TERMS OF USE
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE
The owner (“we”, our”, “us”, “Company”) maintains this website (“Website”) for informational purposes only. For information about the Company, read the About Us page. Please read this agreement carefully before using the Website. Any person who uses, or makes decisions based on information contained in this Website (“you”, “your”, “User”) does so at their own risk. Access to this Website is subject to the terms and conditions set forth below (“Terms of Use”) including, without limitation, the Disclaimer and Privacy Policy sections. Your use of the Website signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to comply with this Terms of Use, please do not use the Website.
The Company reserves the right to make changes in the programs, policies, products and services described in this Website at any time without notice. If you do not agree with any change or modification to these Terms of Use, then you should stop using the Website. Your continued use of the Website will signify your acceptance of any change to the Terms of Use.
By accessing this Website, you agree to hold the Company and its affiliates harmless against any claims for damages arising from any decisions that you make based on such information (see Disclaimer). The following terms apply if applicable to the transaction, if any, that you enter into with the Company.
ALL USERS
Privacy Policy. Your use of the Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. That policy explains how The Company treats your personal information and protects your privacy when you access the Website and use the Service. Your acceptance of these Terms of Use is also your consent to the information practices in our Privacy Policy. By using the Website—submitting your phone number to us or calling us—you consent and agree to have all calls between you and the Company, whether incoming or outgoing, recorded.
Provider. The Company provides an online service to you and other Users and is not responsible for the content that any of the Users provide. You are responsible for the information that you provide through the Website, and by posting information on the Website, you are representing it to be true.
Terms. You agree that the term Buyer applies to you if you use the Website to inquire about buying a timeshare including the right to use such timeshare on a permanent basis OR are inquiring about renting a timeshare or making use of a timeshare for a particular stay.
You agree that the term Seller applies to you if you use the Website to offer a timeshare for sale OR for rent including leasing your right to use the timeshare.
You agree that the Company is an “Information Content Provider” under 47 U.S. Code § 230.
“Timeshare” or “timeshare” means the right to stay or use a real property that would be commonly called a hotel or condominium on a periodic basis, whether that right is through a deed, a membership agreement, a lease, or other contractual agreement providing you that right.
No Cooling Off Period. You understand and acknowledge that the Federal Trade Commission’s 3-day Cooling-Off Rule regarding cancellations of sales made at homes or at certain other locations does not apply to the transactions conducted through this Website.
BUYERS
Searchable Marketplace. The Company provides a searchable marketplace where you can research and identify timeshares that Sellers have offered. You agree not to take any action towards your travel plans until you have received confirmation that you are the owner, or have a confirmed right to use the timeshare; however, in any case you agree that the Seller is responsible for such confirmation and you will hold the Company harmless for any loss you may suffer as a result of your inability to use a timeshare advertised by a Seller on the Website.
Disclaimers. We do not recommend, endorse or guarantee any timeshare presented on the Website. We assume no responsibility, and are not liable, for the condition of any timeshare presented on the Website.
Timeshare Description. We do not verify or investigate any timeshare, and we make no guarantee, explicit or implied, as to whether the description of a timeshare presented is correct and accurate. The descriptions and text presented on the Website regarding any property is presented “as is,” as an advertisement submitted to us by the Seller. You agree that the Sellers are solely responsible for the accuracy of the description of their timeshare.
Safety. We do not guarantee the safety or security of any timeshare location. We recommend that before purchasing, renting, or traveling to any vacation destination, that Buyers verify the level of risk by consulting newspapers, online sources, and travel and safety advisories issued by the U.S. Government and published at www.state.gov, www.cdc.gov, and other government resources.
Contact Information: By making an inquiry through the use of this website, you are providing express permission and intent that we may share your contact information with Timeshare Broker Services and/or their agents to act in a transactional broker relationship pursuant to §475.278 Florida Statutes in order to help facilitate the transaction and provide you some privacy protection as defined within that Statute. If you don’t want to receive assistance from a TBS agent and you desire for us to share all of your personal information directly with the other party, please respond to any email from us indicating that is your intention. You agree that you have given us express permission and intent to provide the Seller and/or their assigns/agents with the contact information that you provide to us in order for them to contact you and discuss the proposed transaction, negotiate terms, enter into a contract, etc. If you contact a buyer directly, you agree that we are not responsible to qualify potential buyers in any way and that we are not responsible to assist the transaction, nor for any outcome or loss from a proposed transaction. For your protection, we recommend you use Timeshare Closing Services, a licensed and bonded title company, and we may have provided you a credit towards their services to protect you from companies that charge up front fees without delivering a buyer.
ALL SELLERS – GENERAL TERMS
No Specific Buyer Identified. Although your timeshare(s) will be exposed to potential buyers as a result of using our Website, The Company has not identified a specific buyer at the present time.
DISCLOSURES
Florida: If you or your timeshare are subject to Florida Law, we provide the following disclosures pursuant to Florida Statute §721.205, THEREFORE you, The User, agree and understand that:
(i) Upon the sale of a timeshare, additional cost to third parties over which we have no control may be due including resort transfer fees, title fees and costs, government recording fees and taxes. §721.205 (1)(a)1 and 2, F.S.
(ii) We recommend Users utilize a licensed title agency to administer the closing of a timeshare to avoid falling victim to fraud or excessive demands by a third party.
(iii) The owner of the timeshare remains obligated for all fees and costs associated with the timeshare payable to any owner association, finance company or other provider with whom the owner has contracted. §721.205(1)(a)1 and 2, F.S.
(iv) Neither we, the Website, nor our agents have stated or implied that we will provide direct sales or resale brokerage services other than the advertising of theTimeshare Ownership(s) for sale or rent by User. §721.205(2)(a), F.S. (except as identified below if you select Assisted Listing services)
(v) Neither we, the Website, nor our agents have stated or implied, directly or indirectly, that we have already identified a person interested in buying or renting the timeshare resale interest. §721.205(2)(b), F.S.
(vi) All information regarding results from using our services are documented on the Website; therefore, neither we, the Website, nor our agents have stated or implied,directly or indirectly, that sales or rentals have been achieved or generated as a result of its advertising services without providing documentation substantiating the statement. §721.205(2)(c), F.S.
(vii) Neither we, the Website, nor our agents have stated or implied that the timeshare has a specific resale value. §721.205(2)(d), F.S.
(viii) We have not charged your credit card or received any compensation for resale advertising services prior to your agreeing to a written Agreement, which can be signified with an electronic signature including the digital recording of your verbal approval. §721.205(2)(e) and (f), F.S.
All States: If you are subject to the law of another jurisdiction, we make the following disclosures. THEREFORE you, the User, agree and understand that:
(i) Your resort, and in some cases governmental agencies, will charge fees in order to document the sale of your timeshare, we have no control over these fees.
(ii) You should utilize a licensed title agency to administer the closing of a timeshare to avoid falling victim to fraud or excessive demands by a third party.
(iii) You need to keep paying maintenance fees, mortgages, and other obligations related to your timeshare.
(v) We do not have a current buyer and have not identified a person interested in buying or renting your timeshare.
(vi) All information regarding results from using our services are documented on the Website.
(vii) We do not provide appraisals or otherwise specify that your timeshare has a specific resale value.
(viii) We will only charge your credit card after you have approved us to do so in writing, including the digital recording of your verbal approval using an electronicsignature on the Website.
You understand that the term “Written Agreement” includes electronic signature and recorded verbal agreements in Florida, other states, and Federal Law.
You understand that the period to sell your timeshare and the sales price is determined by market conditions, and the size, location, resort, amenities, and week that you desire to sell. Therefore, you agree that the subscription term is for 1 month. Your subscription will automatically renew at no cost to you for subsequent months until you contact us to remove your property from the website or the subscription has automatically renewed for at least 12 months, after which we may remove your property if there is no response to our or Buyers’ inquiries on your property at our exclusive discretion or as otherwise provided in your subscription agreement. The Company does not go to your resort to show your property. All our services are provided online. We have not promised you, the Seller, that your timeshare will sell within any specific period of time. In the event you enter into an agreement with the Company or its affiliates, the terms of that agreement will supersede the Terms of Use.
The Company utilizes various advertising techniques, media and internet optimizations to attract Buyers/Renters to the Website or invite them to contact us directly for information. We do not specifically advertise your Timeshare at any timeshare resort or make visits to any timeshare resort as part of our services. Your Timeshare is presented through the Website only.
You grant to us a license to use all information and descriptions submitted by you regarding your timeshare, and give us ownership to all such information and copyrightable works in order to enforce the Rights and Licenses in the Website. You grant us the right to update, correct and/or modify outdated or discovered misinformation.
SELLERS – FOR SALE BY OWNER (“FSBO SELLER”)
The Company will forward all inquiries about your Timeshare directly to you, and you then negotiate the sale/rental of your Timeshare without further involvement of The Company.
You agree that you have read and understand the different options available to you as a FSBO Seller at the time that you purchased your subscription to the services provided by the Company. We agree to provide the level of benefits that are applicable to the services that you purchase.
Our staff will assist potential Buyers in using the Website but are not your agents and will not steer or direct potential Buyers to a specific Seller’s timeshare.
You, as a FSBO Seller, understand that you are solely responsible for contacting potential Buyers, negotiating with them, and entering into a contract without any involvement of The Company. We recommend that you use a licensed bonded title company to perform the closing of any contract and urge you to call us for a recommendation. Furthermore, you understand that most Buyers make inquiries on multiple timeshares and that we forward all inquiries to every Seller, and that it is your responsibility to respond in a timely manner, and that we have no control over which timeshare or from which Seller a Buyer chooses. Repeated failure to respond to Buyer inquiries may result in the FSBO advertisement being made inactive at the sole discretion of the Company.
SELLERS – ASSISTED LISTING (“REPRESENTED SELLER”)
If you choose to use our Assisted Listing services, you understand that we are providing the services to advertise your timeshare only, and that you as a Represented Seller will enter into an agreement at the times that you purchase services with a Vacation Ownership Brokerage, LLC or Vacation Ownership Brokerage of New Hampshire, LLC, as applicable, both of whom do business as “Timeshare Broker Services” and that those services are of a transactional broker unless other described in the purchase and/or representation agreement signed by you and them.
We will forward all inquiries about your timeshare to Timeshare Broker Services to be handled by them. They will assist you to negotiate the sale/rental of your Timeshare without further involvement of The Company. You give us permission and have the specific intent when providing us contact information for us to provide that information to Timeshare Broker Services in order to contact you. The term “Broker” on this Website may be used to describe the services offered by a licensed real estate professional under the direction of a licensed broker and not those directly handled by a broker.
We recommend that you use a licensed bonded title company to perform the closing of any contract and urge you to call us for a recommendation. Furthermore, you understand that most Buyers make inquiries on multiple timeshares and that we forward all your inquiries to Timeshare Broker Services; however, we have no control over which timeshare or from which Seller a Buyer chooses.
DISCLAIMER NO WARRANTIES
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IT DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE FROM ERRORS, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. IT DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR AND DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE INTERPRETATION OR RESULTS OF THE USE OF MATERIALS IN THIS WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US THROUGH THE SITE OR OTHERWISE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT. ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY VIRUSES CONTAINED WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC FILE CONTAINING A FORM OR DOCUMENT IS DISCLAIMED.
RIGHTS AND LICENSES IN THE WEBSITE
The Company grants you a limited, personal, nontransferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Website only as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use. Except for this limited license, we do not grant you any other rights or license with respect to this Website; any rights or license not expressly granted herein are reserved. The Company reserves the right to prohibit commercial use of the Website and you agree that the Company in its sole discretion can determine what commercial use is. If the company determines the use of the Website is commercial use, you agree and understand that you will not be entitled to a refund.
Modification or Use of any material from this Website or use for any other purpose is a violation of our copyright and other proprietary rights. Use of any such material from this Website, including aggregating information from the Website for distribution on any other Website or computer environment is prohibited, and you, any User, Buyer or Seller, agree that, in addition to all remedies we may have, we have the right to seek a temporary or permanent injunction on an ex parte motion to the court to stop or prevent further violations of this restriction and agree that the court may enter such a decision against you.
All content is protected under the copyright and intellectual property laws of the United States and other countries.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY & INDEMNIFICATION
Under no circumstances shall We or any affiliated company be liable for any damages, direct, special, incidental, consequential, punitive or exemplary or otherwise, that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this Website, even if you or a your authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. This Website is operated by us within the United States of America; as such these Terms of Use shall be governed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any part of these Terms of Use void or unenforceable, the remainder should be enforced and the court should use its authority to amend it in order to fulfill the stated purposes of these Terms of Use to the fullest extent permitted by law.
You agree to indemnify and hold The Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners, and licensors harmless from any claim or demand including reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by The Company or others (i) due to information you: submit, post, or otherwise make available through the Website; (ii) your use of the Website or any other Company service; (iii) your breach of any warranties or other provision of these Terms of Use; or (iv) your violation of any rights of another user of the Website.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Copyrights are held by their respective owners. All the text, graphics, audio, design, software, and other works are the copyrighted works of The Company. All Rights Reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of any materials herein is strictly prohibited.
Timeshare resorts may be referenced on this Website; however, the Company is not affiliated with or the owner of any trademarks or other marketing information used to identify the timeshare property owned by a Seller or Represented Seller. Such marks are only used to assist Buyers in correctly identifying the property being advertised and such use is solely for the purpose of preventing confusion between the different timeshare properties. Furthermore, Owners of the Timeshare which are shown on this Website grant the Website permission and the right to act as they would regarding the use of any trademarks in order to correctly identify the Timeshare and limit the use to the words describing the Timeshare and not any symbols or logos for the timeshare or timeshare resort.
PRIVACY POLICY
We have adopted our Privacy Policy to protect you, our valued customer. By visiting this Website or submitting an offer on this Website, you are accepting the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy and that the information you are providing, and/or have provided us in the past, will be managed by us as described in this Privacy Policy.
INTRODUCTION
This Website is independently owned and operated. The following describes the privacy policy (as amended or otherwise changed from time to time, the “Privacy Policy” applicable to the services available through the Company Website. Certain services that you may access on this Website are provided by our third party partners. Protection of your information relating to such services will be governed by the privacy policy of such third party. By visiting this Website, you are accepting the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy set forth herein. For information about the Company read the About Us page.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
With our services, The Company is proud to be a leader in the field of electronic commerce and a true innovator in the way people buy and sell timeshares.
We value your trust in us and will work hard to earn your confidence so that you can enthusiastically use our services and recommend us to your friends and family.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) about you that you specifically and voluntarily provide to us while using the Website. Personal Data includes information that can identify you as a specific individual, such as your name, address, phone number, credit card number or e-mail address.
PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The Personal Data you provide us is saved in a secure environment and is kept in our records to make it easier for you to use our services on return visits. Information collected by The Company is stored in a single, secure database, accessible only by us. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information, we will employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies. The Company has created a secure environment for credit card transactions.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We use the Personal Data we collect to provide you with the products and services you purchase or offer to purchase from our Website, and to build features that will make the services available on the Website easier to use. This includes faster purchase requests, better customer support and timely notice of our services and special offers. From time to time, we may contact you to request feedback on your experience using the Website, to assist us in improving the Website, or to offer special savings or promotions to you, as a Website user. If you would prefer not to receive notices of special savings or promotions, you may simply opt-out from receiving those by replying to the hyperlink provided in these notices. At its sole discretion, the Company may use your feedback regarding its services in marketing materials and may attribute them to you without revealing your full name or contact information.
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Services: Many of the services we provide you require that we share information with buyers/sellers/agents/brokers/etc.—you agree that we may share this information in order to provide the services promised to you to these persons and to affiliated and subsidiaries of the Company as needed to perform the services.
Agents: Many of the operations we perform require us to hire other companies to help us with these tasks. For example, The Company hires other companies to help us handle mail and e-mail (including sending and delivering packages, postal mail and e-mail), analyze the data we collect, market our products and services, handle credit card transactions and provide customer service. The companies we employ to help us with these tasks have access to Personal Data to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. Also, we require all agents to whom Personal Data is disclosed to enter into confidentiality agreements to protect your Personal Data.
Advertisements, Marketing Material and Other Offers: Unless you tell us that you do not want to receive these offers, The Company will occasionally send advertisements, marketing material or other offers on behalf of other businesses that we think might be of interest to you. This material is sent by the Company, and we do not give that other business your name or address. If you do not want to receive these advertisements, marketing material or other offers, please notify us to unsubscribe.
Future Business Transfers: Our business is constantly changing. As part of that process, The Company may sell or buy other companies and Personal Data may be transferred as part of these transactions. It is also possible that The Company, or substantially all of its assets, may be acquired by another company, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, and Personal Data may be transferred as part of such a transaction.
Compliance with Law and Protection of The Company: The Company reserves the right to release Personal Data in order to comply with the law. We may also release Personal Data to enforce or apply the terms and conditions applicable to our products and services, or protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users, or others.
Consent: If none of the categories described above apply, we will notify you to obtain your consent if we believe it is necessary and appropriate to share your Personal Data with someone else. You will have the right to tell us not to share your Personal Data.
OUR POLICY CONCERNING COOKIES
To serve you faster and with better quality, we use “cookies” technology. Cookies are small bits of code, usually stored on a user’s computer hard drive, which enable a Website to “personalize” itself for each user. We use cookies to reduce the time it takes for you to submit requests. No third party has access to the information we collect this way, but if you’d rather we didn’t use cookies when you visit us, notify us and we will help you turn them off.
We also use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our Website. The company may use information (not including your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to our and other Websites, in combination with non-personally identifiable information about your purchases and interests from other online and offline sources, in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. In addition, we share Website usage information about visitors to our Websites with this company for the purpose of managing and targeting advertisements and for market research analysis on our Website and other sites. For these purposes, we and our third-party advertising company may note some of the pages you visit on our Website through the use of pixel tags (also called clear gifs).
We also permit other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages to place and access cookies on your computer. Other companies’ use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not ours. Such advertisers do not have access to our cookies.
HOW YOU CAN ACCESS OR CHANGE YOUR PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
We understand that you may want to change or access your Personal Data. You may do so by accessing your account. To protect your privacy and security, we will verify your identity before granting access or making changes to your personally-identifying information. If you have registered your profile on any of the services available on our Website, your e-mail address and password are required in order to access your account information.
AMENDMENTS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Company reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy without notice at any time and for any reason at its sole discretion.
A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN
Persons under the age of 18 are not eligible to use any services on our Website and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you know we have collected information about a child under age 13, please notify us immediately. If we learn from any source that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible, and you agree that you have no claim to recover that information.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
We do not disclose your Personal Information or information about your use of Website (such as the areas you visit or the services you access) to anyone, except in the following situations:
To third parties if you consent to such disclosure or if such disclosure is necessary for you to receive the Services you want. For example, if you wish to be contacted via e-mail by potential buyers or renters of your Timeshare, we send your e-mail address to these third parties only. We do not give out names, addresses, or phone numbers. If you are reserving a Timeshare at a resort, we may provide your Personal Information to the resort. We cannot monitor and have no control over the use of your Personal Information by such third parties, whether individuals or companies such as resorts.
To Website employees, contractors, and affiliates who we believe need that access in order to do their jobs and to provide products and services to you.Many of the services we perform require us to hire others to help us with certain tasks. For example, Website hires companies to help us handle the delivery of information to you, including sending and delivering packages, postal mail and e-mail. We may also work with contractors who help us analyze the data we collect, market our products and services, and improve the Website to serve you better. The companies we employ to assist us with these tasks have access to Personal Information to perform their functions, but are not permitted to use Personal Information for any other purposes. Both Website employees and the third parties with whom we contract are required to sign confidentiality agreements that forbid the use of Personal Information other than for purposes of performing their work for Website.
To outside credit card processing companies and bank check processing companies. These companies do not retain, share, store, or use Personal Information for any purposes other than to support the Website in providing our Services and to support you in purchasing Services.
For legal and safety purposes, (a) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or if needed to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; (b) if requested to do so by a governmental entity; or (c) if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to prevent a crime, protect national security, or protect the personal safety of users or the public.
We may transfer information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger,consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.
HOW TO CONTACT US
Should you have any questions, concerns or comments, please contact us via the information found here or read the About Us page.