A particularly timely timeshare story, ‘Perks of power sharing” by journalist Liz Rowlinson, talks about the benefits of timeshare holidays in The Daily Mail property pages (Friday 28 May 2010).

The full page article was inspired by the news that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will be ‘time-sharing’ his government residence Chevering House with new Foreign Secretary William Hague. Clegg is keen to spend time with his family at the grand residence in leafy Kent – now all they need to work out is who will get it for peak summer holidays and who be enjoying it at Christmas. Read more

Timeshare owner Christine Green writes about her experiences in owning timeshare. "My love affair with Timeshare began by accident in 1996 when my husband entered a competition during his lunch hour, the prize for which was a holiday. Well, of course, it was really a timeshare presentation and no, we didn’t buy on that occasion, but when talking about it to a friend of ours, he offered to sell us two of his timeshare weeks.

"So began our timeshare experience, two weeks red time in a Spanish resort. To this day we have never stayed at the resort but exchanging those two weeks has sent us on fantastic holidays in Europe and the wider world."  Read more

Charter operator Jet2.com is introducing new flights from Edinburgh to Majorca for its summer 2010 schedule. Mallorca's busy airport will be the airline's twelfth destination from Edinburgh and Jet2 will begin the new flights on June 26th.

The island is the largest of the Balearics, but equally popular Ibiza, renowned for its famous Café del Mar beach bar and dusk-till-dawn nightlife, will also be served by Jet2.com which plans to increase its frequency of flights for Ibiza lovers with three weekly services due to passenger demand. Read more

Hotel or timeshare resort - which is better? With more families choosing timeshare as their preferred holiday option, these are five main reasons it makes sense to buy timeshare.

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Bombardier has said that rising interest in its Flexjet fractional ownership and jet card business is down to the increasingly difficult nature of flying.

Bob Knebel, vice-president of sales and marketing for Flexjet, pointed to recent security issues and the hubbub of the Christmas and new year period.

This has helped garner interest in the fractional ownership flying option, he explained, and this will be sustained if these issues remain. Read more

Those heading off to timeshare resorts this year will face tighter security checks at airports. Prime Minister Gordon Brown revealed that the use of full-body scanners will be brought in gradually.

He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that the equipment is already on order following the failed bomb plot at Christmas.

"We will do everything in our power to tighten up security," Mr Brown said. Read more

Airline easyJet has named the top ten destinations that its customers are heading to during this festive period, including Geneva, Belfast and Edinburgh.

The company said that it expects to fly a record number of passengers from the UK over the Christmas period. Read more

Timeshare owners have been encouraged to give a Ryanair Christmas Gift Voucher to loved ones this festive season.

The airline said that the vouchers are the ideal gift to replace bad Christmas jumpers and perfumes, offering instead the choice of more than 950 Ryanair low fares routes. Read more

Timeshare owners looking for some luxury can head to Germany, which is known to offer river cruises and "first class" city breaks.

Katrin Lukosch, sales promotion manager at the German National Tourist Office, noted that the rivers, including the Rhine, the Elbe and the Danube, are an attraction in themselves. Read more

New York offers timeshare owners a great Christmas shopping trip and can still provide decent value for holidaymakers.

The third annual Christmas Shopping Guide by Post Office Travel Services revealed that British shoppers can save as much as 25 per cent on purchases by heading to New York when compared to London. Read more