A whole week at a resort. For the price of two nights.

A timeshare week is the right to use a resort unit for a fixed period every year, usually seven nights. Whoever bought it owns that period: they use the unit, the pools, the spa and the restaurants as an owner, not as a guest. When the owner will not use their week, they can transfer that right to someone else — and that is exactly what you book on Semana de Férias.

Because the owner's week has an expiry date. They already paid for the timeshare and get one period per year; if they do not use it, they lose it — it does not roll over or become credit. Faced with losing the week entirely or recovering part of what they paid, owners list well below the counter rate. The discount comes from the owner's calendar, not from a resort promotion, which is why it usually lands between 40% and 70% off the full nightly rate.

Payment does not go straight to the owner. It is held in escrow on the platform until the owner issues the authorisation and you confirm you received the paperwork. If the documents are not delivered, or the resort does not recognise the transfer, the money is refunded. On top of that, every owner carrying the "verified" badge had their title to the week checked by the Semana de Férias team before the listing went live.

Yes. Transferring the right to use a timeshare week is provided for in the resort contracts and is done through an authorisation issued by the owner. Check-in is registered in the name of whoever is using the week, with the documents in hand. It is the same mechanism an owner would use to lend their week to a relative — the difference is that here the transaction is brokered and the payment is protected.

It depends on the property, the season and how soon the week starts, but the practical benchmark is this: a full week usually costs about what two or three nights would cost at the same resort's counter rate. Every listing on Semana de Férias shows the week price side by side with what the same number of nights would cost booked directly — so the comparison is always like for like, never a full week against a single night.

The right to use the unit for the booked period and owner-level access to the property's common areas: pools, spa, gym, leisure areas and the resort restaurants. Fees the property itself charges at check-in — cleaning, consumption or a meal plan — are not included in the week price and are described in each listing.

Yes, within the unit's capacity. Every listing states the number of bedrooms and the maximum number of guests, typically between 4 and 8 people. Because these are resort apartments rather than hotel rooms, most have a kitchen, a living room and more than one bathroom — which changes a lot when travelling with children.

No. You buy no share, sign no long-term contract and take on no annual fee. You book one specific week, once, from an owner who will not use that period. It is a single transaction, like booking accommodation — nothing resembling a timeshare sale.

While the booking is still in escrow and the paperwork has not been validated, cancelling refunds what you paid. Once the authorisation is issued and you confirm receipt, the property's cancellation rules apply, and they are stated in the listing. Cancellations caused by the owner always result in a full refund.

There is no minimum, but pricing rewards both extremes. Weeks many months out give you the best choice of dates; weeks starting soon carry the deepest discounts, because the owner is about to lose the period. If your dates are flexible, watch the near-term weeks — that is where the sharpest price drops appear.

You register the week, upload the documents proving your title, and set the price and the periods you want to transfer. The Semana de Férias team verifies the paperwork before publishing. When someone books, the money is held on the platform and released to you as soon as the authorisation is issued and the buyer confirms receipt — which protects both sides of the deal.