" Delight in economical dream holidays for a life time," markets the Marriott Getaway Club site, for example. When you can not manage to purchase a getaway house in Hawaii, just possibly you can manage to buy a week. To boot, nowadays most of the big timeshare operations permit owners to break out of their holiday ruts and swap that Hawaii week for one in, state, Puerto Rico.

None. There is a button: Request Details. The Marriott website is not alone. Large timeshare sellers are hesitant to be upfront about cost. The American Resort Development Association (ARDA), a trade group for timeshare companies, said in 2012 that the average cost of a timeshare is around $19,000, with a yearly maintenance charge of $660. Understand this: there are ways to make timeshares work.

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