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Hello all! I did a search and did not see anything regarding this option. I'd love feedback from anyone who has gone this route! I am currently an owner (no mortgage, paid up) in Week 15 at The Colonies at Williamsburg in Virginia, USA. I am no longer using this timeshare and it has become a total money-suck. I know that most exit strategies cost money and in the end you get out of the contract, but lose the money you paid AND the money you're charged to get out of the contract. Enter this idea: my husband and I have been to the Karisma resorts in Riviera Maya, Mexico a few times and really love the area and the quality. I have read that you can purchase a number of weeks from them and they will take your current timeshare off your hands as part of your 'payment' for those weeks. I believe the weeks are floating and that you still have to pay their all-inclusive fees when you use them. This seems like a good option, especially if we can get something with a purchase price of, say, $5K or lower. It feels like a win because 1) we get out of our current timeshare, 2) I understand there are no maintenance fees with their resort weeks, 3) we would actually use the weeks and 4) after the weeks run out, we are no longer on the hook for a lifelong commitment (as I understand it). Has anyone done this? Is there a catch? Please advise! Thanks!