Gone are the days when you were forced to sit through a five hour long timeshare presentation, trying to make your way to the end. Once you made it or fell asleep, a peppy salesperson tried to hustle you into buying the property at a high price for a very short vacation.
Those days are gone, kaput, and extinct. You never have to deal with or look back on those horrific days ever again. There’s a revolution—a novelty. Something new, improved, and ten times better: the era of timeshare resales has dawned and has started a timeshare renaissance.
Timeshare resales are old timeshares—not necessarily badly kept ones. Sometimes the owners have simply outgrown vacationing yearly and want to make a profit off of their old investment and have a quality timeshare for sale. They can’t care for the property, and honestly would probably rather just stay home and chill in their back yards as opposed to running up and down the beach, mountain, etc.—are resold by the company or even the soon-to-be-former owners. Either way, you can find many great deals that allow you to find the vacationing spot of your dreams, without all of the extra cost that you don’t need.
Timeshare resales cost quite a bit less than brand new timeshares. A large portion of the cost is simply in advertisement, free gifts that might come with the viewing of the timeshare, etc. Timeshare resales don’t require quite as much advertisement—after all they’re so cheap they practically sell themselves! They end up being half or more of the price than a brand new timeshare, leaving you with quite the deal. Plus, there’s no long presentation to sit through and you don’t have to deal with timeshare salesmen or women. All you have to do is browse. (This also means no free gift, but for the money saved, this isn’t such a big deal. You can buy your own special gift for what you’re saving.)
With all this in mind, you may be wondering just what on earth is a timeshare. What does it do? Why is it worth it?
A timeshare is a property that you and several other people purchase. Think of it like having roommates when you get an apartment. Only, instead of having to fight over who forgot to pick up their dirty socks, left dishes in the sink, etc, you pay for a specific time of the year. Meaning that if there are dirty laundry issues with another owner/”roommate”, you aren’t the one who has to worry about their socks. Their dishes are their problem, and not yours. You’re the only person/family there during the time allotted for you, unless the term of your purchase requires you to share with another owner or family.
Purchasing a timeshare is several times more cost-efficient than buying your own vacation home. Instead of footing the whole cost of upkeep, you get to share it. When you purchase a pre-owned timeshare, you get to do this for even less.