Classified Ad Sites Explained: TUG, MyResortNetwork and the Cheapest Way to List

As of August 2026, the owner-to-owner classified sites are the least expensive way to advertise a vacation club week. Timeshare Users Group charges a membership starting around $15 a year that includes free marketplace ads and takes no commission. MyResortNetwork charges $19.95 to post a fixed week rental ad and $24.95 for a float week, and states there is nothing else to pay.

This is one of nine ways to get an unused week booked. The full comparison is here.

The concession, up front

Nothing in this comparison costs less than a classified ad, and for a certain owner it is genuinely the right answer.

A few dollars, no commission, no percentage, no success fee, and you keep the entire payout. If you already know your resort, you already know what your week is priced at, and you are comfortable dealing directly with a stranger about money, this is the cheapest route available and no service can beat it on cost. We are not going to argue that a $997 plan is better value than a $19.95 ad for someone who only needs an ad.

What these sites are

They are noticeboards. That is not a criticism, it is the model, and it is why they are cheap.

Timeshare Users Group has run since 1993 and is primarily an owner community with forums and advice, with a marketplace attached. Membership starts around $15 a year and includes a set of free ad credits, and listings carry no commission. Its readership is other owners, which is both its strength and its limit.

MyResortNetwork is a straight classified board: $19.95 for a fixed week rental ad, $24.95 for a float week rental ad, $34.95 for a sale ad, and the site states plainly that this is the only charge.

What neither site does is handle the transaction. There is no booking engine holding funds, no verification of the person on the other end, no payment protection, no rental agreement drafted for you, and no payout schedule. You and the traveler agree terms directly.

The same booking, run through each structure

Read this as fee math, not as a forecast. The $1,000 is a placeholder chosen because it scales cleanly. It is not an estimate of what any week books for, and nothing here says a week will book at all.

Two columns tell the story. Classified sites take nothing out of the booking, which is genuinely the best fee structure on this page. And they hand you the money column, which is the part most owners underestimate.

The part that is actually hard

Handling the money yourself is not a small job, and it is the reason most owners drift away from classified sites after one attempt.

You are agreeing a price with a stranger, deciding what deposit to take and when, choosing a payment method that does not expose you to a reversal weeks later, writing a rental agreement that covers cancellation and damage, and then filing the guest certificate on the strength of a promise. If it goes wrong, there is no platform to appeal to. The listing site advertised your week; it was never a party to the deal.

The second issue is audience. A classified board is read by people who already know to look there. A listing on the major vacation sites is seen by people searching for a place to stay in that town on those dates, which is a much larger group and one that is not thinking about vacation ownership at all.

Where we're different

We list where travelers already are. The major vacation listing sites, not an owner noticeboard.

You never handle the money. The guest pays the platform and the platform pays you, direct to your bank. There is no deposit to chase and no agreement for you to draft.

We check your club's rules before you spend a point, on the first call, at no charge. If your program does not allow it, we tell you and we are done.

We research which dates to reserve, and which ones we would not touch.

We build the listing and answer your guests, as a co-host in your inbox, business hours, Monday to Friday.

We keep marketing it until it books. That is our Commitment. We do not stop, and it does not cost you more.

And the honest comparison: if all you needed was a place to put an ad, a classified site does that for about twenty dollars and does it well.

Common Questions

What is the cheapest way to advertise a vacation club week?

An owner-to-owner classified ad. Timeshare Users Group membership starts around $15 a year and includes free marketplace ads with no commission. MyResortNetwork charges $19.95 for a fixed week rental ad and $24.95 for a float week, with nothing else to pay.

Do classified sites take a commission?

No. Both TUG and MyResortNetwork charge for the advertisement only and take no share of what the week brings in. That is the whole appeal of the model.

Who handles payment on a classified listing?

You do. There is no booking engine, no escrow and no payout schedule. You agree terms with the traveler directly, take payment yourself, and carry the risk if something goes wrong.

Are classified listings safe?

The sites are long-established and legitimate. The risk is not the site, it is the transaction: you are dealing directly with a stranger without a platform standing behind either of you. Take payment through a method that does not reverse easily, put the terms in writing, and do not file a guest certificate before you have been paid.

Why would anyone pay more than $19.95 to list a week?

For reach, for someone else handling the transaction, and for the hours. A classified ad is a place to put a listing. It is not research, it is not a built listing, it is not a price set off live comparables, and it is not somebody answering guest questions.

Sources

Read directly from each site's own pages in August 2026.

• Timeshare Users Group marketplace: tug2.net/timesharemarketplace.html
• Timeshare Users Group membership: tug2.com/JoinTug.aspx
• MyResortNetwork owner pricing: myresortnetwork.com/timeshare-owner
• RedWeek pricing, referenced for comparison: redweek.com/pricing-and-details
• Koala pricing, referenced for comparison: go-koala.com/pricing-fees