Top 25 Rental resorts from Redweek

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Redweek.com, which in its latest press release bills itself as “a timeshare exchange, rental and resales Web site” (note the order of the words), has announced the Top 25 list of timeshare rental resorts as chosen by its registered users.

1. The Manhattan Club - New York City, New York
2. Disney’s Beach Club Villas - Lake Buena Vista, Florida
3. Harborside Resort at Atlantis - Paradise Island, Bahamas
4. HGVC at Hilton Hawaiian Village - Honolulu, Hawaii
5. Disney’s BoardWalk Villas - Lake Vista, Florida
6. Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club - Lahaina, Hawaii
7. Costa Linda Beach Resort - Oranjestad, Aruba
8. Disney’s Old Key West Resort - Lake Buena Vista, Florida
9. Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge - Lake Buena Vista, Florida
10. The Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas - Lahaina, Hawaii
11. Kaanapali Beach Club - Lahaina, Hawaii
12. The Royal Sands - Cancun, Mexico
13. Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club - Kapolei, Hawaii
14. The Galleon Resort - Key West, Florida
15. Orange Lake Country Club West Village - Kissimmee, Florida
16. Marriott’s Newport Coast Villas - Newport Coast, California
17. Marriott’s Aruba Ocean Club - Palm Beach, Aruba
18. Marriott’s Ocean Pointe - Palm Beach Shores, Florida
19. Marriott’s Waiohai Beach Club - Koloa (Poipou), Hawaii
20. Sheraton Vistana Resort - Orlando, Florida
21. Aruba Beach Club - Oranjestad, Aruba
22. The Westin St. John Resort and Villas - St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
23. Smugglers’ Notch Resort - Smugglers’ Notch, Vermont
24. Marriott’s Grande Ocean - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
25. The Royal Caribbean - Cancun, Mexico

I don't own at any of them!

[zdxlc9p6 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close zdxlc9p6]

From the news release, the top ones are Marriott 7, Disney 4, Starwood 3, & Royals 2. If you go to TUG and look at the member rankings, you will find Marriott 6, Disney 4, & Royals 4. I am not familiar with Starwoods, so they may be in TUG's list & I don't recognize them. Redweek's #1 Manhattan Club isn't even on the TUG list. Interesting too that none of the Grand Mayans are on either list. Although I have several HGVC, perhaps I should take the next offer to preview the Marriott program. It's nice to have this type of information available.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

At least I own one of them - # 15. With all the bad press it gets, something still must be right with it.

[dale7 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dale7]

It nice to see a Diamond Resort on there number 11, Kaanapali Beach Club - Lahaina, Hawaii so that if own you can rent it.

Dale

[compubarn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close compubarn]

It's interesting that there are no major ski resorts on the list.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

It's interesting that there are no major ski resorts on the list.

I agree.....I'm very surprised. They are certainly some of the hardest to come by in II. Seems they are in top demand.

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I just realized that the Four Seasons did make the list either. Hmmmmm......

PS...Either did the Fairmont Heritage Franz Klammer Lodge, or Ocho Cascadas. I'm sure there are other top resorts that also didn't make the list. Those are a few that just came to mind.

[jericap Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close jericap]

I haven't skied(sp) in many, many years and do not know where ski resorts are located...but doesn't Smuggler's notch qualify for a ski week?

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I haven't skied(sp) in many, many years and do not know where ski resorts are located...but doesn't Smuggler's notch qualify for a ski week?

Yeah, but Park City, Whistler, Vail, Tahoe, Breckenridge, etc., didn't make the list.

[arlene22 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close arlene22]

From the news release, the top ones are Marriott 7, Disney 4, Starwood 3, & Royals 2. If you go to TUG and look at the member rankings, you will find Marriott 6, Disney 4, & Royals 4. I am not familiar with Starwoods, so they may be in TUG's list & I don't recognize them. Redweek's #1 Manhattan Club isn't even on the TUG list. Interesting too that none of the Grand Mayans are on either list. Although I have several HGVC, perhaps I should take the next offer to preview the Marriott program. It's nice to have this type of information available.

Even though they said three, there are actually four Starwoods on the list: Harborside, Westin Ka'anapali, Westin St. John, and Vistana Resort. I think the Redweek list is not exactly what we think of when we think of the "top 25 resorts"-- it's really just a record of what resorts people are seaching for rentals at. For instance, I own Vistana Resort and I wouldn't put it in my top 25. But it is a very large, well known resort with year round appeal, so it gets alot of rental action. I'm sure many of the ski resorts, including Smuggs, are nicer, but they may not get as many "hits" on the redweek site because they are smaller or seasonally popular.

[VillaHappy Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close VillaHappy]

Interesting! Of course, it's just one website's opinion...

[SamH Member Find all posts View Profile Close SamH]

I haven't skied(sp) in many, many years and do not know where ski resorts are located...but doesn't Smuggler's notch qualify for a ski week?

We own at Smugglers Notch and visit in both the summer and winter. It is a ski resort but is more crowded in the summer due to their children's program.

Sam