Change to Redweek process and all those extra fees... And not in a good way.... [MERGED]

[dioxide45]

I looked on the Wayback Machine at the first week in January 2026 to see what the previous fee was.

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This shows a $99 fee for a successful booking on top of the other fees.

I also looked at January 2025, and it was the same, however, the 2025 FAQ mentions "other options" starting at $39.99 that is no longer listed as available on the FAQ.

The "success fee" has gone from a flat rate to a percentage.

If you are a winner or a loser under the new "success fee" is going to be be determined by what your average rental amount is.

We shall see if Redweek further fiddles with its rate structures. If they start losing out on expensive rentals, I could see them making another adjustment.

The success fee has been there for a long time on full service rentals. I think what @echino was referring to was the ability to just do DIY rentals in the recent past. There was no $99 fee on DIY rentals.

 

[echino]

The success fee has been there for a long time on full service rentals. I think what @echino was referring to was the ability to just do DIY rentals in the recent past. There was no $99 fee on DIY rentals.

Correct. DIY Verified and Protected - no success fee. Redweek still handled the payment and held the money, same as Full Service. Then Redweek removed that option, leaving "Full Service" only, with $99 success fee, now changed to 5%.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Answer from RW on their new 5% success fee, which I questioned because the fee is going to cost far more for most of my listings:

 

[heitmullerj02]

Since most timeshares now rent directly why are people going through a 3rd party? I checked on MNC and can rent with Marriott, not cheap, but I get the exact number of days I want instead of a week. Is Redweek really a good value? Does all the surplus Marriott time go thru them?

 

[NTP66]

You can rent my 2BR OV unit at MOC through Marriott directly, sure… for 3-4x the cost.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Since most timeshares now rent directly why are people going through a 3rd party? I checked on MNC and can rent with Marriott, not cheap, but I get the exact number of days I want instead of a week. Is Redweek really a good value? Does all the surplus Marriott time go thru them?

I don't really understand your question. What is MNC?

Owners rent their weeks on RW. RW is taking 5% success fee and charging listing fees on top of that, $45.00 per listing currently. They were charging $99 success fee. Now my success fee on a $4,000 rental is $200.

 

[montygz]

Since most timeshares now rent directly why are people going through a 3rd party? I checked on MNC and can rent with Marriott, not cheap, but I get the exact number of days I want instead of a week. Is Redweek really a good value? Does all the surplus Marriott time go thru them?

If you are seeking to rent a week at a timeshare, you can get much better deals via Redweek than directly from Marriott. And you might find greater availability for certain key dates.

People who own timeshares and want to rent them out also typically profit much more by using Redweek instead of whatever "official" rental platform is available, for example, Marriott.

Timeshare owners don't have to use Redweek, there are many different third-party platforms, but Redweek is by far the largest rental platform that matches people looking to rent timeshares with timeshare owners looking to rent them out.

 

[dioxide45]

MNC

I think Marriott’s Newport Coast.

 

[jacknsara]

Aloha
While researching Shearwater (Kauai) for sale listings, I noticed two studio units posted as RedWeek.com full-service with key details verified. We’ve only been owners for a little more than a dozen years. I am not aware of any studio units at the Shearwater. I’m not aware of any lockoff units either but even if those existed, the studio side could not be separately sold.
Jack

 

[rickandcindy23]

Aloha
While researching Shearwater (Kauai) for sale listings, I noticed two studio units posted as RedWeek.com full-service with key details verified. We’ve only been owners for a little more than a dozen years. I am not aware of any studio units at the Shearwater. I’m not aware of any lockoff units either but even if those existed, the studio side could not be separately sold.
Jack

There are two different Shearwater resorts listed on RW, and only one is on Kauai, the other is Shearwater in Australia.

Only one listing for Shearwater on RW. Odd, as there are usually quite a few more.

 

[jacknsara]

There are two different Shearwater resorts listed on RW, and only one is on Kauai, the other is Shearwater in Australia.

Only one listing for Shearwater on RW. Odd, as there are usually quite a few more.

I see 5. I pasted them into a pdf file attached. Thanks for explaining the likely Redweek continental error about the studios.

 

[rickandcindy23]

I was looking at rentals. The sales are completely messed up and wrong! You are right about that, and Redweek has clueless people working for them.

Such a stupid mistake.

 

[YankeeRefugees]

Ok since no feedback there, how about a better/easier question.

if you could change or improve one thing in the marketplace, what would it be?

New here, as of today. One thing I've noticed as I scan the rental/sale ads, are inaccuracies in descriptions or just outdated information used by the owner. When you own at the same location, these are easy to spot. Not so for the unsuspecting customer.
Is there a way to report inaccurate or misleading ads?
Otherwise, you've got a great site going here. I don't know how it took us this long to find out about it, but here we are.

 

[TUGBrian]

Thanks for the feedback!

In most situations like that we find the owner isnt doing it deliberately, but they probably just dont know any better (or were just repeating what they remember from the sales presentation).

you can either contact the member directly to ask for clarification or you can provide us with the ad ID to look at the listing (and we would simply reach out to the owner to ask for clarification)