What are the costs associated with timesharing?
Initial purchase figures vary depending on resort, locale, season, and/or point value. I’ll talk more about that later on. Yearly fees include maintenance fees for each week owned at a resort or per point. Generally speaking, maintenance fees at newer resorts are less than older resorts. Also, maintenance fees are generally higher for oceanfront property as opposed to inland properties due to wear and tear from the salt water. Owners in a strictly points system (such as Disney’s Vacation Club) pay a maintenance fee of a designated amount per point. There are also membership fees for RCI or II, plus exchange fees each time you trade. Still, for our family, a two bedroom villa outside of Disney World costs us less than $250 a week, not taking into account the initial investment. What is the benefit of a points-based system over exchanging weeks? Many points-based systems will allow vacationers more flexibility than the weeks. In the case of weeks, check-in is generally Friday, Saturday o
