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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We bought a Disney timeshare 30 years ago to hedge against inflation.

So we pay about $ 150 a night for $800 hotel rooms at places like the Grand Floridian, Beach Club Villas and the Polynesian.

It has worked well for us.[/quote]

The maintenance fees are a beast.[/quote]

As someone who actually pays them, I can actually say they are not a beast.[/quote]

My brother did this too.  I'd actually be curious to see an analysis -- if you took the buy in fee, and invested it in the stock market 30 years ago, then also factor in the annual maintenance fees (and investment interest lost year over year), then compare that to the relative hotel prices year over year....do you come out ahead or behind?  My guess is you come out slightly ahead, but that you've also given up some flexibility in your vacation planning over the years, which maybe has an intangible value.
My family members all bought into either Marriot VC, Disney VC, or Hilton VC, decades ago.  I never did because I put a high premium on flexibility.  [/quote]

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