[header] How to spot a timeshare scam [title] Understand the timeshare concept. [step] When you buy a timeshare you are purchasing the right to use a unit at a hotel, condo, or other resort property. Timeshares can take many forms. 
Typically they involve purchasing the right to use a vacation property for a given week once a year on an ongoing basis. It may involve a point system, whereby timeshare participants earn additional vacation opportunities in the normal course of timeshare use.