I'm a guy who likes to travel. A LOT. I go to an exotic destination several times a year. Of course this gets pricey, so I've been loking at ways to get more bang for my buck. One thing I've been looking at is Time Shaes (or one of the other seudo names they go under these days). In the past the criticism has been "But then you're stuck in the same vacation for the same time period every year..." It seems though with the globalization of the internet many companies offer options to trade your time/place with other people's time/places. So my question is: For those who do / have owned time share / vacation club / joint property / whatever, what has your experience been like? Have you saved money in the long run, or is it a wash with just getting a hotel every year (or how ever often you travel)? Is it ieasy to trade your time share with a diffenerent location, a location you specifically want, or do you fid yuorself settling? Bottom line - is it worth it?Please pardon my typos...i didn't check before I posted and now it is too late. I'm not an all around idiot, just a bad typist.

i have owned a time share for years and for several years sold themthe cost yearly is about 800-1000 a year this is a yearly fee you must pay even after you have paid for the unit in full. not to mention the 20-40k a wek you will pay plus interest to buy the uniti have since sold my unit realizing i could rent the same unit any day of the week for less money than what i pay yearly!bad idea! the same unit will sell of 50 weeks a year and it never pans outthe other is a vacation club even bigger sccam you own nothing just paper family owned one of the more popular ones the HYATT they paid for a red week premium week of the year within 2 years the points they needed for a full week where more so now they wherre only allow to stay 4 days but they could spend 3 days a anouther resort they owned near by It was the smallest room ever not even 10X10 with a microwave!huge ripoff keep your money and stay in nice places. I have found i can stay at the same resorts if i plan ahead and it still costs me less then whet i pay yearly

If these types of vaction options were such a great value you wouldn't see so many people attempting to sell theirs and you wouldn't see so many books published on how to sell them.Do a web search for timeshare books. That will give you some indication.I hope that this helps.