So take that tax refund and splurge – on a luxury vacation with budget-friendly timeshare rentals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The average tax refund in 2012 is nearly $3,000 according to the IRS. Here are five vacations spots that sound expensive, but as a savvy timeshare rental vacationer you can have a luxury vacation and still keep it on a budget-friendly basis – with a whole lot more of your tax refund money left over…","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-541","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\/541","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=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"\/content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1.jpg?af9a7202d6b1725be4bc378e5121c8af\")
<\/a>1. Thailand.<\/span> Phuket Island is one of the most beautiful and exotic vacation destinations in the world, and you can get a timeshare rental at Marriott’s Phuket Beach Club<\/a> there for just $99\/night. <\/p>\n![](\"\/content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2.jpg?aa5c04a19fb0c44d355f7b807e275722\")
<\/a>2. Aruba.<\/span> One of the hottest spots in the Caribbean, you can stay on Aruba at the La Cabana Beach and Racquet Club<\/a> in Oranjestad for just $71\/night.<\/p>\n![](\"\/content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sanbonani.jpg?7d5e6d814495422206d25e1ace698c7a\")
<\/a>3. South Africa.<\/span> At the Sanbonani<\/a> resort in Hazyview you can get a timeshare rental for just $86\/night – within easy driving distance of some of South Africa’s most popular natural attractions, including Kruger National Park, Mac-Mac and other spectacular waterfalls, Blyde River Canyon, and The Sudwala Caves.<\/p>\n![](\"\/content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Costa2BRica.jpg?a1e10482129925ed9a03a0f96332f950\")
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4. Costa Rica.<\/span> Melia Vacation Club Paradisus Playa Conchal<\/a> is the largest and most opulent hotel in the country, and you can stay at a timeshare rental there for just $125\/night.
$125\/night.<\/p>\n![](\"\/content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Marriott2BGrand2BVista2BOrlando.jpg?123219fdf90de4a8f7f7e96dbc583b79\")
<\/a>5. Orlando, FL.<\/span> Marriott\u2019s Grande Vista<\/a> has timeshare rentals that start as low as $56\/night. This resort is just minutes from area attractions such as Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and SeaWorld. The hallmark of Marriott’s Grande Vista resort is the Faldo Golf Institute.<\/p>\n