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5 Things Your Timeshare Salesperson Won’t Tell You

This article is printed with permission by author Lisa Ann Schreier. With summer vacations right around the corner, vacationers are gearing up for another round of timeshare sales pitches. Enter Lisa Ann Schreier, The Timeshare Crusader, the leading timeshare advocate dedicated to educating consumers. Schreier, a Chicago native and former timeshare salesperson, is the author…

Shell Management Hawaii Named Best Place to Work

For the second consecutive year, Shell Management Hawaii, Inc. was awarded the number one Best Places to Work in Hawaii in the large company category at an awards dinner last month. The award was presented to Linda Anthony, Regional Vice President of Shell Management Hawaii, by Steven Petranick, Editor of Hawaii Business Magazine. The seventh…

Bluegreen’s Christmas Mountain Village Set for Big Top Fun

Bluegreen Corporation, a leading provider of “Colorful Places to Live and Play,” has announced that its Wisconsin Dells timeshare resort, Christmas Mountain Village, is a prime location for owners to stay while visiting Circus World, May 22-September 5, 2011. Circus World, located just a short drive from Christmas Mountain Village in Baraboo, WI, comes to…

Timeshare Spotlight: Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa – Part 2

Jim Lewis is President of Disney Vacation Development, Inc., and past chairman of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). We continue our look at excerpts of an interview done by Perspective Magazine’s Matt McDaniel in Part 2 of our 2-Part series. How would you respond to someone who says, “I don’t have kids, so Disney…

Maui Timeshare Rentals are Great for Fathers Day

If your dad likes to be active, then the perfect Father’s Day gift is to rent a timeshare for him on Maui, where he can be active to his heart’s content. For starters, there’s the exciting Sunrise Tours of Haleakala (see photo), offered by Haleakala Bike Company (“Home of the original Freestyle Haleakala downhill!”) among…

Father’s Day is Well Done at Bluegreen’s Orlando Resorts

Bluegreen Corporation, “a leading provider of Colorful Places to Live and Play,” has announced that its Orlando, Florida timeshare resorts, The Fountains and Orlando’s Sunshine Resort II, offer the ideal convenience for those in search of the best steakhouses and Father’s Day celebrations. Bluegreen’s resorts, The Fountains and Orlando’s Sunshine Resort II, look forward to…

3 Golf Timeshare Vacations for Father’s Day

Father’s Day will be here soon. Have you figured out a gift for Dad yet? If he’s a golfer, here’s a great gift suggestion – give him a timeshare rental week at a resort where he can spend as much time out on great links as he wants. CaliforniaMany timeshare resorts are centered around golf….

Timeshare Spotlight: Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa – Part 1

Jim Lewis, President of Disney Vacation Development, Inc., (see photo at right) is on the timeshare industry’s A-List. In a 2-Part series we are going to offer some excerpts from an insightful interview of Jim Lewis, conducted by Prospective Magazine editor Matt McDaniel. Part 1 is a discussion about Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa.PM:…

Timeshare Spotlight: King’s Creek Plantation

If you’re planning a vacation to the Colonial Williamsburg area of Virginia, consider a timeshare rental at The Cottages of King’s Creek Plantation. Here you’ll experience staying in a timeshare with a bit of a twist. These are cottages, with white picket fences and grass yards. Along with hardwood floors, intimate fireplaces, and cathedral ceilings…

Summer Timeshare Rental: Celebrate 50 Years of Six Flags

Things are heating up. Warm temperatures are pushing their way across the country, the days are getting longer, and it’s all adding up to what else? Summer! That means it’s time to start that timeshare summer vacation planning. And here’s an idea – Six Flags! 2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of the original Six Flags…