In life we aspire to own all the important things we need - cars, houses, washing machines, televisions etc - so why do we still rent our holidays by taking package deals from travel agents. We can never be sure of the quality; in fact it is a lottery every time we book our time away. Yet we still do it. Why?
Well, the answer is not everyone does. Over the last 35 years the Timeshare product has evolved into a mainstream holiday system where over 6.7 million members enjoy the freedom and flexibility of owning their own holiday time.
Often we hear that prospective owners are wary of making a commitment to their future holidays but we say one thing - BE REALISTIC WITH YOURSELVES!
If you can honestly say that you will not be taking a holiday at least once a year for the next ten years then Timeshare might not be for you. But if you are realistic - and a recent survey by holiday giants ebookers proves that over 88% of the public consider holidays to be not just a luxury but a necessity - you know you will have a minimum of one proper holiday every year. And in that case Timeshare makes serious financial sense.
An easy way to see how Timeshare represents outstanding value is to be realistic with yourself. How much does your annual holiday cost?
If for example you calculate that your rented annual holiday accommodation costs around £1,000 it is safe to say that over the next 10 years, taking into account inflation, you will spend £14,802.
Obviously this is for 3-4 star quality. After these 10 holidays you will have a wealth of memories and photos but you will have experienced a 100% financial loss. Your money has been spent. It is gone.
However, imagine if you had opted to invest that money in owning your own holiday. You would have had 5 star holidays during that time. At the end of the 10 years, if you could only get back what you paid, you would still have the memories and the wealth of photos, but you will have had zero financial loss.
As a worst case scenario, imagine that you got absolutely no money back. You still need to be realistic, what would you rather spend the same money on? Renting 3-4 star holidays with nothing to show for them after 10 years or owning luxury 5 star holidays where after 10 years you still have a lifetime more to look forward to.
See how Timeshare's value-for-money breaks down.
So, the savings to be made from long term Timeshare ownership are obvious but it is easy to make big savings immediately with a holiday to a far-flung, exotic, luxury destination.
Take just a few of these type of dream holidays and you will have paid for the Timeshare that will continue to give you amazing vacations for the rest of your life.
Here are some examples of the amazing savings that can be made now that you are a Timeshare owner:
The super-luxurious Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach and Villa Golf Resort in Jamaica is currently advertised in the Kuoni brochure for over £2,500 per person, per week. It is also advertised in the RCI brochure as an exchange destination. If you are a fixed week owner of a Resort Properties Timeshare then you can access this dream destination for the price of a worldwide exchange - £165 online or £174 over the phone. It's even cheaper if you are a Points owner - just £84 meaning a week in one of the world's most luxurious resorts can be had at an amazing £4,900 discount over the brochure price.
Another example of this financial sense is the incredible Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort in St Lucia. Again, a week's accommodation here costs between £2,000 and £3,000 pounds compared to a nominal exchange fee. Remember the exchange fee covers the accommodation whether it sleeps two or eight people, but the travel agents are normally quoting per person.
There are literally thousands of these super-luxury resort destinations, all over the world, that are in the glossiest of travel agent brochures for many thousands of pounds but are also in the RCI Directory and are available to Resort Properties Timeshare owners for just the price of an exchange fee.