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Who does not love a good vacation? Being able to get away from the workplace, out of a drab city to see a beautiful location or just visiting friends and family are all excellent reasons to vacation.

The memories made while vacationing are often times invaluable. Although the memories made are priceless, vacationing is extremely expensive.

Traveling to a vacation spot has only gotten more and more expensive over the years. With the skyrocketing price of gas and the extremely high price of plane tickets it is difficult to budget so much vacation money in to simply arriving at your destination.

After arriving at a destination the cost of lodging becomes prevalent. It is important to find lodging that fits the needs of all of the travelers.

Staying in a hotel is often times the solution for many travelers. With on site housekeepers it is always nice to come back from an event filled day to a clean and tidy room.

Hotels often times offer discount packages when purchasing local attractions. Even if the hotel does not offer a discount package the concierge desk is a useful tool in finding the local activities that will be most enjoyable throughout your vacation.

Staying in a hotel is an excellent way to vacation, but it is important to remember that this is not your only option as you travel. Many people choose to be a partial owner of a time share.

Time shares are shared properties in which multiple people hold rights to use the property. Each party that owns a part of the property has an allotted amount of time to visit.

On average time shares are given to a party of people for one week out of the year. Many of the owners that visit time shares are given the same week every year to visit.

This idea may seem foreign to many people. Sharing property with a complete stranger can be very unnerving if that is all the information you are given.

Time shares were thought of and used for the first time in Europe in the 1960s. Hapimag, a ski resort developer in the French Alps marketed his resort by telling them customers that they could rent the hotel.

Instead of just renting a room, the skiers were able to rent a unit that felt like a home away from home. Hapimag was very successful and the idea caught on around the world.

Now there are many companies that regulate the use of time shares to protect all participants. Each company has it's own policy and system to make sure that the time shares are respected by all parties involved.

There are many companies that base their system on a point program. The point program gives users flexibility and rewards.

The point system gives each participant a certain amount of points. These points are then used to make travel arrangements.

The resort and vacation companies that provide the point system allot a different amount of points to different time shares all around the world. The numbers of points required to visit and vacation at a resort are based on many things.

The most common factors contributing to the amount of points required to visit are the popularity of the resort, the size of the accommodations, the length of the visit, the traffic of the season requested, and the specific days and nights requested.

More popular destinations are Southern California and Hawaii, which would both be worth a high amount of points. A timeshare in Minnesota would be worth fewer points than the previously mentioned destinations.

There are also many different styles of accommodations. The size of time shares Ranges from smaller apartments to full sized homes.

The majority of time share units are equipped with full kitchens, a dining area and usually a television. There are also units that have washers and dryers.

The kitchen of the unit should be stocked with the proper amount of utensils and flatware for the number of people the unit sleeps. If it is advertised that the unit will sleep 4 people, than there should be four plates, forks, knives, spoons, etc.

A timeshare offers travelers the opportunity to feel at home, while on vacation. But many people believe that time shares are overpriced.

The annual maintenance fee, that includes property tax, makes many people turn away from owning a timeshare. Whether choosing a timeshare or a hotel, it is possible to find a way to travel comfortably within your budget.