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Re: Re: Current Fees - to Renter and Owner (by KC):

keng307 wrote:

Yikes, I was going to become a member to rent properties but decided not to because of the hidden fee confusion. The ads should be straight forward about what fees to expect. IE: A resort fee of x%, a transaction fee of x%, a processing fee of x%, a tax fee of x%. We shouldn't be expected to pay a member fee to contact an owner who may advise that the rate advertised will be several hundred dollars more than the advertised price.

Bear in mind that any advertising owner can always opt to handle all rental details themselves after paying the basic RedWeek ad fees (and getting RedWeek Verified for an additional $10), in which case most of those other RedWeek fees become non-existent for both the owner and the renter. Taxes and resort fees are not RedWeek charges at all btw — they are a cost associated with ANY rental (although most resorts do not actually charge a “resort fee”).

If an owner wants someone else to do all of the rental work for them, they should expect to pay for those services (in my personal opinion). On those rare occasions when I rent out any of the timeshare weeks that I own, I handle ALL rental details myself and the rental cost is the ONLY cost that the tenant pays. A would-be tenant can always opt to limit their potential rental choices to ONLY owner-direct rentals.

Despite some annoying shortcomings, for a $18.99 annual membership fee RedWeek is still probably the best timeshare rental site in existence anywhere, whether as an owner or as a renter. There is no free lunch. Just sayin’…