{"id":272,"date":"2013-05-01T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/01\/are-there-legal-restrictions-regarding-who-i-can-sell-my-timeshare-to\/"},"modified":"2013-05-01T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T12:42:00","slug":"are-there-legal-restrictions-regarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/01\/are-there-legal-restrictions-regarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Are There Legal Restrictions Regarding Who I Can Sell My Timeshare To?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/LisaAnn2.jpg\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/LisaAnn2.jpg?f06c7c9d614577b6972cc7379a376567\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>From the April issue of the RedWeek newsletter comes this question for our Timeshare Crusader, Lisa Ann Schreier:<br \/><i><br \/><\/i><i>I read online that industry lobbyists are pushing an amendment to make it illegal for timeshare owners to sell their property to third-party companies that will not pay the maintenance fees. Can they do this?&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Lisa Ann\u2019s reply:&nbsp;<\/b><br \/>Great question, and an issue to which every single timeshare owner, and prospective owner, needs to pay careful attention.  Can they do this? Yes, they can!<\/p>\n<p>While on the surface, the new bill attempts to stop the glut of less-than-scrupulous companies from ripping off unsuspecting timeshare owners, I feel that it opens up a very slippery slope to place more and more unreasonable restrictions on owners.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s up to consumers to educate themselves prior to purchasing a timeshare, and to have every single timeshare document reviewed by a timeshare savvy attorney. If the documents prove to be too restrictive, the consumer MUST take a stand and vote with their wallet and not complete the purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Timeshare in 2013 is vastly different than timeshare twenty, or even just ten years ago. Consumers must be more vigilant, more educated, and there simply has to be a stronger voice protecting the U.S. timeshare owner, as there is in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>I urge everyone to write their elected officials and let them know how they feel about this issue.<\/p>\n<p><b>Share Your Thoughts:&nbsp;<\/b><br \/>Care to comment on Lisa Ann&#8217;s answer? Join the conversation on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/forums\/messages?thread_id=17507\" target=\"_blank\">Ask the Timeshare Crusader Forum<\/a><i>.&nbsp;<\/i><br \/>Have questions for the Timeshare Crusader? Please post them on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/forums\/threads?forum_id=10437\" target=\"_blank\">forums page<\/a>, or <a href=\"mailto:support@redweek.com\" target=\"_blank\">e-mail<\/a> them to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the April issue of the RedWeek newsletter comes this question for our Timeshare Crusader, Lisa Ann Schreier:I read online that industry lobbyists are pushing an amendment to make it illegal for timeshare owners to sell their property to third-party companies that will not pay the maintenance fees. Can they do this?&nbsp; Lisa Ann\u2019s reply:&nbsp;Great&#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}