Website solves vacationers’ ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ problem

BOULDER — On an icy, teeth-chattering morning in the middle of January, owning rights to a shared vacation spot on the island of Aruba seems like a light at the end of a dark tunnel.

If the dates you agreed to use that oceanfront villa conflict with your sister’s wedding, however, you could find yourself losing what you planned to be using and still paying for it.

As time-share owners for 15 years, Jim and Katherine Velasco decided people needed more options than “use it or lose it.” LodgingDeals.com is their answer to the inevitable conflict between vacation time available and vacation…