What is my Timeshare Worth?
The very first question every owner asks is simple — “What's My Timeshare actually worth?”
The honest answer may surprise you.
Timeshare resale value is different for every owner, but it’s also far more predictable than most people realize. In this guide, you’ll learn exactly how to determine the real-world resale value of your timeshare — using owner-verified data from other resale listings like yours!
Here’s the hard truth most salespeople never tell you:
Most timeshares sell for only a small fraction of their original purchase price — and many are given away for FREE just to transfer the ongoing maintenance fees to a new owner.
Understanding why this happens is critical before you try to sell. We break it down in detail here in this popular free guide:
The good news?
Getting an accurate estimate of what your timeshare is worth is much easier than you think — and you can do it entirely online yourself!
Step 1: Pretend you are a buyer for your own timeshare!
If you are looking to sell your timeshare, pretend you are a buyer for your timeshare and see exactly what current resale ads exist for the resort/points/etc you own!
If you can find a dozen resale listings for your Resort/Points timeshare all offered for Free (or close) on TUG/Ebay/Facebook Groups etc, then your chances of finding a buyer if you ask hundreds or thousands of dollars are slim to none!
Step 2: Marketplace Listings and Sales History Records
TUG has thousands of active resale listings for timeshares at any given time! Browsing the
will show you current asking prices, and TUG also provides a Comprehensive Sales & Rental History section on each and every Timeshare Resort Review page that allows members to view a list of all successfully completed transactions TUG has recorded for that resort!
These entries are automatically updated with completed listings in the Timeshare Marketplace! This combined with the entries from some very hard working TUG volunteers and their careful tracking of EBAY completed listings and other popular timeshare resale sites or brokers, the TUG sales history database now gets hundreds of new entries each month...it has become a leading source for owners to see what Timeshares have sold and rented for in the past!
This of course is just one of the features provided to TUG members with their membership! an invaluable tool in finding out what your timeshare is worth! To look at other sales history records, you can go here to search for your resort:
Where else can I look up Timeshare Resale Prices?
It is vital to search in multiple locations to find an accurate resale comparison for your Timeshare especially if one hasn't sold on TUG recently! We put together this walkthrough video guide that shows owners a quick and easy way to search for resale comparisons in less than a few minutes including how to search Ebay for completed listings as well!
Once you have established the price other owners are currently listing intervals at your resort for, you can make an educated decision on how to move forward with the resale process!
As always, we provide a step by step guide for
This free article has helped tens of thousands of owners learn how to sell a their own timeshare, for little or no cost...and avoid being ripped off! It is the most read article on TUG and should be required reading for ANY owner looking to sell!
Sadly the number one reason timeshare owners experience EXTREME frustration in their attempts to sell and so many fall victim to scammers who convince them to pay a large upfront fee is because they do not realize the reality of how quickly and comlpetely a timeshare depreciates!
This is so common there was an entire article written on this very subject more than 20 years ago, and can be read here:
The knowledge above is why the most common response we get from timeshare owners is:
"Wish I would have found TUG before I bought my Timeshare!"
The Final Word on Timeshare Resale Values!
The fact is the timeshare resale market is heavily slanted towards BUYERS, not sellers. There are FAR more owners looking to end their ownership than there are people looking to buy a timeshare on the resale market! Thus price is always king! No-one is going to look twice at your listing if you are asking for more than what could be easily purchased from other owners instead!
For more detailed help or have additional questions, be sure to visit the TUG :
where you can ask questions from tens of thousands of other owners just like you all completely free!
Access to Ratings & Reviews of more than 5000 Timeshare resorts all over the world!
The TUGBBS online community forums consists of tens of thousands other timeshare owners and is the first, largest and most informative online Timeshare Forum on the internet!
The TUG Timeshare Marketplace is one of the largest and most visited timeshare classified ad sites on the internet with Millions of dollars in completed listings and thousands of current ads posted by owners!
TUG Advice is probably the most helpful section of the site for new buyers/sellers just getting into timesharing.