Looking to sell my timeshare

Great minds think alike.

Thanks to the previous writers about their posts. My wife and I were ones who bought into all the offers several times and have really enjoyed not only going on vacations, but sometimes renting them when we couldn't and/or exchanging them for locations for ourselves or our family.

We find ourselves in a position of not being able to travel as much as we once did and do not look forward to maintaining ownership of them anymore. Our family will take over the ones located here in the states, but we have two, gold season two bedroom Marriott units in St Kitts, Frigate Bay next to the casino and beach and they are lovely, but not easily accessible as they are not stateside and our family isn't interested in going there. We just placed an ad in Craig's list, but reading the column are thinking that maybe using Redweek might be a solution to our issues.

Redweek says it can act as the agent, but is that so and how would it work? We haven't committed to 2014 time slots so should we?

We are not interested in making a profit on them as we have enjoyed them and they have proven to be a value for vacationing...we just need guidance and NO SOLICITORS for advertising. Help, please....

williamb344 wrote:

We find ourselves in a position of not being able to travel as much as we once did and do not look forward to maintaining ownership of them anymore. Our family will take over the ones located here in the states, but we have two, gold season two bedroom Marriott units in St Kitts, Frigate Bay next to the casino and beach and they are lovely, but not easily accessible as they are not stateside and our family isn't interested in going there. We just placed an ad in Craig's list, but reading the column are thinking that maybe using Redweek might be a solution to our issues.

Redweek says it can act as the agent, but is that so and how would it work? We haven't committed to 2014 time slots so should we?

We are not interested in making a profit on them as we have enjoyed them and they have proven to be a value for vacationing...we just need guidance and NO SOLICITORS for advertising. Help, please....

A Marriott on St. Kitts shouldn't be hard to sell, especially since you're not wanting to make a profit. You can first try listing it yourself in 'Sell or Rent Your Timeshare' above (it's very easy to do on Redweek) .... choose a price you can live with .... remember the season you own and the view makes a difference in what someone may be looking for.

If you're really anxious to rid yourself of the maintenance fees then you might offer to give the weeks away in Redweek's Bargain Basement.

Be aware that with Craig's list you'll get lots of spam, scams and tire kickers.

Have you contacted Marriott to see if they'll buy the weeks back?

Hi there. We are British though we live in another country. We have 5 weeks of timeshare in points at Orange Lake Vacation Club, Orlando - great family resort, right next to Disney, excellent rolling programme of maintenance etc etc. We bought via resale 20 yrs ago and have have had great use out of them. We are getting on now however, and less likely to travel to US or swop via RCI and will need to lose the annual maintenance fees from our reduced income. We would be grateful for some advice from regular timesharers. Will we need to advertise each week separately? Is there a lot of paperwork with each sale? Can everything be done via Redweek/email etc without us having to go over to the US? Should they be advertised as $1 or free in the Bargain Basement section? Thanks to anyone who can offer us any constructive advice about how to start the whole process.

lyn133 wrote:

We have 5 weeks of timeshare in points at..... We would be grateful for some advice from regular timesharers. Will we need to advertise each week separately? Is there a lot of paperwork with each sale? Can everything be done via Redweek/email etc without us having to go over to the US? Should they be advertised as $1 or free in the Bargain Basement section?

Thanks to anyone who can offer us any constructive advice about how to start the whole process.

Well it looks like you've been around long enough to know not to ever pay anyone a large, upfront fee to sell your timeshare.

If you use a reputable closing company like TimeshareResaleclosings.com or LegalTimeshareTransfers.com, then no, you would not have to travel to the U.S. and the paperwork would be minimal. The closing company would send you documents to sign and notarize. Once you do that, you just have to mail them back to the closing company.

Of course, you would still have to find a buyer/taker first. Advertising here on RedWeek in the Bargain Basement is a good idea. You can also try Craigslist, E-Bay, and/or Timeshare Users Group (aka "TUG"; tugbbs.com).

And it's good that you recognize the realistic resale value of what you have. Many people who have similar units advertise it for tens of thousands of dollars and then wonder why they get no inquiries.