How to Rent Out Your Vacation Club Week: Every Option Compared

If you own vacation club points or a week you are not going to use, you have nine realistic options, and they fall into four groups: your club's own rental program, marketplaces that charge a percentage when the week books, services that do the work for a fee, and companies that buy the reservation from you outright. As of August 2026, the fee structures are below.

The honest part first

There is no single best option here, and a flat fee is not always the smallest fee.

If you have one week a year, you are comfortable writing your own description and setting your own price, and you do not mind answering traveler questions, then doing it yourself, running a classified ad, or using a percentage marketplace will cost you less in fees than any flat-fee service, including ours. A flat fee is a structure that favors owners listing several weeks a year and owners who do not want to do the work at all. If that is not you, one of the other eight rows is your answer, and this article is written so you can find it.

Two more things worth knowing before the table.

Every option starts with you making the reservation. Except for a buyout, nothing on this list can happen until there is a confirmed reservation in your account with real dates. That is the step nobody else can do for you.

Your club's own rules come first. Programs differ, some restrict commercial rental activity, and the rules attached to your specific contract are the ones that govern. Read them before you spend a point.

The nine options compared

Fees and terms verified August 2026. Companies change their pricing; check the source links at the foot of this article before relying on any figure here.

The same booking, run through every fee structure

The table above compares structures. This one compares what they do to the same booking, because that is the part that is hard to picture.

Read this as fee math, not as a forecast. The $1,000 below 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. Substitute any number you like; the structures behave the same way.

One note on credits, because it is the question we get asked most: credits are what you spend to get the reservation. Fees are charged on what the listing is priced at. Ten thousand credits and a $1,000 listing price are two different things, which is why the arithmetic has to be in dollars.

Two things fall out of that table.

A percentage takes more when the booking is better. A flat fee does not. On a strong week in a strong season the gap between those two structures widens, and it widens again every year you own the week. That is the case for a flat fee, and it is the honest one.

And the reverse is just as true. On a week that never books, every percentage option has cost you nothing and our fee is already spent. That is our single genuine weakness against every marketplace on this page, and we are not going to bury it. What we would say in return is that a company paid a percentage loses nothing by listing a week that was never going to move, and a company paid a flat fee only gets renewed if your weeks actually get used. That is why our research includes the dates we would tell you not to reserve.

Extra Holidays, your club's own program

For Club Wyndham and WorldMark owners this is the default, and it is sitting in the owner portal you already log into. Its published agreement states the owner receives sixty percent of net proceeds, where net proceeds is defined after credit card fees, distribution channel commissions, franchisor royalties and taxes come off the top. The program sets the rental rate, and pays the owner within 45 days of the guest's check-out.

Nothing to set up, no account to create, no upfront cost, and the club handles the guest end. For an owner who wants zero involvement, that is a reasonable choice.

How the Extra Holidays 60% share actually works

RedWeek

RedWeek has been in the vacation ownership market for two decades, so its audience is people who already went looking for a resort week. That audience is a real advantage.

Its published owner pricing: a $19.99 annual membership, $59.99 per rental posting, plus a 5% success fee when a rental completes. Its full service verifies the ownership, handles inquiries and payment, and disburses funds within two business days after check-in. What it does not do is write your listing, choose your photos, set your price, or manage a guest through a stay.

Full breakdown of RedWeek's fees and what they cover

Koala

A marketplace built specifically for club and points reservations, working with the major brands including Club Wyndham and WorldMark. Free to list, 8% commission when it books, and a separate 10% service fee charged to the guest. Payout is released about 48 hours after the guest checks in, with the deposit three to five business days after that.

On fee load alone, for a single week, Koala costs an owner less than any flat annual plan. That is simply true.

Full breakdown of Koala's fees, payout timing and cancellation policy

Rialto Vacations

An inverted structure: you name the net amount you want, and the fee is added on top when the guest is billed. No owner commission, no listing fee, no membership fee. Listings are distributed to several channels including Airbnb, VRBO, HomeToGo, Google Vacation Rentals and Booking.com.

Zero owner-side commission is a better fee structure than ours on paper, and multi-channel distribution is a genuine advantage.

How zero owner commission actually works

Timeshare Rental Pros

A reservation buyout is a sale, not a listing. The company purchases your points or reservation outright for an agreed cash amount, states owners are paid within 24 hours of signing and that it charges the owner no fee, then markets the stay for its own account.

This is the fastest and most certain option on the page, and certainty is a real thing to want. No listing service can match it, ourselves included, because a listing service commits to the work and never to the outcome.

How a reservation buyout works

Hiring an Airbnb or VRBO co-host

A co-host is a person the account holder adds to their listing to help run it. The co-host does not own the reservation and does not receive the payout. Independent co-hosts commonly charge 10-30% of booking revenue, on top of the platform's own fees.

A good local co-host will out-service us on availability, because most run around the clock and we are business hours, Monday to Friday. The fit problem is that co-hosts are built around whole homes with keys and cleaners, and most have never worked with club points or guest certificates.

What co-hosts cost and what they do

Classified ad sites

The cheapest route on the page. 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, and states there is nothing else to pay.

What they do not do is handle the transaction. No booking engine, no escrow, no payout schedule. You and the traveler agree terms directly, and you carry the risk.

What classified ad sites buy you, and what they do not

Doing it yourself

The platforms are open to you directly. Airbnb charges hosts 3% with a guest service fee of roughly 14.1% to 16.5% on the split model, or 15.5% on the host-only model. VRBO pay-per-booking charges a 5% commission plus a 3% payment processing fee. Those fees come out of the payout either way, whether or not a service is involved.

The work is the real cost: account setup and verification, payout details, photos, description, amenities, house rules, pricing off live comparables, and then the message load once it goes live. If you have the time and you enjoy the work, the honest recommendation is to do it yourself.

The full do-it-yourself process, step by step

Listing Scouts

Listing Scouts is a flat-fee listing service for vacation club owners. It researches which resorts and dates draw demand, checks the owner's club rules, builds the listing, markets it, and answers guest questions. The owner makes the reservation and keeps their account and their payouts.

Where we're different from everything above:

We start before the reservation exists. Every other option on this page begins with a week you have already reserved. We begin with research into which resorts and dates draw demand, and a read of your club's rental policy before you spend a single credit. If your program does not allow it, we tell you on the first call and there is no charge.

We take no percentage of anything, ever. Not from you, not from your guest. The platform's fee is the same as it would be without us, and what a booking brings in is between you, the guest and the platform.

We build and price the listing. Photos, description, amenities, house rules, and a price set off live comparable listings, published only once you approve it.

We answer your guests. We join your listing as a co-host under our own login, which you can revoke, and handle guest messages in your inbox, business hours, Monday to Friday. We never hold your club login, your points or your money.

We watch the expiry dates. You hear from us before credits or weeks run out, not after.

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 boundary: we are the wrong answer for one week a year. We are built for owners with several weeks or a large points balance who would rather pay a fixed number and be done with it.

Which of these fits you

• One week a year, happy to do the work. Do it yourself, or run a classified ad.
• One week a year, want a vacation-ownership audience. RedWeek or Koala.
• One week a year, want no involvement at all. Extra Holidays.
• You want it settled today and you will accept a set amount. A buyout.
• You want the smallest possible fee and broad distribution. Rialto.
• You own a whole home, not club points. An independent co-host.
• Several weeks a year, and you want none of the work. A flat-fee service like ours.

Common Questions

Do I have to make the reservation before I can list a week?

Yes, for every option except a buyout. A listing needs a confirmed reservation with real check-in and check-out dates behind it. RedWeek and Koala both require it, and so do we. This is the one step nobody can do on your behalf, because the reservation is made in your account with your points.

Is renting out my vacation club week even allowed?

It depends on your program, and sometimes the answer is no. Many clubs permit an owner to let someone else use a reservation, and many restrict commercial rental activity. The rules attached to your specific contract are the ones that govern, and they change over time. Read your own club documents before you spend a point, or ask us to read them with you.

Which option costs the least?

On fees alone, doing it yourself costs the least, because you pay only the platform's own fee. A classified ad is next, at about fifteen to twenty-five dollars with no commission. After that come the percentage marketplaces. Flat-fee services cost more in fees and less in your time. There is no version of this where the smallest fee and the smallest workload are the same option.

What is the difference between a percentage and a flat fee?

A percentage scales with the size of the booking, so it takes more when the booking is better and nothing when there is no booking. A flat fee does not move either way. Percentages suit owners listing occasionally; flat fees suit owners listing several weeks a year who do not want the work.

When do I get paid?

It varies, and this surprises owners more than the fee does. RedWeek disburses within two business days after check-in. Koala releases funds around 48 hours after check-in with the deposit three to five business days later. Extra Holidays pays within 45 days following check-out. Airbnb and VRBO pay out on their own schedules after check-in. In almost every case the money arrives after the guest arrives, not when the booking is made.

Can I use more than one of these at once?

Sometimes, and carefully. Listing the same dates in two places at once creates a real risk of a double booking, which is a problem you do not want with a resort reservation. RedWeek specifically asks owners to notify it immediately if the week is rented elsewhere, and once a reservation is confirmed through your club's own program your right to withdraw it is limited. Pick one home for each reservation.

Sources

Fees and terms above were read directly from each company's own pages in August 2026.

• Extra Holidays owner rental terms: extraholidays.com/owner-rental-terms-conditions
• RedWeek pricing: redweek.com/pricing-and-details
• RedWeek full service rentals: redweek.com/resources/faq/full-service-timeshare-rentals
• Koala pricing and fees: go-koala.com/pricing-fees
• Koala hosting FAQs: go-koala.com/faqs
• Rialto Vacations owner features: rialtovacations.com/owners/features
• Timeshare Rental Pros: timesharerentalpros.com
• Timeshare Users Group marketplace: tug2.net/timesharemarketplace.html
• MyResortNetwork owner pricing: myresortnetwork.com/timeshare-owner
• Airbnb service fees: airbnb.com/help/article/1857
• VRBO pay-per-booking fees: help.vrbo.com
• Co-host fee ranges: hostaway.com