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[Q=clifforddw] Timeshares have limits on their use to most owners. There is a period of time when individuals and families have the ability to pay and utilize timeshare occupancy. Changes in circumstances most often results in failure to make use of those annually available. Neither the timeshare owners or the travel agencies to which owners belong offer or assist in this matter. They continue to collect maintenace and membership feees. In addition, neither the resort owners or travel agencies offer any assistance in transfering or disposing of weeks no longer being utilized. The contracts made between timeshare owners and the host resorts are composed to protect the home resorts. Other then on-site aamenities, there is little the resort owners do in assisting timeshare owners facing problems of continued use. As an investment, timeshares result in accumulated financial losses. The only ones that get acceptable returns on timeshares are the resort builders, owners and timeshare/travel agents. The costs in time and fees transfering timeshare weeks to another owner adds to investment loss. TIMSHARES ARE NOT A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT !![/Q] [b]Exactly, once you buy a timeshare week it's yours for life and all the fees associated with it until it can be sold. It's even part of your estate once you die.[/b]