Archive for March 18th, 2009

Huge Losses for Disney Vacation Club

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

The timeshare arm of the Walt Disney Company, is experiencing huge losses now that it has lost its access to a long standing line of credit it had been tapping to raise cash by selling bundles of its timeshare mortgages it issues to individual buyers.

Disney sold $17 million in Disney Vacation Club memberships in its last quarter compared to $41 million one year ago. With Disney being forced to carry the timeshare mortgages as opposed to cashing them out will end up slowing Disney Vacation Clubs earnings and growth.