Published Every Saturday. A CONTROLLING DECISION: This is big news. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down a decision that is likely to reverberate within the timeshare industry throughout the states in its jurisdiction. That’s even though the case in point has nothing to do with timesharing. (Read More)

Published Every Saturday. BUDDY CAN YA SPARE A DIME? Good old CFI/Westgate is in trouble again.

It hasn’t been a good year for David Siegel and the gang. The economic Big Bang hit them so hard they were forced to put a lot of assets up for sale (including Siegel’s unfinished mansion and the timeshare project across from Disneyland) to raise money. (Read More)

Published Every Saturday. DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AWARD: Considering the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the upcoming 9th anniversary of 9/11 and of course the anniversary today of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech, this week’s stinker just has to be that sanctimonious twit we all know and love Glenn Beck, who will be helping his faithful audience of beckerheads “take our country back” and “restore honor” today at the Lincoln Memorial. Read More…

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: August 27, 2010 — Industry studies over many decades suggest that about 85% of TS owners using their time vacationing at their home resort or globe trotting to exotic destinations worldwide are ‘happy-campers’ so I was a little perplexed to learn that is not the case for owners who hail from Saudi Arabia. [Read More...]

Published Every Saturday. DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AWARD: This week’s stinker is yet another timeshare resale firm operating out of Palm Beach County, FL. State agencies have received more than 10,000 complaints about scores of timeshare resale firms in the past three years, making it the No. 1 complaint to a fraud hotline. Ten of 17 companies subpoenaed by the Attorney General’s office in March were based in Palm Beach County. Read More…

Published Every Saturday. AND THE WINNERS ARE: The Australian Timeshare and Holiday Ownership Council (ATHOC), the representative body for the Australian Timeshare Industry, recently held its 19th annual National Industry Awards night, at a gala dinner designed to recognize the best of the best in each Member Company’s employees. The big winner of the night was Accor Vacation Club, taking five of the night’s major awards for Marketing, Innovation and Sales Team among others. Read More…

July 31, 2010: DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AWARD: Convicted timeshare fraudster Gary Leigh was killed around 9:00am July 24 when he was hit by a car in Marbella, Spain. Leigh, who conned thousands of people out of their fortunes, died on the spot of severe cardiac arrest while cycling on the A-7 in Marbella. In an ironic twist, Leigh managed to involuntarily create one last mess for vacationers: The accident caused a massive traffic jam with many day-trippers stuck in traffic until late in the afternoon when the highway was finally cleared. Read More…

July 24, 2010: DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AWARD: Timeshare resale fraud. Does it never end? Apparently not, if recent headlines from all over the country are any indication. This has been a problem for years, but with the current economic conditions impelling a swelling (nice alliteration, yeah?) of the ranks of timeshare owners who want/need to sell, the skunks have come out in full force to stink the place up. Read More…

Published every Saturday. On the Menu This Week: Who’s doing what to who, and where and when, and why should you care? Who’s getting BIGGER, who’s getting screwed, who’s in a money crunch, who’s been promoted or moved, and MORE! And most important, who won the Dead Skunk Award this week? Got some roadkill you’d like to toss on the grill? Send it on in…

Published every Saturday. On the Menu This Week: Who’s doing what to who, and where and when, and why should you care? Who’s getting BIGGER, who’s getting screwed, who’s in a money crunch, who’s been promoted or moved, and MORE! And most important, who won the Dead Skunk Award this week? Got some roadkill you’d like to toss on the grill? Send it on in…