Friends don’t let friends buy timeshares.
I have a Silverleaf timeshare, and am satisfied. BUT — and this is a very big BUT — I bought it independently from Silverleaf for about a nickel on the dollar from an acquaintance who couldn’t afford to keep up the annual maintenance fee.
Don’t do it if you have a hard time saying No to a hard sell. Because that’s what you’re going to get, and they will make it sound like you’re getting a good deal. But you most certainly are overpaying, grossly overpaying, if you sign on the dotted line.
Thanks. It seems that the confluence of having a hard time saying “NO” and having a propensity to believe in things too good to be true is exactly the site where scam artists like to set up their fishing camps.