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Todays' timeshare market... (by KC):

ellensue wrote:

so then how did u sell your timeshare and where did u advertise .

Personally, I used RedWeek, MyResortNetwork.com and Bidshares to advertise. I sold one week each via ads on each one of these three sites. Bidshares is even free, although still my least favorite of the three.

You have expressed reluctance to pay a minimal RedWeek membership fee (under $15 for a year) and/or pay a RedWeek advertising fee. That's your choice and your preogative, but that thinking seems to me to be "penny wise and pound foolish", particularly when you also state you have paid "hundreds" on other (obviously unproductive and ineffective) advertising. I'll also point out that since only RedWeek members can respond to RedWeek ads in the first place, this means that you'll hear from a whole lot fewer spammers and scammers (and there are certainly lots of them out there). You will instead generally only hear from serious, interested, potential buyers --- spammers and scammers generally don't choose to pay to join much of anything. I don't work for RedWeek; you are free to pay and advertise wherever you see fit. I'm merely relating to you what has worked for me.

I don't know any of the resorts identified in the above posts. I only know that in order to be successfully sold in any market, particularly in tough times like these, weeks cannot be undesirable "albatross" weeks and the pricing must be competitive. In fact, the pricing must be among the very lowest prices available anywhere for any similar or identical week advertised for sale at the same resort. Otherwise, the lowest priced weeks will ultimately get sold while unrealistically overpriced weeks will just continue to sit and languish without generating any interest or inquiries. Anyway, good luck.