Be sure to get everything in writing. My husband and I made the mistake of believing everything the salesman at the resort told us and we quickly learned that this guy would have said anything to get us to sign-up and buy the timeshare we now own. We purchased in Orlando, which is a great place and the resort is beautiful, but we have been trying to trade our week for any week, at any resort in Hawaii for years and the exchange company we pay to belong to has been unable to accomodate us. We love the timeshare idea, but trading has not been as easy as the salesman told us it would be. The salesman told us that we could go almost anywhere in the world by simply joining an exchange company, giving them our week in Orlando and choosing a week at any of the resorts in their system. I have read about some smaller trading/exchanging companies on this forum, so I think I will try using them. My advice; Take the salesmans promises with a grain of salt and get everything in writing.