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Not exactly... (by KC):

pedro0390841 wrote:

Keep in mind, somtimes you can deed back the timeshare to the resort. Most will require you to pay the resort transfer fee which varies.

More accurately and correctly stated, those (relatively few) resorts which accept deedbacks generally require the "donor owner" to pay the associated closing costs (which is distinctly different from the "resort transfer fee", a fee which many resorts don't charge in ANY ownership change in the first place).

In a "deedback", the resort HOA is going to become the new owner, and they generally require closing costs in order to cover preparation of a new deed and recording thereof, so that they can then have it available for resale by said HOA (or, in some instances, by an on-site resale agent). The "resort transfer fee" (...if any) does not actually enter the picture at all in such situations.

Celebrity is one entity which might consider accepting a deedback *IF* the facility, unit and week are "desirable". Celebrity routinely rents out "house owned" weeks at various Celebrity facilities. If a "house owned" week would consistently command more in rent money than the associated maintenance fee collected from an owner of that same week, it's a business decision clearly in their own best interest. For a "weak week" however, not so much...