Our Purpose

VacationBetter.org is brought to you by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) as an informational resource about vacation ownership: timeshare, fractionals and private residence clubs. The goal of this website is to inform you about vacation ownership and to demonstrate a way for travelers to vacation better. This website is not about selling timeshares.

Established in 1969, ARDA is the Washington D.C.-based professional association representing the vacation ownership and resort development industries whose membership today includes more than 1,000 members ranging from privately-held firms to publicly-traded companies and international corporations with expertise in shared ownership interests in leisure real estate.

The membership also includes timeshare owner associations (HOAs), resort management companies and nearly 1 million owners through the ARDA Resort Owners Coalition (ARDA-ROC).

Today, there are 1,641 resorts in the U.S., with 4.7 million household owners. Timeshares, fractionals, and private residence clubs are also located in over 100 countries.

For more information about ARDA, please visit www.ARDA.org.