I worked for several different babysitting agencies in Southern California before we moved to Texas. It was good and easy money. I’ve always enjoyed working with children and I really enjoyed my clients through the agencies.
When we lived at the beach, my favorite babysitting job was working for a timeshare at the beach. For several hours on Saturday and Sunday I’d sit in the child-care room with the children and another sitter while the parents toured the facility. The other sitter and I would have a blast playing cards with each other and the children while the kids watched videos and played video games. We each made 18-dollars an hour. Even after giving commission to the agency we made money. I even sat for a family who owned a timeshare there and were vacationing.
One of my early jobs was telemarketing for timeshare. The telemarketing company would by entry slips collected for contests at home and garden shows. After the prizes from the contest had been distributed we called the entrants to let them know they’d won a weekend away just for listening to the presentation.
Timeshare sounds great. You can vacation at the property where you bought and any property in the timeshare family. With timeshare you may get to travel to places you might not otherwise visit. A timeshare is not something I want, however. The costs are great while you cannot use the property anytime you wish.
Timeshares are not called timeshares anymore. I guess consumers have gotten wise to all the negatives about ownership and discovered how timeshares are impossible to sell. Timeshares are now vacation clubs. I like the sound of vacation club better, but it’s the same shtick.
The best representation of timeshare sales pitches and how the promised perks aren’t what you hoped is the South Park episode Asspen.