The ''timeshare captivity'' thread from FlyerTalk

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

This could get interesting:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ty-thread.html

[MaryH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MaryH]

yup.

[stevio99 Member Find all posts View Profile Close stevio99]

Still havent gone to one. Really wondering how they "fix" the numbers so as to make it appear as if your saving money. It would kind of be funny to laugh at their lies. The fact that some of these were 5 hrs long kind of keeps me away though

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

Really wondering how they "fix" the numbers so as to make it appear as if your saving money.

The first and easiest trick is to divide the purchase price by N years, with no opportunity cost included.

[bluka Member Find all posts View Profile Close bluka]

they try to use inflation as a big factor in the price of hotel rooms in the future but conveniently leave out all the yearly fees.imho i dont feel that hotel rates have gone up nowere near other products/services