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May 5, 2021 3:04 PM Amy Fontinelle - Forbes Advisor
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May 5, 2021 10:54 PM
If a timeshare company ever offers you free tickets to a show, a hotel stay or dinner discounts to attend a “brief” meeting, it’s likely you’re going on a lengthy tour of a timeshare.
There certainly are benefits to having a vacation place to call your own once a year that often comes with an option to trade places nationally or globally. But there are also risks you need to be aware of before making this lifelong commitment.
The effort required, and time spent touring a timeshare while on vacation, to understand what you’re getting into could be better spent simply going on a vacation with no strings attached. And let’s be clear: Timeshares should not be seen as an investment like stocks or a retirement fund plan.