Original Message:
We are thinking about a Timeshare Purchase, what's your honest opinion??? (by Joseph C.):
Check rental costs on Redweek and if the rental costs exceed the annual maintenance you can do a simple math equation to figure out if it's worth it to buy the unit yourself. Since you suggest you can travel in off-season my bet is you can rent at maintenance costs without laying out any money. However if rental costs exceed maintenance fess then do the ROI and see when you will recoup your $3k+ out of pocket. So if rental costs are $1700 let's say then you would recoup your costs in 6 years or so, but if rental costs are $1300 then it would take you 30 years to recoup your $3k out of pocket.