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Why do families purchase Timeshare - Vacation Ownership

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As a partner in the vacation ownership industry, we believe owning a timeshare is your permanent ticket to better vacationing!

Vacation Ownership offers your family an ever-expanding choice of accommodations, amenities, locations, pricing, use plans, and timeshare exchange.

You can tailor your family vacation to meet your lifestyle needs of today as well as the travel dreams of tomorrow by choosing from more than 5,000 resorts in approximately 100 countries around the world.

Whether you want to enjoy the beach (such as Cancun, Mexico which is shown above), a snowy winter ski break in Colorado or New England, a pampering spa retreat, an Alaskan or Caribbean cruise, Orlando theme parks, Hilton Head Island golf, Las Vegas casinos, Myrtle Beach, Gatlinburg, Branson, or an annual Thanksgiving reunion for three generations of family at your favorite resort, your family selects the vacation option that suits your needs...

But, why do families choose Timeshare/Vacation Ownership?

When you own your vacation, you truly own a home away from home, with the high quality accommodations offered at timeshare resorts, you typically have:
A.  Spacious floor plans and home-like amenities, along with traditional hospitality accommodations;
B.  Flexibility and space, from a modest studio unit up to spacious three bedroom villas;
C.  Fully equipped kitchen with separate dining area;
D.  Washer and dryer, stereo, televisions, DVD players/VCRs; and more!

Timeshare resort amenities frequently include:
A. Swimming pools, tennis courts, Jacuzzi, spa and fitness facilities;
B. Golf, boating, sailing, skiing, water sports, and amusement and theme parks on-site or nearby; and
C. Planned children's activities.

Flexibility for your family's vacation:
Once you own a timeshare, the vacation choices appear to be endless.

The inherent flexibility of the timeshare concept is offered through many alternatives in location, unit size, time of year, and the opportunity to exchange your unit while you visit other resorts around the world!

Vacations can be scheduled at a fixed date every year, or you can vary your vacations to fit your family dynamics. The accommodations can range from a studio unit up to a 3-bedroom villa!

As an owner, you can choose to visit your home resort or exchange to other resorts, spas, cruises, hotels, and specialty tours throughout the world!


Ok, how does this all work together?

Like many families, you may choose to visit one or two (or twenty) resorts before deciding on which resort to call home. There are many cheap vacation getaways offered on eBay to help you visit resorts all over the world...

When you find the home resort that meets the needs for you and your family, you are purchasing your future vacations at today's prices and for only the vacation time you need. You effectively are making a one-time purchase of furnished resort accommodations at a fraction of the whole ownership costs while only paying an annual maintenance fee for the upkeep of YOUR property!

And, another important benefit to purchasing directly from the resort: Easy financing of your timeshare/vacation ownership package.

Each unit of a timeshare resort is divided into intervals, most commonly by the week or some other combination of days.

Sometimes, the amount of vacation time you purchase is translated into points - a popular method that can offer a range of options when using your personal timeshare unit.

In the majority of resorts today, your vacation ownership interest will include a deeded interest in the real estate; you actually own a deed to the property: It is YOURS; something you can use now (today), rent out, pass along to your heirs, or sell to someone else... That is true Vacation OWNERSHIP!

How you use your timeshare vacation is generally NOT affected by the absence or presence of an interest in the real estate. So, whether you have points, a deed, or a membership program, you will see an increase in your level of vacationing...

Exchange Privileges:

One of the major benefits to owning your unit is the opportunity to exchange your select time while you go and visit other resorts; quite literally, beautiful resorts all around the world!

While many resorts offer their owners the opportunity to exchange within the home resort's portfolio of properties, most resorts are also affiliated with an independent exchange company (such as Interval International and RCI) that offers exchanges to other resorts on behalf of members. To make an exchange, you place your vacation time (or points) from your host resort into the exchange company's pool of available resort units and select the resort you want to visit from the same pool. 

Exchange privileges through vacation ownership truly can give your family the opportunity to visit what are considered to be once-in-a-lifetime vacation destinations EVERY YEAR.

The exchange companies do charge an exchange fee plus an annual membership fee...Often, a resort developer will offer to pay a new owner's first year membership when you buy at the resort.  

Right now is the best time to make reservations at a resort and have your questions answered!

Contact one of the eBay vendors now to see how easily your mini-vacation can be arranged...

 


Guide ID: 10000000008243192Guide created: 08/06/08 (updated 06/20/09)

 
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