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Passing it on... (by KC):
sandrak122 notes in relevant part: >> it's something I want to pass on to my children... ...I guess ppl have different reasons for buying,but I wish my family had passed an opportunity like that on to me. =================================================
It's great that you utilize and enjoy your timeshare, but with all due respect I'd strongly suggest someday discussing and confirming in advance directly with your offspring that they would, in fact, even WANT you to pass that ownership along to them.
Different generations sometimes look at fixed week timeshare ownership in very different ways. I've met many people who sold such ownerships later in life because their children clearly wanted no part of the (ever growing) annual maintenance fee obligations and /or the somewhat confining restriction of mandatory dates for the use. One of the timeshare weeks which I own was purchased from just such an offspring, who was "left" with a timeshare he wanted absolutely no part of. I bought it from him for a fraction of the price his parents could have sold it for and used that money while they could, if they had only known he had no interest in it whatsoever.
As you said, people have different reasons and different views regarding timeshare ownership. Just don't assume that everyone looks at inheriting a timeshare as a "gift". Some folks actually regard it as an unwelcome burden and responsibility, involuntarily placed upon them without their choice or input...