Archive for 'Timeshare Vacations'

Timeshare Scam - Ponzi Scheme

Many new timeshare scams seem to be invented or recreated each year, it is really hard to go even a week most of time without hearing about a new variation or completely different scam invented to separate timeshare owners from their money. Recently I read a story out of Oregon on one of the [...]

Your Unused Vacation Days

Like many other people around the world we frequently check different financial sector websites to try to obtain a prospective of the world economy and when we can expect it to fully recover. Recently while viewing a financial website I came across an article that caught my attention, obviously the readers of our blog [...]

Florida Timeshare Legislation

A Florida legislative bill has recently become a law affecting everyone who either owns a timeshare in Florida or plans to exchange for a Florida Timeshare. The bill named HB 61 was introduced in the spring of 2009 but recently was made into a law and addresses two main issues that timeshare owners may [...]

Timeshare Vacations Can Make You Smarter!

Being a skeptical person myself I know that many of you were thinking “Yea Right, how can a timeshare vacation make me smarter?” when your read the subject of this post, however I recently found an article published on CheapFlights.com confirming this fact and thought it was very interesting. Recently there was a study [...]

First Timeshare Experiences

Most visitors of our site are in some way interested in the concept of timeshares some are trying to sell a timeshare while other might be looking to find a timeshare rental. If you are a regular visitor of our site chances are you are very knowledgeable of the concept and have been involved [...]

Timeshare Rental Scam - How To Pay For A Timeshare

In the past we have discussed the right and wrong ways to pay for a timeshare rental, recently I read a story of a woman getting ripped off trying to rent out a timeshare that a scammer had listed and felt it was necessary to cover the topic again. I do not have all [...]

Exchanging Timeshares Between Owners

Most timeshare owners are aware that you can exchange a timeshare week by joining one of the two major exchange companies, Resort Condominiums International (RCI) or Interval International (II). The company that an owner is allowed to join will depend on their home resort, some are only affiliated with RCI others with II , [...]

How Many Timeshare Weeks Do You Own?

Timeshare owners obviously are interested in travel and everything that goes along with it, however I was under the impression that many owners only purchased a single week, until recently when I read a statement published by Owners Prospective magazine which claimed that more than 50 percent of owners are interested in owning other weeks. [...]

Westgate CEO Seeks $2 Billion

Due to the current state of the economy and many banks going into a lending freeze, many companies are now searching for any way possible to get capitol for normal business operations, things are no different in the timeshare industry. The latest company that I have read about trying to get their hands [...]

Happy Fourth Of July!

Happy Birthday to the United States of America! This year the USA will celebrate its 233rd birthday and the celebrations and festivities will no doubt be at an all time high. While many timeshare owners will be taking a well deserved timeshare vacation away from home, others will participate in the activities offered [...]