Last updated July 2026 · based on 74,440 tracked price observations across 617 active vacation deals.
Which city has the most timeshare deals?
By raw count, Orlando has the most timeshare-preview deals — 181 live, nearly 30% of the national total. But raw count rewards big cities. When you divide deals by resident population, the ranking flips completely: tiny resort towns like Branson and Gatlinburg have a handful of full-time residents and dozens of deals each, giving them an enormous per-capita concentration. Branson, with roughly 12,000 residents and 49 deals, has more vacpack inventory per person than anywhere else we track.
This is the tell of a purpose-built vacation town: the local economy is the resorts, so preview-deal density tracks tourist capacity, not population. It also means small-town markets like Branson and Gatlinburg often have looser competition and sharper floor pricing than their raw deal count suggests. Browse both on our deals page.
Deals-per-capita ranking
The table ranks major markets by deals per 10,000 residents using approximate city populations. Per-capita figures are directional — they use city-proper population, which understates metro tourism capacity — but the ranking order is robust.
| City | Live deals | Approx. population | Deals per 10k residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branson, MO | 49 | ~12,000 | ~40.8 |
| Gatlinburg, TN | 42 | ~3,600 | ~116.7 |
| Myrtle Beach, SC | 30 | ~38,000 | ~7.9 |
| Williamsburg, VA | 24 | ~15,000 | ~16.0 |
| Orlando, FL | 181 | ~320,000 | ~5.7 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 53 | ~660,000 | ~0.8 |
| Daytona Beach, FL | 8 | ~74,000 | ~1.1 |
Why Branson beats Orlando pound-for-pound
Branson beats Orlando pound-for-pound because it is a resort town first and a city second. Orlando's 181 deals are spread across a metro of over two million people; Branson's 49 sit in a town smaller than many suburbs. On a per-resident basis, Gatlinburg (with only about 3,600 residents) and Branson are the true vacpack capitals of America. For travelers, high per-capita density in a small market is a good sign: it means abundant supply relative to a compact footprint, which keeps floor prices sharp. Both Branson and Gatlinburg floor at $49–$50.
If you want the best supply-to-competition ratio, look past the big-city count and toward the small resort towns. Compare current small-market pricing on our rate recap and browse live inventory on the deals page.
What per-capita density means for a traveler
Per-capita density is more than a fun ranking — it is a proxy for how competitive a small market is. When a town of a few thousand residents supports dozens of preview deals, the resorts there are competing hard for the same tourist dollars, and that competition keeps floor prices sharp and unit sizes generous. That is why Gatlinburg and Branson, despite tiny populations, consistently deliver $49 to $59 deals on rooms that would cost far more in a big-city market. For a traveler, the lesson is to look past the raw-count leaderboard, where big cities always win, and toward markets with high density relative to size, where supply outruns local demand. Local news outlets in these towns love the ranking too, because “our town leads the nation in vacation deals per capita” is an irresistible hometown headline — which is exactly why a data page like this earns links from places a big-city stat never would.
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