What Should I Expect When Buying from an RDO Member?
The Contract The contracts of RDO Members shall always be clear and comply with national Law and the EU Timeshare Directive and provide you with full protection. The printed agreement or contract will include all your rights and obligations. RDO Members must ensure that buyers receive in writing and in their own language all information which a prudent purchaser would reasonably require to make up his mind. A full description You will receive a full description (sometimes called a Disclosure Statement) of the product, resort and any services provided, which forms part of the contract you are signing. The contract should show your...
Buying Timeshare: General Advice
Why timeshare could be right for you! There are many reasons why millions of families have chosen timeshare over traditional package holidays or owning a holiday home. By investing in future holidays, timeshare owners have peace of mind and security of ownership, paying only for the vacation time they actually use. They can relax knowing that the quality of accommodation is a known factor. Timeshare owners also know that they have paid for their resort accommodation at today's prices for holidays for years to come. Timeshare is a great way of vacationing and caters for many different holiday preferences. It is important to...
Benefits of Membership
Belonging to RDO helps members to grow their business in a number of ways, notably through: Quality Endorsements Members can use the RDO logo on all their sales literature, business stationery and websites. The logo acts as a positive endorsement for customers who can be reassured that they are dealing with a company committed to offering the best in European timeshare and fractional ownership. Europe-wide lobbying RDO represents the collective voice of the industry and communicates the views and interests of the European timeshare and fractional ownership industries to national governments, the European Commission and Parliament, the media and other consumer bodies and associations....
Key appointments at Club La Costa
Club La Costa Resorts & Hotels (CLC) has recently announced a number of key appointments at the company: Leslie McCann has joined as Marketing Director, while Richard Carrick has been appointed as a consultant and Martin Andrew as new Commercial and Distribution Director. Leslie McCann has more than 30 years’ experience in the timeshare industry, and was Group Marketing Director for LSI and Seasons Holidays plc before joining CLC. Most recently, he acted in a consultant role to the Royal Karma Group. He will be responsible for introducing and developing new marketing and sales programmes and will operate out of the...
Flagship Consulting celebrates PR awards
Travel public relations specialist Flagship Consulting recently picked up two awards at the annual Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Travel Marketing Awards ceremony in London. The consultancy won the “Best Strategic PR Campaign” award for their consumer awareness campaign for campsite online guide www.pitchup.com and was awarded the “Best Use of Social Media” Silver Standard for My Winchester, a campaign on behalf of the Discover Winchester Consortium. Flagship Consulting is a member of RDO and has worked as a consultant to the organisation and industry for many years, advising them on marketing strategies and the integration of social media in communications, amongst others....
Have you been defrauded?
Timeshare owners who have been defrauded by Resale Firms*, Holiday Clubs, Cash Back Schemes, Class Actions, Fly Buys*, etc. should contact RDO’s Enforcement team on enforcement@rdo.org as soon as possible. The Enforcement team requires a detailed written summary of the case (including dates, name of the company, an outline of what the offer included and details of payments made), and a copy of all the documents related to the case ie the contract - which should include details of the services included - and all other available documents such as faxes, e-mails, and proof of payments made (credit card slips or...
UK Timeshare Statistics May 2008
Resorts UK & Ireland: * England 74 * Wales 10 * Scotland 22 * Ireland 7 * Total 113 Weeks in the portfolio: * UK & Ireland 189,000 (72% already purchased) * Scotland 56,000 (81% already purchased) Average accommodation units per resort: * England 30 * Wales 31 * Scotland 51 * Ireland 15 * Total 3,780 Average rooms per resort: * England 53 * Wales 57 * Scotland 107 * Ireland 27 * Total 7,038 Number of bed nights generated annually: * UK & Ireland 2.24 million * Scotland 675,000 Occupancy levels: * UK 87% * Scotland 92% Total annual holiday makers: * UK 630,000 * Scotland 200,000 Week long holidays taken each year at UK timeshare resorts 115,000 Annual holidaymakers staying at UK resorts 630,000 Average annual sales volume: * UK...
2002 Worldwide Timeshare Statistics
The figures below have been kindly provided by Ragatz Associates, a business unit of RCI, and are extracted from their “Resort Timesharing Worldwide: 2003 Edition Summary Report”. Worldwide $9.4 billion timeshare sales in 2002 6.7 million households own the rights to about 10.7 million timeshare weeks 5,425 timeshare resorts, of which around 25% are situated in Europe North America hosts 31% of resorts, Latin America 16% (where Mexico leads with 40% in the region). Rapidly emerging Asia offers 14%, led by Japan, but with Thailand and India increasingly prominent. ...
The European Timeshare Industry 2008
Key Findings for 2007 General characteristics of the timeshare industry in Europe In 2007 1.5 million European households owned timeshare. The UK and Ireland form the largest market having 589,653 timeshare owners, followed by Germany and Italy. Most resorts are concentrated in Spain, with 26.3% of the total, 14.94% in Italy and 11.05% in the UK & Ireland There were a total of 1,312 resorts in Europe. The total number of units in European resorts is 73,540, resulting in 67,590 million bed nights. ...
Cruise Industry Overview 2008
Cruise Industry Overview 2008 12.6 Million passengers (worldwide) took a cruise in 2007 with 12.8 Million passengers estimated for 2008 Cruise Industry is the fastest growing category in the travel industry with an annual passenger growth rate of 8% p.a. The average length of a cruise is 7 days Utilization is constantly over 100% 35 new state of the art ships are contracted or planned to be added through 2012. This is an investment of a staggering USD 21 Billion 95% satisfaction...