Rescission periods as short as 3-5 days expire while buyers are still on vacation

State-mandated timeshare cancellation windows range from just 3 days in Indiana and Alaska to 15 days in Virginia, with most states at 5-7 days. Because timeshares are sold during vacation at resort locations far from the buyer's home, the rescission period often expires before the buyer returns home, unpacks, researches what they signed, and realizes the commitment. This persists because the timeshare industry lobbied successfully in state legislatures to keep rescission periods short, sales teams deliberately schedule closings early in the vacation so the cooling-off window expires before checkout, and cancellation requires certified mail to specific addresses that are not easy to send from a resort pool deck.