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Hotels and resorts along the southern shore of Kaanapali Beach in Maui, Hawaii - a popular destination for timeshare property owners. Alamy
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Disney Vacation Club's Bay Lake Tower in Florida overlooks Walt Disney World. The 15-storey resort is a timeshare property and offers 'home-like conveniences' for families. Courtesy of Disney
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The old town of Flagstaff, Arizona. Flagstaff is famous for being the training ground of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Charles Duke before they landed on the Moon in 1969. Alamy
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There are a number of time share properties in the picturesque town of Sedona, Arizona. Alamy
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The logo of Swiss timeshare provider Hapimag AG is seen in Interlaken, Switzerland, August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich speaks at a news conference in Phoenix earlier this month. In 2017, Arizona settled a case with the Diamond Resorts Corporation after receiving more than 500 complaints alleging the company used “deceptive sales practices”. The agreement, reached with Mr Brnovich, allowed consumers to surrender their timeshares without any further obligation. AP
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A Diamond Resorts-managed timeshare property in Sedona, Arizona. Courtesy of Diamond Resorts
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The Marriott Vacation Club Pulse in San Francisco is a timeshare property. Courtesy of Marriott Vacation Club
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Hotels and resorts along the southern shore of Kaanapali Beach in Maui, Hawaii - a popular destination for timeshare property owners. Alamy
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Disney Vacation Club's Bay Lake Tower in Florida overlooks Walt Disney World. The 15-storey resort is a timeshare property and offers 'home-like conveniences' for families. Courtesy of Disney
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The old town of Flagstaff, Arizona. Flagstaff is famous for being the training ground of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Charles Duke before they landed on the Moon in 1969. Alamy
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There are a number of time share properties in the picturesque town of Sedona, Arizona. Alamy
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The logo of Swiss timeshare provider Hapimag AG is seen in Interlaken, Switzerland, August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich speaks at a news conference in Phoenix earlier this month. In 2017, Arizona settled a case with the Diamond Resorts Corporation after receiving more than 500 complaints alleging the company used “deceptive sales practices”. The agreement, reached with Mr Brnovich, allowed consumers to surrender their timeshares without any further obligation. AP
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A Diamond Resorts-managed timeshare property in Sedona, Arizona. Courtesy of Diamond Resorts
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The Marriott Vacation Club Pulse in San Francisco is a timeshare property. Courtesy of Marriott Vacation Club
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Hotels and resorts along the southern shore of Kaanapali Beach in Maui, Hawaii - a popular destination for timeshare property owners. Alamy
US timeshare investors suffer buyer’s remorse as fees pile up
Properties are often unavailable and owners can be locked into generational contracts that make it impossible to sell on
David Millward
21 June, 2021
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