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Is it time up for timeshare?

Consumer advocates warn investors against the schemes, but the industry says members have realised lifestyle benefits amid the pandemic.

Aleks Vickovich
Aleks VickovichWealth editor

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For a few hundred thousand Australian households, the tantalising prospect of turning a holiday into an investment has led them to buy into timeshare schemes.

These controversial arrangements – infamous for providing funding to high-profile Gold Coast resort developments in the 1980s – grant participants access to holiday accommodation over an agreed period of time.

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Aleks Vickovich leads the Financial Review's coverage of wealth management, specialising in the business and regulation of investment markets, financial advice and superannuation. Email Aleks at aleks.vickovich@afr.com

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