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I am not going to be able to use my [dates deleted]

or those who own at MS (I've only had it a couple years now) what is the best way to rent it or trade it? I have SFX but already have a couple of deposits there.
 
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Right now, a lot of people are trying to rent their timeshares, so you want to price your week competitively, market it well, and make sure you have a lot of traffic - because you have a lot of competition. I personally use these cheap or free websites to post my Ads:

TUG Timeshare Marketplace - http://tug2.com/timesharemarketplace/
1 year Membership - $15
Ads - free up to 25

www.craigslist.org (free)

www.redweek.com
Membership - $14.99 for 12 months
Timeshare Rental Ads - $24.99/ea for 6 Months
Timeshare Resale Ads - $59.99/ea for 12 Months

www.myresortnetwork.com
Membership - free
Timeshare Rental Ads - $19.95 ($24.95 - floating weeks)
Timeshare Resale Ads - $34.95

There is also a list of resale websites at the top of the Buying, Selling, Renting, board that you may want to take a look at.

Some people don't like Craigslist, because you get a lot of scammers who respond, but they are painfully obvious, and I just ignore them. Another tool I use to eliminate the scammers is that I only accept payment by Paypal which requires a verified bank account or credit card to be registered.

On Craigslist, you need to create a Craigslist Acct., create 3 different Ads with different titles and wording, and rotate them every 3 days. You don't have to rewrite the Ads - if you create an Acct. they will be saved in your Acct. and you can just use the "renew" function, to renew the oldest Ad every 3 days which will bring it to the top of the listings.
 

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thanks

Thanks Denise. I am a member of tug, but truthfully in the 3 years I have been a member have only ever purchased a timeshare via TUG and never rented a unit - even when I price it right. I have used Redweek with the same outcome.

So you are right, there must not be a market right now. Will try the other suggestions.
 

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is your best place to bank your week. To rent it is tough right now, you could join HTSE.com and have them try to rent it, they take a cut but they get pretty good results. And if at 2 weeks it doesn't rent, they will bank it for you.
Best of luck,
Greg


Thanks Denise. I am a member of tug, but truthfully in the 3 years I have been a member have only ever purchased a timeshare via TUG and never rented a unit - even when I price it right. I have used Redweek with the same outcome.

So you are right, there must not be a market right now. Will try the other suggestions.
 
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