I will report my experience – just one - renting one of my units out. I reserved a unit at WKORV in Maui over the Fourth of July week, a year in advance, with the intent of renting it out.
I listed it on TUG, and on RedWeek, initially. During the first six months, I received not a single inquiry on either site. After six months, the RedWeek listing expired and I renewed it. I spent a total of about $119 on this listing, including verification and highlighting. I also listed on Go-Koala at about the six month point.
Beginning about four months before check-in, I got several inquiries on TUG. A couple of them seemed serious but they ended up deciding against renting for various reasons. At about two months prior to check in, I was getting nervous and I posted in a group on Facebook which is dedicated to timeshare rentals. A few days later, I had a renter!
So my conclusions: Redweek is a waste of money. Use their site to research prices and help decide how much you should ask for your timeshare, but I would not give them money again. Like I said, I spent $119 and got zilch for it, not a single inquiry. I was priced at the bottom of the competition so my conclusion was that they are not effectively drawing renters to the site. And why should they? They make money from the listing itself.
Go-Koala is worth using because there is no up-front cost. They essentially take a commission from the rental if it rents through them. I think that’s fair. Although I didn’t have any success through them, I’d use the service again.
TUG is definitely worth using and supporting, and I got several inquiries from my TUG posting. I would definitely recommend posting on TUG since it’s free and there’s no risk. I think it’s likely my unit would have rented to someone on TUG eventually.
And I guess I’d suggest that, if you’re a Facebook user, seek out the Timeshare Rental group(s) there, and post your rental…. You might get lucky like I did.