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Re: Purchasing thru Redweek or other resale companies (by R P.):
vonei1 wrote:I have my timeshare listed for rent with Redweek.com. It is at the Summer Bay Resort in Orlando. The town is like Clear something, but the resort backs up to Animal Kingdom. It is only about 5 minutes to Disney World. I have it for rent for only $980 for the week in a gorgeous Villa, June 29-July 6. I have not received one message on this. Has anyone tried to use Redweek before? I thought for sure someone would want this by now.
Summer Bay does not back up to Animal Kingdom. Orange Lake Country Club, several miles up the highway from Summer Bay, DOES back up to one of the parks and you can see Epcot's fireworks from most of the units at night. At Summer Bay, there's a lake on one side of the resort and a highway on the other side, no where near the Disney parks.
You have to realize that timeshare overbuilt Orlando (and the surrounding areas of Lake Buena Vista, Kissimmee, Clermont) has thousands upon thousands of rentals from timeshare owners, nontimeshare resorts, motels, hotels, condo hotels, privately owned apartments/condos and privately owned homes, so the competition is fierce there.
We have stayed at Summer Bay many times and the resort is very nice, but the reason you're not getting any offers is your high rental price AND with gas at an all time high and climbing along with airfares, many people are not gong to travel this summer to locations far from their homes. You have to be competitive in a very competetive market (overbuilt Orlando - high gas prices).
Try lowering your rental price and putting it on the Last Minute Rental Forum on www.tugbbs.com .