.”

VacationOwnership.com is launching the first phase of its new brand rollout in conjunction with the timeshare industry’s premier event, ARDA World 2012, the annual international timeshare and vacation ownership conference hosted by the American Resort Development Association. ARDA World 2012 will be held, April 1-5, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Look for Jason Tremblay and other company representatives at the conference at Booth 532, and at other convention events. They will be easy to spot, as they will all be wearing hot pink badges proclaiming, “Now you can call us VacationOwnership.com”.

Although the company began solely as an online advertising service for by-owner timeshare resales and rentals, in 2006 it added licensed timeshare brokerage to provide vacationers more choice in how they bought, sold, or rented timeshare. In 2008, the company took on $10 Million in growth capital from Edison Venture Fund to expand its services and the following year, began providing customized owner services to resorts HOAS, timeshare developers, and timeshare management companies.

VacationOwnership.com is an industry leader in timeshare resale and rental services, with websites that average more than 1.8 million pageviews per month and yield a proven market of timeshare buyers and renters. Edison Venture Fund, known for its commitment to high-growth, entrepreneurial technology companies, is the company’s sole institutional investor. VacationOwnership.com is headquartered in Dover, New Hampshire with offices in Orlando, Florida.

Have you heard? The vacation ownership and timeshare companies you have known and trusted for nearly a decade, Sell My Timeshare NOW and Timeshare Broker Services, are getting a new name and a new look.

Your Vacation Ownership company. Now you can call us VacationOwnership.com

We are uniting our brands under one new, strong name that has been carefully and purposefully selected to both communicate well to the timeshare and vacation market and to resonate well with the timeshare and vacation ownership industry.

Under our brand, VacationOwnership.com, we will be bringing you timeshare broker services from licensed real estate agents; timeshare rental; and a variety of customized timeshare resort owner services.  As part of VacationOwnership.com, we will also be offering you by-owner timeshare resales (FSBO) and rentals at TimeshareResales.com

Vacation Ownership and a Changing Industry

Change doesn’t happen overnight. And our team is going to be busier than ever in upcoming months rolling out our new brand. But along the way, we will still be providing you the same top quality service that timeshare owners, timeshare buyers, renters, and timeshare sellers have valued since 2003.

At SellMyTimeshareNOW.com and Timeshare Broker Services, we officially announced today that we are rebranding our vacation ownership, timeshare resale and rental services, licensed timeshare brokerage, and resort services as VacationOwnership.com.

Now you can call us VacationOwnership.com

It’s a big move, and one we won’t be able to unroll overnight. But it’s a move that has us very excited. In an evolving industry and changing marketplace, we are changing to serve you better.

We are uniting our vacation ownership products and services under one strong, all-encompassing name.

Vacation Ownership, Your Best Vacation Option

VacationOwnership.com is a single brand that consolidates our messaging and will increase consumer understanding of our services. As part of VacationOwnership.com we will also be is launching a recently acquired domain that will be uniquely for our for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) timeshare resale and timeshare rental ads: TimeshareResales.com.

We are very excited that going forward we will be representing the timeshare industry, specifically the secondary marketplace as VacationOwnership.com, a name that is compelling, memorable and comprehensively speaks to all aspects of timeshare vacationing. The timeshare market spoke up; the industry spoke–and we responded.

We  sought to develop a brand that would be timeshare industry and developer friendly. Our current industry partnerships are numerous, strong, and growing; they are an important part of our business. We offer many customized owner services that resorts can depend on and we are constantly working to present our company and our services in ways that are embraced and accepted by the timeshare and vacation ownership industry.

Want to learn more? You don’t have to wait until May 15 when www.VacationOwnership.com is fully active. Stop any of us at ARDA World 2012 next week ask us to tell you more. We’ll be easy to find– we’ll all be wearing the hot pink badges that say, “Now you can call us VacationOwnership.com”

Vacationbetter.org, the vacation website of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) has rolled out a new look and feel to its website. Focusing on bringing you more stories directly from timeshare owners and timeshare vacationers, the new website design for Vacationbetter.org now includes on its homepage, video testimonials directly from owners.

The website describes it saying, “The American Resort Development Association (ARDA) is partnering with its members to bring the passion of the owners to other vacationers through its Timeshare Fans Program. These Timeshare Fans will explain – in their own words – why timeshare is a better way to vacation.”

The new look of the website puts the emphasis on timeshare the way the world should be seeing it: as a valued choice for family vacations, with spacious accommodations and easy vacation planning. The redesign also helps showcase how many, many families find timeshare vacations to be a tradition that they anticipate and enjoy year after year. And to help get more timeshare owners share the real truth of timesharing, Vacationbetter.org has made it easy for owners to add their photos and written or video stories to the website.

Millions of Happy Timeshare Owners

ARDA and Vacationbetter.org see their new-look website as part of their commitment to their Timeshare Fans program, through which they can help show the world the enthusiasm and passion that so many timeshare owners feel for their vacation ownership products.  With nearly 8 million timeshare owners worldwide, there are a lot of raving fans. ARDA and many others in the timeshare industry think it’s time you heard more about and from these happy owners.

And what better place to start telling the story of satisfied timeshare owners than at Orange Lake Resort in Orlando, Florida… as the owners in this video explain…