Everyone that agrees with timesharing forgets the $20-30 thousand dollars they paid upfront...And then pay MF's on top of that....Not a Bargain...
And no one stays young forever...How about illness, death, etc .....Still gotta pay fees..
Not everyone pays big bucks for their developer purchased timeshares. There are plenty of people only have resale and others a mixture of resale and developer.
I've seen a number of people post on TUG that not because they were conned but knowingly paid $5,000-$14,000 to buy from a developer just to have the day use privileges they get from owning developer because the resort is within 30 minutes-2 hours driving distance. In their posts people have mentioned resorts in skiing areas. They get ski lift passes at no charge because they own and how much those lift passes would otherwise cost for their entire family. They love to ski and make good use of what owning at that resort gets them. They also get use of the resort all the resort facilities, the lounge with a nice seating area and fireplace, the on property restaurant, lockers, etc. The are a number of people who bought at Wyndham Glacier Canyon, just a small number of points, to be able to come use the 4 indoor and 4 outdoor water parks for the day. On on TUG and a Wyndham Facebook group I belong to I've seen people posting that they get 8 wristbands each time which means they are able to bring family or friends with them and they go multiple times a year. We've stayed at Wyndham Glacier Canyon and the resort has two very nice lounge seating areas and the indoor water parks have locker rooms.
You must have missed this part of my post. And I'm not by far the only person who found great deals.
"We have two 122,000 point weeks at Grandview Las Vegas with 2020 maintenance fees of $835. No increase from 2019. Btw I got these weeks on TUG. On one the other person paid the closing costs and transfer fee. We only paid the RCI fee of $98 to have it transferred to our RCI points account. For the second 122,000 point week I paid the closing costs of $215, the reosrt transfer fee of $250 and the $98 RCI fee.
That makes our total purchase cost for the two 122,000 point weeks $661. " And our maintenance fees for the number of points we get per year are about the best you can find.
For some people owning a timeshare{s} has allowed them to vacation in ways or to an extent they would never have dreamed they'd be able to do. For other people owning a timeshare was a huge financial mistake, a nightmare, and they never made any or good use of what they owned.
