You may already be familiar with the Fairfield Resorts and not realize it because over half a million families enjoy the Fairfield lifestyle, vacationing annually at one of more than 70 world-class resorts in 21 states and U.S. territories — representing 9,000-plus timeshare condominiums.

Did you know that the company was founded in 1966? I always thought the concept of timeshares was something from the 1980's! The company does explain that it was 1979 before the concept really took off in the United States so I wasn't that far off in my assessment.

As they state it: "As the timeshare concept took hold in the United States, Fairfield began selling FairShare — a deeded ownership interest that provided an annual resort vacation at a specific location during a specific time period each year. FairShare owners could "exchange" these preset locations and dates through Fairfield's internal exchange program, also know as FAX (FairShare® Exchange of Fairfield Resorts, Inc.)."