The average Western calendar year has 52 weeks, as most of us know. However, in the world of timeshare, you may come across a peculiar phenomenon… a fifty-third week of the year: ‘Week 53’. The timeshare annual calendar always begins ...
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4 legal facts you never knew about timeshare companies
4 legal facts you never knew about timeshare companies 1. Until 1994, there was almost no regulation on the activities of timeshare companies It was only on the 26th October 1994 that the European Communities passed The European Directive 94/47/E ...
What’s The Difference Between Timeshare And Fractional Ownership?
Many people view fractional ownership as a type of timeshare. In short, however, it is very different. Fractional ownership is more like what we see regularly these days in ‘property crowdfunding’, a successful industry wherein several people each own a ...
When Is Timeshare A Good Idea?
Because our business is to help people with their timeshare issues, most of our blog posts seem sometimes to focus on the bad side of the industry. However, there is another side to the story, the side with thousands of ...
Why Are Timeshare Resales So Cheap?
Buying a timeshare from the developer or resort is expensive, not just in terms of the initial outlay, which is usually in the £10,000s, but also the cost of annual maintenance fees. So, when it comes to selling it on, ...
How Much Does Timeshare Cost?
How much does timeshare cost? Well, how long is a piece of string?! The cost of a timeshare depends on a wide range of factors. Firstly, there’s the matter of the size and quality of the timeshare unit itself, and ...
Are Timeshare Resales A Good Deal?
There are two ways to answer the question of whether or not timeshare resales are a good deal. There’s the side of those selling their timeshare, and of course, the side of the potential buyer. For the seller and the ...
Are Timeshare Points A Good Idea?
There are several different kinds of timeshare memberships. Timeshare points is just one of these, and has proved a very popular way of being part of the timeshare community for a number of years. But it’s not always the best ...
5 reasons to hire a timeshare lawyer
5 reasons to hire a timeshare lawyer If you have recently purchased a timeshare and believe that you were misled or that the contract you signed has no legal standing, it is important that you contact a specialist timeshare lawyer ...
Is My ‘Timeshare Investment’ Really An Investment?
The words ‘timeshare’ and ‘investment’ should never be seen in the same sentence, unless that sentence is ‘timeshare is not an investment’. Nonetheless, countless people have been sold timeshare on that very premise. You may have been told something similar ...