Timeshares attract people who like to travel. They are suppose to be a way for you to stay at beautiful resorts that you share ownership with and you get to stay at in most cases once a year. They can range anywhere from 15,000 to even $50,000. There are different types and there are some that you can stay at more than once a year.
Here is something that I discovered. There are travel memberships out there that let people stay at the same timeshares that many timeshare owners own, for even less than what owners are paying. These travel membership companies negotiate deals, make bulk reservations with resorts in advance and members of these travel memberships actually stay at these resorts at better rates than the timeshare owners themselves.
The most obvious way to vacation using timeshare resorts for the location and date that you prefer is to buy the timeshare directly. This would entail paying the full retail price. Given that for some locations and dates the price may be in excess of $20,000 this option is only available to individuals with the financial strength to allocate a large up-front expense towards a vacation purchase, along with accepting ongoing expense in the form of maintenance fees, special assessments for repairs, and any other miscellaneous expenses associated with timeshare property ownership.
If you’re making sales presentations and you hear from the guests, on a regular basis, ” I have to think about it,” you’re not creating enough URGENCY for them to make the choice to do business with you TODAY.
Let’s uncover the TODAY issue. First, you as the salesperson have to believe that the guest is there to become your newest owner TODAY. If you don’t believe that it’s possible, then probable, chances are, it won’t happen. You have to have a stronger belief in the possibilities than the guest. The energy level and attitude of the salesperson is very important.
Timeshares are a unique real estate purchase, instead of purchasing a piece of property that you own continuously, you purchase either a portion of the property, or the right to use that property for a specific amount of time. There are many models of property and time use that have developed in the timeshare industry over the last 30 years or so, which offer increased flexibility and amenities to enjoy your stay. Buying a used timeshare will, in many cases, give you the best value for your vacation dollar.
Which ever way you look at it Timeshare was and still is one of the marketing geniuses of our time. Way back in the early sixties a hotelier in the French Alps started marketing his hotel with the slogan “Why rent a room when you can own the hotel. It’s cheaper” and that was it. The birth of a concept that rocked the holiday industry.
Timeshares are a unique real estate purchase, instead of purchasing a piece of property that you own continuously, you purchase either a portion of the property, or the right to use that property for a specific amount of time. There are many models of property and time use that have developed in the timeshare industry over the last 30 years or so, which offer increased flexibility and amenities to enjoy your stay. Buying a used timeshare will, in many cases, give you the best value for your vacation dollar.
Because my husband and I have owned a timeshare for the last 9 years, I am frequently asked by friends and business associates if it makes financial sense for them to buy a timeshare.
Consider this scenario: When you and your family travel, how much do you spend on hotel room in a nice resort? One family suggested that because they have two teenagers, they actually get two rooms, usually averaging about $150 per night, a total of $300 per night. So, a seven day vacation will cost him about $2100 for the week. Accomodations for the $300 per night stay were for a nice standard hotel room, with no kitchen or living room. And because of the limited amenities, a good sum of money is spent on food since they have breakfast, lunch and dinner in restaurants each day.
If you’re making sales presentations and you hear from the guests, on a regular basis, ” I have to think about it,” you’re not creating enough URGENCY for them to make the choice to do business with you TODAY.
Let’s uncover the TODAY issue. First, you as the salesperson have to believe that the guest is there to become your newest owner TODAY. If you don’t believe that it’s possible, then probable, chances are, it won’t happen. You have to have a stronger belief in the possibilities than the guest. The energy level and attitude of the salesperson is very important.
When you have a professional position which involves selling, you have skills that are transferable from industry to industry. The specific product is not usually the key for the salesperson to be successful, as long as the salesperson stays true to themselves and likes and believes in the product or service being sold.
To sell timeshare or vacation ownership, most successful salespeople probably should feel comfortable with the concept of being paid on a commission-basis more frequently than being offered a salary. The salesperson prepared to get paid by commissions usually knows how to balance their at-home finances so that the fluctuations in paychecks will not put their bills in jeopardy.
The consumers are getting smarter each minute. Developers and salespeople need to understand that. What we used to do in the past could take years to be common knowledge to the general public because our methods of communicating were so much slower.
You might remember entertainers who worked their way to fame and fortune over a 20-year period because it took a long time to get around America, appear in many places, and ultimately build a following. Television sets had only three major channels.
Today’s pace is faster. We can have too much information instantly. People can be Idols overnight.