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Exchange Companies | TS Owners Web sites | TS Forums | Industry Associations EXCHANGE COMPANIES PHONE Dial An Exchange: http://www.daelive.com/ +44 (0)1756 749966 Dial An Exchange (Australia): http://www.daelive.com/ +61 (0)7 5572 6722 Dial An Exchange (New Zealand): http://www.daelive.com/ +64 (0)7 378 8825 Dial An Exchange (USA): http://www.daelive.com/ +1 619 226 2776 (800 468 1799) Exchanges WorldWide: http://www.exchangesworldwide.com/ 01756 693605 Hawaii Time Share Exchange: http://www.htse.net/ 866-860-4873 Independent Exchange Service http://www.internet-ies.com/ 888-431-9868 Interchange: http://www.interchange-timeshare.com.au 07 5531 6100, 61 7 5531 6100 Interval International http://www.intervalworld.com 800-843-8843 (Member Services) New Horizons Exchange http://www.newhorizonsexchange.com/ 386-236-1088 Email Owners' Resorts and Exchange (ORE) http://www.ore-inc.com/ 800-748-4666 OwnerTrades (Serving Marriott Owners) http://www.ownertrades.com/   Platinum Interchange: http://www.platinuminterchange.com 800-854-2324 Resort Condominiums International (RCI) http://www.rci.com 800-338-7777 (Member Services) San Francisco Exchange Company (SFX): http://www.sfx-resorts.com 800-739-9969 Timex: http://www.timex.to Trading Places: http://www.tradingplaces.com 949-448-5150 800-365-1048 TIMESHARE OWNER WEB SITES ANFI DEL MAR owners in the United Kingdom & Ireland: http://fp.bailey25.plus.com/anfi2/ ANFI DEL MAR owners in the United Kingdom & Ireland (2): http://www.anfiuk.co.uk/ Avalon Resorts Vacation Club owners group (new in 2005) http://groups.msn.com/AvalonResortsVacationClub Bluegreen Resorts owners group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bluegreen Celebrity Resorts owners group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Celebrityresorts/ Club la Costa Members Group: http://www.clcmembers.co.uk/ Clube Praia D'Oura owners group: http://www.cpoowners.co.uk/ Club Sunterra (Europe): http://www.sunterra-members.co.uk/ Cypress Pointe at Lake Buena Vista, Phase I Owners' Assn: http://www.cypresspointe.net/ Divi Timeshare Owners Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/divitimeshareowners/ or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/divitimeshareowners/ Fairfield Resorts Owners Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fairfield_timeshare/join Grand Pacific Resorts Owners Group: http://www.timeshareforums.com/forums/view.php?pg=grand-pacific-resorts-hoa Holiday Club/Timeshare Singapore Victim's Group: for timeshare 'victims' in and around Singapore: http://www.voy.com/161450/ Indies Suites Victim's Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/isgrandcaymantog/ Lanzarote Beach Club Members’ Association: http://www.lbcma.org/ Loch Rannoch Owners Group: http://www.lochrannoch.org.uk/ Macdonald Owners Group: http://macd.ecclesweb.co.uk/ Marriott Owners Group http://www.TUGmar.com Mayan Palace Owners Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mayan_Palace_Owners/ Midwest Timeshare Owners Group: http://www.cypresspointe.net/ Palace Resorts Predicament - For former Sun Club Owners: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palace_Predicament RCI Points Owners Group: http://www.morps.org/ Royal Islander Owners Group (St. Maarten): http://www.royal-islander.org/ Spinnaker Palace View Owners Group: http://www.palaceview.us/ Thurnham Leisure owners: http://www.thurnhamowners.co.uk Universal Vacation Club - UVC: http://www.uvc-cog.org.uk/ WorldMark Owners: http://www.wmowners.com TIMESHARE FORUMS The Timeshare Forum http://www.thetimeshareforum.com/ Timeshare Consumer Association http://www.timeshare.org.uk/ Timeshare Forums http://www.timeshareforums.com/ Timeshare Gateway http://www.timesharegateway.com/forums/forum.php Timeshare Talk (UK) http://www.timesharetalk.co.uk/ Timeshare Users Group (TUG) http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/   TimeshareGateway.com is a travel resource center for travel enthusiasts, offering travel discussions, timeshare resort reviews, and timeshare classified ads with no up-front fees. Membership is FREE, so register now and join in the fun!   Click here to VOTE! INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS ACAMA Spanish Timeshare Consumers Association http://www.afectadosmultipropiedad.com/ AIRDA All India Resort Development Association http://www.airda.org AMDETUR Mexican Association of Tourism Developers A.C. http://www.amdetur.org.mx/ A.P.P.I. Associazione Proprietari Periodici Italiani (The Italian Timeshare Ownership Association) http://www.appi.it/ ARDA American Resort Development Association http://www.arda.org/ ATHOC Australian Timeshare and Holiday Ownership Council http://www.athoc.com.au/ CARE Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers http://www.care-online.org/ CRDA Canadian Resort Development Association http://www.crda.com/ NZHOC New Zealand Holiday Ownership Council www.nzhoc.org.nz OTE Organization of Timeshare Europe http://www.ote-info.com/ TATOC The Association of Timeshare Owners Committee (UK) http://www.tatoc.co.uk/ TCA Timeshare Consumers Association (UK) http://www.timeshare.org.uk/ TISA Timeshare Institute of South Africa http://www.tisa.co.za/ VOICE Vacation Owners Independent Coalition in Europe http://www.voice.eu.com/ Also see: Consumer Alerts IN THE USA: For information on timeshare issues that have been or are being addressed by the Federal Trade Commission in the USA, go to http://www.ftc.gov/search Type the word " timeshare" (without the quotes) in the search box. (NOTE: The information that will be retrieved goes back to the mid 1980s.) You may file a complaint with the FTC by going to http://www.ftc.gov/   If you have a complaint about a company that offers to resell timeshares, write to: Correspondence Branch Federal Trade Commission Washington, D.C. 20580 Although the FTC cannot intervene in individual disputes, the information you provide may indicate a pattern of possible law violations requiring action by the Commission. If you want to file a complaint or get information from your State's Attorney General, you can find contact info here States Attorneys General   HOME thetimesharebeat.com believes its most valuable asset is its credibility in the communities we serve. Without the trust of our readers, thetimesharebeat.com cannot perform its mission of providing news, analysis and opinion to further the public good. 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