Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Trading Timeshares In Provides Relief for Some Owners

Timeshare trading is a common form of relief for many timeshare owners. Some owners who want to get rid of their timeshares would also prefer to trade their timeshares in for new timeshare vacation experiences. Timeshare trading or timeshare swapping is also a trendy business concept for many timeshare companies of late. Nevertheless, timeshare trading still has its downsides like all other timeshare business models.

Some owners who wish to trade their timeshares in will find to their disappointment that trading timeshares are not that easy to accomplish. The reason is that timeshares in different locations have different preference levels. Owners of timeshares in off-peak locations will find that trading their timeshares in is far harder compared to owners of timeshares in peak vacation hotspots. It is an unfortunate fact that timeshares in Hawaii are more tradable than timeshares in Alaska. Owners of the most off-peak timeshares may have to wait years before a trading cohort can be located.

Moreover, as long as the perceived trade is still ineffectual, or has not yet taken place, the timeshare owner is still responsible for the recurring bills of his timeshare. Furthermore, off-peak location timeshare owners who have successfully traded their timeshares in for more hotspot locations will find that their timeshare bills have also become hotter as maintenance fees rise. Hence, timeshare trades, although convenient for some timeshare owners are not applicable to all timeshare owners. Owners who can no longer pay for their timeshares should definitely not trade their timeshares in but instead seek some other form of timeshare relief.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Donating Timeshares to Friends and Family Is a Relief for Unscrupulous Owners

A casual search online would turn up hundreds of comments from discontented timeshare owners anxious for any form of timeshare relief. These owners are distressed over the expensive payments required in order to maintain their timeshare vacation packages. Consequently, these owners are willing to do anything just to get rid of their timeshares and so be perpetually free from the chronic financial anguish caused by periodic timeshare bills. However, getting rid of timeshares is easier said than done as timeshares are based on contractual obligations.

One of the more popular modes for timeshare relief so as to circumvent timeshare contractual stipulations is the donation of timeshares. Donating timeshares is a legal way of conveying ownership from the owner donor to a donee individual or corporation. Upon the perfection of the donation, the ownership of the property is legally transferred from the donor owner to the donee. Hence, as timeshare bills are mutually inclusive of timeshare ownership, the donee will bear the full responsibility of paying the periodic timeshare bills following a successful donation.

However, timeshare owners today are encountering difficulties in donating their timeshare as decent donees are hard to be had. Most timeshare owners would naturally opt for their close kin and friends as likely timeshare donees. However, donee friends or family will have to bear the responsibility of paying timeshare bills hence seldom do owners actually donate their timeshares to their loved ones. Only the least scrupulous of timeshare owners would resort to passing responsibility for their timeshares to their close of kin just to get rid of their timeshare vacation packages.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Dissatisfied Owner Establishes Company to Provide Relief for Timeshare Owners

By simply browsing luxury vacation forums and timeshare relief discussions, one would be overwhelmed by the huge number of timeshare owners greatly disappointed over their timeshare vacation packages. The most rampant reason causing the disappointment of many a timeshare owner is the perpetual financial accountability for timeshare maintenance and upkeep. The existence of sporadic bills for special assessment as well as interest on any outstanding loan of the timeshare property also contributes highly to the dissatisfaction of many owners.

Linda Skidmore, founder of Transfer Smart, a company specializing in timeshare title transfer services, was once among the multitude of disappointed timeshare owners. Her mother would no longer avail of their timeshare week after the death of her father; however, they were still liable for the maintenance fees of their timeshare property which kept rising through the passing of time. Their family tried to sell the timeshare by securing the services of a local listing company and paying an expensive advertising fee. Nevertheless, the company did not live up to its promise in helping Linda and her family sell their timeshare and the maintenance fees kept piling up instead.

After several disappointments and setbacks in selling their timeshare, Linda decided to found Transfer Smart, a company specializing in timeshare title transfer. To date, Transfer Smart has helped hundreds of timeshare owners in getting rid of their timeshares. The excellent service of the company has resulted in a lot of positive feedback from a lot of satisfied customers. By virtue of Transfer Smart, timeshare owners now have a proven method in freeing themselves from their perpetual timeshare liabilities.

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