I have to say at first when I bought timeshare I thought uh oh! another disastrous investment. However over the years I have had some great holidays and stayed at resorts that would have cost me double my maintenance fees. Some of my holidays include 2x Tasmania loved it! Coffs harbour, Port Macquarie, Forster & numerous gold coast. I used the week to send my daughter on her honeymoon, paint my whole house inside as a trade and as a gift to my Brother in law who had not been a holiday in 8 years. I have rented it out twice and I currently have 2 weeks banked and 1 I am using to go to Victoria in March. One of the values I find is it forces me to take holidays as I work in high stress position in my own business and I would always find excuses NOT to go on holiday the weeks building up makes me utilise the time. Planning is the key though if you want to go to some of the more popular like NZ, WA Thailand etc. I also think that you can take the less popular and find you can still have a great break its all up to you. Happy holidays!