Sep 17th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Looking for a vacation home? Well, the time is right! With home seizures hitting a record high, you don't need to be an infomercial star to realize that prices are headed in your direction. Places that were once wholly unattainable may now almost be in reach, and second homes at nasty places you'd never want to visit (especially regularly enough to have a vacation home there) are moving for pocket ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Awful housing market puts vacation residences in reach
Sep 17th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Looking for a vacation home? Well, the time is right! With home seizures hitting a record high, you don't need to be an infomercial star to realize that prices are headed in your direction. Places that were once wholly unattainable may now almost be in reach, and second homes at nasty places you'd never want to visit (especially regularly enough to have a vacation home there) are moving for pocket ...Vacation homes and social media worth a million dollars
Mar 20th, 2010 at 2:00PM: Did someone mention a travel slump? Second Porch, up in Portland, Oregon, must not have received the memo.
Damned memos.
The new company just picked up $1 million in A-round financing (an early round, for those not of the finance world) which was led by the Oregon Angel Fund. Translation: a few people are making a seven-figure bet on a travel company in a shitty market. And I think it's pure ...Abercrombie & Kent vacation clubs: try before you buy
Oct 13th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Let the tough timeshare and vacation club market work to your advantage this year. Upscale travel firm Abercrombie & Kent's Residence Club is offering two-year trial memberships starting at $18,700 a year for 15 nights – that's a tad under $1,250 a night. The residences tend to be around 4,000 square feet and have four bedrooms. A&K suggests that you can "even travel with the ...Roll with the rich in five easy steps: travel like you're on the Forbes 400
Oct 6th, 2009 at 2:00PM:
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From peaking through the curtain to first class to eyeing the VIP check-in line at the hotel, travelers are envious creatures. Someone else always has something we want – be it an experience, device or amenity. We fantasize about the perfect ...Where have all the timeshares gone?
Sep 30th, 2009 at 12:30PM: I know there are a handful of people out there who have taken the bait: just sit through a short, two-hour presentation, and we'll pay for your trip to luxurious-fill-in-the-blank-destination. Well, more and more of you are saying "no" this year. Timeshare sales are expected to fall 30% this year, following the glory days of 2004 to 2008.
Until last year, everything looked great for the ...Blog-beg for a free vacation
Jan 7th, 2009 at 8:31AM: Do you like free stuff? Well, if you're not a newlywed, there are still plenty of ways to score a trip on someone else's dime. They guys over at HomeAway have set aside $5,000 in prizes at some top-shelf vacation rental destinations. If that doesn't sound like a lot of cash, consider how much blogging I'd have to do to hit that (hint: a lot). And, the worst part is that all you have to do is what ...Buy a Sicilian villa... for only 1 euro!
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Sep 17th, 2008 at 4:00PM: Vacation homes abroad don't scream cheap, so when I saw that the mayor of the hilltop town Salemi in Sicily was selling old stone villas for a mere euro (that's about $1.42 at today's exchange rate) I knew there had to be a catch. There is. The picturesque villas were damaged in the 1968 earthquake and since then have remained unoccupied and left to deteriorate. Then again an old fixer-upper in a ...What You Should Know Before Renting a Vacation Home
Mar 28th, 2007 at 4:36PM: Why bother with a hotel when you could rent a house or a condo? It's become a popular choice for those looking to avoid hotels and find a different vacation experience. If you're thinking about joining the trend, there's a few things you should know before signing the lease.
First, make sure you know what you're getting. These days, most rental agents will post a number of photos of the house or ...An Explosive Vacation Home
Mar 19th, 2007 at 8:28AM: One can't be sure what would possess someone to live on the side of an active volcano, but perhaps even more surprising would be buying a vacation home on the side of an active volcano. Who would find that relaxing?
However, new construction has been rising 20% in the past decade on the world's most active volcano, the island of Stromboli, Italy. It's a mystery why there are new ...
