A trip to Hawaii can almost be free every time...
A cheap timeshare with good trading power and low maintenance fees along with using a credit card with a good frequent flier program for everything possible insures a cheap trip to Hawai every year!
I would rather have a sure thing that is cheap than a one in a million chance at free any day.
Personal example... I traded a week for which I paid less than $2000 to own, about $550 in maintenance fees, and the II exchange fee for a week at the new Westin in Princeville. I will be traveling there on frequent flier miles earned through my every day spending throughout the year. That's about $800 in round numbers for a week in Hawaii in perhaps the state's newest resort!
Don't ya just love timesharing!
To top it off, I'll be staying at the Shearwater thanks to a bonus week. Ironically, my third week was the most expensive because I traded a timeshare week with about $850 in maintenace fees for the Lawai. Two out of three aint bad and even the third wasn't that bad. That's 3 weeks in Hawaii for about $2000 for airfare and lodging in two bedroom condos at great resorts in beautiful Kauai!
Don't ya just love timesharing!
The bad news? Thanks to the economic downturn, my fellow travelers backed out. Two couples were going to join me, but two of the four travelers lost their jobs and a third had his hours cut back and none of them have frequent flier miles. As of now, I'll be enjoying Kauai all by myself.
That will be O.K. because I take my work with me on vacation and alone time can be good therapy. But, then, again, who am I kidding.
