Redweek once again changing listing format to benefit them.

In the past, rentals were listed by Date regardless of whether Verified or non-Verified. Redweek changed the format and listed the non-Verified after the full year of Verified rentals. This was criticized and they went back to listing by date regardless of status. Now , they have changed the format to listing all Verified rentals for the entire month before listing the non-verified. This seems to be an attempt to make money. An attempt to make more people pay their fee and puts other renters at a disadvantage. Rentals should be listed by date regardless of status. This gives the renter the opportunity to see all rentals for a specific date and not go through a full month of Verified postings to then see the non-Verified. Please go back to the original format of listing by date--not separating Verified and non-Verified.

Knowing the RedWeek split listing system, we decided to do the Verified listing service to have our rental listed within the first group. We entered our listing information, made the payment, and provided the ownership information over three weeks ago. RedWeek said it would take about 10 business to verify our ownership with the resort and post the listing. After 10 business days and no listing, we started sending emails to RedWeek asking for an update. After 5 such requests for an update, we have not received a reply. And now at 17 business days, the listing is still not posted.

UPDATE.....Well, at business day 18, RedWeek finally placed our posting. So, all is OK now? NO. RedWeek posted our listing as a 1-bedroom, listing was to be for the full villa, 2-bedroom.

It's MUCH worse than just the placement of our listings now! Have you looked at the fees they are adding to your posted unit? It's a MUCH BIGGER money grab now than you may think! We no longer have a choice to rent out our timeshare ourselves on Redweek! I have used Redweek for well over 25 years and just pulled two of my new ads. They are now adding over 10% to our rental fee for them to pocket. They already charge a membership, a listing fee, and a verification fee (all of which I was fine with) but NOW they are making my units even higher priced! I can barely get my maintenance fee on a couple of our Marriott's the way it is - and now an extra 10%!!! Any suggestions on other places to use to rent that you have been happy with? Looking for owners to share ideas, as Redweek is NOT what it used to be!! This is just tooooo much! I received a call from Redweek when I emailed them and they told me that this is what ALL owners and renters want! NOT our experience! AND why will they no longer give us a choice to rent them out with our own contract???? AND they even admitted that they are "a FOR PROFIT" company and they need to make money - they obviously figured out a way to may A LOT more money. As I said, we have been renting to and from for over 25 years! You just need to vet on your own, and if you don't want to do so then you can have Redweek do it all, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE!

I'm a renter. I can't contact owners anymore to talk about a discount as well. Redweek is hiding any owner's contact information.

Apparently all fixed week rentals are no being required to be verified with payment through RedWeek as well which eliminates the Custom Cancellation option for listers.. I use a Custom Rental contract and Custom Cancellation on my rentals as I don't agree with some of the parameters of the RedWeek options IE I think strict is too strict but 50% doesn't fit either..

So the issue comes in in that when you have a current listing and go to edit it you no longer can set is as a fixed listing week without going into the Verified situation and them wanting to charge an extra $10.00 to the listing along with payment acceptance.

I tend to use both Fixed week and Open Time Element listings as I have so much availability in my portfolio that I make some fixed listings and then have some for people who want something special like additional days or multiple weeks.

Im starting to get frustrated with listing.. as well the automated email system doesn't send me request notifications any longer so I have to be more active in checking my messages. Trying to see if there are any other better ways to list what I have.

I don’t like their system because I don’t want to wait until the rental date to get paid. They are making money off of our deal. You know they require payment up front so they are making money off of the float. I’ve recommended Redweek for years for people who want to rent a timeshare but I’m over that.

Has anyone found a better option.? VRBO, for example.?? I have had some experience with Craigslist in the past, but it was mixed in terms of quality of renters and nonsense haggling as well as asking for shortened stays at a reduced rate and then staying for more days than they paid for when I had a fixed week reservation that I could not practically split and rent the end days.

I used Redweek for the past 23 years. They became greedy, focusing on profit making only. I quit them few months ago. I am trying to explore other options to rent out my timeshare to off set my $7500 annual maintenance fees. I am not going to give in to the greedy business who puts the customer service at the bottom of their priority list.

kathyw84 wrote:

It's MUCH worse than just the placement of our listings now! Have you looked at the fees they are adding to your posted unit? It's a MUCH BIGGER money grab now than you may think! We no longer have a choice to rent out our timeshare ourselves on Redweek! I have used Redweek for well over 25 years and just pulled two of my new ads. They are now adding over 10% to our rental fee for them to pocket. They already charge a membership, a listing fee, and a verification fee (all of which I was fine with) but NOW they are making my units even higher priced! I can barely get my maintenance fee on a couple of our Marriott's the way it is - and now an extra 10%!!! Any suggestions on other places to use to rent that you have been happy with? Looking for owners to share ideas, as Redweek is NOT what it used to be!! This is just tooooo much! I received a call from Redweek when I emailed them and they told me that this is what ALL owners and renters want! NOT our experience! AND why will they no longer give us a choice to rent them out with our own contract???? AND they even admitted that they are "a FOR PROFIT" company and they need to make money - they obviously figured out a way to may A LOT more money. As I said, we have been renting to and from for over 25 years! You just need to vet on your own, and if you don't want to do so then you can have Redweek do it all, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE!

Have you looked into TUG2.net? I hope more people will look into it, and not need to deal with Redweek any longer. Or someone should start another website to help out timeshare owners like us.