For the second year in a row, Timeshare Relief has been honored by Inc. Magazine.   For the 2010 edition, Timeshare Relief ranked 1,288 on the Inc. 5000 list.  In 2009, the company was ranked 318 on the Inc. 500 list.

The place on the Inc. 5000 is an honorable addition to Timeshare Relief’s achievements which include LA Business Journal Top 100 Award and the Number 1 Best in Business Award from Consumer’s First Choice.  Timeshare Relief is now amidst the company of such remarkable industry leaders as McAfee and Vizio who also ranked on the list for exceptional percentage revenue growth over a four year pay period.

Timeshare Relief is considered the world’s foremost guaranteed timeshare exit solution.   Timeshare Relief relieves their clients of burdensome timeshare contracts.  Since Timeshare Relief was founded in 2004, they have helped close to 50,000 timeshare owners get out of approximately 60,000 timeshare contracts.

In 1999, David MacMillan and his wife, Cindy, realized that buying their Las Vegas timeshare had been a mistake.  They tried selling it, but soon learned that there was no way out of their contract.  After doing some research, they found out they weren’t alone in their desire to escape their timeshare contract.  David and Cindy founded Timeshare Relief in 2004.  For a fee, the company will help timeshare owners get out of their contracts.  Timeshare Relief has established relationships with companies that deal with larger quantities of timeshares in order to conduct the timeshare transfers.

Timeshare Relief has seen tremendous growth in the past two years.  With the economy in its current state, timeshare owners have been trying to find ways to eliminate their yearly maintenance fees and/or recoup part of their investment.

“There’s a lot of people in pain out there who see their life savings being wiped out, who we can help,” says David MacMillan.  “We’re fortunate to have an industry that’s actually done well in this economy.”

Margaret Sharp: Having a vacation home can prompt visions of tropical islands and beautiful scenery.  So many are drawn to timeshares thinking it’s an affordable way to have it all.  But for some timeshare owners, what was once a dream has turned into a nightmare.

David MacMillan: We have a location in Las Vegas and they told us that by investing in this timeshare, we’d be able to own property and real estate that we could sell for a profit.

Margaret Sharp: Over ten years ago, David MacMillan and his wife, Cindy Martin-MacMillan, bought a timeshare.  They liked the idea of having vacation property that multiple parties owned and shared.  But the MacMillans soon figured out that along with the property came never ending fees.

Cindy Martin-MacMillan: Maybe you move from one side of the country to the other and you don’t need it anymore.  Maybe there’s been a divorce or a death or an illness and you’re not using it.  But you’re still having to pay the maintenance fees whether you go or not.

Margaret Sharp: So the couple started Timeshare Relief, Inc.  The company helps timeshare owners who want out of their contracts.

David MacMillan: We have a series of disposal companies that find alternative uses for the timeshare.  And they can be anything from vacation clubs to actually selling them in bulk to a large corporation.

Margaret Sharp: And it’s a service that clients appreciate, especially with maintenance fees rising each year.

Nancy Gruttemeyer: What started out as like a $270 maintenance fee kept creeping up and creeping up.

Margaret Sharp: Nancy Gruttemeyer was a timeshare owner for many years, but when her annual maintenance fee skyrocketed, she had to find a way to opt out.  Even Gruttemeyer’s daughter, Jamie, thought the timeshare was more trouble than its worth.

Jamie Gruttemeyer: It’s not like it’s a special heirloom.  It’s something that you really can’t get out of.  Once you’re in it, you really can’t get out of it.

Margaret Sharp: Luckily, Timeshare Relief was able to get the Gruttemeyers out of their contract.  For some other owners, it was the timing that was the problem.  Timeshare contracts only allow owners to use their homes during an allotted time.  Owner, Gerard Hartley owned his property for ten years and never got the timing right.

Gerard Hartley: I never saw it – the unit that I bought, which was in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Margaret Sharp: It’s clients like these that have made Timeshare Relief, Inc. a Best Performance winner two years in a row.

David MacMillan: Our company was started in our living room, and it was just Cindy and I.  And we believed in what we were doing.

Margaret Sharp: Today the company has a sales call center, customer service department, and 50,000 clients in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom.  And in this slowing economy, the company has actually grown.  Their work is in high-demand as people try to cut unnecessary costs from their lifestyles.

Cindy Martin-MacMillan: I always wake up in the mornings saying, “Who am I going to help today?”

Margaret Sharp: The company’s best advice for those of you who are looking in to buying a timeshare is buyer beware.  But for those of you that already own a timeshare that you don’t want, the company is there to help get you out.  For CitiCable 3, I’m Margaret Sharp.

Thanks, Margaret.  Timeshare sales reached their peak in 2007, bringing in more than $10 billion in revenue.  But by 2009, sales dropped by 30 percent and continue to decline.

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The news program was produced by the City of Torrance for the This Week in Torrance program on CitiCable 3.

Leo Brosseau was in this situation.  He felt like he was going to get “shafted” before meeting with us.  Soon, he realized that Timeshare Relief was there to help him.  Hear it in his own words below…

Interviewer:                       Alright, for the record, if it’s okay, what is your name?

Leo Brosseau:                    My name is Leo Brosseau.

Interviewer:                       Are you satisfied with the service that Timeshare Relief has provided?

Leo Brosseau:                    I am more than satisfied with it.  I wish I’d heard about you ten years earlier.  You did a great job for me.

Interviewer:                       Are you still paying for your timeshare?

Leo Brosseau:                    No, sir, we are not.

Interviewer:                       Did you enjoy receiving the notification of final transfer?

Leo Brosseau:                    I was overjoyed, believe me.

Interviewer:                       On a scale of 1-10, what is your overall satisfaction level with our service?

Leo Brosseau:                    10.

Interviewer:                       Is there anything else you would like to share about your experience with Timeshare Relief?

Leo Brosseau:                    Well, I just think – I’d like to tell you that I thought all of your people were more than courteous and patient with people like me, who thought we were going to get shafted in the beginning.  And due to the patience of your own people, I found out that you were doing me a favor.  So, that’s about all I want to say.  I think you done a great job for me and I would recommend you to anybody that wanted to talk to me about it.

Interviewer:                       All right.  It sounds like you were pleased with your experience with us.  Thank you so much for your time –

Leo Brosseau:                    Okay.  You have a good day.

Interviewer:                       You too.

Leo Brosseau:                    Okay.  Bye-bye.

Timeshare Relief did not pay for this testimonial.  The interview occurred after the timeshare transfer process was completed a few months after the initial meeting.  Timeshare Relief makes no claims that it can take every timeshare.  Timeshares must be fully paid off, and must be qualified for transfer.  The timeshare transfer service requires a fee.  If you would like more information, please go to www.timesharerelief360.com and fill in your contact information, or call 1-866-797-0535 and speak to one of our friendly expert representatives.

Interviewer:       For the record, if it’s okay, what is your name?

Donald Slimm:   Donald Slimm.

Interviewer:       Are you satisfied with the service that Timeshare Relief has provided?

Donald Slimm:   Yes, I was very satisfied.

Interviewer:       Are you still paying for your timeshare?

Donald Slimm:   No.

Interviewer:       Did you enjoy receiving the notification of final transfer?

Donald Slimm:   Yes.

Interviewer:       Did you try any other service to get out of your timeshare?

Donald Slimm:   I tried three different timeshare gimmicks and sales organizations and realtors to sell my timeshare before I went with Timeshare Relief.

Interviewer:       On a scale of 1-10, what is your overall satisfaction level with our service?

Donald Slimm:   10.

Interviewer:       Is there anything else you would like to share about your experience with Timeshare Relief?

Donald Slimm:   Also, you folks took care of three timeshares for me, all at one time.

Interviewer:       Based on your experience, would you recommend our service.

Donald Slimm:   Yes, I have already.

Interviewer:       Okay.  It sounds like you were pleased with your experience –

Donald Slimm:   You’re so –

Interviewer:       — with us.  Thank you so much –

Donald Slimm: — very much so.

Interviewer:       — and have a nice day.

Donald Slimm:   Thank you.  Bye.

Testimonial providers are not paid for their opinions. Timeshare Relief makes no claim that they can work with all timeshare owners as qualifications do apply; for example, Timeshare Relief can only accept timeshares that are paid in full. Clients of Timeshare Relief pay a service fee for timeshare transfer services.

Would they recommend Timeshare Relief – “ABSOLUTELY!”

It’s important to understand that our telephone representatives and our traveling timeshare advocates care about our clients in helping them make the best decisions with their timeshares.  We’ll take the time to explain our proven timeshare transfer strategy and show why it is so popular.  At the same time, we’ve met with tens of thousands of timeshare owners and can related to the issues that they face when it’s time to get rid of their timeshare.

Testimonial providers are not paid for their opinions. Timeshare Relief makes no claim that they can work with all timeshare owners as qualifications do apply; for example, Timeshare Relief can only accept timeshares that are paid in full. Clients of Timeshare Relief pay a service fee for timeshare transfer services.

Timeshare owners have shared with us that they were a bit shocked to find out that the people on the Travel Team were personable, friendly, and eager to help them with their problems and get rid of their timeshares. The Travel Team sacrifices a lot of time away from home and family to work on finding solutions and bring peace of mind to distraught timeshare owners. The Travel Team represents the positive attitude at Timeshare Relief, and they take their responsibility to their customers to heart.

Click here for video testimonials of some of our clients from the road

But in some instances, former clients actually become staff members for the company because of the great experiences they had with them.

Over the years, Timeshare Relief had the opportunity to help people in exceedingly bad situations.  Many positives come out of these opportunities, some of them being requests from former clients to become part of our staff.  Former clients become motivated by their experiences and want to help others who face the same problems they did.  They develop a passion and commitment to carry on the message to other timeshare owners that Timeshare Relief can help others just as it did for them.

Janice Borst-Smith is one of our staff members who was a former client.  She is featured before on a video in the Timeshare Relief testimonial section. If you didn’t catch her story, Janice was a former timeshare owner that inherited a timeshare and all the fees that came with it.  She came to Timeshare Relief and was able to get help from them to rid her of the timeshare.  Janice and her family were so happy to finally get rid of their timeshare that they made a decision to join the company.  Janice’s picture is featured on the Timeshare Relief website (www.TimeshareReliefNow.com) under the Our Team >> Travel Team section.