With millions of timeshare weeks and points going unused each year, Earned Escape aims to solve a long-standing problem: helping owners turn dormant vacation time into a reliable source of cashflow.

Ray Gritton, 59, knows all about bonuses. The automobile salesman worked day and night to win his dealership’s sales contest and the bonus package that came with it – the use of the boss’s Orlando, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Timeshares are a legitimate vacation option for many people with about 9.6 million ...