Sharket.com Compiles Top 25 Timeshare Resorts Based on Resale Data

CELEBRATION, Fla.--()--Sharket.com, the timeshare market research website, has compiled a first-of-its-kind “Top 25 Timeshare Resorts” list. The list ranks how well timeshares at specific resorts perform on the secondary market.

Sharket has created an extensive database providing timeshare resale transaction data for more than 1,400 resorts. This information provides timeshare owners with the comprehensive timeshare resale data they need to make an informed decision about how to price their timeshare unit, or whether to buy at a resort they’re considering.

As part of this service, Sharket measures, scores and ranks the world’s timeshare resorts based on resale volume and typical pricing at each resort. This “Saleability Score™” is calculated as the sum of a Median Price Score and a Sales Count Score at each resort, with a score of 1 being the lowest (worst) and 10 being the highest (best).

The Disney Vacation Club is the big winner. Of the more than 1,400 resorts reporting sales in the Sharket database, only eight earned a perfect 10 Saleability Score, and seven of them are Disney Vacation Club resorts. The other resort with a perfect 10 is a Hilton Grand Vacations Club resort.

“Disney Vacation Club timeshares enjoy a high number of sales and high median prices compared to other resorts,” says Bob Schmidt, Sharket’s Chief Data Officer. “Disney resorts are not actually the priciest timeshares – in the top 25 that honor goes to the Westin Ka’anapali in Hawaii - but the Disney resorts have a much higher number of resales. Disney’s Saratoga Springs for example chalks up an incredible 882 resales on an annualized basis, with more than 16 resales occurring every week on average.”

Some highlights include:

  • Disney Vacation Club resorts take all of the top seven rankings, eight of the top ten, and nine of the top 25.
  • Two Marriott Vacation Club resorts appear in the top 10, and seven of the top 25. Hilton Grand Vacations Club resorts appear once in the top 10 and seven times in the top 25.
  • Geographically speaking, Orlando area resorts dominate, appearing nine times in the top 25, while 15 of the top 25 are located in Florida.
  • Hawaii resorts appear seven times.

Note that while the Westin Ka’anapali North and South are two different construction phases of the same resort, Sharket tallies them separately on the resale market due to differences in floor plans and views. Kaanapali North has far more ocean front and ocean view units than Ka’anapali South and therefore commands a higher price. However both appear in the top 25.

The complete Sharket Top 25 Timeshare Resales list is available below.

Sharket.com

Top 25 Timeshare Resorts

April 2015

Resort
Rank
      Resort Name       City       Typical
Price
      Sales
Count
      Typical
Price
Score
      Sales
Count
Score
      Saleability
Score
   
1       Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa       Lake Buena Vista       $11,200       882       5       5       10
2       Disney's Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort       Lake Buena Vista       $15,600       408       5       5       10
3       Disney's Old Key West Resort       Lake Buena Vista       $12,400       388       5       5       10
4       Disney's Boardwalk Villas       Lake Buena Vista       $12,600       320       5       5       10
5       Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas       Lake Buena Vista       $11,700       315       5       5       10
6       Disney's Beach Club Villas       Lake Buena Vista       $13,000       231       5       5       10
7       Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge       Lake Buena Vista       $11,800       256       5       5       10
8       Hilton Grand Vacations Club Eagle's Nest Beach Resort       Marco Island       $5,000       216       5       5       10
9       Marriott's Grande Vista       Orlando       $4,500       309       4       5       9
10       Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club       Oahu       $10,530       116       5       4       9
11       The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa       Anaheim       $17,640       100       5       4       9
12       Marriott's Maui Ocean Club       Maui       $6,945       175       5       4       9
13       Hilton Grand Vacations Club the Charter Club of Marco Beach       Marco Island       $7,500       118       5       4       9
14       Disney's Vero Beach Resort       Vero Beach       $6,600       158       5       4       9
15       Marriott's Timber Lodge       South Lake Tahoe       $5,500       124       5       4       9
16       Marriott's Kauai Beach Club       Kauai       $5,700       132       5       4       9
17       Marriott's Newport Coast Villas       Newport Coast       $7,000       110       5       4       9
18       The Westin Ka‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas       Lahaina       $16,500       99       5       3       8
19       The Westin Ka‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas North       Lahaina       $21,000       74       5       3       8
20      

Casa Ybel Beach and Racquet Club (Hilton managed)

      Sanibel       $13,250       76       5       3       8
21      

Tortuga Beach Club Resort (Hilton managed)

      Sanibel       $10,000       80       5       3       8
22       Hilton Grand Vacations Club at Hilton Hawaiian Village the Lagoon Tower       Honolulu       $20,750       51       5       3       8
23      

Plantation Beach Club at South Seas Resort (Hilton managed)

      Captiva Island       $12,000       72       5       3       8
24       Hilton Grand Vacations Club at Seaworld International Center       Orlando       $3,500       216       3       5       8
25       Marriott's Waiohai Beach Club       Kauai       $9,200       97       5       3       8

Based on actual timeshare resales transactions and median price on an annualized basis during the reporting period of January 2013 – July 2014

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Contacts

Sharket.com
Bob Schmidt, 407-329-3470
news@sharket.com

Release Summary

Sharket.com, the timeshare market research website, has compiled a first-of-its-kind “Top 25 Timeshare Resorts” list that shows how well timeshares at specific resorts perform on the resale market.

Contacts

Sharket.com
Bob Schmidt, 407-329-3470
news@sharket.com