Magazine article--looking for someone who bought a resale (or even just rented)

Hi--

I got permission from RedWeek to post this, but hope I'm not intruding all the same. I'm writing a piece on the new and resale timeshare market for Travel+Leisure magazine's web site, www.travelandleisure.com, and I'm looking for a real person or two who has bought a timeshare as a resale (or even just rented someone else's timeshare for a vacation) and doesn't mind sharing a little bit about his or her experience. If you are such a person, please email me at katbhunt@san.rr.com.

Thanks!

Katrina

katrinabrown wrote:

Hi--

I got permission from RedWeek to post this, but hope I'm not intruding all the same. I'm writing a piece on the new and resale timeshare market for Travel+Leisure magazine's web site, www.travelandleisure.com, and I'm looking for a real person or two who has bought a timeshare as a resale (or even just rented someone else's timeshare for a vacation) and doesn't mind sharing a little bit about his or her experience. If you are such a person, please email me at katbhunt@san.rr.com.

Thanks!

Katrina

=============================================== With all due respect toward RedWeek members (among whom I also number myself), you will find a lot more folks with a whole lot more knowledge and a whole lot more experience in the timeshare arena at the Timeshare Users Group site (http://www.tug2.net). You may also encounter, however, some reluctance to speak with you, since there is already an established track record and history with assorted journalists and writers on the subject involving misquotes, misrepresentations, and a lack of attention to (or a full understanding of) important and critical details.

Nonetheless, good luck.

Thank you! I was going to check them out, too, but thought I'd start here. And I hear you on how people are sometimes hesitant to speak up, for fear of getting their words mangled. But if anyone here does want to speak up, I promise A) This story will get fact-checked by someone other than me, so you can correct anything that is wrong before it goes public and B) the quote would only be a sentence or so--this is a very brief part of the story, but will add some nice real-world experience, I hope!

Thanks--

Katrina

Thanks everyone for your input! My story is complete and should be online at www.travelandleisure.com any day now. Cheers,

Katrina

Darn...looks like I missed the deadline. I just emailed you my story. :-(