Hi Everyone. When have you thrown in the towel and just given your prime summer beach week to Interval?
I am new to owning my [Marriott] week but I can’t seem to find anyone to trade with or rent my 2012 week. I joined ownertrades this past weekend with the hopes of swapping my 2012 week with another owner. No luck! At first glance it looks like lots of people trying to trade for [my timeshare], but the few weeks that interest me are either not as advertised or that owner is already using their 2012 and/or 2013 week. I have one good lead for next summer, but that is it and no prospects. To make matters worse, ownertrades.com is undergoing a database change so you can view the old inventory but nothing new can be added. You have to add your new exchange request to the new database and that process is slow. Currently, there are maybe three weeks currently registered in the new database.
I’ve had my week listed on TUG for about a month and no response. I’ve even lowered my price to make it the cheapest one and no response. I would try redweek but I am afraid of more of the same and to be honest, I do not feel like paying $15 to join and another $50 or so to list my week and then not get any response. Right now, there are nearly 100 other[timeshare] listings and prices for the summer weeks are all over the place and none of them have rented recently, not even the ones price almost 1k lower than all the rest.
I can’t imagine I am the only one who hasn’t been able to move their summer beach week this year. I think the weeks that are going to rent have already rented. But, I am new to this so maybe this is all normal and those summer weeks don’t start to get rented until March or April (tax rebate time) or more likely, I have missed the prime rental listing time.
I just do not want to be stuck with my week and I want to get the best value I can for it. If depositing my week into II right now will net me a successful trade back into [my timeshare] for July of 2013, by all means, that is what I will do. If I should hang in there and try to rent it because these weeks don’t really start to rent until closer to summer, then that’s what I will do. If you think ownertrades will come through, then I will stay there. Just since I got my week signed-up last Thursday on ownertrades, no one has contacted me about an exchange; I have done all the contacting.
I’d just like to get some guidance from the more seasoned summer beach week owners. I must be telling a very familiar story and would like your opinions. Thanks.
-Jim
I am new to owning my [Marriott] week but I can’t seem to find anyone to trade with or rent my 2012 week. I joined ownertrades this past weekend with the hopes of swapping my 2012 week with another owner. No luck! At first glance it looks like lots of people trying to trade for [my timeshare], but the few weeks that interest me are either not as advertised or that owner is already using their 2012 and/or 2013 week. I have one good lead for next summer, but that is it and no prospects. To make matters worse, ownertrades.com is undergoing a database change so you can view the old inventory but nothing new can be added. You have to add your new exchange request to the new database and that process is slow. Currently, there are maybe three weeks currently registered in the new database.
I’ve had my week listed on TUG for about a month and no response. I’ve even lowered my price to make it the cheapest one and no response. I would try redweek but I am afraid of more of the same and to be honest, I do not feel like paying $15 to join and another $50 or so to list my week and then not get any response. Right now, there are nearly 100 other[timeshare] listings and prices for the summer weeks are all over the place and none of them have rented recently, not even the ones price almost 1k lower than all the rest.
I can’t imagine I am the only one who hasn’t been able to move their summer beach week this year. I think the weeks that are going to rent have already rented. But, I am new to this so maybe this is all normal and those summer weeks don’t start to get rented until March or April (tax rebate time) or more likely, I have missed the prime rental listing time.
I just do not want to be stuck with my week and I want to get the best value I can for it. If depositing my week into II right now will net me a successful trade back into [my timeshare] for July of 2013, by all means, that is what I will do. If I should hang in there and try to rent it because these weeks don’t really start to rent until closer to summer, then that’s what I will do. If you think ownertrades will come through, then I will stay there. Just since I got my week signed-up last Thursday on ownertrades, no one has contacted me about an exchange; I have done all the contacting.
I’d just like to get some guidance from the more seasoned summer beach week owners. I must be telling a very familiar story and would like your opinions. Thanks.
-Jim
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from your fellow Buckeye!