How It Works
How the Program Works
STEP 1
We agree to rent your points for a certain amount according to who you own with. You then sign the contract and give us your developer log in credentials. We then put you on our list.
STEP 2
Once your name comes up in rotation they team will notify you that they are starting to use your points. We handle everything for you there is nothing you need to do but cash the check.
STEP 3
We book your points on various different reservations for guests of 1-3 nights + and you will receive your check on the next payout cycle. You typically will have been paid in full before any guest checks in to your unit.
STEP 4
You are done for that year! You can let us know anytime if you have any points big or small that you would like to rent out and we will get it done for you on any year you want.
THAT'S IT!
Frequently Ask Questions
Am I Responsible If The Renter Damages Something In The Room?
While it is quite possible that somebody could damage something when they check in they put their credit card down so if there’s damage done to the room it’s charged to them not to you. Just like when you check in they are required to put their credit card down still even if they’re booked on your ownership. We done over 10,000 rentals and never had a problem, but I am sure in someway you could potential he be responsible buried deep in your paperwork if it ever went to court. If you’re extra worried about it we could take $50 out of each rental and buy you a damage policy to make you feel better however we do not believe it is necessary but it is up to you. Simply let us know how you would like to handle that and we will proceed accordingly. Many of they sites we use offer a $1 million dollar host protection guarantee as well that would cover any problems you could encounter.
What Happens If The Points Don't Get Rented?
We will only send you the contract and pay you when we are ready for it. If those points don’t rent you will have already been paid so you wouldn’t need to worry about that. There are some instances where we don’t pay for them totally upfront such as if they expire within 60-90 days but we will notify you of that ahead of time.
Do I Have To Rent Them To You Every Year?
We do our contracts on a year-by-year basis and you were never under any obligation to continue renting through us.
Do I Have To Pay Taxes On The Rental Income?
This is not financial advice and we are not accountants but typically the rule is you can rent up to 14 days of your second home tax free. We highly recommend you get a CPA to help you with your taxes as there are plenty of ways you shouldn’t have to pay any on a small amount of rentals. If we pay you out more than $20,000 we do need to 1099 you by law. One creative idea we tell people to do is setup a business by getting an LLC or just a business license for renting out their timeshares. Then it allows you to take a lot of tax deductions that are normally not available to you simply because you have a business setup.
You can take a home office deduction which is up to 20% of your mortgage or rent payment, phone, 20% of all utilities like water, power and gas. This single step alone could allow you to take $5-$20k+ in tax deductions plus allow you to write off the cost of your maintenance fees and depreciate what you paid for your timeshare in some cases. We recommend the book How to Lower Your Taxes by Sandy Botkin for the current year to ensure you stay within the IRS guidelines and always find a good CPA who deals with business owners and 10-99 employees. We highly recommend not to use major chains like H&R Block or the like as you will not get everything done you are looking for.
These tax deductions can then be applied to your Your regular work income and/or capital gains taxes. So if you have $150,000 household income and you’re in the 28% tax bracket approximately, you could take say 15,000 and tax deductions or more which would give you an actual cash value back of ~$4200 at tax refund time and it is all perfectly legal!
You Have To Log Into My Account To Make The Reservations Are You Sure That Is Safe?
In order to get your points rented we do need access to your account as that is the only way to rent out your points if they are not transferable. There is only a couple of company’s that still have a procedure where you can transfer points from one owner to another, but most do not.
We input your login information into a special software where no one can see the login details but they can still access your account. We only let our managers do the login accounts to ensure safety for everyone and there isn’t really much information in your account besides contact information as most CC numbers are still blocked out. Because of the volume of business we do and the timeliness of the transactions with availability we cannot in most cases have you book the reservations and then send them to us.
If you are worried about us using your account that is fine we give you one opportunity to make the bookings yourself however you must be able to get the booking back to us within two hours of us texting you Monday through Friday 7 AM to 6 PM Eastern standard time at any time during the day. Then depending upon how many points you have you could have a myriad of transactions from 3 to 50 or more. Each transaction takes some time as you need to remove your email address, your phone number, make the booking and then forward the confirmation letter on to us. This can be extremely difficult for most people and if you missed the timeline even one time we will be forced to remove you from the program. We have tried this too many times with owners and unfortunately they just take way too long to get back to us and it affects our entire business. If you are willing to do that though then we most definitely we can have you make the transactions and forward them on to us. Also if there are any fees in addition such as housekeeping fees, guest name certificates and or taxes we will include that payment on top of whatever price we are paying you per point.
What If I Get Calls From The Resorts About My Guests Checking-In?
Many resorts have sales and marketing teams that contact owners before their reservation to try to book them on a timeshare presentation. When you’re renting two different people we just recommend that you tell them that your friend is staying or your guest and to just get them the best view they can. Ultimately they’re just trying to book them on a timeshare presentation so we recommend you don’t even need to answer the phone.
When Do I Get Paid From My Rentals?
Option 1: Points rental-
We pay certain developers Different ways but for the most part once we send you the contract and we verify your login credentials to your developer we will send your payment before we start using the points. On some developers we pay you as we go every two weeks such as Marriott which is typically all of your points your getting paid on.
Is It Against The Rules To Rent My Timeshare?
Every time sure is different so we recommend you call your developer first to make sure it is available with your program for 95% of them it is perfectly fine to rent out your timeshare and is part of the benefits that you have. There are programs you cannot rent out that people think of as timeshares but they are not. These include : Vacation Clubs, RCI Points, II Points, Weeks of exchange through the exchange companies and some resorts that are sold as points only programs with no deeds.
In those instances if it is not allowed in the rules we would not be able to help you. It is not to say you cant rent them the ‘Friends’ and ‘Family’ on your own and still make money it is just we do not handle that as we stay with in our Stoic philosophy of doing everything with honesty and integrity and following the rules.
ABOUT US
Our company started about six years ago just as a way for us to make extra income with our timeshare points to pay for things like essential oils on months I didn't make a lot of commission. So we tried a strategy to rent out our points by just listing some of the resorts in our Marriott group and listing them on the top platforms. This strategy became an instant success as people go at the times they wanted and not at a specific time we had booked.
The Timeshare rental industry traditionally has been to pre-book a week at your resort and list on Redweek or some other timeshare rental website like the Timeshare Users Group website. This has worked well for many people and for many years. What I found is that it is a little more difficult to rent out to pre-booked reservations for a variety of reasons. It is typically difficult because you have to book six months or more in advance and you are depending upon someone who will take those exact dates. It is also difficult as many people cancel and depending upon your cancellation policy with your developer this could cause you to simply lose your points if the guest cancels and you didn't set it up correctly.
This strategy of just renting the points allowed us to list nearly any timeshare resort on any system in any size of room and to be able to rent the units out for less than the developers do online. The only downside is, most resorts rent their units out online for almost the same cost as you pay in maintenance fees, which doesn’t give us a huge spread for profit.
For example, you could go to marriott.com and book a 2bd condo online at the Marriott Grand Vista for $280 a night plus tax. If you book it with your timeshare, it will be 400 points a night and at $0.61 per point means you pay $244 per year in maintenance fees on that number of points. It is not always like that and sometimes you can get that same room for the same number of points when they are renting it for $500 per night, but a majority of the time it is not like that.
RENT YOUR POINTS THROUGH US!
Now, different resort groups have better value propositions than others, but for the most part, most timeshare rooms can be rented besides peak times for close to what you pay in maintenance fees. So our solution was to list all of the resorts within a developer group, such as Wyndham, Worldmark, Marriott, Westin, and Bluegreen for every day of the year for less than you could book online by utilizing timeshare owners points!
Renting your points through us is not the best way to make the most amount of money. However, it is a guaranteed way to get rid of your points and recoup your maintenance fees plus some in many cases. So, as long as your not looking to get rich or make a ton of money, you now have a guaranteed way to monetize your timeshare points when not in use and for more cash value, then your developer gives you for cruises and other things like airline tickets, tour packages, resort items and the like.
