If you’re in any timeshare owner Facebook group for more than a week, you’ll see the same posts over and over. “Has anyone used [company name]?” “Is this legit or a scam?” “What do they actually charge?” “Did anyone actually get out?” I get why. You’re being asked to hand over thousands of dollars to
Jamaica and the U.S. Virgin Islands are two of the most popular Caribbean timeshare destinations, and I worked directly with several of their brands during my 25+ years inside the timeshare industry — Wyndham Bluebeard’s Castle Resort in St. Thomas, and Azul Sensatori Resort, TravelSmart Resort, and Unlimited Vacation Club in Jamaica. Because these two
Angel Fire Resort, in the mountains of northern New Mexico, is a four-season destination property with a vacation ownership component that’s a little different from the beach and desert resorts most timeshare articles focus on. If you own at Angel Fire, here’s how I’d walk through your situation. I worked directly with Angel Fire Resort
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Split Rock Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania is one of the best-known vacation ownership properties in the Northeast — and if you own there, your contract is governed by Pennsylvania law, which gives you a different set of rules than most of the Caribbean and Mexican resorts I write about elsewhere on this
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Occidental Vacation Club sells vacation ownership interests tied to the Occidental Hotels & Resorts brand, primarily across Caribbean and Mexican all-inclusive properties. If you own an Occidental Vacation Club interest, here’s how I’d walk you through your situation. I worked directly with Occidental Vacation Club during my 25+ years inside the timeshare industry, alongside sales,
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Bahia Principe operates a significant all-inclusive resort footprint across the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Jamaica, and its vacation club has sold ownership interests to travelers across all of those properties. If you own a Bahia Principe timeshare and you’re trying to figure out your options, here’s how I’d approach it. I worked directly with Bahia
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As Sales and Marketing Director for a luxury resort in Negril, Jamaica, I built and trained a sales team to a 57% closing rate. That’s an unusually high number in this industry — most sales floors run well below that — and it didn’t happen by accident. It happened because I trained reps on a
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Caribbean and Mexican resort timeshares come with a layer of complexity a lot of general advice skips over entirely: you’re often dealing with a contract governed by a foreign country’s law, sold to you while you were on vacation, sometimes structured through a U.S.-based marketing entity but legally tied to the property’s home jurisdiction. Where
Whistler, British Columbia is one of the most sought-after mountain destinations in North America, and Intrawest built a significant vacation ownership presence there. If you own an Intrawest-affiliated timeshare or fractional interest in Whistler, your situation has a few wrinkles that owners of a typical U.S. beach-resort timeshare don’t deal with — starting with the
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If you own a Melia Vacation Club timeshare and you’re trying to figure out your options, you’re dealing with an internationally run vacation ownership program — which means the usual generic timeshare advice doesn’t always translate cleanly to your specific contract. I’ve spent more than 25 years inside the timeshare industry, trained directly by RCI
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