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What to Do When You’re Sent a 1099-A Timeshare Tax Form We don’t have to tell you that canceling a timeshare is a difficult feat to accomplish. If you’ve been at the process for a while, you’re already aware that timeshare companies want their customers locked into ownership for life. They don’t want you to… Continue reading What to Do When You’re Sent a 1099-A Timeshare Tax Form

Timeshare Lawsuits and How They Can Affect Your Exit If you are a timeshare owner, it’s more likely than not that you have money problems. Timeshare contracts pile on fees year after year, often leaving timeshare owners in serious debt that went unmentioned in breezy, deceptive timeshare sales presentations. The weight of ever-increasing maintenance fees,… Continue reading Timeshare Lawsuits and How They Can Affect Your Exit

3 Ways Developers Trick You Into Timeshare Upgrades Anyone who owns a timeshare should be able to acknowledge that timeshare companies are notorious for their high-pressure tactics. This is how they are able to continuously attract new buyers. It’s also how they get you to buy into a timeshare upgrade.   If you’re unfamiliar with… Continue reading 3 Ways Developers Trick You Into Timeshare Upgrades

Adding Up the Actual Cost of a Timeshare The idea of vacation ownership has been rooted in the idea that, if you’re taking annual vacations (or even more frequent trips), it can make more sense financially to own a functional real estate interest or timeshare. After all, the old thinking goes, “Why would you keep… Continue reading Adding Up the Actual Cost of a Timeshare

How to Legally Get Out of a Timeshare: 3 Methods If getting out of ownership was easy, timeshares wouldn’t be the multibillion-dollar industry that they are. When you sign a contract during the timeshare sales process, you are agreeing to a lifetime of paying expensive maintenance fees to your timeshare resort.    Unfortunately, few people… Continue reading How to Legally Get Out of a Timeshare: 3 Methods

HGV Max vs. HGVC: Is It Just More of the Same? If you are a Hilton Grand Vacations Club (HGVC) owner, you may be a bit confused about Hilton’s latest timeshare offering: Hilton Grand Vacations Max (HGV Max). After all, they are both Hilton Grand Vacations timeshares, and the name seems to indicate that HGV… Continue reading HGV Max vs. HGVC: Is It Just More of the Same?

HGV Max vs. Diamond: Should You Upgrade Your Membership? Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) is certainly well-known within the timeshare industry. Separate from the Hilton Hotels Company, Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. is a high-end provider of timeshares. From Mexico to Scottsdale to Hawaii, the company boasts a wide range of domestic and international real estate properties.… Continue reading HGV Max vs. Diamond: Should You Upgrade Your Membership?

How to Recognize the Many Faces of Timeshare Fraud Many types of companies regularly show up on fraud reports. Debt collectors, bad investments, and phony cash prize scams have been around for decades. Another industry that often shows up in annual fraud statistics is timeshares.    According to the Federal Trade Commission’s recent statistics for… Continue reading How to Recognize the Many Faces of Timeshare Fraud

Is There a Timeshare Exit That Isn’t a Scam? Plenty of us are aware that many of the timeshare developers in the industry are scammers. But is there a timeshare exit that isn’t a scam?    We’d all like to think that timeshare exit companies exist to fight back against the wrongdoings of the timeshare… Continue reading Is There a Timeshare Exit That Isn’t a Scam?

How to Cancel Timeshare Contracts and Other Ways to Get Out Almost everyone who has ever owned a timeshare has found that it costs way more money than the salespeople said at their pushy, aggressive sales presentation. Between ever-increasing annual maintenance fees, special assessments for repairs and improvements, and various other fees you’ll have to… Continue reading How to Cancel Timeshare Contracts and Other Ways to Get Out