Timeshare And Vacation Ownership - Would You Rather Own Your Vacation Or Keep Paying Rent?
Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
If you’re like most people, you’ve heard the word “timeshare” and probably taken a timeshare tour at a vacation destination or maybe even at a local sales office in your community where they explained the product but you didn’t see the resort.
Surprisingly enough, there are many people who have never experienced a timeshare tour and the word timeshare and what to expect are a mystery. I was one of those people four years ago. I had never taken a timeshare tour and my only knowledge of timeshare was what I heard from people about buying a specific week every year to vacation, at the same resort, in the same sized condo. It sounded all too restrictive so I never investigated it for myself to see if it was a viable option for my life. I loved to travel and always wanted ways to do more and save money.
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Posted on March 16, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
We normally take our vacation on the east coast of the Florida peninsula, so we purchased one week of timeshare vacation on Ormond Beach. It was near the end of summer season in 2005, and we had already taken our vacation that year so we decided to space bank our week until later.
Read More..>>The Death Of Timeshares
Posted on March 11, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
Timeshares attract people who like to travel. They are suppose to be a way for you to stay at beautiful resorts that you share ownership with and you get to stay at in most cases once a year. They can range anywhere from 15,000 to even $50,000. There are different types and there are some that you can stay at more than once a year.
Here is something that I discovered. There are travel memberships out there that let people stay at the same timeshares that many timeshare owners own, for even less than what owners are paying. These travel membership companies negotiate deals, make bulk reservations with resorts in advance and members of these travel memberships actually stay at these resorts at better rates than the timeshare owners themselves.
Read More..>>Global Resorts Network - An Improvement On Timeshares?
Posted on March 9, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
There has been a lot of buzz lately surrounding Global Resorts Network and I decided to take a closer look at this company. This is the report of my findings. Global Resorts Network is the brainchild of Chuck Tomlin, a real estate developer, and Al Morales, a successful timeshare salesman. The company was formed in late 2006 and formally launched in March 2007. Mr. Tomlin and Mr. Morales negotiated an alliance with an established full-service travel agency that has been offering a private travel club membership for the past 20 years. They have stated in company conference calls that they were excited about the benefits of membership and impressed by the exceptional customer service offered by the travel agency. Global Resorts Network is a company created to handle the exclusive marketing of the luxury travel club membership via the internet.
Read More..>>How To Transition From Mortgage And Insurance Sales To Vacation Ownership Or Timeshare Sales
Posted on March 7, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
When you have a professional position which involves selling, you have skills that are transferable from industry to industry. The specific product is not usually the key for the salesperson to be successful, as long as the salesperson stays true to themselves and likes and believes in the product or service being sold.
To sell timeshare or vacation ownership, most successful salespeople probably should feel comfortable with the concept of being paid on a commission-basis more frequently than being offered a salary. The salesperson prepared to get paid by commissions usually knows how to balance their at-home finances so that the fluctuations in paychecks will not put their bills in jeopardy.
Read More..>>The Hard Truth About Timeshares Hard Sell
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
People have got so used to the hard sell tactics of the timeshare industry that they simply brush it off as though it were nothing. I felt really intimidated at one presentation; they had our backs up against the wall and I was shaking when I left the building.
If a product is so good, then why practically bully people into buying it?
The truth is that if you talk to people that have left the industry they will tell you that seldom if ever does any sales person own their own product. Added to this was a startling opening paragraph from the website of a timeshare brokerage. This is what they said, and they said it as though it were a good reason to buy timeshare:
Read More..>>Vacation Ownership The New Flexible Way To Own Your Vacation Instead Of Renting It
Posted on March 3, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
If you’re reading this article you either like to travel, know someone who likes to travel, you’re in the travel industry or want to be. Many people who read this article will be familiar with traditional timeshare. With traditional timeshare, the buyer usually purchases a specific resort as a home-base resort, for a specific week, in a specific sized condominium.
Read More..>>How To Transition From Mortgage And Insurance Sales To Vacation Ownership Or Timeshare Sales
Posted on February 24, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
When you have a professional position which involves selling, you have skills that are transferable from industry to industry. The specific product is not usually the key for the salesperson to be successful, as long as the salesperson stays true to themselves and likes and believes in the product or service being sold.
To sell timeshare or vacation ownership, most successful salespeople probably should feel comfortable with the concept of being paid on a commission-basis more frequently than being offered a salary. The salesperson prepared to get paid by commissions usually knows how to balance their at-home finances so that the fluctuations in paychecks will not put their bills in jeopardy.
Read More..>>Buying Used Timeshares - Get A Great Vacation For Less
Posted on February 23, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
Timeshares are a unique real estate purchase, instead of purchasing a piece of property that you own continuously, you purchase either a portion of the property, or the right to use that property for a specific amount of time. There are many models of property and time use that have developed in the timeshare industry over the last 30 years or so, which offer increased flexibility and amenities to enjoy your stay. Buying a used timeshare will, in many cases, give you the best value for your vacation dollar.
Read More..>>How To Transition From Retail Sales To Selling Timeshare And Vacation Ownership- Believe You Can
Posted on February 21, 2008 - Filed Under Travel and Leisure | Leave a Comment
Most people who have had careers in retail sales are accustomed to the customers coming into a business looking for something. The customer wants to know about the product or services, get information and will often consider the options right there on the spot and leave with the product or service.
If the retail establishment is selling food, there’s a high probability that the customer will place an order and leave with the food, unless something goes wrong with the service, or the food just don’t seem to appeal to their tastebuds at the time. Retail customers go to stores to buy things, or get more prepared to make a purchase in the near or distant future.
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