How to Buy a Vacation Club Timeshare

Vacation club timeshares allow you to pay a one time membership fee to stay at a timeshare resort a couple of times a year. Vacation club timeshares alleviate the added financial commitments of a timeshare. When you buy into a vacation club timeshare, you need to know what you're getting into.

Instructions

1. Assess the value of a vacation club. Compare the prices that you'll pay for your vacation club timeshare vacation and make sure it's the best deal for you. Typically, you can buy into a vacation club timeshare less expensively than you can buy into a timeshare.

2. Ask whether the vacation club timeshare is transferable. Ask the vacation club timeshare whether you can transfer your vacation club to someone else, if something comes up in your schedule that prohibits you from taking the vacation.

3. Find out where you will be staying. Make sure it is a reputable resort with quality reviews.

4. Get everything in writing. When you buy into a vacation club timeshare, many companies aren't afraid to promise many things but deliver little.

5. Understand that you are not obligated to sit through presentations when you spend a week at a vacation club timeshare. People from the resort will certainly contact and ask you to attend, but you have no obligation to actually go.

Resources

• Place to buy a vacation club timeshare.
• Another place to buy a vacation club timeshare.