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Re: Timeshare reviews (by R P.):

Ditto, ditto, ditto what Greg said below. If you can travel only in a red hot designated season (peak summer, holidays, winter ski season) then buying may be your only option. However, I would think long and hard before investing $58,000 (can't imagine what the yearly maintenance fees are) in one week of timeshare even if I could only travel in a red hot designated season.

It's a lot easier to buy a timeshare week than to sell one, and if you buy from the developer you will more than likely take a substantial loss when you get ready to sell. I would research other rental options or all the resale sites for the resort where you are interesting in buying.

greg208 wrote:

One of the key factors when determining if it is worthwhile to purchase a timeshare is your availability to travel during "off-peak" periods". While certainly not the case everytime, more often than not, if you are looking to rent a nice (gold crown or 5 star) property on the Atlantic coast when your kids are on summer vacation, it will either be difficult to find on Redweek, or be very costly. Same goes for ski resorts in Colorado and Utah during Presidents week and Christmas.

So, if you really like a destination and intend to visit often and can only travel when the kids are out of school, you may be "forced" to buy. Who knows, once you buy you may find out it really does make more sense to own.