What is a fixed week?

A Fixed Week Timeshare is holiday time for which a Timeshare Owner has the exclusive right, pursuant to his/her purchase agreement documentation, to use a specific unit in a specific week for the life of their contract or deed.

Owning a fixed week in your favourite Timeshare-Resort guarantees you the usage of this precise time in this precise unit, normally every year (exception are binary usage contracts, where this right exists only every two years).

Fixed weeks are numbered according to the Timeshare Calendar, where week number 1 “one” starts at the first occupation day of any calendar year. Most Timeshare Weeks begin on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday and always consist of 7 nights. The counting continues through the end of December; every 4 or 5 years exists a week 53.

Owning a fixed week (or more) is an excellent option for timesharers wanting to visit their “home resort” at exactly the same time in the same unit every year. There are many reasons for wanting to do so.

• You like the Resort and the Area and are happy to visit whenever. Buy any fixed week.

• You have children and have to adapt your holiday time to school-holidays. Buy a fixed week (weeks) in that time-period.

• Your work imposes a specific time to take holidays.

• You like security and quality and just hate to chase holiday-offers.

• You have a special reason to spend quality time with your loved ones at a specific date. (Anniversary)

• Your favourite sport is sacred to you (Golf, Ski, Diving, Fishing, etc…) and you love to go for a week to your preferred destination.

• You consider your Timeshare your home from home holiday place and can do without exchange facilities. This safes you a little bit money also.

• You did your homework in mathematics and buy prime-time. (Super-Red)

But if you want to maximize your opportunities for exchange, you should buy the most desirable unit in the most popular season you can afford. If your primary goal in purchasing is to take advantage of the fabulous exchange benefit timeshare offers, you must know that the greater the demand for the unit or resort you offer or bank for exchange, the better exchange flexibility you will obtain. (Trading Power)

The law protects you. Any agreement or contract has to explicit all details to Week Number and Apartment Number of your purchase.
Some resorts may offer fixed weeks with use of floating units. This shoud be specified.

Pay attention when buying a fixed week for time-periods like Easter-holidays.  (Easter-Holiday Calendar). Easter sometimes falls into week 12, sometimes week 14 – be careful with this. Choosing the right week will safe you disapointments. We want happy timeshare-owners!

Do you have questions to this topic? What are your reasons for buying a fixed week? Are you happy with your fixed week? Let us know and join the forums.

Are you unhappy with your week? Consider upgrading or converting your week to points.