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Why Vacation Timeshare Makes Sense!
Don't give your hard-earned money to "rent" hotel rooms! There is a smarter way! For about the same money as it would cost to "rent" a few vacations in a nice hotel, you can own accommodations forever in a deeded vacation timeshare condo that exchanges via computer to resorts virtually anywhere in the world! Vacation timeshare is more popular than ever! The American Resort Development Association ARDA has published: a total of 1,767,000 households own timeshares in the US. The number of timeshare intervals owned by consumers in the US is growing at a compound rate of 9% per year! Over four million households worldwide now own a vacation interval, with owners residing in 190 countries! As an aggregate profile, the typical vacation owner is an upper-middle-income, middle-aged, well-educated couple: 77% have incomes over $50,000; 69.2% are 45 years of age or older; and 64% have at least a bachelor¡¦s degree. The median income of US timeshare owners is $77,000. California leads the nation in number of owners by state, with 270,531 owners, representing 15.3% of owners nationwide. By region, the largest percentage of owners reside in the Northeast, which accounts for 38% of all owners. The largest companies in the resort industry are now selling timeshare resort condos. Marriott and Disney have produced blistering sales statistics, among others. The fact that strong consumer legislation now governs the timeshare industry, combined with the fact that solid developers are now the rule, has given the timeshare industry the stability once only accorded to luxury hotels. Why Does Vacation Timeshare Ownership make so much sense? (Four million owners, 4800 resorts worldwide.)
1. STAY WITHOUT PAYING: Timeshare owners are delighted when they check out at the end of their week's stay, because their bill is ZERO! (And zero for the rest of their lives because they OWN their accommodation as deeded property!) The money saved here quickly pays back the low initial purchase price.
2. NOT JUST A HOTEL ROOM: As opposed to being a hotel room renter, enjoy status and fine treatment as a condo owner. It's a much higher style of vacation. Condos are spacious, have kitchens and private bedrooms. Sleep up to 10 persons. Most resorts have great activities/tours all arranged and often free! Spend your time enjoying vacationing. Save the hours and hassle of planning, because it has already been done for you!
3. SAVE $100 PER DAY: Because the condos have kitchens, a family can easily save $100 a day by not dining in expensive restaurants for every meal. Stock-up the refrigerator and relax - it's home!
4. NO EXTRA CHARGES: There is no charge for extra people like there would be in a hotel, and no extra costly occupancy taxes so common with hotels.
5. OWN, DON'T RENT: Owners can sell their interest whenever they want. Hotels obviously give NONE of your rent money back.
6. A GIFT OF LOVE TO HEIRS: Deeded timeshare owners can will their interest to their loved ones.
7. RECEIVE INCOME: Owners can rent-out their time rather than using it.
8. GIFTS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS: One of the most appreciated gifts you can give is that of a week at a luxurious resort. This is actually one of the biggest joys of timeshare ownership. It's a great feeling to say to a loved one - "I've booked a week in a nice resort for you - go enjoy it!"
9. HOME RESORT BONUS USE: At their home resort, owners get first choice at unused time at true bargain owner rates for two and three day stays.
10. OWN ONE WEEK BUT USE MANY WEEKS PER YEAR: Timeshare owners have worldwide "Bonus Time" available. These are extra weeks (and weekend getaways) through the giant exchange companies such as RCI and I.I. These weeks require no payment of maintenance fees, can be used on an unlimited basis, and the rates are known to be unheard of bargains. Luxury and spaciousness at budget prices!
Why BUY South Africa Timeshares:
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RCI President Letter:
"RCI President - South African Timeshare is the Bargain of the World"
Mr. Ken May, the Chief Executive and President worldwide for RCI, stated today that South African timeshare is the "bargain of the world" because of its quality and price! "We see South Africa as an incredibly strong market, both from the point of view of sales, and as a destination for International tourists wanting to exchange their timeshares for vacations in South Africa, which offers a high-quality tourism experience". He says that RCI in Europe is noticing very high interest from Europeans in taking timeshare holidays in South Africa, and launched a South African promotion, Operation Springbok, 18 months ago, and in this short period, it has become a leading tour operator into South Africa. At the same time, owners of South Africa timeshares are finding that banking their timeshare weeks with RCI to swoop for holidays in the USA and Europe is proving to be a very effective hedge against the weakness of the SA Rand against other currencies.
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Amazing Timeshare
THE NEW PHENOMENON------
BUYING South African TIMESHARE
By: Herb Suchet
South Africa is beautiful country-lots of sunshine, miles and miles of beaches with soft, golden sand, and an abundance of Game Parks. In addition to these natural features, the Dollar is at an all-time high against the South African Rand, and tourism has become South Africa's third largest industry, after gold and diamonds. South Africa has nearly 200 superb Timeshare resorts, which are being continually filled by International tourists, particularly from Europe, and why not? Timeshare owners never pay any accommodation costs, while food and services, paid for in foreign currency, and are very cheap. In fact the airlines of every small European country have a daily flight into South Africa. And as RCI are so easily able to rent out the resorts in S.A., people who own timeshare in South Africa are finding that they have superb "trading power" when they exchange their timeshare through RCI. Furthermore the prices of this timeshare are a fraction of the price of timeshares in the USA and the annual Maintenance fees are very low. There are also no taxes or Insurance to pay either. These are some of the reasons that in recent years South African timeshare has taken off with a bang in North America. More and more people are buying these inexpensive timeshares, and using them to exchange through RCI at their nearly 4000 resorts worldwide. And they are deeded "In perpetuity" and belong to the purchaser and his heirs forever. S.A. timeshare owners never have to go to their resort in South Africa---they can bank it through RCI and exchange it annually this has truly become the new Timeshare phenomenon!
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By Charles Passy
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
November 14, 2004
New York Times
New Jersey attorney Harry Ahn owns cheap time shares in South Africa such as Sudwala (above) but never visits. Instead, he trades up to pricier locations closer to home.
I found Harry Ahn on the Internet, a good place to look for a success story in the time-share trading game.
When Ahn, a lawyer who lives in Fort Lee, N.J., bought his first time share, he didn't even consider a spot close to home. He opted for South Africa – a destination he freely admits he has no plans to visit.
So, why did he buy at two South African resorts? Ahn wasn't buying to vacation; he was buying to trade. The South African time shares, each for a week a year – one at what is described as a game-farm retreat and the other in a forest setting – cost him less than $1,000 each, about $13,000 less than the average price of a comparable share in a new resort in the United States. His assumption was that he could trade those weeks with other time-share owners for time in places he wanted.
And he has. "It's worked out very nicely," he said.
He has exchanged them for stays in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania and on Cape Cod, and his latest coup was trading one of them for a weeklong stay next year at a suite at the Manhattan Club, a hotel-style building near Carnegie Hall in New York, a part of the city where rooms go for $250 a night and up. "My wife wants to come into the city and stay for a few days," he said with obvious glee.
FRANCES ROBERTS / The New York Times
For an initial investment of less than $1,000, savvy time-share owners can trade for a week at places such as the Manhattan Club, beating nearby hotel rates.
Trading up
Buying a time share – guaranteed annual occupancy, usually for a week, in a condo-style apartment – is still a popular way to secure a reliably affordable vacation every year at a resort the buyer loves. But the concept has expanded to include points-based systems that allow buyers to divvy up their time into smaller segments, spread among a choice of resorts. And now more and more travelers are in the trading game – using their shares to get somewhere else. Increasingly, it's a game of strategy, with savvy owners like Ahn finding ways to score advantageous deals.
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