I have to shake my head every time someone tells me they own a timeshare. For whatever reason, they thought it was a good idea to invest an ENORMOUS amount of their hard earned money as an initial payment on a timeshare. They ALSO agree to pay huge amounts year after year in fees. And this is supposed to be the best way to vacation? Huh?
Now don't get me wrong- I've been through the presentations. I understand how attractive the pitch can be... I have to take my hat off to these guys-they can really sell. they use terms like value and asset and great investment. They make you seem like you're smarter than the average traveler for considering such a brilliant concept. Coming out of a presentation in Cozumel I was almost convinced, until I had time to come to my senses. And I suppose the concept wouldn't really seem so bad to me... IF there wasn't a better way.
When I look at the list of articles online written about the subject, 95% of them are about selling your unwanted timeshare! How about just not buying one in the first place! What if you could have access to timeshare properties, without paying the intial down payment? What about not paying any yearly fees or maintenance fees? How about not sitting through ANY presentation, not signing ANY paperwork, and not paying ANY money?
I"ll make this straight and to the point. I work with the largest online travel company in the world. Wyndham, the largest timeshare company in the world, came to us a few years back with a proposition. They were having trouble filling their properties, and they noticed the explosive growth we were having in the travel industry. They wanted us to feature their vacant properties on our websites, and offer them to our website viewers at extremely low rates. They'd rather get some money for these than have the property sit vacant and get no money. And that's exactly what we did.