Ritz Carlton private residence club (timeshare) has now announced expansion into the Bahamas with a new Caribbean timeshare resort at The Abaco Club on Winding Bay.

The Abaco Club is a fractional ownership resort that is part of the Ritz-Carlton Club and will be a Ritz-Carlton managed resort. The Ritz Carlton timeshare program is structured in three tiers called: Select Membership; Preferred Membership; and Premium Membership. The three tiers represent ownership of timeshare points in the amounts of 500 points; 1,000; and 1,500. In a press release issued last week by Ritz Carlton, the company explained the value of the points like this: “For instance, a Member could elect to spend 14 nights (1,190 points) in a cliff-side cottage with the family to escape the winter chill, seven nights (280 points) in a similar cottage in summer while the kids are on vacation and four nights (30 points) in a cabana in the fall for a romantic getaway.”

Ritz Carlton Caribbean Timeshare

Pre sales on new vacation ownership at The Abaco Club on Winding Bay are already available and start at $110,000. Spokespersons for the company say that owning a fractional through the Ritz-Carlton Club affords members a carefree homeowner experience with the luxury of a dedicated staff to assist them.

Timeshare occupancy is planned for December 2008, with the Caribbean timeshare resort ultimately offering 16 homes for deeded fractional ownership. Special services include pre-stocking the kitchen with the timeshare owner’s favorite foods before his arrival; storage of personal items; concierge service; assistance with travel arrangements; twice daily housekeeping, and much more.

If you are interested in learning more about becoming at Ritz Carlton timeshare owner, by buying timeshare resales at excellent prices, you will be interested vacation ownership at the following resorts:

• Ritz-Carlton Club Bachelor Gulch Resales
• Ritz-Carlton Club St. Thomas Resales
• Ritz-Carlton Club St. Thomas Rentals
• Ritz-Carlton Club, Aspen Highlands Rentals
• Ritz-Carlton Golf Club & Spa, Jupiter Resales
• Ritz-Carlton Golf Club & Spa, Jupiter Rentals

The Liki Tiki Village timeshare resort is a classic Central Florida timeshare. Located just south of Orlando, in the family vacation hot spot of Kissimmee, this resort is rated 5 stars by Interval International. And while Liki Tiki Village timeshare is a hot spot on the SellMyTimeshareNOW.com HOT 100 List, (ranking number 80) timeshare owners and timeshare renters who vacation there have plenty of opportunities to cool off at the resort’s many water features.

On-site, you can enjoy two pools (heated during fall and winter), two whirlpools, a children’s pool, paddleboats, and a freshwater lake. Liki Tiki Lagoon Water Adventure includes, a 220,000-gallon water park, five waterslides, a wave pool, a waterfall, an erupting “volcano,” spouting tiki heads, an octopus swing, interactive spray jets, dancing fountains, a toddlers’ area and Shipwreck Sally’s Bar and Grill.

When you are ready to dry off, try the two lighted tennis courts, game room, a sand volleyball court, or picnic areas. The Liki Tiki timeshare resort is a 64-acre, gated property, and offers two styles of accommodations. There are 2-bedroom and 2-bath townhouse timeshare villas, and there are 1, 2, and 3-bedroom high rise timeshare condos, all with a living room, dining area, full kitchen, and washer and dryer.

Who Should Buy Liki Tiki Village Timeshare Resales…

The Liki Tiki timeshare resort may not be the place to vacation if you are looking to relax in-season at a quiet, secluded retreat. But if you are looking for comfortable accommodations with lots of amenities to entertain the children, and plenty of water activities to help everyone in the family keep cool, then the Liki Tiki timeshare is a great destination. You will find restaurants of all types conveniently near the resort, as well as a restaurant, grill, and snack areas on property.

Liki Tiki timeshares and timeshare resales also put you close to all the entertainment areas in Central Florida. The resort is within 7 miles of the Walt Disney World® Resort, and is a short drive to SeaWorld, Wet ‘n Wild, Gatorland, Pirates Dinner Theater, Universal Orlando, and dozens of other places to entertain the kid in all of us.

To learn more about the opportunities in Liki Tiki timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, visit SellMyTimeshareNOW.com

I wish I could give you more background on this news item, but for now, we will rely on StreetTalk Blog as our primary source. According to a posting last week on their site, Shell Vacations Club timeshare has entered into a letter of intent with Coco Palms Venture II, Inc, the current owners of Kauai’s historic Coco Palms hotel.

The Coco Palms is a Hawaiian resort classic whose fame was enhanced when Elvis Presley filmed the finale of Blue Hawaii there in 1961. Almost all of the last 20 minutes of the film is shot on or near The Coco Palms.

In 1992, Hurricane Iniki did extensive damage to the island of Kauai and threw the local economy into a downward spiral. As the islanders rebuilt, virtually every resort was restored except perhaps its most famous, The Coco Palms.

Without repairs, the beautiful resort has sat unused for nearly 20 years, with only the wedding chapel remaining operational. If Shell Vacations Club timeshare is successful in its efforts to buy and restore the resort, it will be a wonderful benefit to the people of the island and the local economy.

Earlier this year, Hawaii State Senator Gary Hooser explored the idea of a joint venture project - perhaps a public-private effort - to build a park on the property. Whether Shell Vacations intends to be part of this effort, or if there is still any interest in such a park, is not known. Coco Palms Venture II has only owned the resort since 2006, when they purchased it in hopes of building a full service spa there, an idea that never received the approval it needed to move forward. Last year, the company put the property on the market for sale.

The citizens and the legislators of Hawaii are forever walking a tightrope, trying to balance the development necessary to maintain and grow their economy with their responsibility to protect their cultural heritage and beautiful environment.

And on that note, be sure you take a look at this clip from Blue Hawaii, and listen as Elvis sings the Hawaiian Wedding song.

You gotta love Bono.

Bono (aka Paul David Hewson) is the lead singer for the rock bank U2 and is almost as well known as a political activist, campaigner for human rights, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee as he is for his music. But you might not know that he is also in the hotel business.

Bono and fellow band member, The Edge, own the Clarence Hotel in Dublin. Recently the two hired world-renowned architect, Sir Norman Foster, to create a resort design that represents a Viking ship. But whether the idea floats or not remains to be seen.

While Dublin city officials don’t have a problem with Bono and The Edge pumping more than $240 million into the resort hotel project, some object to the fact that several surrounding historic buildings will be destroyed in the process.

Currently the hotel property, which the two musicians have owned since the early 1990’s, has only 49 guest rooms. The new proposal emphasizes that it will turn the hotel into a resort destination. Plans call for, “quadrupling the size of the building and transforming it into an eight-storey, 140-bedroom five-star hotel,” according to the website U2France. There is no mention of whether the resort will include timeshares or any other vacation ownership component.

Ireland Timeshare Resales and Ireland Timeshare Rentals

To learn more about Ireland timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, visit Sell My Timeshare NOW. And to help you get in the mood for planning a timeshare vacation this summer in Ireland, or any other dreamy location, listen to this YouTube video featuring the Corrs and Bono performing, “Summer Wine.”