Fixed Weeks vs. Floating Weeks
Resorts offer fixed week and floating week timeshares and it is important to know the differences to decide which program best fits your needs.
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Resorts offer fixed week and floating week timeshares and it is important to know the differences to decide which program best fits your needs.
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An estimated 4.5 million people currently own timeshare and this figure will continue to grow in the future as larger resort companies such as Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and Disney increase their timeshare offerings. The following are reasons why it is better to own rather than rent your vacation:
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In October 2006, my fiance and I decided to get away for a weekend and visit a few of his friends in Las Vegas, Nevada. Despite our amazing hotel deal, we were pretty tight on funds and the trip was last-minute in nature, so when we were approached by two sales associates at the Mandalay Bay offering “free show tickets”, there was no hesitation to find out more. We were informed that we would be eligible for numerous Vegas show tickets that evening including Cirque de Soleil, Lance Burton, and others. We were also told that to qualify for the tickets we would need to attend a brief presentation on “real estate opportunities” lasting about 2 hours in length and that there was no obligation to buy – I would later realize that the latter part of this statement was entirely false. Within what seemed to be seconds of accepting the invitation we were whisked through back corridors of the Mandalay Bay and lead to a secluded parking area where a handful of sight-seeing vans were waiting. The 5 minute drive turned into 20 minutes and we ended up pulling into a dilapidated strip mall, far from the glitz and glamour of the strip.
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