BuyATimeshare.com Visits the CARE Conference! September 30, 2009
Posted by JConnolly in : General, New Features, News & Events, Timeshare Resource , add a commentBuyATimeshare.com’s primary focus is staying on top of new developments in the timeshare industry to provide better services for our customers. As part of our development, we sent our company Owner and Founder, Wesley Kogelman, and Peter Emery, Director of Sales, to the CARE Conference this past weekend in San Diego.
The Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers, or CARE, is a ‘trade association’ of timeshare resort representatives with a shared goal of providing their owners with more unlimited vacation opportunities. This group, established in 1985, provides member companies with the ability to utilize a vast inventory of rentals while adhering to a strict code of ethics.
The Keynote speaker at the CARE Conference focused on the use of social media, like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, to enhance and improve relationships with businesses and clients. BuyATimeshare.com can be found on Facebook, and often updates with industry information, company information, and discussion topics relating to timeshares and travel. The company also can be followed on Twitter, where we update with every new advertisement posted to our website, as well as other news. By utilizing these technologies, we connect with a greater audience of potential customers by implementing a live feed of available inventory, and also continue with our goal of providing the general public with accurate information and education about the industry.
During this conference, we also discovered an exciting new Merlin software called TRUST (Trading Resorts Using Sharing Technology) that we are looking forward to utilizing for the benefit of our customers. This initiative allows ‘shared ownership product’ developers and managers to build their resorts and inventory in a ‘virtual environment’ online. By applying the latest internet technologies, this information can be shared quickly and easily between users. Companies using Merlin TRUST will be able to swap inventory, rent or sell inventory, and generate more business seamlessly with this new platform.
BuyATimeshare.com is truly enthusiastic about this opportunity. By using this cost effective technology, we know we will increase our transactions and benefit our customers by expanding our network and streamlining our communications with our associations within the industry. The rental, resale, and brokerage consumers of BuyATimeshare.com will be greatly benefited by our industry connections. We look forward to using Merlin TRUST, social media technologies, and other developing technologies to continually improve our business and achieve superior services for our clients.
Wesley Kogelman on Mike Bonacorsi’s Radio Show! September 30, 2009
Posted by JConnolly in : Timeshare Resource , add a commentMike Bonacorsi is a Certified Financial Planner with a radio show broadcasting every Tuesday at noon Eastern Standard Time on WSMN Radio AM 1590 or online at http://www.wsmnradio.com/ or his website http://www.mikebonacorsi.com/. His show is based on his award winning book, “Retirement Readiness; Creating Your Vision, Knowing Your Position, & Preparing for Your Future”, and his twenty years of experience in the financial world provides listeners with a wealth of information and guidance towards fiscal security. He recently had our very own Wesley Kogelman, owner and founder of BuyATimeshare.com, on his show to discuss timeshares as both a financial and lifestyle opportunity. The conversation with Wesley Kogelman discusses the benefits of timeshare ownership, and provides the listeners with general education about the industry.
First touching on an overview of timeshare ownership, Kogelman discusses the major players in the timeshare industry, such as Marriott, Starwood, and Wyndham. They discuss some of the recent changes in the hotel industry, such as the change to ‘points’-based systems and the use of exchange companies like RCI or Interval International to provide greater flexibility to match today’s traveling trends. Mike and Wes then chat about the benefits of the secondary market for timeshare resales and rentals, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of timeshare ownership and rentals. Listeners can discover the benefits of utilizing a company such as BuyATimeshare.com for resales and rentals, for example the aggressive advertising, a Live Chat feature, and spectacular features to equally educate both buyer and renter about timeshares and the secondary market.
Over the past ten years of business, BuyATimeshare.com strives to continually educate the community of timeshare owners, renters, and buyers. With press releases, radio shows, and the utilization of newer technologies such as Twitter and Facebook, the firm is dedicated to accessible marketing and open communication between the industry and its consumers. A downloadable soundbite of this radio interview is available here.