A timeshare is a hole in the ground in which you pour money.
For some people, yes. There are a lot who are using their timeshares for their vacations. The sales pitch was "you're going to spend that money on hotels anyway. Buy a piece of condo real estate by the week and own your own second home. Exchange it to anywhere in the world and it's like you own second homes all over the world, for the cost of one week of a condo here."
Some people don't vacation any more. For them, the maintenance fees associated with their deeded condo (and ALL condo associations, timeshare or not, come with maintenance fees and property taxes) can run into quite a few bucks, depending on the area they own a week.
There are those who own multiple weeks of timeshare in certain really deep pocket resort regions of Florida. They will actually come down and spend (I've actually seen this) as much as three months in the sun, in a million dollar condo that they bought those 18 weeks in the early 80s for as little as $3000 a week. So they only need to use this multi million dollar condo for an initial investment of $54,000, plus the cost of maintenance.
And right now ONE of their weeks is worth (and I've actually seen the ads at one on-site brokerage) around $80,000. And demand for these $80K plus weeks is through the roof today.
Of course, if someone owns a typical Central Florida $5000 week and that someone can't afford to vacation any more, that person still has to pay taxes and maintenance for that real estate. The agent who sold that person the week was required by law to mention those fees and actually write down the exact amount. And after the credit card was swiped and documents were signed, the new buyer had to appear before a licensed Deeder, who would explain every aspect of timeshare ownership, BY LAW.
The ads for "We'll get you out of your timeshare" don't tell you that they require an up front fee and that they never call you again after they get the fee. Why? It is impossible to get off site timeshare financing.
Of course, you could simply deed your week to another human being. That's a valid real estate transaction. Just give it to someone else, and explain all the laws, maintenance fees, exchange clubs, etc.
Good luck with that transaction.