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TIMESHARE RESALES - SELL TIMESHARE RESORT VACATIONS

Timeshare Resales, Vacation Register International makes selling your resort accommodations reliable, easy and cost effective. Our abilty to get resellers and rental timeshare clients noticed world wide, provide access to motivated buyers and commitment until closing is revitalizing the holiday resort sales industry. Vacation Register International pools timesharing resources to promote access to your ad to millions of internet visitors and hundreds of thousands in vacation timeshare resales buyers by direct mail or phone monthly. Sell your timeshare more quickly with VRI's superior marketing resources.
Timeshare Resales - Sellers Top Ten
International Exposure: your vacation resort sales ad is promoted world wide.
Internet Advertising: Vacation Register International advertises on ALL major search engines Google, AOL, Yahoo, MSN ...
Print Advertising: USA Today Worlds largest newspaper in circulation.
VRI Buyers Department: timeshare resales with established buyers relationships.
Ed Mc Mahon's Lifestyles Live: from Universal Studios in Orlando reaches millions of potential buyers.
Over a half million dollars monthly: in offers for resort vacation properties.
One time fee: Sell timeshare vacation weeks with no addional costs at closing
Superior Customer Support: VRI's professional sellers staff guides you through the process
Buyers Incentives: Vacation Register International offers a $1000 shopping spree for on-line buyers.
Security & Privacy: VRI fields all offers and presents your ad to serious buyers only.

VRI Timeshare Resales - Sell Reliably & Efficiently
VRI, a virtual sold sign on your timeshare vacation property. Our unique marketing strategies and commitment to investing in advertising guarentees superior exposure for your resort property. Take a moment to submit our resellers survey to benefit from Vacation Register's wealth of experience in the timesharing industry to determine a reasonable asking price, register for services or contact our sellers department if we may be of any assistance with your timeshare resales.
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Timeshare resale properties - a great choice!

If you haven't heard, timeshare condominiums offer much more than standard hotel rooms. Located near theme properties parks, major sightseeing attractions, fantastic beaches and recreational activities, timeshares feature spacious one to three bedroom suites, furnished kitchens and plenty of amenities-from golf courses to downhill skiing. They attract families, empty nesters and singles. Everyone finds something to love. While original prices range from $10,000 to more than $20,000, resale prices are often more than 60% off.

Timeshare owners also enjoy the flexibility offered by exchange companies like RCI or II, which allows them to trade their timeshares with other timeshare owners throughout the world! No matter how close to home or faraway, timeshares offer owners a flexible lifestyle package.

Timeshare resorts are found from California to Florida; the Caribbean to Mexico; from Europe to South America. And a timeshare resort can be anything from a 5-star all-inclusive beachfront resort to a cozy houseboat! Chances are good that you'll find a timeshare wherever you plan to vacation.

Riding on the wave of this phenomenon are timeshare resales. For many, resales remain undiscovered and sell as much as 70% less. That's right! Same location, same accommodation, same exchange benefits and same great vacation experience. But for thousands of dollars less! Even though prices have recently increased, as savvy vacationers surf the Web, there are still plenty of good destinations and amenities available. How long this opportunity will last is anyone's guess.

Holiday Group was there from the beginning. Different from other resale companies, we buy and sell for our own account. We work directly with banks, developers and finance companies. And we do our homework! We price to sell and we guarantee title to you. If you are new to timeshare resales, please browse our pages and study up. When you're ready, we're here to help. Already familiar? Then get started today and visit our timeshare resale properties! Good deals don't last! Back to the top
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What is Timeshare ?

what-is-timeshare Timeshare is a form of holiday ownership. You own the right (either directly or through a "club") to use a week (or longer) in an apartment or villa on a holiday resort for a great many years or in perpetuity.
Over six million families own timeshare worldwide - the majority well satisfied with their ownership.

Timeshare accommodation is generally of a much higher standard than hotel or rented accommodation. And most resorts have extensive leisure facilities (almost always free to use). All timeshare is self catering.

Accommodation ranges from a modest studio (a single bedroom) to apartments and villas with three bedroom, three bathrooms, lounge, dining etc. with appointments of an exceptionally high standard.

Timeshare competes with package holidays (where timeshare offers higher standards of accommodation) and villa rental (where timeshare can offer better long term value-for-money).

Timeshare comes in two basic forms:

Fixed week. Where you own rights to a specific week, usually in a specific apartment/villa which you can either return to every year or swop through the exchange system for something similar in another part of the world and in another time period.
Floating system (which includes points clubs). Instead of owing a specified week, you own a week (or a time period which may be longer than a week) within a seasonal band of time. Each year you have to book the specific week that you want - this is "subject to availability".
A major strength of timeshare is the certainty that it provides. Accommodation (and often leisure facilities) being held in trust (or registered in a public register) for the lifetime of the right to use. So, provided that you continue to pay the annual fees on time, you are certain of getting your holidays every year.
And when you tire of timeshare you can sell your rights on to someone else.

Most timeshare owners use the exchange system which provides an enormous choice (nearly 6,000 resorts in all the popular destinations worldwide) to swop to - knowing that the place you are going to is of a similar high standard to that which you own.

When you buy timeshare you pay a once off payment for the right to use and, each year, a fee which pays for the accommodation etc. to be kept clean, in good order, local taxes paid etc.

The best resorts are run by the owners through a club (and a committee). This ensures that owners get what they are promised and annual fees are kept to a reasonable minimum.

Unfortunately, because of the activities of a minority of traders in the industry, the word "timeshare" has lost credibility with the general public resulting in both the honest and the dishonest traders claiming that their product is "not timeshare" and claiming that it is one of the following:

Vacation Club vacation-club
Holiday Club (real holiday clubs are BAD news - read here )
Multi ownership
Holiday ownership
Fractional Ownership - which is totally different to timeshare. Click for more details
Etc. etc.
Which confuses consumers.
And claiming membership of trade organisations such as ITRA, OTE, RBA and Timeshare Council is no help to safe purchasing.

Timeshare Ownership Benefits

When you purchase a timeshare, you can vacation around the world! The flexibility of exchange is one of the best features of timeshare ownership. There are numerous exchange companies in the United States. The two largest are Resort Condominiums International (RCI) and Interval International (II). For a fee, you can deposit your resort week with the exchange company and reserve a week at a different first-class resort anywhere you want.

Ask our experts about the "tricks of the trade"! benefits

Paradise: Your source for the best Marriott Deals!

Marriott Resorts are recognized around the world for the highest quality accommodations and finest amenities. From Hawaii to Florida, Marriott has fabulous properties in the very best locations. Here at Lake Tahoe, the Marriott Grand Residence Club and Marriott Timber Lodge are the highlights of the new Heavenly Village redevelopment project. Both 5-star resorts are just steps away from the Heavenly Gondola and right in the middle of all the excitement at South Shore. You can park your car when you arrive and walk to the finest restaurants, entertainment and casino action.

The Grand Residence Club offers a unique brand of fractional ownership that combines all the advantages of a second home with the amenities and personal service of a luxury resort. The units are sold in quarter shares of 13 weeks that allow owners to experience all four seasons of Tahoe fun. Paradise currently has several hot listings at the Grand Residence Club from very motivated sellers. You can own a studio with an original price of $122,000 for only $62,500! A beautiful one-bedroom facing Lake Tahoe with a developer price of $233,000 is just $149,000.

The Marriott Timber Lodge sells traditional one-week intervals and Paradise is your source for the very best resale deals. We have a one-bedroom Gold season available for only $8999, 42% off the original price of $16,500. If you need more space, a two-bedroom Gold that originally sold for $19,000 is just $13,750.

The outstanding bargains do not stop at Lake Tahoe. If you like to vacation in Hawaii, Paradise has great Marriott listings on Kauai and Maui. You can enjoy an oceanfront one-bedroom on Kauai for only $15,750. We also have incredible deals on the Marriott Desert Shadows in Palm Springs, CA and the Marriott Grand Vista in Orlando, FL. The bottom line is that Paradise Timeshare Resale has the lowest price on all Marriott resorts. Call 1-800-996-2001 today and save thousands of dollars!

Timeshare Ownership Benefits

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Paradise: Your source for the best Marriott Deals!

Timeshare Ownership Benefits

Ask our experts about the "tricks of the trade"!

Paradise: Your source for the best Marriott Deals!

Timeshare Consumers Association

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"We understand that you have a timeshare. Do you want to rent it or sell it? - we are the experts" says the smoothie on the 'phone. You like what you hear so the conversation moves forward "But we will need your card number/pin number/account number/mothers maiden name etc. to be able to pay you when the deal is done". You, being a sucker, fall for this and are surprised to get a call from your card company/bank a few weeks later saying that an attempt to remove a large amount from your account is being held pending your confirmation.
This is "Indentity Fraud", using timeshare owners lists, which is growing even faster that timeshare fraud.

A friendly voice on the 'phone offers to help you get back the money promised by a cash back scheme. The friendly voice says that their "legal expert" will ensure that you get back all the money - but to meet him you must go to Tenerife. But they will happily arrange for you to be put up for a weeks holiday at their expense.
On Tenerife you find that the "legal expert" is a salesman who wants you to buy a timeshare - with the promise of all the cash back money back in a few years, which is no better than when you srtated, and you're a few thousand down for a timeshare you don't want.

The charming person on the telephone tells you that you can have a 7 day stay in a luxury apartment in a hotel or resort in Spain/Canaries/UK/Bali etc. etc. . All you have to pay is a very modest sum.
You pay.
You pay for the flights.
You pay for the taxi to the resort and present yourself at reception.
"We do have a record of your booking and we are full. Sorry, you must go elsewhere".

How do you get a fine for a motoring offence when you were not where the offence is alleged to have been committed and you don't drive ?
By being on a list - stolen of course - of timeshare owners.
Numerous owners have received demands for €129 as a fine for an offence said to have been committed when they were on holiday in the Canaries or mainland Spain. Pay it and that's another 129 you are down to the fraudsters.

Stealing ownership of a good, resaleable, week is one of the latest scams.
You don't receive a management fee invoice one year , think nothing of it, then a few weeks later get a letter saying "you haven't paid, we are repossessing".
Or, if the week isn't that good, the letter says "pay us lots of £££ and we will re-instate your membership".

"We are processing your paperwork" is the latest scam to avoid the law - a new variation on "The Thumb" (see below)
When you sign to buy a timeshare you are "distracted" from the written statement on the agreement that you have a 14 day cooling off period.
When you arrive home you find that your copy of the agreement is missing. You ask the seller for a copy and get the response "Certainly, we'll get it to you shortly as we are processing it".
It arrives on day 15 - too late to cancel!
Source from sellmytimesharenow.com

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Time and Time Again: Buying and Selling Timeshares and Vacation Plans

The thought of owning a vacation home may sound appealing, but the year-round responsibility — and expense — that come with it may not. Purchasing a timeshare or vacation plan may be an alternative. If you consider a timeshare or vacation plan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation’s consumer protection agency, says it’s a good idea to do some homework.

The Basics

Two basic vacation ownership options are available: timeshares and vacation interval plans. You should know that the value of these options is in their use as vacation destinations, not as investments. Because so many timeshares and vacation interval plans are available, the resale value of yours is apt to be a good deal lower than what you paid. Both a timeshare and a vacation interval plan require you to pay an initial purchase price and periodic maintenance fees. The initial purchase price may be made all at once or over time; periodic maintenance fees are likely to increase every year.

Deeded Timeshare Ownership. In a timeshare, you either own your vacation unit for the rest of your life, for the number of years spelled out in your purchase contract, or until you sell it. Your interest is legally considered real property. You purchase the right to use a specific unit at a specific time every year, and you may rent, sell, exchange, or bequeath your specific timeshare unit. You and the other timeshare owners collectively own the resort.

Unless you’ve bought the timeshare outright for cash, you are responsible for paying the monthly mortgage. vacation-plans Regardless of how you bought the timeshare, you also are responsible for paying an annual maintenance fee; property taxes may be extra. Owners share in the use and upkeep of the units and of the common grounds of the resort property. A homeowners’ association usually handles management of the resort. Timeshare owners elect officers and control the expenses, the upkeep of the resort property, and the selection of the resort management company.

“Right to Use” Vacation Interval Option. In this option, a developer owns the resort, which is made up of condominiums or units. Each condo or unit is divided into “intervals” — either by weeks or the equivalent in points. You purchase the right to use an interval at the resort for a specific number of years — typically between 10 and 50 years. The interest you own is legally considered personal property. The specific unit you use at the resort may not be the same each year. In addition to the price for the right to use an interval, you pay an annual maintenance fee that is likely to increase each year.

Within the “right to use” option several plans can affect your ability to use a unit:

Fixed or Floating Time. In a fixed time option, you purchase the unit for use during a specific week of the year. In a floating time option, you use the unit within a certain season of the year, reserving the time you want in advance; confirmation typically is provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fractional Ownership. Rather than an annual week, you buy a large share of vacation ownership time, usually up to 26 weeks.

Biennial Ownership. You use a resort unit every other year.

Lockoff or Lockout. You occupy a portion of the unit and offer the remaining space for rental or exchange. These units typically have two to three bedrooms and baths.

Points-Based Vacation Plans. You purchase a certain number of points, and exchange them for the right to use an interval at one or more resorts. In a points-based vacation plan (sometimes called a vacation club), the number of points you need to use an interval varies according to the length of the stay, size of the unit, location of the resort, and when you want to use it.
Source from ftc.gov

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