This idea has unlimited potential for unfair, inaccurate and unsubstantiated "ratings" (not to mention inappropriate privacy intrusion). For example, shills could post glowing (but completely bogus) reviews for a rental they never even conducted. People could even submit phony "positive endorsements" for and about THEMSELVES. On the other end of the spectrum, a disgruntled tenant could submit an unfairly negative "rating" of a timeshare owner, essentially "venting" because they had a bad vacation experience (due to sick kids, poor weather, travel problems, etc. --- NONE of which involve the owner or the resort and NONE of which are in any way within the influence or control of the timeshare owner).
I rarely rent out weeks, but I would NOT appreciate my name being splattered across the Internet for eternity by ANY tenant "rating" me, even if that tenant had a spectacular rental experience and had nothing but great and wonderful things to say about me and / or about the rental. Any and every timeshare owner is entitled to personal privacy --- although this "rating" idea might be entirely appropriate for entities actually conducting timeshare rentals as a COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
Everyone is certainly entitled to an opinion. As a long-time, paying RedWeek member, even though my own timeshare rentals are relatively few and far between, I greatly dislike this idea of "rating people", but I do think it is appropriate to "rate" commercial businesses.
KC
