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What Is a Timeshare Resale?

What Is a Timeshare Resale?

Timeshare properties are initially sold by the developer or resort. However, a timeshare can become available for resale by the current owner (private owners). What is a timeshare resale? Timeshare resales are sold by owners that no longer wish to use their timeshare. It may help to understand timeshare resale as a second hand timeshare. Developers or resorts do not buy back timeshares from the owners. The rooms you stay in are exactly the same as rooms used by owners who bought directly from the resort/developer. Timeshare resales come with lower price tags…continue reading →
What is home resort and home week reservation? (HGV timeshare)

What is home resort and home week reservation? (HGV timeshare)

What is home resort? When you purchase a Hilton Grand Vacations timeshare, you own a specific unit size in a specific resort (building). More specifically, it’s the type of view (e.g. ocean view), room (e.g. 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom etc) and season (platinum or gold). Home Week Priority Booking You have priority in booking the specific type of unit you own, during either the platinum or gold season for a 7 night stay. The Home Week priority booking window starts 365 days (12 months) before your desired check-in date and ends 6 months or…continue reading →
1 Bedroom Villa at Disney Aulani (Hawaii)

1 Bedroom Villa at Disney Aulani (Hawaii)

  • Posted on 05/26/2022
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Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa is a Disney resort located on the leeward side of Oahu, which is about 20 miles from Honolulu (roughly 40 minutes). Here is a close look at Aulani's 1BR villa, room number 870. About Disney Aulani Disney Aulani  is made up of two towers surrounding a range of pools and outdoor areas. There are 481 timshare villas and 351 hotel rooms. Timeshare villas provide various layouts from studios to 3 bedroom villas. The nine eating establishments on the resort provides a wide range of eateries for your…continue reading →
Marriott to acquire Starwood

Marriott to acquire Starwood

Last week Marriott announced their purchase of Starwood at a cost of $12.2 billion. The deal is expected to close in mid 2016. If this transaction closes, Marriot will become the world's largest hotel company owning 27% of all hotels on the globe. Marriott would be the only hotel company to have more than 1 million rooms, ahead of Hilton. The Marriott group would own a total of 14,572 units - 11,641 hotel units and 2,931 timeshare units. On a side note, when Blackstone acquired Hilton they had a 26 billion dollar deal. This…continue reading →
Timeshare property is a real estate

Timeshare property is a real estate

When a timeshare property is owned by deed, it is considered real estate property. Many real estate laws are applicable to timeshare owners in the same way they are to home owners. You own the property rights to a deeded timeshare until you sell it or until you pass away. You maintain partial ownership and equity in the property. You must also pay the resort company maintenance fees, insurance, and taxes on your timeshare as part of the contract.continue reading →
Member privileges if buying from timeshare resale market

Member privileges if buying from timeshare resale market

Buying a timeshare from the resale market may limit your member privileges.  For instance, with Hilton Grand Vacation Club (HGVC), for those who have bought a timeshare directly from HGVC, if you have a total of 14,000 annual points, you will be granted an ELITE status. However if you have bought a timeshare from the resale market, you will not be granted an ELITE status. Also, with HGVC, Hilton will not upgrade your timeshare if you have bought it from the resale market. Another example would be how Marriot and Starwood will not…continue reading →
What is Right of First Refusal

What is Right of First Refusal

Right of first refusal, often referred to as ROFR is a contractual right that gives its holder, in this case the timeshare resort company, the option to purchase the timeshare unit in transaction from the owner, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transaction with a third party. At the moment, as far as we are aware, Marriot and Disney are exercising their right of first refusal. Although Hilton have exercised their right of first refusal in the recent years, they have not been doing so for the past few months.…continue reading →
Six reasons why timeshares are better than hotels

Six reasons why timeshares are better than hotels

Here are six reasons why staying at a timeshares is better than a hotel room. While it may at times be challenging to take reservations on the days you'd like to stay or you may find that the maintenance fee may not be as affordable as you'd like it to be, there are many reasons why owning a timeshare overcomes such disadvantages. If you are considering to purchase a timeshare, we would like you to take this opportunity to consider these perks. 1. Since you have access to a kitchen, it is possible to…continue reading →
Buy from resort or resale market? What’s the difference.

Buy from resort or resale market? What’s the difference.

The single one question that everybody asks is: What is the difference between buying a timeshare from the resort company / developer and from the resale market? The difference varies depending on the resort company. For instance with Hilton, there are two diferences. The first difference is that Hilton will not trade in your timeshare unit when upgrading. The other difference is that you are not able to become an Elite member. To become an Elite member today, you would have to purchase a timeshare worth over 82,000 dollars directly from Hilton Grand…continue reading →
Four reasons to buy a Kingsland timeshare

Four reasons to buy a Kingsland timeshare

Four reasons why many timeshare owners buy a unit in Kings Land on Oahu, Hawaii. 1. Wanted to buy more than 9,000 points 2. Maintenance fee for Las Vegas units are very affordable but units only carry 7,000 points. 3. The purchase fee of Kings Land is so much lower than Grand Waikikian 4. Those who buy Kings Land do not make use of home week reservations, they make club season reservations so there is no need to purchase a Waikiki based timeshare unit. In addition, when you are in need of a…continue reading →
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