We bought a 1 week/2 bedroom timeshare at the Hanalei Bay resort on Kauai about 12 years ago directly from the previous owner at about 1/2 of what he paid for 5 years earlier, probably in the heyday of timeshare sales. We've been going there annually so we have made pretty good use of it. We've never traded our week as we do love going there on an annual basis so we've probably done ok by it.
Having said that our annual maintenance fee.....hell, everybody knows they only go one way...UP!!!
...has gone from $450 in 2005 to...gulp...$1710 this year! So, with that, I can see us one day down the road trying to unload this thing......so I'm definitely tuned in to what others here may recommend to the OP! Hell yes! How do I get out of it? drcoastline that has been my experience so far.
Cheers!