{"id":539,"date":"2012-04-18T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/whats-the-best-way-to-support-timeshare-education\/"},"modified":"2012-04-18T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:37:00","slug":"whats-best-way-to-support-timeshare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/whats-best-way-to-support-timeshare\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Best Way to Support Timeshare Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-NP7hTW0X1gY\/T462t8ljmbI\/AAAAAAAADfA\/rCj3mXGNAgw\/s1600\/Lisa%2BAnn%2B2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 160px;height: 240px\" src=\"\/content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Lisa2BAnn2B2.jpg?2a6c7406a71bce9599505bf5c727cb17\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>April&#8217;s &#8220;Ask The Timeshare Crusader&#8221; question comes from Savannah:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic\">I&#8217;ve been reading your blog and your forum here on RedWeek.com for some time now and I noticed that one of your favorite topics is timeshare education. I agree that it is something that is needed. Why is there so little and what is a concerned timeshare owner to do?<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Lisa Ann Schreier\u2019s Answer: <\/span><br \/>Thanks for the kind words and great question. Indeed, I firmly believe that 85 percent of the issues and problems that both individual timeshare owners and timeshare resorts face could be overcome with education. There&#8217;s too little unbiased education out there because the parties involved can&#8217;t seem to agree on where it should come from.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that you should do in addition to keeping up to date with your reading (both on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/forums\/\">RedWeek.com forums<\/a> and with publications such asTimeSharing Today) is to talk with the resort manager\/general manager of your home resort(s) and ask some in-depth questions as to why they aren&#8217;t providing more information. At the least it can start a conversation; at best, they may actually do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>Some management companies such as Vacation Resorts International do provide education through newsletters and other communications, but I agree that more has to be done.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a timely question because it is one of the topics that will be discussed at the Timeshare Board Members Association meeting later this month. I&#8217;m going to reference your question during my segment at the meeting as an example of owners asking for more education.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes as I hope it will, there will be more information and education shared through owner newsletters and other forms of communication in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Share Your Thoughts<\/span><br \/>Comment below on Lisa Ann\u2019s answer. And join the conversation on our A<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/forums\/messages?thread_id=17507\">sk the Timeshare Crusader forum. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April&#8217;s &#8220;Ask The Timeshare Crusader&#8221; question comes from Savannah: I&#8217;ve been reading your blog and your forum here on RedWeek.com for some time now and I noticed that one of your favorite topics is timeshare education. I agree that it is something that is needed. 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