16th June 2006
It actually makes great sense for the kids. In previous articles we have told the story of the Mark Hopkins hotel in San Francisco. For those who missed it, the 1942 nightly rack rate was $5.00 single and $7.00 double. By 1974 it was $45.00 and $55.00. L...
16th June 2006
For about the same money as it would cost to "rent" a few vacations in a nice hotel, accommodations can be owned forever in a deeded vacation timeshare condo that exchanges via computer to resorts virtually anywhere in the world!
Vacation timeshare is...
16th June 2006
It is an idea that had plenty of success
in Europe before really breaking into the US market. While
you are happy with taking your holidays where the timeshare
is located, they are a great thing. And hopefully, if you
did your research well in the fir...
10th June 2006
When that subject was introduced, the entire auditorium started yelling, "Yeah, why can't we ever get bonus time?" At that point one gentleman stood up and said, "I don't know what you're talking about. I've been there on bonus time fourteen times in the...
10th June 2006
Q:Who or What is TUG?
A:The Timeshare Users Group (TUG) is a web site operated by Bill Rogers and a group of volunteers who have a common interest in vacation timeshare ownership.
Q:I've read that this is a "not for profit" web site. Why is there a...
08th June 2006
At TimeshareValues.com we recently communicated with a buyer based in the Midwest. We are in the San Francisco Bay area. We talked a lot at 9pm our time – while he was still in his office. At his time, the clock was moving toward midnight.
He bought...
08th June 2006
The security of other Timeshare owners at your resort.
Many resorts to choose from with the exchange program world wide .
Lock in your timeshare vacation accommodations.
For example: If you purchase a timeshare today at $5,500.00, use it 10 year...
08th June 2006
Look! You are going to steal any timeshare you buy on the resale market anyway. The resale market is just starting to come into it's own. Prices fall in a market vacuum and there has been a market vacuum in resales since the timeshare industry started twe...
08th June 2006
Since the product is so sound, it has withstood assaults by the scammers and marginal developers. It has reached maturity to the point that the major timeshare players from here on will be the Hiltons, Marriotts, Hyatts, etc. Timesharing works! Most peo...
08th June 2006
Have you ever bought an inexpensive car only to find that upkeep and dissatisfaction made it more expensive than if you had just bought a better one in the first place? The same is true in timeshares. The "satisfaction quotient" of a timeshare will actua...
08th June 2006
If you are wrong everyone will have forgotten what you said by the time it happens anyway. Having gotten that major disclaimer out of the way, let's take a look at the industry and try to make some sense out of it.
The industry really got started almos...
08th June 2006
As he walked into our little land office in Placerville, California (about sixty miles west of South Lake Tahoe), he said, "I've got the keys to the bank" and proceeded to tell me about this new concept called timesharing. I responded with "Forget it, Jac...
08th June 2006
It worked well, and the idea spread throughout the world.1
There are two main types of timesharing plans: deeded and non-deeded. With the deeded type, you buy an ownership interest in a piece of real estate. In the non-deeded plan, you buy a lease, lic...
07th June 2006
My comments are made on the basis that one is buying a timeshare for mainly trading purposes. All of the statements I will make are actual experiences not something someone said, or I heard somewhere. My family has been involved in timesharing since 1980....
07th June 2006
A few of our customers told us about their creative ownership methods and use. They are very creative ideas on building and effectively using a timeshare portfolio.
There is a simple idea to most of these portfolios: Travel to the nicest places they c...
