How do I do this?
Is it possible to sell ones vacation club/time share?
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 / Joe
Category: sell your timeshare
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Ebay and if someone offers you 1 dollar take it since that is the best you will get.
Look for a company that specializes in selling time shares. Ask around the complex and see who the other people are using. You can probably do a web search of your complex and see what is for sale and who is selling them.
I can’t tell you that cause i don’t know because it depends on where you got and what it is for and where can you spend it at. Welcome
It’s not easy. We tried for two years to sell our Royal Holiday property which we only used in Ixtapa, Mexico where we bought it. The timeshare companies out there expect high up front fees to "sell" for you and give nothing in return. Trust me they are all the same. Regular realtors do not handle these properties. The best way to sell is to get to know people at the location you normally go and let them know you are wanting to sell. They most likely have family or friends that are looking for a deal the Club doesn’t offer. We finally just gave the property back to Royal Holiday.
If there is a mail box or a community bulletin board at your home resort, you can put a “For sale” sign. This will pressure the developer specially if they sell it for $20,000 USD and you offer it for $5,000. Sometimes on the fine print of some sale agreements says that the developer has the first right to buy if your place is ever sold. I have heard of developers paying the money (as long as is not too much) just to take the sign out.
To resale or rent a timeshare is a hard task, the basic rule is not to pay money up-front, don’t be another victim of a scam.
Unfortunately over 50% of people that really need to sell their timeshare falls for this resale scams where they charge money upfront and less than 10% of them use their only real option which is to post it or offer it trough free advertising options as much, and as many sites as they can (it is ok to pay a few dollars to post in a great place but no more that $20 to $30).
Timeshares do not have resale value and in most situations you would take a loss in what you paid for, as they resale for less than $2000 USD.
There are some free classified ads where you can start posting:
http://timeshareownerscommunity.com/
http://craigslist.com
http://ebay.com
http://recycler.com/
http://usfreeads.com/
http://www.inetgiant.com/