Anyone having luck renting timeshares this summer?

[rickandcindy23]

I have rented a week through Koala. So thought I would give an update.

I do not want to mess around with Redweek, ebay or Craig's list. Or even TUG for that matter. I have tried Vrbo and AirBNB but they are not set up for timeshares, without some intervention by their backoff staffing.

Koala, although 8% commission, which I priced in, was an easy rental. It buffers me from the renter, they process the payment, and there is NO fee to list. You only pay if the rental happens. Took far less of my time than any of the other platforms. I listed 7 weeks and rented 1. Covid is certainly changing the face of rentals, at least short term.

So since I do not pay for reservations fees, and only pay IF it is rented, I prefer the Koala model. I do not like having to pay a fee per listing, or an annual membership fee. Neither of which guarantees a reservation. Count up all your failed rental costs and then maybe the 8% on the one that was successful won't be so bad.

I am actually finding Koala to be very easy to use. Now let's see if they can generate some traffic to their website. It would be so easy for me to use them exclusively. I have had great luck with Redweek in the past, but it's been tough during Covid, as you say, and the website is saturated with listings for my resorts, which makes renting for any kind of profit quite difficult.

Koala will definitely fill in where other sites cannot.

VRBO is expensive to use and has limited capabilities. If you could list one timeshare week on VRBO, a specific week, starting a specific date, it would be a great way to rent. But those people who ask for Tues-Tues, and I don't have that ability to book it with my Sheratons, for example, my listing goes to the bottom again because I couldn't satisfy a renter's request (their calendar is not set up like that as a vacation home rental website).