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Free TUG Marketplace Access for Independent Timeshare HOAs & Resort Boards

List Your Excess Inventory, Resales & Rentals — Completely Free

Timeshare Users Group has an open invitation to any independent timeshare resort HOA, Board of Directors, management company, or association that needs help finding new owners or renters for excess inventory.

There is no listing fee. There is no commission. There is no catch.

Yes — TUG Will Let Your HOA List Inventory for Free

If your association controls weeks or points that need a new home, TUG will create a dedicated Marketplace account for your HOA or resort and allow you to advertise that inventory directly to the timeshare-owner community at no charge.

This invitation has existed on TUG for years, and we want every independent resort board to know it is still available.

$80M+Timeshares sold & rented through the TUG Marketplace
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$0Cost to qualifying HOA/BOD inventory accounts

What Kind of Inventory Can Your Resort List?

If the HOA, board, resort, or management company has legitimate control of the inventory, we want to help you get it in front of owners and travelers who may actually use it.

  • HOA-owned weeks
  • association-controlled inventory
  • foreclosed intervals
  • deedback inventory
  • weeks returned by owners
  • unsold developer inventory held by the association
  • fixed weeks needing new owners
  • floating weeks needing new owners
  • points-based inventory where transferable
  • excess rental inventory
  • last-minute rental weeks
  • special HOA resale offers

Free or Low-Cost Weeks Are Welcome

Many independent resorts are not trying to generate a large resale price—they are trying to put a usable interval back into the hands of an owner who will pay future maintenance fees and support the resort. TUG is an ideal place to reach exactly that audience.

Why Should an Independent Resort Use TUG?

Reach Existing Timeshare Owners

TUG's audience already understands timeshare ownership, annual maintenance fees, exchanges, fixed weeks, floating weeks, points and resort governance. You are not starting from zero with a general classified audience.

Put Inventory Back Into Productive Hands

A new owner can mean future maintenance-fee revenue, fewer HOA-owned intervals, and less association inventory sitting unused year after year.

No Commission or Listing Fee

TUG does not charge qualifying independent resort associations to participate in this program. The goal is to help independent resorts and owners—not take a percentage of the transaction.

Resales AND Rentals

Associations can use the Marketplace for permanent transfers as well as excess rental inventory, depending on what the resort needs to move.

Why This Can Matter So Much for Independent Resorts

Many independent resorts face a problem the major developers can absorb more easily: weeks come back to the association through foreclosure, deedback, abandonment, estates, or owner surrender, and the HOA must then carry those intervals until they can be transferred again.

That can leave the remaining owners effectively subsidizing inventory that is no longer producing maintenance-fee revenue. Finding even a modest number of new long-term owners can help reduce that burden.

The Goal Is Not Necessarily a High Resale Price

For many associations, getting a week into the hands of a committed new owner who will pay future annual fees can be far more valuable than holding out for an unrealistic resale price while the HOA continues carrying the interval.

How the Free HOA Program Works

Contact TUG

Email tug@tug2.net and tell us the resort name, your role with the HOA/BOD, and what type of inventory you need help moving.

We Verify the Resort / Association

TUG will confirm that the account represents the legitimate HOA, board, resort, or authorized management company before setting up the complimentary Marketplace access.

We Create the HOA Marketplace Account

Once verified, we can create an account that allows the resort or association to post qualifying resale and rental inventory.

Your Resort Posts Available Inventory

Add the ownership details, annual fees, transfer costs, asking price if any, available dates for rentals, and contact information.

Interested Owners Contact You Directly

TUG provides the audience and advertising platform. Your resort or HOA handles the actual transfer, closing, rental agreement, or other transaction directly.

TUG Will Also Help Keep Your Resort Information Accurate

The Marketplace is only part of the offer. TUG also wants to work directly with independent resorts to keep their TUG resort review and information page accurate and current.

If your resort page has outdated photos, phone numbers, website links, amenities, unit details, management information, or other incorrect data, send us the updated information.

Current Resort Photos

Provide updated exterior, unit, pool, amenity, beach, mountain, or common-area images.

Correct Contact Information

Make sure owners and potential guests see the right website, phone number, address and management contacts.

Current Resort Details

Update amenities, unit configurations, seasonal information, exchange affiliations, policies and other factual information.

Send Traffic Back to Your Resort

A complete, accurate resort page helps travelers and prospective owners research the property and ultimately find the resort itself.

What Does TUG Ask in Return?

There is no payment required. The original HOA program simply asked participating resorts to help their owners discover TUG. That remains a reasonable partnership.

Tell Your Owners About TUG

If TUG is providing your resort with complimentary Marketplace access, we ask that you consider mentioning TUG in an owner newsletter, email broadcast, resort website resource page, or other owner communication.

You can link to the TUG homepage, your own resort review page on TUG, your Marketplace listings, or whichever TUG resource is most useful to your owners.

This Program Is Especially Valuable for Independent Resorts

TUG is not limited to Marriott, Hilton, Wyndham, Disney, Hyatt or the other large brands. Independent resorts have always been an important part of the timeshare community, and many have loyal owner bases, excellent locations and long histories.

What they often do not have is a giant corporate resale department or marketing budget. That is exactly why TUG makes this opportunity available.

Ready to List Your Resort's Inventory?

Contact TUG Directly

Email us with:

  • your resort name,
  • your name and role with the HOA/BOD or management company,
  • the approximate amount and type of inventory available,
  • whether you need resale listings, rental listings, or both.

Email: tug@tug2.net
Phone: 904-298-3185

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The Invitation Is Open

If you serve on the board of an independent timeshare resort, manage an association, or represent an HOA with excess inventory, TUG wants to help.

List legitimate association inventory for resale or rent on TUG completely free, reach an audience that already understands timesharing, and help put unused weeks back into the hands of owners who will actually use them.

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