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Re: WALK AWAY FROM TIMESHARE (by Dano333):

I don't quite know what to make of your posting NoOneYouKnow, but, okay.

If I sound a little down on timeshare companies/resorts, it's because of my own personal experience with one. First, the high pressure. I won't elaborate, since anyone who's been through it knows exactly what I'm talking about. When I booked back in the late 90's, I could get March Break as late as January. Then I couldn't get it as early as Sept. Then, I saw that week, and others, advertised on a National Hotel chains' website after I had been told there was no availability. Then, ah yes, the infamous maintenance fees. Mine were based on the Mexican & American Cost-Of-Living combined. That was an eye opener! Since I had paid off my entire initial purchase of the timeshare lease, I just had those maint. fees to consider. I hired a lawyer and got out of my contract. He was good. He made it look like if they didn't cancel my contract bad things were going to happen to them. I have people I work with, a big company, who purchased timeshare with the same resort at about the same time. I don't know why a few of them still have their timeshare with that resort. The maint. fees are off the charts now. They still have trouble getting the week or weeks they want. They keep pressuring them to purchase upscale units because the type you have now are being phased out. They lose sleep over this.

So, again, why put yourself through that kind of grief? If you go on someone else's week, great! Enjoy the week or weeks, just calmly say "No Thanks", to the 90 minute (it will 5 or 6 hours, a lost day) presentation. You will thank me!