International Time Sharing

Timesharing has become one of the leisure industry's most rapid and attractive developments. At present there are over 1000 property timeshare developments in 35 countries. This third edition is an international guide to the complex laws relating to timesharing. It shows the proposed purchaser, developer and their legal and financial advisers how the timeshare system works, how timesharing schemes are constructed, how they are financed, what difficulties exist and how best they may be overcome. It comments on each area of law as it affects timesharing in the UK and other relevant jurisdictions: U.S.A., France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta, South Africa and Bermuda. It also considers the taxation implications of timesharing schemes and purchases and indicates the range of plans available and their advantages and disadvantages. It also includes precedents.