How to Get Rid of a Timeshare
by Pat Mertz Esswein, Associate Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Oct 03, 2019
3 minutes
Maybe you're suffering buyer's remorse after succumbing to high-pressure sales tactics. Or maybe you're not vacationing as you once did, and you are eager to excise the escalating annual maintenance fee from your budget. Whatever the reason, a healthy percentage of the estimated 9.2 million households that own timeshares are itching to ditch them.
Before you try to sell your timeshare, face one fact: You will never get back what you paid for it--a figure that can be substantial. In 2018, buyers paid an average of $21,455 per timeshare interval (a week or equivalent points) and
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