Originally Posted by
Travlynn
Which also goes to show that timeshares should not be bought as an investment. Our four weeks are selling on the resale market for about the same price as we paid for that first week in 1981.
I agree that they're not a great investment when you factor in the maintenance fees, etc.
We bought three oceanfront units at the Maui Marriott about six years ago when we found ourselves traveling to Maui several times a year and shelling out the big $$$'s for hotel rooms.
The units have increased quite nicely in value but I doubt that we'd net much more than we paid for them if we sold tomorrow.
IMO, you need to buy shared-ownership/timeshare units in Hawaii if you want a relatively fixed cost for future vacations and not as an investment vehicle.