Timeshare Vacations For Dummies (Dummies Travel) by Lisa Ann Schreier (PDF)

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There are more than 5,400 timeshare resorts in destinations as diverse as England and Africa, Orlando and Shanghai. More than 3 million North Americans own timeshares around the world. Is timeshare ownership for you? Packed with information for current and prospective owners, this guide points out the plusses and the pitfalls and lets you in on the smartest ways to buy, sell, or swap timeshares. It covers: Questions to ask yourselfQuestions to ask timeshare sales representativesAn overview of the types of timeshare ownershipAn update on variations on traditional timeshare vacationsFinancing, maintenance fees, assessments, and other economic considerationsLike every For Dummies travel guide, Timeshare vacations For Dummies includes:Down-to-earth trip-planning adviceWhat to look for—and what to look out forWhich options best fit your budget and your vacation styleHandy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages

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Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Travel smart at www.dummies.com Explore timeshare vacations — the fun and easy way®There are more than 5,400 timeshare resorts around the world and over 3 million timeshare owners in North America. This guide points out the plusses and the pitfalls and lets you in on the smartest ways to buy, sell, or exchange timeshare.DiscoverThe top timeshare destinations around the globeInsider tips on buying, selling, and renting timeshareHow to play the timeshare exchange gameHandy Post-it® Flags to mark your favorite pages About the Author Lisa Ann Schreier is the founder of Timeshare Insights, an independent and unbiased organization dedicated to guiding consumers through the often mysterious and sometimes tedious world of timeshare. Before moving to the Orlando, Florida, area in 1997, she worked in the advertising and media industry in Chicago, becoming a media buyer for major clients. She formed GRQ Enterprises, an advertising and consulting business providing one-stop marketing expertise for clients. Since moving to central Florida, she has worked for several timeshare resorts in the Orlando area, as a salesperson, a sales manager, and a trainer. Seeing firsthand the good, the bad, and the ugly in the industry, she first became a contributing columnist to The Timeshare Beat, the industry’s most widely read publication, where she blended her advertising expertise with her timeshare experience. In 2003, she formed Timeshare Insights, where her focus has been on educating potential and current timeshare owners, believing that an educated consumer can bring about necessary changes to the industry. Ms. Schreier has been featured on WOR-AM in New York City, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, Hiatus Magazine, and both WLS-TV and WGN-TV in Chicago. She is a frequent guest speaker at timeshare owners’ groups, consumer travel shows, and timeshare management university classes. She is also the author of Surviving a Timeshare Presentation . . . Confessions from the Sales Table (Oct. 2004). You can contact Lisa at www.timeshareinsights.com, or through her agent, Ibach and Associates, at www.ibachsportspr.com.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Gave me a couple insights into timeshare programs but like others have said, there is information on some geographic areas that are not correct. Last but not least, it is copyrighted 2005 and this industry has changed significantly since then. The points programs have grown to include many more resorts and using points for things like cruises and airline tickets is mostly unheard of.

⭐A ok

⭐I found the information helpful.

⭐This book has some good basic information on what timesharing is, and the different types of timeshares available (deeded versus right-to-use; fixed versus floating; etc.)However, the advice about what to actually buy leaves a lot to be desired. For example, she specifically advises buyers that good deals may be had in developer (“new”) timeshares in overbuilt areas, that is, areas with many, many timeshares. In fact, overbuilt areas generally give very low trading power and are therefore a poor value. In particular, the author presents Orlando as the best place to buy a timeshare. In reality, Orlando timeshares are a glut on the market and (unless you own a Christmas or Spring Break week) rarely receive good trades. The author gives an example of how you can’t trade into a top Orlando resort with a non-Orlando timeshare that cost only $1,000 resale. Well, I’ve done it — repeatedly.Some of the advice here makes me question how extensive the author’s knowledge of timeshares is. For example, she says it is often a good idea to buy a 3-bedroom unit that “locks off” into three 1-bedroom units. However, there are few, if any, timeshares that work this way; “lock-off” units almost always convert into two units, not three, and usually only one of the two units is a one-bedroom, rather than a studio. Also, the author says (p. 23) “Private sleeping capacity is just that: separate sleeping rooms.” This is misleading; private sleeping capacity is based on each couple sleeping privately, not each individual. So, if a timeshare unit sleeps six separately, that means it has three private sleeping areas that each hold two people, not six private sleeping areas.The internet has an active timesharing community, full of people who respond very strongly when they feel that a timeshare salesperson — which this author is, or at least used to be — is giving out misleading information. That is why this book is getting criticism here. The criticism is coming from the online timeshare users’ community, not from timeshare salespeople.My advice? This book is OK if you just want some info about timesharing, but before you plunk down serious money to actually buy a timeshare, […]

⭐Having read the book, as well as knowing Lisa, I can assure you Lisa was not a good salesperson, therefore neither is the book. The question at hand really is……Do I want to vacation and is it important to yourself and family. If you want to vacation, it can be a good deal, if u use it, as an owner for over 20 years. On the other hand if u need to subsidize the cost of your vacations by taking tours for a gift, ownership is not within your realm. Simply don’t take a tour, easy solution. People in the timeshare business are like any business, most are a good lot, if u have an open mind and can afford the product, look at it. If u can’t supply those conditions stay away and save yourself the aggravation. Like any informed buyer, determine what you need, condos, hotels, length of stay, location etc. Be an informed buyer.

⭐I thought some of reviews were harsh and unfair. This book is the best one on the market I could find on this somewhat confusing topic. In addition, the information on buying a time share from an individual (rather than the developer), or on e-bay is probably where the bargains are found. The author points out the wisdom and the pitfalls in trying to do this. The book has a web site from which the author answered some additonal questions that I wrote in to her. Timeshares are a close call from a financial standpoint in my own opinion, however time share units are typically better than a hotel, e.g. kitchen and other amenities.If you are thinking of purchasing a time share, or just curious to learn more about it, I would recommend this book.

⭐This book was a waste of $$$ and time. I wonder how many timeshares she owns? Many of the Dummies books are good, but not this one. The one thing that a sales person will tell you at a timeshare presentation is “IT WILL MAKE YOU TAKE VACATIONS”. I dont think you need to buy a timeshare to make spending time with your family a priority in your life, but it helps. A timeshare if purchased resale (at a fair price), a place where you want to visit over again and has good trading power, will give you many years of memories and opportunities, that may or may not otherwise have come your way, at an affordable price.One of the bad raps, of timesharing is that people dont take the time to research their options, they buy poorly, dont use their timeshares and let them go to waste. I agree with the previous reviews, that TUG and timeshare forum is a good starting place to educate yourself. They are the pros and they are probably your neighbors. Tug is a good site to check out even if you just want to find out about a city and where the good places to eat and visit.

⭐good

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