How Vacation Ownership and Timeshares Are Preparing Baby Boomers For Retirement-They're Buying It

By Lori Wilk

Why are baby boomers taking such a huge interest in vacation ownership
and timeshares? Let's look at a few main points. First, over time the
cost of everything has gone up. Our homes cost more than 10 years ago,
our cars cost as much a some of our parent's first homes, education
costs skyrocketed, and hotel costs and travel are much higher than
years past. Most people believe that we're not going back to the days
of the nickel bag of peanuts at the ball game. It's not happening. We
have to face reality and do something about our future money and fun.

We're not going to argue about the level of inflation but if we
believe that prices will increase for travel and entertainment in the
future, we can take steps in the present to lock in costs and have a
good idea how to plan and better enjoy our future vacations and fun
times with family and loved one. It's about making vacation ownership
or timeshare part of our retirement planning.

How can we consider vacation ownership or timeshare? Like anything
else, you decide what you want and set goals and take steps to get
what you want. In vacation ownership and timeshare you have to make
some choices. The best way to make those choices is to take time with
some vacation ownership and timeshare professionals to discuss your
retirement dreams , goals, and desires. Ask yourself, where do I want
to go and what to I want to see or experience while I'm alive?

Make a list if that helps you of the places you want to go and how
many people you want to take with you on those trips. A vacation can
be whatever you want to create. It can be 1 hour from home at a resort
so that you just have a change of scenery and get out of the house or
it can be a huge journey or adventure that you create in another
country, many time zones away. It doesn't matter, it's your life and
you probably want to know how to enjoy it better and make more of your
dreams a reality, not impossible fantasy.

Often people will say that they will make their dreams happen
"someday." I heard that so often that I researched and tried to figure
out when "someday" will arrive. I figured it out.."Someday is in the
month of Nevuary when the blue moon appears." Today, not someday, is
the time to take control of your future vacation dollars, decide what
you'd like to accomplish, the number of days you'd like to have fun,
and get with the professionals who can guide you in making your plans
a reality.

Purchasing a vacation ownership or timeshare can allow you to have a
plan that you own that you can get paid off, preferably now while
you're working, and then enjoy for the rest of your years , and
ultimately share with friends and family and then pass on in your
estate or sell if you don't have anyone you like or love you want to
leave the ownership to. Without a plan, you might have the time but
then sacrifice the quality of your vacations if you haven't planned
for them and figured out the best use of your money. Enjoy your
retirement and plan for it now.

Lori Wilk, MBA, is a Las Vegas Strip Performer, not a stripper. She
makes daily humourous vacation ownership presentations on the Las
Vegas Strip. She's is an author of business and self-help books and
host of the internet talk show "Successipes" at
http://www.success-talk.com/. Lori looks forward to meeting many of
you soon at Successipes2008 in Las Vegas. If you enjoyed this article
go to http://www.loriwilkarticles.com/

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