Scores of timeshare owners today are ever more displeased with their vacation packages. The inevitable presence of expensive maintenance fees has prompted many timeshare owners to secure the aid of timeshare relief companies. By doing so, they hope to be alleviated from the recurring scourges of costly upkeep charges as well as the intermittent bills for special assessment fees. Hence, an increasing number of owners are seeking aid from third party companies, going so far as to recompense these companies for their service; ever hoping that their service fee would be their last expense on their timeshare property.

It is to the dismay of many owners that most of these timeshare relief service companies require the payment of an upfront fee before providing their services. In the timeshare resale business, a common modus operandi for fraudulent timeshare relief companies is to charge an upfront fee without guaranteeing the eventual sale of the timeshare property. Listing services are notorious for this type of timeshare resale operation, as the timeshares of their customers are just included in a public listing without further action on the part of the listing company.

Title transfer companies, on the other hand, also require upfront fees for their services. Title transfer companies transfers the timeshare ownership from the owner to a corporation, hence, freeing the owner forever from his timeshare financial liabilities. However, timeshare owners wishing to avail of this service should first make sure that the title transfer company is legally capable of getting rid of the timeshare property of the owner.