What is the one thing you enjoy most about owning a timeshare!

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

All of the above, but I voted for meeting new people who love to travel. My husband and family members don't share my passion for travel, so it's great to connect with others that get it.

Maria

[Ryne08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryne08]

We enjoy traveling to different resorts off season.

[katie Member Find all posts View Profile Close katie]

Voted "It's easier to travel with family & friends... "

For us, it's just more affordable to take extended family vacations with a timeshare (more living space with the ability to eat in and pack light). When it's just me and my hubby, a hotel room is plenty of room for us.

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

As I have posted many times to people thinking of buying a timeshare is buy where you love going each year! This way you will always be happy and if you exchange one year thats just a plus.
PHILL12

My sentiments exactly -- purchase where you love going each year.

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

All of the above, but I voted for meeting new people who love to travel. My husband and family members don't share my passion for travel, so it's great to connect with others that get it.

Maria

I voted the same.

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

As I have posted many times to people thinking of buying a timeshare is buy where you love going each year! This way you will always be happy and if you exchange one year thats just a plus.

We were never interested in Timeshares because we didn't care to vacation for a full week somewhere (rarely works out right for us), and because we knew we DIDN'T want to stay in the same place every year.

Which is why we have Bluegreen points. But the underlying ownership is in a place we wouldn't mind hitting once a year if it came to that, and I do agree it's good advice to buy where you'd like to stay. For us, we also wanted a place close enough it wouldn't be a hardship to stay at - I know a lot of people who got good use of their Florida TS ownership when they were younger but now don't care to drive that far and are unhappy with its trading power.

I maybe should have voted on the villas, because having our own kitchen is crucial to enjoyable vacations, but OTOH we wouldn't be able to enjoy it if we weren't going, so I voted on the "vacation every year" thing. We never vacationed before and haven't timeshared long so that's still uppermost in my mind - paying that yearly fee motivates us to make use of it, and it's definitely good for us.

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

Bumped thread.. A few newbies responded to me via email that they couldn't find it..

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

Interesting. ONly 10 (9%) selected great value for the cost, and the first is luxury villa.

Put it this way. TS properties are far from luxurious. I can find resorts of world class easily, but not in TSing though, if I am willing or able to afford it.

I love Tsing because of the minimal cost for the value I receive. With the knowledge from this web site, I am paying like 50 or 60 dollars per night for a one bedroom or two bedroom. That is I am paying Motel 6 but enjoying "luxury".

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

The extra space and kitchen to make breakfast and a snack at night. Ability to stay a while and see more of the area.

[cjs Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cjs]

Ability to exchange and the quality of the resorts

Though I have barely used my timeshare (and thus am seeking to sell it), the few times I did use it a few years back I did like that I could exchange it for other resorts and that the accomodations were lovely and really felt "homey" moreso than a hotel room.

Additionally, the activities at the resort offered entertainment that made it enjoyable when we decided to just hang around the resort property on a "slow" day during the vacation.

[SPG900NY Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close SPG900NY]

My family didn't vacation for years. I don't know how it happened. Four years had just suddenly gone by and we hadn't really GONE anywhere for a longer trip than a couple of days.

Buying a timeshare forces us to take the time we're supposed to take as a family. That alone is worth the investment.