Lazarescu
TUG Member
More than any other factor timeshare value (cost-per-night) is determine by the annual maintenance fees. The problem is that even if you buy a resale, the seller does not control the annual fees. So you assume this annual big liability, probably the main reason the seller wants to sell!
Would you buy a house now, just because it has zero down ignoring the annual costs? Probably not! In the same way, a smart shopper will not accept even a FREE timeshare if it has high annual fees. It's a liability for life.
Even if you can get a FREE timeshare with low maintenance, beware! Most cheap timeshares have low or no trading value at all. Simply put, it will not take you where you WANT to go.
The avarage annual maintenance for a 2 bedrooms suite at a Gold Crown or 5 stars resort in U.S. or Mexico is $800-$2000.
Why pay this if you can pay only $350 and enjoy the same vacations in the same locations? After all, it's not where you own, but the vacations you get!
Instead of paying at $50k-$70k for a 2 bedroom at a luxury resort, or buy resale at $20k -$25k + $1500 annual fees, you can pay only $10k + $350 and get the same vacations in the same locations.
As $350 is less than one night's cost in a 5 star hotel, and you get 7 nights each year, in essence you secure "7 nights for the price of one" for life!
The secret? I buy South African timeshare with the highest trading value and the lowest maintenance fee from a company in California. My cost-per-night are ($350+$165 exchange fee)/7 = $73. The resort often charges for the same villa $600 - $1000 a night!!
When I go to the Hilton Grand vacation Club in Hawaii or Las Vegas, the Sheraton Vistana, the Westin in Cabo or the Grand Mayan in Mexico and I know that others pay 5-10 times more - well, that's what happiness is!
Would you buy a house now, just because it has zero down ignoring the annual costs? Probably not! In the same way, a smart shopper will not accept even a FREE timeshare if it has high annual fees. It's a liability for life.
Even if you can get a FREE timeshare with low maintenance, beware! Most cheap timeshares have low or no trading value at all. Simply put, it will not take you where you WANT to go.
The avarage annual maintenance for a 2 bedrooms suite at a Gold Crown or 5 stars resort in U.S. or Mexico is $800-$2000.
Why pay this if you can pay only $350 and enjoy the same vacations in the same locations? After all, it's not where you own, but the vacations you get!
Instead of paying at $50k-$70k for a 2 bedroom at a luxury resort, or buy resale at $20k -$25k + $1500 annual fees, you can pay only $10k + $350 and get the same vacations in the same locations.
As $350 is less than one night's cost in a 5 star hotel, and you get 7 nights each year, in essence you secure "7 nights for the price of one" for life!
The secret? I buy South African timeshare with the highest trading value and the lowest maintenance fee from a company in California. My cost-per-night are ($350+$165 exchange fee)/7 = $73. The resort often charges for the same villa $600 - $1000 a night!!
When I go to the Hilton Grand vacation Club in Hawaii or Las Vegas, the Sheraton Vistana, the Westin in Cabo or the Grand Mayan in Mexico and I know that others pay 5-10 times more - well, that's what happiness is!