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Re: Successful Resales & Rental Feedback Wanted (by Michelle P.):

I am in the home stretch of selling my Ko Olina property. I am so greatful for Redweek. They have been great in helping me rent my unit over the last couple of years. The rental rates have gone down in the past year but it is still possible to rent you unit through Redweek. Redweek also helped me find a realtor to sell my unit. Unfortunately, I bought from Marriott in 2008 at $46,700 and am selling now at $14,500. It breaks my heart to see the $32,200 loss and I feel completely violated by Marriott. The lesson for others is never buy a timeshare from timeshare companies like Marriott. Always buy them as a resale. Don't be suckered in by the "250,000 Marriott Points" offer that they extend to consumers buying directly from them. The Marriott points are not worth $32,200. The resort is well worth owning a timeshare, just not worth the Marriott full price. I also recommend Redweek for renting your timeshare when you want to go somewhere else in a given year. I found Interval International difficult to work with. I found it hard to get the week I wanted where I wanted it by using Interval. I have found Redweek to be so much more straight forward for finding a resort that you want when you want it. My experience has also been that when you rent through Redweek, the resort sees you as a non-owner and they give you the best units (trying to entice you to buy). When I came into a resort with an Interval reservation I felt like they knew I was an owner already and they gave me the least desirable units. Redweek helped me rent my unit out, find resorts for my family to rent for a week and they helped me sell my unit. Success!