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Very few answering rental requests? (by R P.):

nannerfl wrote:

I must have sent out at least 10 requests for an Orlando rental for my dates in May in the last week. I've gotten three replies! (one I didn't care for the resort they offered BTDT and it wasn't a good experience...the other was much higher than advertised price. (?) Last one date not available) What's up lately? I've been renting once, twice, three times a year here for probably the last 9 years and never had this problem before. Always at least got a "sorry your dates aren't available" type email.

So what is a renter to do besides be frustrated?

Another question I have is how can prices for the same place (example ones offered not for certain dates but for the whole year) vary so much in price? One resort that is a fav of ours I see ranges from 750 to 1500. Yes all are equal in that they are 2 bed/2bath. Just wondering about this. I can understand making a few bucks. No problem with that at all! But double prices for the same thing? Do these high priced ones really rent?

I can't imagine why you're getting all the mumbo jumbo replies, however you need to contact Redweek management for the person who raised his ad rental price ... that's not an ethical way to do business ... also the person who replied that your dates were not available (if they were the posted dates in the ad.)

The variance in price for the same type rental is set by the owner of that specific week. Some may ask more for rent as they may have paid developer price for their timeshare as opposed to someone who bought resale who may be asking less for rent or just enough to cover their maintenance fees. The same goes for selling a timeshare .... some people ask very high prices for their developer bought timeshare as opposed to someone who bought resale.

As far as Orlando goes, you shouldn't have a problem getting a rental there as it's the most overdeveloped timeshare resort area in the world. Just bide your time and keep emailing those that you're interested in renting from. Also, May should not be a highly demanded month since kids are not out of school yet ... don't get discouraged and keep doing what you've been doing as you have several months to find a unit.