The Golf Resort

Timeshare was probably, along with franchising, one of the most revolutionary concepts of its time. Buy one week, own it for life and never pay again. Wasn't that what they said In the beginning one put up with going to the same place every year: "So what," we all said, "we love going there anyway." Then they said we could swap weeks; that was great when one's timetable changed suddenly. And then, the best of all, they said our timeshare resort was a member of a group of resorts and we could go to different places.
I still think that if one can afford a top week (probably around $15 000 and more) within a large family of resorts (hopefully also allied to other families for variety of destinations) and you are happy with the annual fee, then timeshare is the best bet.
But beware.
Can you afford that amount of money If not you'll be paying the amount off at 12% and more in interest. Even if your resort is allied to others, how many resorts can you choose from Does it include resorts around the world Probably not. Did you read the small print, and do you know that you will be paying an annual maintenance fee whether you take your week or not Can you afford it It is often in excess of $700 a year. In fact the average top week will carry a fee of more than $1500 a year whether you use your week or not. What if you fall out with the timeshare resort or family of resorts What if they go bankrupt What if you have a bad year
There are often restrictions: blackout weeks, and the inability to go more than once a year; difficulties when it comes to swapping, and swapping that goes with a high charge. What if you wanted to reward friends, colleagues, family, children and send them away for a week You can't because it means you yourself are blocked from going in the same year.
Too many restrictions and obstacles.
What if you found a luxury resort membership that did away with all these disadvantages A membership that offered access fifty-two times a year to five thousands resorts including golf resorts and ski resorts in fifty-five countries around the world, in fact mostly timeshare resorts themselves. And this included cruises. In addition to this you could offer those friends and family members three guest weeks in addition to all those weeks you might have taken advantage of. It sounds almost too good to be true. And in almost every single case the cost of one entire week at any of these thousands of resorts is less than the timeshare annual maintenance fee.
Makes you think, doesn't it