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Today’s featured closing is Marriott’s Sunset Pointe at Shelter Cove timeshare in Hilton Head South Carolina. This timeshare is a two bedroom, annual usage, sport season (April, May, September, October). Marriott timeshares sell very well on the resales market. In every poll recently taken, Marriott timeshare resorts are often found among the top 10. The Marriott name implies quality, luxury, and excellent service. Marriott timeshare resorts are located in the most desirable vacation destinations in the world. No wonder Marriott timeshares do so well on the timeshare resales market.
 Marriott Sunset Pointe at Shelter Cove Timeshare Here’s a selection of a several Marriott’s Sunset Pointe at Shelter Cove timeshares for sale. Or consider Marriott’s Grande Ocean Resort timeshares for sale in Hilton Head. Marriott Monarch at Sea Pines, also on Hilton Head, is yet another terrific choice. Yet another magnificent timeshare resort is the Marriott Harbour Point at Shelter Cove.
Hilton Head SC is a great vacation destination – especially if you enjoy golf. Dozens of world class golf courses are nearby. Combine that with affordable luxury accommodations and you have a sure fire memorable vacation.
If you are new to buying timeshares, check out this timeshare buyer’s guide. Loads of good information.
If you are ready to sell your timeshare, here’s a Timeshare Seller’s Guide – 12 chapters!
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In Switzerland today an audit and finance website ran an article about timeshares and investments. Inaudit.com gave the article the title of “Are Risks Justified with Timeshare Investment?”.
I believe I have some better advice: Never use the word “timeshare” in the same sentence as the word “investment”. Why? A timeshare will never appreciate in value – thus – a bad investment. This applies if you strictly apply the word investment from a financial return perspective.
“Savings” is the more appropriate word. When you buy a timeshare you are paying for future vacation lodging with today’s dollars. You are saving against inflation and other costs when you buy a week of timeshare and use it every year. There are ongoing costs like maintenance fees and occasional special assessment fees. That is just part of owning a timeshare. But to consider it an investment is a bad idea.
Over time, you will save money on your vacations when you use a timeshare. Several million people own timeshares in the US. Most of them are happy with their purchase. Some are ready to sell their timeshare. If you are one of those who are ready to sell your timeshare remember that you will not have “equity” in your timeshare. A timeshare is more of a depreciating asset like a sports car or a boat. Still, you should not give away your timeshare. Get something out of it by selling it.
IF you are going to buy a timeshare, buy it on the resale market. You will save tons of money and come out way ahead.
Just my two cents……..
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Whether you own RCI points or are a member of the RCI network of resorts holding a timeshare week careful thought should be given when requesting a timeshare exchange. Why? So you can increase the likelihood of getting what you want from RCI. That is important because if you end up not getting what you request your anger will begin to build up against the whole timeshare industry as well as RCI. I hear that anger daily from timeshare owners who expect to log in or call RCI at the last minute and expect to get exactly what and where they want. When they bought their timeshare they were told they could use it anywhere, right? That’s an exaggerated expectation inserted in your mind by a slick sales person or manager.
The truth about exchanging your RCI timeshare points or week can be boiled down into two points. That’s it.
First, make your request as far in advance as possible. Six months is okay, nine months is better. Who can plan that far ahead? You better if you ever want to go the exotic places you’ve dreamed of since buying your timeshare.
If you make your request at the last minute you will get junk.
Second, be as flexible as possible when making your request. You will have three options for location and date.
Spread you desired locations around. For example New Hampshire, Hawaii, and Florida. Not Orlando, Orlando, Orlando.
These are really the only two ingredients you need to cook up an awesome timeshare vacation by exchanging your timeshare with RCI. You can make it work. If you follow those two simple steps.
If the RCI exchange system will just never work for you . . . SELL YOUR TIMESHARE!
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Good Question!
In fact, a class action lawsuit has been filed in Florida for that very reason. Eight Bluegreen timeshare owners are suing Bluegreen for a variety of credit and account issues. The timeshare owners became delinquent on their maintenance fees and Bluegreen reported those delinquencies as foreclosures to Experian and Equifax.
The agreement or understanding the timeshare owners had was that the accounts were simply deleted. However it showed up as a foreclosure on their credit report. So which was it? A cancellation or a foreclosure?
Rule #1 – Ask an attorney.
I am not an attorney and I am not giving legal advice. If you’d like, read the whole article here.
Before getting your credit score damaged or losing your timeshare for foreclosure consider selling your timeshare.
Selling your timeshare is a way to recoup some of your money and keep your credit (and sanity) intact.
Plus you no longer have the maintenance fees to worry about. That is a big relief to a lot of timeshare owners.
To be sure, many timeshare owners complain about the maintenance fees – especially when they cannot use their timeshare. Paying a fee for something you don’t use is worse than frustrating. It can drive you crazy.
Thank goodness there are reputable timeshare resale brokers who you can trust to sell your timeshare and get the job done right.
timesharelink.com
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Of course I focus on timeshare and the resales industry. So what connection do I see between the 10% increase in second home sales in 2012 and timeshare sales/resales?
Quite a few. Sales of second homes have always been a sign of consumer confidence. Confidence that we have either reached the bottom or are bouncing back is expressed in higher sales of second homes. A second home is not a necessity. Instead it is a luxury. Think yacht, new golf clubs, ATV or other expensive “toys”.
Timeshare sales have seen a similar boost in volume. In fact, the rise in timeshare sales came before the increase in second home sales. By about two years!
Timeshare owners this is your cue to sell your timeshare now. It is much easier to sell your timeshare when the tide is rising than when things look gloomy in the economy. Is the economy totally recovered? No. But thanks to the mountains of cash baby boomers and others have been holding out of the market there are large numbers of buyers for luxury vacation properties – TIMESHARES!
Now is the time to sell your timeshare. No one wants to keep paying a maintenance fee forever. If you don’t sell your timeshare you will pay the maintenance fee forever!
You need to do it now!
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The answer to that question depends on what you paid for your timeshare in the first place. If you bought your timeshare on the timeshare resale market and paid at least 50% off the developer’s price then – Yes. It is possible.
Also, in isolated cases, if you bought your timeshare at a pre-construction rate you may be able to squeeze out a few dollars at closing if you get the right buyer.
Unfortunately, these cases are not the norm. In most situations people buy their timeshares from the developer at higher prices and sell them for much less. That’s the nature of the timeshare resale market. But, there is a market for timeshares on the resale market.
At timesharelink.com we have sold over $100 million in timeshares and continue to sell an average of $1 million a month. There are buyers and sellers ready to make deals. It is almost always a win-win situation. The seller is finally able to unload a timeshare they no longer want or need and the timeshare buyer gets a great resort at a reduced rate.
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Just about everyone is predicting a good travel season this summer. SmartMoney.com gave a list of their top seven best destinations for finding discount travel lodging. The downside of their list is that they don’t include timeshare rentals which, on average, go for even less than hotels at their destinations. Plus, with a timeshare you get your own kitchen, laundry, all the amenities, and planned activities for the whole family.
Their list included destinations like Las Vegas, Orlando, Colorado, Hawaii, and the Gulf Coast. As always, the downside of Hawaii is paying the airfare to get there. Yet there are many great deals to be found in Hawaii.
While Las Vegas may be one of the hottest places on earth, they have more air conditioned space there than the entire volume of some countries. Summer timeshare deals there are abundant and Las Vegas timeshares always go over the top with luxury amenities and activities.
Las Vegas timeshare resorts:
HGVClub at Flamingo Las Vegas
HGV at Las Vegas Hilton
Polo Towers
The Jockey Club
Summer Bay at Las Vegas Desert Club
Marriott’s Grand Chateau
HGVClub on Las Vegas Strip
Wyndham Grand Desert
Tahiti Village
Consolidated Club de Soleil
Colorado is a summer favorite of mine. The mild climate makes summers there an outdoors paradise. Rafting on white waters, fishing, hiking, cycling, camping, or just taking in the sights from over a mile high make for a great time.
Colorado timeshare resorts:
Grand Timber Lodge
The Christie Lodge-Phase 1
Wyndham Pagosa
Falcon Point
Eagle Point
Marriott’s Mountain Valley Lodge
Gold Point Condominiums
Streamside at Vail Evergreen
Streamside at Vail-Birch
Sheraton’s Mountain Vista
Orlando tends to be a little overcrowded for my liking. Too much Mickey Mouse (sorry kids). I will still go there soon, most likely.
Orlando timeshare resorts:
Sheraton’s Vistana Orlando
Orange Lake Country Club Holiday Inn Club Vacations
HGVClub at Sea World Orlando
Marriott’s Cypress Harbour
Marriott’s Grande Vista Resort
Westgate Vacation Villas
Sheraton’s Vistana Villages
Wyndham Cypress Palm
Vacation Villas @Fantasy World
Cypress Pointe Resort
The Gulf Coast is also a bargain hunters dream vacation spot. Places like South Padre Island, and the entire Florida Gulf Coast is packed with great deals for the perfect summer vacation. In addition to the beach, consider all the water sports, fishing, slow pace, and so on. You can’t go wrong with a summer vacation on any of Florida’s Gulf Coast Beaches.
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The Alex Hotel on East 45th street has been purchased by Wyndham. Wyndham Vacation Ownership (timeshares) intends to convert the 203 rooms and facility to timeshare.
For many years the only Manhattan timeshare was the Manhattan Club. Over the last few years Hilton and Hyatt have converted properties to timeshare use in Manhattan. Now with Wyndham joining the timeshare action in NYC Wyndham and timeshare owners will have more choices to stay in New York City.
The astronomical cost of hotels has caused the timeshare concept in New York to thrive. Even with costly maintenance fees, a one week stay in a Manhattan timeshare is far less than a hotel. Plus you get more square feet per dollar and more amenities.
Wyndham Vacation Ownership boasts more than 500,000 members! They also have over 160 timeshare resorts in their portfolio, 13,700 employees, and over 20,000 timeshare units.
If you have considered selling your Wyndham timeshare, the addition of this Manhattan timeshare project will attract more buyers! Any time you add a high profile and valuable timeshare property to your family of resorts (Wyndham, Marriott, Hilton, etc) you add value to what you own. You may not necessarily get more money for it but it may make it easier to sell your timeshare. Go here for advice on how to sell your timeshare.
Check out these Wyndham timeshares for sale. Follow these links to see Manhattan timeshares for sale: The Hilton Club, St. Regis Residence Club New York, The Manhattan Club, West 57th St by Hilton Club.
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Last night I received a robo call to my cell phone. I listened to the pitch: Participate in our political opinion survey and receive a three day vacation to a wonderful resort!
Does that sound familiar? The three day timeshare vacation where you are subjected to hours of timeshare sales talk that makes it sound like you are a fool if you don’t buy?
Timeshare sales pitches have invaded our cell phones. They could be getting your number from Facebook or other social media sites where your friends have access to your phone number. The problem is that there are so many thousands of fake and bot created pages that you may have “friended” one of them and not know it. Thus the robo call invite to buy a timeshare.
Why must buying a timeshare be thrust on us this way? Timeshare sales are way up from last year and I cannot imagine actually taking the bait on this timeshare scam bait and switch ploy. Apparently many do take the bait.
When you are ready to buy a timeshare, buy on the resale market. That way you can make your timeshare buying decision based on logic and reason, rather than pressure from anyone. Timeshare resales brokers specialize in this kind of transaction and can handle the whole thing for you. Take the time to investigate just what www.timesharelink.com can do. They have a deep network of professional sales people who are licensed Realtors, and associations with myriads of title companies, international escrow specialists, attorneys, and closers who can complete a timeshare sale no matter what you are selling or where you live. All from home.
That’s the way to do it.
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“I own a timeshare – how will I know it is a good time to sell it?”
Often a timeshare owner will get to the point where they decide it would be better to sell their timeshare than to keep paying their maintenance fees. Financial reasons are the reason most people give when explaining why they want to sell their timeshare. Circumstances in life may change such that it is no longer an affordable option.
Sometimes a change in family status may cause a timeshare owner to decide to sell. Divorce, death, or children “leaving the nest” could all be reasons why someone may decide to sell.
Owners may also become frustrated with their attempts to trade or exchange their timeshare through RCI or Interval International. The exchange process may not be living up to how they perceived it should work for them. As a result, out of frustration, an owner will decide to sell their timeshare since they cannot get an exchange that they desire.
There are situations where special assessments or increasing maintenance fees may persuade a timeshare owner to sell their timeshare. Timeshare owners do not often anticipate that their annual dues (maintenance fees and taxes) will increase. But often they will.
(More on the maintenance fee dilemma from timesharelink.com below)
Ultimately, when a timeshare is not being used, it is time to sell it.
About Timeshare Maintenance fees:
When you begin to think about selling your timeshare, there are many things in which you should consider before making a decision. Sometimes you may find that you are in a position in which it is no longer feasible to continue owning your timeshare due to the maintenance costs that must be paid each year. Another common trend in timeshare resales is the desire to seek a less expensive vacation destination. It is not rare to find timeshare owners who do not utilize their timeshares but continue to keep their maintenance fees paid. Sometimes financial reasons prevent owners from taking a vacation and being able to use their timeshare property and they have to deal with finding someone to rent their week so that some of the value can be recovered.
Another factor you may consider when you want to sell timeshares is whether you want to pay your maintenance fees the year of the sale. Some owners allow proceeds from the sale at closing to cover the maintenance fees when their property is put on the market to sell. It may be more appealing to pay the maintenance fees at the sale closing. Depending on the resort, a property may foreclose due to unpaid maintenance fees, and the amount of arrears unpaid varies as well from one resort to the next. It is not uncommon for some owners to find that they are hard pressed to sell their timeshares with arrears before a foreclosure occurs. A property can be sold when fees arrear, however, all delinquent fees must be brought current before the property can be transferred. Any outstanding balances must be paid from the proceeds of the sale by the closing company.
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