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According to ARDA, the American Resort Development Association, over the past twenty years vacation ownership with timeshares has experienced a double-digit growth rate annually. Owning a timeshare provides quality accommodations with consistency, flexibility (season, size and location), and the ability to exchange with other timeshare resorts. In addition, 85% of those who own timeshares are satisfied with their experience.1

Timeshares – Flexibility and Size:

Timeshares provide spacious floor plans with the amenities of home. Most timeshares include kitchens, washers and dryers, living and dining areas, and one, two, or three bedrooms often accommodating up to ten people. Linens, silverware, dishes and other niceties of home are included for convenience in each professionally decorated unit. Meals can be enjoyed together at the timeshare without the hassle and expense of going out for dining every meal.

Timeshare resorts also have extensive amenities for those seeking activities--far exceeding those at most hotels. These timeshare features allow families to get more out of the vacation experience with the flexibility to accommodate larger parties. Timeshare resorts cater to many lifestyles, from the most active, to the most relaxing. With so many options available, join the fun and become a timeshare owner!

The Timeshare Experience:

Wouldn’t it be great to end your memorable vacation without a bill? After a few years of travel this savings really adds up. If you know you love to vacation, it’s hard to go wrong with a timeshare. Not only can you save loads of money starting in just a few short years, you can own your timeshare and since it is deeded it can be willed to family for generations of enjoyment.

A particularly nice benefit of timeshare ownership is avoiding the stress of detailed planning and price shopping to get a great vacation year after year. Timeshares make otherwise out-of-reach vacations possible. Timeshare destinations range from the most popular choice, Orlando, Florida, to any number of exotic ones, such as Costa Rica or Indonesia.

Does it seem that every year prices of vacations keep escalating? Imagine having the ability to take more vacations for the same money. Deeded timeshare ownership means taking vacations of your dreams forever. But, the great thing is, you buy in at today’s prices and you lock them in. You don’t have to worry about inflation increasing vacation prices. Once you are in, you can enjoy unique destinations and all the benefits of timeshare ownership, deeded to you.

What is so great is that unlike buying a vacation home, you only pay for the time you use instead of having to pay for full-time ownership and then decide what to do with it when you’re not using it. The cost of property management and expenses to find renters (if you were to choose this option to recoup some of the cost) in vacation home ownership, makes timesharing such a viable alternative, with far less hassle and expense. Besides, who wants to be forever locked into just one place over and over again? Vacations can be fresh and new every time or every other time, and so on.

Lifestyles and families change and grow. Timeshare ownership is flexible to these changes. You can even “gift” a vacation week to family or friends if you cannot use it one year. Who wouldn’t be excited to receive a vacation like that? You can also choose to bank your week to use another time with an exchange company. Timeshares are affordable and build exciting and fun family traditions. Vacation ownership cultivates memories.

Timeshare Exchange:

If you can imagine your dream vacation destination, there is likely a world-class timeshare resort there. The ability to exchange timeshares makes this flexibility not only possible, but simple. There are two main timeshare exchange companies. These are Resort Condominiums International (RCI) and Interval International (II). RCI and II are affiliated with more than 5,000 resorts globally and enable a timeshare owner to trade his or her vacation week at a specific resort with another owner’s vacation week at a different resort. Though both companies have a fee to join, compared to the benefits realized, the fees are relatively small.

Go skiing in Colorado. Savor the cuisine and culture of Thailand. Take in some history in Virginia. Spend some quality family time with a special mouse and his friends in Florida. Or, if you prefer just to kick back while on your timeshare vacation, enjoy some of the most luxurious resorts on the planet, all available to timeshare owners!

1www.ARDA.org

Tips for buying a Timeshare on the resale market

1. Buy a timeshare on the resale market to save significant marketing expenses that can consist of up to half of the purchase price from a timeshare developer. These high expenses are the main reason why developers charge as much as they do for a timeshare. Not only can you save 30% to 50% or more when you buy a timeshare on the resale market but you skip the high-pressure sales routine at the timeshare resort.
2. Buy a timeshare direct (without a broker) as it results in a lower price to you because the seller does not have to pay a commission and can afford to accept a lower price for the timeshare.
3. Consider your lifestyle and what you value in a travel experience as you are looking for your timeshare and choose what best meets those considerations.
4. A timeshare purchase provides you with a vacation lifestyle to be enjoyed for years to come. It should not be purchased solely as a traditional real estate investment.
5. Understand the terms of the timeshare. Is the timeshare week fixed or floating? Is it a right-to-use or fee simple plan? What is the exchange potential of the timeshare?
6. If the exchange benefit of the timeshare is the primary reason for the timeshare purchase, buy in high season with a desirable timeshare unit to maximize the timeshare exchange benefit.