Your luxury timeshare vacations are the result of many companies working together. The list includes the resort developer, management company, and exchange agency. As they are each independent, it is not possible to group their costs together, and thus timeshare owners typically pay fees to each of them as necessary. Although these fees can seem overwhelming to new buyers, you will see that it makes perfect sense.
My wife and I were approached in the hotel lobby during a vacation to Orlando several years ago. The woman was some sort of sales representative, but didn’t mention any sort of sale. Instead, she offered us free tickets to several attractions. All we had to do was attend some sort of presentation that, she assured, would last no longer than 9a 90 minute presentations. It seemed to be quite a bargain, and we were more than willing to attend.
This was our first timeshare presentation. We were impressed by how practical the whole package seemed, and excited about the concept of paying for tomorrow’s vacations with today’s dollarshaving tackling, and thereby savings on the price of future vacations. The resort and its amenities were fantastic, but we hesitated because of the price. We knew nothing about vacation ownership, even though we always stretched the value of each dollar.