sELLING MY TIMESHARE

orvillef2 wrote:

Mike, in response to your question about where I own. I currently own several mexico timeshares and a few US timeshares including one of Diamonds resorts, Polo Towers. Which I have no intention of upgrading into "The Club" Like I said, I'll wait till everyone else gives up their units before I do it. I have no intention of paying higher maintenance fees and not knowing what I'll get. I think that even if a company such as "The Club" owns in every single resort out there, what are the chances they own the best weeks at those resorts? I have a great week, I can rent it out or trade it and I'm willing to use it, so why would I trade it for sight unseen. And pay for the right to boot. I think I'm probably not the only person that feels this way. So, even if I could trek through Europe using points, I would want to research where I'll be staying and I would be willing to pay more to get exactly what and where I want rather than take whatever happens to be available through The Club. Which, by the way I'm not knocking "The Club" after all, they are huge and they have a far reaching presence. I also like Marriots, but I'm not patient enough to just hope I'll get my weeks when I want them. I prefer fixed weeks, and the floating weeks I have are middle of the road timeshares in great locations with excellent pools and are relatively easy to get into. So if for some reason I can't get into the weeks I want I know that there is enough demand for the resort that I can easily trade into another place for the week I want. I prefer to own strong and reasonable vs luxurious and expensive or quaint and cheap (I don't mind quaint and cheap and my Royal Haciendas and Grand Mayan are luxurious).

ken1193 wrote:

carvana also asked in a post: >>... is anyone out there familiar with myresortnetwork.com. I recently received a response from a party expressing interest in my Redweek ad to which I responded with information and my email address. Within hours I had an email from myresortnetwork.com offering to list my timeshare. Just a coincidence? I wonder. << =============================================

I'm not sure that I understand the issue you describe, but I have used MRN site numerous times (successfully too, I might add) to sell (and, on very rare occasions, rent) some of my weeks. I believe MRN to be completely legit and "on the up and up". That said, however, there are certainly commercial entities who "troll" around ALL of the timeshare sites, trying to gin up new business for themselves. I've experienced this as a direct result of ads I have placed on TUG and RedWeek --- but never as a result of a MRN ad. YMMV....

ken1193 wrote:

Re: >> The message you got from them [My Resort Network] probably had nothing to do with your RedWeek posting. I got a note from them last week too! MD<< ===============================================

Many people (among whom I include myself) who have current TUG ads (where email addresses are openly identified) have received recent unsolicited messages from MRN. I too believe that your surprise contact from MRN has nothing whatsoever to do with RedWeek. I'm willing to bet that you also have a TUG ad of some kind "up" and that is almost certainly where your email address was obtained and then used. Just one business using "open source" info from a "competitor" site to look for more business for themselves --- nothing nefarious.

P.S. If TUG didn't openly publicize email addresses in their ads (addresses which are also routinely "harvested" for a lot of "scam spam" which is completed unrelated to timeshare), then there would be a lot less volume of unsolicited material received as a result of posting TUG ads. However, TUG seems disinterested in a solution, preferring to just repeatedly state "we warn you that in posting an ad that your email address will be exposed for all the world to see and use". I like TUG and I certainly respect the high level of knowledge and experience of members there, but that's still a weak and unconvincing answer from the site owners in regard to privacy protection. Even Craigslist (which is absolutely free) has decent privacy protection measures in place --- RedWeek and MRN do as well. TUG will be TUG...

I have points in Fairfield (Wyndham) that I am interestd in selling. We converted our fixed week to points and have added extra points over the years. I never see points for sale. How do I do this? Any advice would help.

I always wonder at the paperwork needed---I own a timeshare lease in the Netherlands Antilles, so all that is required is escrow,a transfer of the lease ownership, and transfer with the real property owner, or am I wrong? Why would any title work be necessary? Do these Florida settlement/escrow companies do business on NA with a Notary there? Thanks for answers.

bhass913 wrote:

I have points in Fairfield (Wyndham) that I am interestd in selling. We converted our fixed week to points and have added extra points over the years. I never see points for sale. How do I do this? Any advice would help.

There is lots of miscellaneous info available at the Fairfield Yahoo Group web site.

bhass913 wrote:

I have points in Fairfield (Wyndham) that I am interestd in selling. We converted our fixed week to points and have added extra points over the years. I never see points for sale. How do I do this? Any advice would help.

You can post your points for sale as a RedWish here on RedWeek.com.

Thanks, Marty

marty8084 wrote:

bhass913 wrote:

I have points in Fairfield (Wyndham) that I am interestd in selling. We converted our fixed week to points and have added extra points over the years. I never see points for sale. How do I do this? Any advice would help.

You can post your points for sale as a RedWish here on RedWeek.com.

Thanks, Marty

I currently own a timeshare in Las Vegas and have been asked to sell for a substantial profit. Why is the amount a "good" offer, what is going on in Vegas that I don't know about and should I consider it?

irenev17 wrote:

I currently own a timeshare in Las Vegas and have been asked to sell for a substantial profit. Why is the amount a "good" offer, what is going on in Vegas that I don't know about and should I consider it?

You can't transfer points anymore at Wyndham. You have to book a week or portion of a week and pay the $139.00 guest fee for each reservation. Since the points expire this year, you may get very little for your $1700.00 investment. You are competing with RCI last calls. Good Luck, Stan.

We used Timeshares only and paid a fee of like $500 or $600 dollars. They said it would be posted on an online ad, which it is but we have never gotten a call about any offers for selling or renting. They suck, we are not happy that that money went down the drain!!!

The constant mantra of experienced timeshare owners is, "Never pay big bucks up front to a company which offers to sell or rent your property." Sites such as RedWeek have a small service charge, which is understandable, but hundreds of dollars? No, No,NO! MD

I have 15000 points on Diamond Resorts International (florida group) and have used them in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii with no problem. I have already booked a holiday in Arizona for Feb, 2011 and therefore will have paid 2011 fees/dues whatever since my holiday might be cancelled if I didn't. I will use the 15000 points in 2011 on a November, 2011 Floida holiday. BUT, at that point I simply want to quit and walk away from the points. I want no money for them, I just want to get out of the timeshare setup for health reasons. I do not have anyone to pass them on to so here is the question. How do I get out? Who wants the points? I just need a quarantee that Diamond cannot pester me in my senior years (I am 70 and have had cancer and a heart problem as well as diabetes in last 5 years, along with recent eye surgery) I will say that I have enjoyed all the different resorts (8) that I have visited so if you can get me out, the points would be yours.

Fred M.

fredm145 wrote:

...BUT, at that point I simply want to quit and walk away from the points. I want no money for them, I just want to get out of the timeshare setup for health reasons. I do not have anyone to pass them on to so here is the question.....How do I get out? Who wants the points?

Fred: My suggestion would be to go to http://www.tug2.net and purchase a TUG membership (under $15). Once you are a TUG member, you can then list and offer your ownership (at no additional cost) in the "Bargain Deals" section. It's quite likley that someone would be interested in taking it over from you. Good luck.

We are hoping to sell our Timeshares because of ill health and ours were points but RCI said we'd to changed back to weeks before we could sell them. This took a year. We first advertised them 18 months ago and have had no replies. The people in the best position for selling them for you are those who own the resort but they don't want to know once you've bought it.

ednab2 wrote:

We first advertised them 18 months ago and have had no replies.

sharonm516 wrote:

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May I suggest buying a $15 membership to RedWeek and then paying $60 or so to advertise in the classifieds section. Advertising on these boards is frowned upon.

You can also try My Resort Network which charges only about $50 to advertise a unit for sale. Bidshares.com is free but gets very little response.

But, whatever you do, do not pay a large upfront fee to anyone to sell, rent out, or market your property. You might as well say, "Hasta la vista," to that money.

Hey Judy,

I would also recommend not pay any upfront fee, never. I got tired of all the companies promising you everything but they do nothing about it.

Hope it helps,

cheers

damirb wrote:

Hey Judy,

I would also recommend not pay any upfront fee, never. I got tired of all the companies promising you everything but they do nothing about it. So what I have done is my own website, with my own timeshare, whit direct contact to me personally.

So now I am promoting my own website, I think that will be the best and the easiest way to sell it.

Hope it helps,

cheers

I'm not so sure having your own website to sell your timeshare is the thing to do .... how would people even know you had a website or a timeshare for sale. I would much prefer listing with a site such as Redweek that gets thousands of hits a day from people looking to buy, sale or rent. It's the #1 timeshare ad site on the internet.