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Number of Owners
One January 1, 2008, 4.7 million households owned one or more
U.S. timeshare weekly intervals or points-equivalents, totaling 6.5
million.
Number of Timeshare Units
There are 1,641 timeshare resorts in the United States,
representing 180,200 units for an average resort size of 110 units.
Industry Size
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States with Most Timeshare Resorts
States with the most resorts are Florida, California and South
Carolina, representing 39% of all U.S. timeshare resorts.
2007 Performance by Geographic Region
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Industry Health
Year 2007 sales totaled $10.6 billion, growing 6 percent over
2006. There were nearly 551,500 timeshare intervals sold for an average
price of $19,216.
Industry Outlook
Recent trends indicate strong recent industry growth. Sales
have seen compounded annual growth of 13 percent, since 2003, compounded
annual growth rates for sales price and average resort size grew in the
same time period by six and seven percent, respectively.
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Types of Resorts
The predominant resort category is a beach destination,
reported by 24% of responding resorts. This is followed by country/lakes
resorts (16%), ski and island resorts each at 9%, and golf resorts
(8%).
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Preformance Metrics 2007
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Distribution by Resort Type
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State of the Vacation Timeshare Industry:
United States Study, 2008 Edition. ARDA International Foundation
(AIF).
Conducted by Ernst & Young, LLP, the study
provides an overview of important summary information on the U.S.
timeshare industry for 2007, excluding fractional resorts.
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