Timeshares initially sound very appealing. You get to visit a dream location every year, enjoy resort amenities and pay only ...

If you own a timeshare or ... ‘I will get maintenance fees from you – currently $2,000 yearly on average – and make it very hard for you to get rid of it. I may or may not take it back.

After that, for most owners there's no easy way to get rid of a timeshare. That angers Jeff Weir, chief correspondent for RedWeek, a timeshare rental and resale site. "The industry has failed to ...