By Mike McCoy
 Timeshares lurk at every destination worth visiting. Picture yourself strolling along the beach or hurrying toward the theme park, filled with anticipation. Suddenly someone accosts you offering free a dinner for two or discounted theme park tickets. All you need to do is spend an enjoyable 90 minutes touring a resort. At first, things seem great. The resort is drop-dead gorgeous.
Colorful brochures show enticing pictures of places where you can trade your resort time, IF you pay the extra fee to transfer it. You picture family reunions in the beautiful two-bedroom suite, complete with a full kitchen, and a verandah. You envision grandchildren frolicking in the pool and at the recreation center.
Blame it on the heady state of mind, induced by this idyllic place, but... three hours later you find yourself clutching the promised bonus-plus a bundle of legal papers, including a twenty-something thousand dollar promissory note at 16.9% interest. About now you realize that you live hundreds of miles from here. Work schedules and airfare costs make that family reunion |
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