Staying in a Timeshare vs. Staying at an Ordinary Resort or Hotel While on Vacation

You might think that a traditional hotel or resort is your only option for accommodations while you are on vacation. However, timeshares are often a better option for those looking for a truly memorable vacation experience. A timeshare can serve as your own vacation home without costing vacation home prices.

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Ah, vacations. Due to the hectic pace of the world that we find ourselves living and working in, there are few greater joys than that of taking some time away from the hubbub of daily life and surrounding ourselves with a different milieu. The details of these vacations, however, can be as diverse as the people that decide to take them. One person will choose to visit the rarefied heights of the Andes Mountains. Another will choose to take their vacation on some idyllic South Sea island. It is really a matter of your own personal preference. Where you go is actually only the first of several major decisions you must make as you plan your vacation. Another is what type of accommodations to stay in.

Believe it or not, however, when it comes to where you stay while on a vacation, the decision is not solely limited to personal preference. Granted, there may be a difference of opinion about what constitutes suitable accommodations. For example, one person might want to hole up in a little bungalow on the seaside, with a thatched roof and bamboo walls; another might want to stay in a luxurious hotel, complete with an overstuffed king-size bed. So, in that respect, accommodations are very much a matter of personal liking.

Of course, there are other relevant factors that are not so subjective. Perhaps most important of these is price. Though you might want to stay in a five star resort, you might well choose not to do so due to budgetary limitations. Therefore, looking for the best possible accommodations for a particular budget is a necessary task for virtually every person taking a vacation. There are two different primary types of choices available in this situation: ordinary hotels, and timeshares.

The hotel option is what you would expect it to be: an ordinary hotel or resort. You check in at the desk, sign into the room and so on; in other words, this is the conventional choice for vacation accommodations. The timeshare option, on the other hand, is much more unique.

It basically consists of sharing a particular property with other owners; each of these owners has the right to use the property for a certain period of time each year. This allows people to stay in a property possessing a level of luxury that they could not otherwise afford by sharing the cost among several different people.

It is true that hotels can be practical, enjoyable and convenient. However, they do tend to lack many features that a timeshare can offer. For instance, it is usually possible to obtain a far more comfortable location to stay in your vacation destination for the same price by renting a timeshare — not to mention the option to actually purchase a timeshare that you can return to again and again. Many timeshare properties also have the appeal of offering full kitchens, washers and dryers and similar homelike conveniences. Overall, timeshares tend to be both far nicer and far homier than most traditional vacation accommodations.