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An estimated 9.9 million households in the United States own a timeshare product — but households that have never invested in a timeshare before may be wondering just what this type of vacation ...

Q: My parents purchased a timeshare with a floating week in a nearby town many years ago. One of the nicer aspects of the timeshare was that if your name was on the deed, you and your guests could use ...

Picture this: You’re in a conference room with several other people with the understanding that if you sit through a 90-minute presentation, you’ll walk away with a free two-night stay in a hotel or ...

If you’ve ever been on vacation or looked up a campsite, you’ve probably seen advertisements for timeshares or vacation clubs. Thanks to aggressive sales techniques, false marketing, high costs and ...

Timeshares – vacation properties that are owned by numerous people and available for a specific time frame each year – have long been saddled with a bad reputation due to unscrupulous companies in the ...