At least with some of them you get a suite with a kitchen so you can cut down on some food costs when you travel. YMMV on whether you want to cook while on vacation.

My retired parents love theirs - it allows them to go to different places, not always the same place. They really enjoy domestic travel so it's been a good thing for them.

It forces you to take a vacation and that can be a good thing. We've had a lot of good memories from our timeshare use and we've never stayed at our home resort. We have a Marriott and their resorts are amazing.

People who bought one and hate it don't talk about it.

My parents bought a time share in the time share hay day, and I'm glad they did. It wasn't a good deal for them - transferred shortly after buying in & it became a lot more expensive to use it in terms of traveling to get to it. But time shares are notoriously difficult to sell so they held on to it, traded it when they could, used it when they could. I settled in an area close to the time share and use it regularly. It suits our vacation style and needs and now my parents are please they bought it.

I have friends who do Disney time shares and think they're amazing deals. I wouldn't buy into that because I'm not a big Disney fan. It wouldn't be a good deal for me, but it is a good deal for them. The time share my family and I have would not be a good deal for someone who likes a different environment, or wants more variety in their vacations, but it works beautifully for us.

Anonymous wrote:

I've owned my Disney timeshare almost 20 years. It now goes for almost triple what we paid for it from Disney direct, and I can sell it today on the resale market for more than I paid for it.


And we got Disney accommodations -- on property -- for a fraction of the cost they would have been without the timeshare. So yeah, were' pretty happy we bought a timeshare.

We also have a Disney timeshare (Aka Disney Vacation Club) and have been happy with it. We purchased it nearly 15 years ago and it enabled us to take our family on vacations and stay in suite-style accomodations with top amenities. There were some lean years raising our kids when if it hadn't been for the timeshare we wouldn't have been able to afoord any nice vacations. Between the timeshare and driving to FL we made it work. Lately we've been swapping our points to use at non-Disney destinations, which is more of a pain to plan (blackout dates, low availability, advance booking windows) but it's still worth it. No regrets here.

1. Most don't want to admit they made a mistake.

2. Some have really done their homework and chosen something that worked for them.

I've owned my Disney timeshare almost 20 years. It now goes for almost triple what we paid for it from Disney direct, and I can sell it today on the resale market for more than I paid for it.


And we got Disney accommodations -- on property -- for a fraction of the cost they would have been without the timeshare. So yeah, were' pretty happy we bought a timeshare.

Anonymous wrote:Because people have a need to justify their decisions.

Bingo.

Because people have a need to justify their decisions.

Anonymous wrote:I bought a time share when I was 24 newly out of college and working with what for me (then) seemed like a lot of disposable cash. And the thought of having vacations in these great places seemed perfect. What bit me was the exclusions and blackouts and exceptions, yada, yada. I could never go when I wanted to go, had to make special arrangements to go, and it never worked out. After 3 years of paying off my timeshare fees and obligations, I considered it an expensive lesson-learned and never looked back.

This is exactly my situation. When I have friends talking about buying one I try to dissuade them as strongly as possible or direct them to the resale market.

Works for us. You have to know how to work the point system.

If there's a place you like to return to, it can be a money saver. That's it. Works for some, not for others.

I bought a time share when I was 24 newly out of college and working with what for me (then) seemed like a lot of disposable cash. And the thought of having vacations in these great places seemed perfect. What bit me was the exclusions and blackouts and exceptions, yada, yada. I could never go when I wanted to go, had to make special arrangements to go, and it never worked out. After 3 years of paying off my timeshare fees and obligations, I considered it an expensive lesson-learned and never looked back.

Because cognitive dissonance is a bitch.

I don't see the logic in owning one...