Timeshares anyone?

[jmbklj]

Do any of you use timeshares for any of your travel? I inherited one this year. I've been trying to learn the timeshare world but OMG! And it seems to take so much advance planning - WAY in advance.

[kyshel]

we're making a great effort to get RID of a Hilton Grand Vacations timeshare for my husband's ex-wife. Just reduced the price, so maybe it will roll soon.

[jsattapr2]

jmbklj, you inherited the the timeshare, as in it is now your week or you inherited it, as in you have the right to use the week this year?

[jmbklj]

Yes, it's now my week; ownership of a deeded week transferred to me in 2010. I used it a few times previously with a guest certificate & exchanged it for weeks in Spain, Portugal and South Africa. The home resort is in Hawaii, the big island.

kyshel, I know you like S Africa; maybe you could exchange it into a S Africa week (in the meantime). With the new RCI weeks system (using trading value points), the price of a S Africa exchange week is low. There are a few near Kruger & other parts of SA. Granted perhaps it's not an exclusive tented lodge but might be an inexpensive way to tack extra days onto a LL package.

It's definitely not a sellers market with timeshares. You have to practically give them away now. Look at how many are listed on Ebay for $1.

[kyshel]

we want nothing to do with it except to sell it for the ex--her annual fees are too high compared to what we pay for far more perks in any LL pkg! It's not ours to sell--we are trying to get rid of it for HER <period> with the exception of the kids...haha