M.O.R. Vacations versus Global Resorts Network

MOR Vacations, the newest travel club to hit the market has quickly surpassed even the long time king of the mountain, Global Resorts Network. Though MOR Vacations is a mere two weeks old in the market place, it's parent membership company is a 23 year old industry veteran with more than 100,000 active members.

Global Resorts Network has not had any real competition for the past two years. While YTB and Coastal Vacations have always been out there, they have never really been in the same league as Global Resorts who has simply dominated the Travel Club industry since it was introduced in 2007. The reason is pretty simple, most people don't like the hassles of coupons and travel vouchers or having to become a travel agent in order to take advantage of great travel discounts.

But the window of opportunity that Global Resorts has enjoyed is rapidly closing and MOR Vacations (the M.O.R. is for Members Only Resorts) is on track to surpass Global Resorts as the most sought after Travel Club. How has MOR Vacations been so successful so quickly?

It's all about the economy. You see, Jon King, President and Founder of MOR Vacations recognized that while Global Resorts was a tremendous product with a tremendous pay plan, it had chosen for a long time to leave the door open to competition by ignoring some key markets. The biggest of which was the average buyer who wanted an easier price entry point than the $3000 the top package of Global Resorts offered.

Today people are struggling economically and a $3000 credit card charge is not as easy to make as it used to be. Despite many top earners in GRN insisting that the company needed to offer in-house consumer financing, Global Resorts stood steadfast leaving the customers to secure their own financing or look at cheaper alternatives such as YTB or Coastal Resorts.

After dominating the marketplace for the past two years, Global Resorts has largely remaining unchanged from it's inception. This may have been their achilles heal because MOR Vacations came out and immediately positioned itself as a "bigger, better, more flexible" alternative to GRN by introducing a simple financing program to it's members and even a "trade-in" program that allows members of other competing travel clubs to surrender their existing membership and pay only $498 for their new MOR Vacations membership. This ingenious offer along with the promise of financing help to create a mass exodus of GRN top earners to MOR Vacations.

MOR Vacations didn't stop with just a financing and trade-in program - they also introduced various other enhancements over GRN. For example, they not only reduced the cost of "Hot Weeks" to half of what Global Resorts charges, but they also expanded the top end to appeal to the more discerning traveler who was not satisfied with mere 5 star resorts, but to whom diamond level resorts had more appeal. MOR Vacations also was wise to recognize that $149 and $199 "Hot Weeks" were great, but they needed to be more accessible to the average consumer so they focused their Hot Weeks in the United States.

GRN and MOR Vacations are much more similar than different. That being said, all of the differences that do exist favor MOR Vacations. Both offer lifetime memberships that are transferable and comparable in price at roughly $3000. Both offer an extensive library of resorts - approximately 5,000 for GRN and 5,400 for MOR Vacations. They both offer Guest Weeks, though Global Resorts members are limited to only three Guest Weeks in comparison to unlimited Guest Weeks for MOR Vacations members.

There are other differences between the companies. MOR Vacations offers a more affordable starter package (only $1298 as opposed to $1500 for GRN) with a longer term (5 years as opposed to 3 years for GRN). MOR Vacations also has about 10% more resorts in its registry and its weeks range from half of the cost of GRN's up to Diamond level accommodations - something GRN does not offer.

Which one is right for you - MOR Vacations? Or Global Resorts Network? Not surprisingly they are both excellent options. However, that being said, clearly MOR Vacations offers more features, flexibility and better pricing for the same purchase price.

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