A SNAPSHOT OF TIMESHARE OWNERSHIP

What Do Insiders Say?
A SNAPSHOT
OF TIMESHARE
OWNERSHIP
WHO ARE
THE OWNERS?
8,000,000 in the United States
$74,000 median household income
64% do NOT have children at home
47% are employed full-time
21% are retired
74% are married/in a partnership
OWNERS ARE HAPPY WITH BOTH THEIR OVERALL
TIMESHARE EXPERIENCE AND THEIR HOME RESORT
67%
57%
EXCELLENT/
VERY GOOD
EXCELLENT/
VERY GOOD
26%
27%
GOOD
GOOD
Overall Ownership Experience
My Home Resort Overall
RS ARE
TIMESHARE OWNE END
M
LIKELY TO RECOM FRIEND
EIR
TIMESHARE TO TH LIKELY
AND EVEN MORE AIN.
TO PURCHASE AG
NEARLY 2/3
WOULD PURCHASE
TIMESHARING AGAIN
Recommend Timeshare
Ownership in General
Recommend My Home Resort/
Vacation Ownership Club
66%
59%
WOULD
WOULD
20%
20%
MIGHT
MIGHT
POINTS ARE NOW
MOST COMMON T THE
YP
TIMESHARE PROD E OF
UC
THAT PEOPLE OW T
N.
46%
45%
12%
Points
Week
Fractional
12%
PRC*
WHY CONTINUE TO OWN?
• ABILITY TO EXCHANGE — NEVER
GETS BORING!
• FUTURE VACATIONS ARE PRE-PAID
• BRINGS DISCIPLINE TO TAKING
VACATIONS
WHERE ARE TIMESHARES LOCATED?
82% OF ALL TIMESHARE
PROPERTIES ARE
LOCATED IN THE U.S.
MEXICO AND
THE CARIBBEAN
ARE THE MOST POPULAR
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS
*Private Residence Club — For more information on all types
of timeshare ownership, click here.
Source: The Shared Vacation Ownership Owners Report, 2012 edition
prepared by TRiG for the ARDA International Foundation. www.arda.org
Note: Information is for US timeshare owners.
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