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What is Timeshare?

Timeshare is a way of holidaying in a different style, one which will give you consistent quality holidays and long term savings. Basically, a way to own your holidays, as apposed to renting them.
holiday of a lifetime…..for a lifetime.
Timeshare provides:

• High Quality accommodation
• Lifetime ownership
• An opportunity to influence your fees and resort
• Flexibility: You can exchange for different accommodation during different weeks
• Piece of mind

Timeshare is not new, it has been around for many years and there are millions of happy owners who are currently enjoying the quality of holiday accommodation that most people only dream about.
If this is your first time looking at Timeshare you will find there are several options open in today’s market place to enjoy the benefits of Timeshare.

Accommodation

People like you, make a one-time purchase of a share of furnished resort accommodations, choosing from a wide selection of products designed to suit any lifestyle. There are currently over 4,000 resorts in over 90 countries worldwide for you to choose from.

The basic Traditional Timeshare is normally supported by a deed and is usually held in trust on behalf of the owners; this allows buyers to purchase an increment in time, typically week segments.
 You are buying the right to use an apartment, a luxury villa with a pool, a cruise or even a Catamaran or Sunseeker yacht. When you own a Timeshare you have the rights to Use it, Rent it, Loan it, Exchange it, Sell it or even Bequeath it.
All you need to do is to buy flights through your own travel agent or in some instances through the resorts own travel club. You can then look forward to a 5 star luxury holiday each and every year for the rest of your life.

Management Fees

Once you have purchased your Timeshare accommodation all you need to do is to pay a modest annual management fee. Fees vary from resort to resort depending on size and amenities available and include absolutely everything to do with the running of your resort, from staffing to refurbishment, insurance and general day to day running costs.
Generally it is an owners committee who normally controls the fee level, the committee would ordinarily consist of a member of the Management Company, a member of the Trustee Company and 3 Timeshare owners like you. This ensures to you is that the owners have a say in the running of the resort.

Financial Benefits

Timeshare over a period of time will not only improve your quality of holiday but will also save you money.
Timeshare is the difference between renting and owning, many people strive to own a holiday property and Timeshare is a cost efficient way of achieving your dream
To explain, we need to compare a like for like situation firstly, by doing a web search on comparison sites* it was seen that a family of 4 holidaying on the Costa del Sol from 7th November for

If you take a family of four holidaying on the Costa del Sol in four or five star accommodation, seven nights not including flights. We did a search on the web and the average price came out at £1,651.
Looking at this over a 10 year period if this family went back every year to the same place they would spend £16,510 on accommodation. Add inflation to this and we have used five per cent as an average over 10 years, your holidays would now have cost you just over £20,766

And what have you got to show for nearly £21,000? Lots of good memories, lots of family photos, a few new friends, the usual souvenirs and maybe even the odd hotel towel or two! But that’s it. OK, so let’s take a look at the timeshare option.

If that family could have taken, let’s say £6,000 they could have bought a two bedroom timeshare apartment on the Costa del Sol for a week. Add to that an average annual management fee of £400, a one off legal and administration fee and five per cent for inflation, over ten years the total amount spent would come to £11,321, which is an instant saving of £9, 445.
So you still have your memories, your photos and your friends but you now own a timeshare in an apartment that you can do whatever you want with, even to sell and get some of your money back

Flexibility

You can become part of an exchange programme to swap your week with any other in the world. Some people do not want to go to the same place year in year out and this is where owning a Timeshare comes into it’s own, as an owner you have the ability to exchange almost anywhere in the world.
The majority of resorts are affiliated with at least one of the main exchange companies who have resorts worldwide and in addition to this; many resorts actually operate their own internal exchange programmes, especially if the resort is part of an overall group or company.
Very simply, you bank your Timeshare week(s) into the exchange system, pay a small fee and swap the week to holiday in a different resort of your choice with normally several thousand resorts to choose from.
  
You don’t have to wait for someone to use your Timeshare, just become a member of the exchange club and put your week in. Bear in mind the exchange programmes are of course driven by availability and some periods of the year are always more popular than others in certain locations. So get in early….
Also there are further advantages to the exchange programme including holiday rentals. For example if you have already used your Timeshare allocation you can access bonus weeks where you can simply pay a one-off fee to experience an additional holiday for you and your family. Also with some exchange companies and resort points clubs you can also exchange your Timeshare for a cruise, catamaran or Sunseeker
Overall you can benefit as a Timeshare owner through membership to the exchange companies as they provide you with the flexibility you need to enjoy holidays wherever you choose.
Ask yourself the question “Which would you rather do Rent or Own your future holidays?”

Contact

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* For the price comparison example we used to laterooms.com and did a search for family of four in a Hotel in Marbella, Sat Nov 7th for 7 night's accommodation room only. Therefore the following was used: - The Westin La Quinta Golf Resort 5* £1,320, Alanda Club 4* £1,474 and Marbella Playa Hotel 4* £2,158 Taking the average you get £4,952 divide 3 = £1,651