| Stop Looking at Timeshare Vacation Packages | | | | A vacation club is a better option for many travelers. |
| At first glance, timeshare vacation packages look like | | | | They offer discounts on all sorts of things, from hotels, |
| a pretty sweet deal. Compared to paying full price at a | | | | to cruises, to airfare. True, there's usually a |
| hotel for a week, it can be a lot cheaper, and you don't | | | | membership fee, but it's a one time thing. Travelers can |
| have to deal with being unable to get a room. A | | | | book a trip whenever they want and leave just days |
| timeshare may even make for a friendlier vacation, | | | | later, so it works when your vacation time is sporadic. |
| because you'll see a lot of the same faces every time | | | | Besides, the best part of traveling is visiting and |
| you return. | | | | exploring new places. Some may say that a beach is |
| However, there's also a dark side to timeshare | | | | a beach no and that location doesn't matter, but it |
| vacation packages. They really limit your vacation | | | | does. Vacation clubs allow travelers to see new seas |
| options more than anything. With a timeshare, you get | | | | and cross new frontiers. Why eat at the same |
| the condo/beach house/suite for your week, but that's | | | | seafood restaurants in Key West every year, when |
| it. What if, for example, you can't take your vacation at | | | | instead you could go to Barbados one year and Rio |
| that same time next year? You still have the | | | | the next? With timeshare vacation packages, you're |
| timeshare, and you're still on the hook for all the fees. | | | | stuck with the same old destination. Once you grow |
| Unless you can find someone to rent it on short notice, | | | | tired of it, you have to sell the timeshare. Some |
| chalk that up as a loss. Some timeshares might not | | | | companies make it simpler than others, but a timeshare |
| even allow you to sublet. | | | | is not always easy to unload. |