Orlando Time Shares

[walter]

In todays (Monday) edition of the Orlando Sentinel is an article on how time shares are still selling well in the Orlando area. They mention DVC resorts in this article.

 

[POOH&PIGLET]

Here's a link:
Feb. 25 article

 

[POOH&PIGLET]

From the article:

Officials said the 536 "vacation club" rooms that opened six years ago at Disney World's Boardwalk Villas are nearly sold out,

LOL!

 

[DisneyDave53]

Turning part of the Disney Institute into Timeshare Villas? Whats up with that?

 

[ralphd]

The portion of the article about DVC is not very accurate. They note that BWV's about to sell out and do not talk about VWL.
Looks as if they picked up a little info and dreamed up the rest of the story.

ralphd

 

[TIdoublegaER]

I had a message on my answering machine last week from a timeshare resale company in Florida wanting to know if I was interested in selling my DVC membership. Has anyone else received cold calls to sell theirs?

 

[ralphd]

We have not been approached, but some members have received mail from real estate companies in the past. The information is available at the Orange County Courthouse. The deeds are registered under your name.

ralphd

 

[walter]

ralphd,
Not related to this posting, but my wife and I visited Stone Mountain last Sept. and loved it! My son relocated to just south of Atlanta and has found various areas for us to visit. We will be down near you again in April prior to our visit to HH.

 

[ralphd]

We live in the village of Stone Mountain. E-mail us if you plan on getting into the Stone Mountain area.
Hope you enjoy your vacation.

ralphd

 

[cindy_k]

Glad Disney doesn't need these techniques...

From the Article:

But reaching these prospective buyers is decidedly trickier than it was a only a few months ago because there aren't as many of them around.

Orlando-area time shares cull a good number of prospects from the tens of thousands of tourists who stream into Central Florida every week, offering them everything from discounts on lodging to free attraction tickets if they'll drop by for a 90-minute sales presentation.

But with fewer people traveling now, there aren't as many people to pitch.

"You've got to have somebody show up at your property to get them buy," said James Wilson, research director at Jolson Merchant Partners, a San Francisco brokerage firm.

Franz Hanning, president and chief executive of Orlando-based Fairfield Resorts, said his company has always been aggressive in finding prospects. "We don't wait for people to call us," he said.

 

[ralphd]

Fairfield and Hilton have aggressive marketing programs. Both offer 3-4 nights at a deep discount if you are willing to sit thru a sales presentation.

ralphd