Athletes who travel with their gear often find it difficult to secure lodgings spacious enough to comfortably accommodate everyone and everything. Larger lodgings can often be more expensive and in short supply. One solution that many athletes have taken to is to buy timeshare. With a timeshare you can secure large, well-equipped suites for at least one week, every year or every other year. And, contrary to what you might understand, timeshares will allow you to travel to a new and different locale every year, should you choose.

Skiers, for example, often travel in groups of four or more, where not only would they need room to store their gear, but room to move around comfortably, and of course, room to sleep. A timeshare is large and inexpensive enough to accommodate everyone for a fraction of the cost of other lodging options. How are timeshares so budget-friendly? The key to their cost-effectiveness is in the shared ownership. It all started in the 1960 when, not surprisingly, a ski-resort developer encouraged his guests to "stop renting a room," and "buy the hotel instead." Today timeshares are one of the preferred methods of accommodation.

It's simple: you'll choose to purchase an increment of time at the resort of your choice. Most resorts throughout the world sell timeshare in one-week increments (though there are exceptions, timeshares in Japan, for example, generally sell their shares in blocks of 14 days). You can choose nearly any increment that best suits your lifestyle, whether that means one week every third year, or three weeks per year. Other owners will also purchase time there, and then the cost of the unit will be divided among all of the owners. This shared ownership is also the reason that timeshares tend to be larger and better-equipped than do hotels of similar pricing. With so many owners pitching in, the resort can afford to offer larger and more luxuriously appointed units.

Does this sound like something you'd like to get in on? You can find great timeshares for sale or for rent on the online timeshare resale market. With resale, you can buy timeshare for thousands less than you'd spend to purchase your property directly from the resort. Consider timeshares for a lifetime of worldwide travel, and spacious accommodations wherever you should end up.