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

[soslios]

All My weeks are July-August weeks at Marriott Newport Coast.

Where do I go to rent these weeks?

Thanks!

Paul

 

[rickandcindy23]

All My weeks are July-August weeks at Marriott Newport Coast.

Where do I go to rent these weeks?

Thanks!

Paul

First, you need to rent for a reasonable cost. People set their prices too high for some high-demand resorts. You can use RW verify/ protect, there is a cost. I pay $60 as a repeat renter. You can list with go-koala without paying anything. That is ideal. I wish all sites would take their profit after the week is rented out of the proceeds. TUG is still a good place to go but TUG members are not a good market for many rentals because we are all cheapskates. My Resort Network is not free and a risk to rent, but everything is a risk, except TUG and go-koala.com.

I don't like paying money for nothing. I have had a lot of listings expire without renting on RW but I have also had some successes. It's a mixed bag. TUG and go-koala.com are no brainers. Ignore people who say either site is a waste of time. Koala is easy to list, takes minutes to list.

To save credit card fees, you can always ask renters to pay through Zelle or another free method. Paypal fees for credit cards are high.

Also, you should use a contract, if you use TUG or My Resort Network. There are several on TUG in the advice section. Timeshare Von's is the one I have used for 18 years.

 

[TheHolleys87]

Yes. I chatted with David's. Told them I had a Saratoga Springs early June. And was told that there were no fees whatsoever and I would be paid "16 points".

Not sure what that means but it appears that they would accept your points rather than having you first use those points to lock in a specific week at a specific resort. So, if that's the case, there is a very real possibility that Redweek's format, in requiring that there must already have been a specific week, may very well have a much higher percentage of exchange weeks in their listings. It will be interesting to see if Redweek will have anywhere near their present number of DVC listings going forward.

I think you may have misunderstood. David’s was probably telling you they’d list your week as a confirmed reservation, and when someone agrees to rent it then David’s will pay you $16 per point. They usually pay you something like 75% of that amount when the renter gets confirmation in their name and the remaining 25% when they check in. David’s doesn’t charge you anything to list it; they charge the guest $18 or $20 a point (I don’t know what their markup is right now).

But most of David’s business works the other way around - the owner makes whatever number of points available, and David’s helps them find someone (or several someones) who wants a reservation that takes that many points.

 

[melissy123]

I own a two bedroom unit at Tahoe Edgelake Beach Club. It’s one of the few lakefront properties in Lake Tahoe that’s available to the public. Small 32 unit complex. Summer weeks are impossible to get because you have to call in one year ahead of time to make reservations. I’ve tried renting my summer week on Redweek with no success. I’ve tried placing an ad on Sacramento area Craigslist but my listing disappears. I doubt the folks at Koala would even want this as a listing. Not a fancy resort but families keep going back to it every year as it even has its own beach. There is a Facebook group for Tahoe Edgelake owners but most people offer to switch their fall/spring weeks for my summer reservarion.
Any ideas on where to list this for rent?

 

[andre10056]

You might try airbnb just like people who rent out parts of their homes. Anyone can do so. But it's a bit more tricky because you have to set your calendar to only offer your very specific week...which means you have to block off all other weeks by declaring them not available.

Before doing so, just make sure with your resort that you will be able to designate a guest (i.e. a tenant). And ideally, make sure that the resort would allow you to rent your week out to multiple renters. Meaning something like three days one tenant, four days the next. You'd then have to arrange and pay for a midweek cleaning. I therefore like to set my minimum stay requirement to three days.

The partial week capability is particularly important as most airbnb renters, and most humans in general, don't want to stay anywhere for seven straight days. Most busy people just want a quick getaway somewhere. So people from Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, San Jose, etc. will be good candidates for you. If they've got an entire week to "vacation", they may move on to a second resort perhaps a hundred miles away, but still don't want to stay at any one place for an entire seven days.

Perhaps retired people like the 7 day stay. Or perhaps unemployed people like the tens of thousands of federal employees that will soon be separated or accept early retirement from their jobs. But that's not how most working people vacation anymore.

Indeed, perhaps you yourself don't want to stay there for an entire seven days, but would be willing to stay for 3 days. Then plan on a midweek cleaning to rent out the following four days.

I've never tried them, but VRBO and booking.com may also be possibilities. The more your timeshare appears, the more likely it is to rent. And it likely will rent if you don't charge too much.