A Better Model
for Timeshare Exit.
Built to put the timeshare owner first.
55% of timeshare owners fail when trying to exit.
The industry needs a better model — Newton Group built one.
Newton Group’s unique structure delivers stronger protection, better service and a guaranteed better price than standard timeshare exit companies — Learn how our model makes it possible.
Bring us a qualifying quote for comparable services, and we will beat it by 20% or more — guaranteed.
30,000+ families helped · Trusted since 2005 · BBB accredited with an A+ rating. You speak with a real Newton Group advisor, never a call center.
When national media need timeshare exit answers, they call Newton.
For expert guidance on how to safely leave a timeshare, outlets turn to founder Gordon Newton.
Not All Timeshare Exit Models Are the Same
Many traditional timeshare exit companies operate as intermediaries. They sell the service, collect the client's fee and may rely on outside attorneys, third-party vendors or internal non-attorney personnel to perform parts of the work.
Some promote services using terms such as “attorney-backed,” “attorney-led,” “legal team” or “attorneys on staff.” But attorney involvement does not necessarily mean that the timeshare owner has personal legal representation. The attorney may represent the exit company rather than the owner — or the owner may never enter an attorney-client relationship at all.
Other companies rely on non-attorney employees or self-described “legal experts” to interpret contracts, discuss payment obligations or explain potential legal consequences. That can create serious risks. In a federal timeshare-exit case, a Tennessee judge emphasized that services requiring professional legal judgment may constitute the practice of law and should be performed by licensed attorneys.
Newton Group Was Built Differently
Every Newton Group client receives personal legal representation through a separate attorney-client relationship with a licensed attorney.
That attorney represents the timeshare owner — not Newton Group, not the sales team and certainly not the resort. The attorney has a legal and ethical duty to protect and prioritize the timeshare owner's best interests.
That distinction changes the relationship.
The question is not whether an attorney is somewhere in the process. The question is:
Who Does the Attorney Represent?
When an attorney represents you, that attorney owes duties directly to you — including loyalty, confidentiality, professional competence and independent legal judgment.
When an attorney represents an exit company, those duties are owed to the company — not to you.
The two arrangements are not interchangeable. You either have an attorney-client relationship, or you do not. Terms such as “attorney-backed” and “attorney-led” should never be mistaken for personal legal representation.
Our Structure Is the Difference
Gordon Newton brings more than 20 years of timeshare exit experience and also serves as the founding non-attorney partner, CEO and majority owner of a national timeshare consumer-rights law firm.
This structure allows Newton Group to combine deep timeshare exit experience with personal attorney representation while reducing unnecessary layers, duplication and third-party markups.
Standard exit companies may pay outside attorneys, vendors, marketing organizations and other third parties to participate in the process. Each additional layer can increase costs while making it less clear who is ultimately responsible for protecting the owner.
Newton Group's model was built to eliminate that uncertainty and pass greater value directly to the timeshare owner.
An attorney may advise or represent the company without personally representing the owner.
Salespeople, account representatives or self-described “legal experts” may discuss contracts, payments, credit or default without owing the owner a professional legal duty.
Outside law firms, vendors, contractors and other intermediaries may each add expense.
Customer-service personnel may provide updates, but they do not necessarily have a legal duty to protect and prioritize the owner's interests.
“Attorney-backed,” “attorney-led” and “legal team” do not automatically mean the owner has an attorney-client relationship.
Our model was specifically designed around the protection and interests of the owner.
Every client enters a separate attorney-client relationship with a licensed attorney.
The attorney is required to protect and prioritize the client's interests — not the interests of Newton Group, the sales team and certainly not the resort.
The attorney can evaluate the owner's circumstances, explain potential risks and benefits and help the client make informed decisions.
More than 20 years of timeshare exit expertise is combined with direct attorney representation throughout the process.
Our structure allows Newton Group to deliver stronger protection and more comprehensive service at a lower price than standard timeshare exit companies.
Why Personal Legal Representation Matters
The difference is not simply that Newton Group has attorneys involved. The difference is who the attorney represents.
When your attorney represents you directly, you know whose interests that attorney is legally required to protect. You receive more than legal-sounding services, indirect legal oversight or advice filtered through an exit company.
You receive an advocate with a professional duty to you. That is the difference between attorney involvement and attorney representation. That is the difference between another exit company and a better model for timeshare exit.
Newton Group: Built to Put the Timeshare Owner First.
Stronger protection, better service and a guaranteed better price.
How does timeshare exit actually work?
This industry runs on confusion. Here is the honest, step-by-step version, so you know what should happen before you hire anyone.
Why you can't just sell it or hand it back.
Most owners are shocked to learn how few real options exist. Understanding this is what protects you from the companies that prey on that confusion.
- ✓ The resale market for timeshares is very limited, many sell for a dollar, or not at all.
- ✓ A perpetual contract can keep charging maintenance fees, and can pass to your children.
A personal licensed attorney, whose duty is to you.
This is the difference that matters most. Because our founder Gordon Newton is the founding non-attorney partner, CEO and majority owner of a leading timeshare consumer-rights law firm, every client enters a separate attorney-client relationship and is personally represented by a licensed attorney.
- ✓ A written Letter of Representation, and an attorney whose legal and ethical duty is owed directly to you — not to us, not to the sales team, and certainly not to the resort.
- ✓ Fewer middlemen, no outside attorney markups, and no large upfront-fee trap.
- ✓ Bring us a quote from a standard timeshare exit company and we will beat it by 20% or more — guaranteed.
We stay with you until it's behind you.
Your dedicated team handles the work and keeps you updated, so you are never left wondering what is happening, a complaint owners have about nearly every other company.
- ✓ A clear plan built around your specific contract, resort, and goals.
- ✓ Regular updates from a real person assigned to your case.
- ✓ We stay with you until your timeshare matter is resolved.
What Is Your Timeshare Really Costing You?
The real cost of keeping a timeshare is not limited to what you originally paid. It is the maintenance fee that arrives every year for as long as you own it — and often increases over time.
According to research published by the American Resort Development Association, the average billed maintenance fee increased from $1,120 in 2021 to $1,550 in 2025 — a 38% increase in just four years.
Those annual increases can add up quickly.
A $1,200 annual maintenance fee increasing by 4% per year would total approximately $50,000 over 25 years — before including:
- Special assessments
- Loan interest
- Membership or club dues
- Exchange fees
- Reservation and transaction charges
- Other ownership-related costs
A timeshare is not simply a one-time purchase. It is a continuing financial obligation that returns every year and may become part of an owner's estate if the ownership is not properly transferred or resolved.
Many owners are surprised when they see what keeping their timeshare could cost them over the next 10, 20 or 25 years.
Estimate Your Future Timeshare Costs
Use the sliders below to estimate how much you may pay if your current maintenance fees continue increasing over time.
Seeing the long-term number can be sobering — and may help you decide whether keeping the timeshare still makes financial sense for you.
Estimate provided for illustration only. The calculation assumes the annual maintenance-fee increase selected by the user and does not include special assessments, loan interest, membership dues, transaction fees, resale losses or other costs. Actual fees and future increases vary by resort and ownership. This calculator does not provide financial or legal advice.
Source: ARDA International Foundation, State of the Vacation Timeshare Industry: United States Study, 2026 Edition.
The 4 ways an exit company scams you — and how we do the exact opposite.
In the Newton Group Timeshare Exit Study, a survey of more than 10,000 timeshare ownership experiences, 98% of owners reported unfair or deceptive sales practices — and for many owners, the second bad experience is the exit company they turn to for help. Here are the four most common traps, each set beside the concrete proof of how Newton Group is built the other way.
“We'll protect your credit” — then tell you to stop paying
Some companies quietly instruct owners to stop paying maintenance fees. Missed payments can wreck your credit and even trigger foreclosure — the opposite of protection. More on how credit-protection claims are used against owners.
Your own attorney reviews every option with you
With a letter of representation, a licensed attorney reviews your actual contract and walks you through every path available to you — including options most exit companies don't know exist. Depending on your situation, some owners qualify for faster resolutions than they expected. You and your attorney decide what's right for you — not a salesperson working from a script.
The “attorney-backed” illusion
“Attorney-backed.” “Attorney-led.” “Attorneys on staff.” “In-house counsel.” “Legal oversight.” Those phrases may sound reassuring, but they do not necessarily mean an attorney personally represents you — in many cases the attorney represents the exit company or another party, not the owner paying for the service.
A real licensed attorney whose duty is to you
Every client enters a separate attorney-client relationship and receives a written Letter of Representation confirming that attorney's duty is to you, the owner — not the sales team, not us, not the resort. That is the difference between attorney involvement and attorney representation.
Big upfront fees, then silence
Others collect thousands upfront, mail a few letters, then go quiet or vanish — leaving owners no closer to freedom and out the money they paid to escape. More on how upfront-fee timeshare exit scams work.
Factory-direct pricing, no upfront-fee trap
Because our founder is majority owner of the law firm that represents you, there's no reseller markup. Factory-direct pricing, explained in plain language before you commit to anything.
A faceless company you can't check
Fly-by-night operators hide — no real address, no named leadership, no track record you can look up before they have your money.
Verify every word before you ever call
Newton Group has a real, verifiable headquarters, named leadership, BBB A+ accreditation, and a public record going back more than two decades. Bad actors hide — we ask you to check. Start with who Newton Group is and how the company is structured.
Honesty is the whole strategy.
The best way to protect yourself is to get informed before you sign anything. Look us up, read the reviews, read The Consumer's Guide to Timeshare Exit — then have a conversation on your terms.
Built by the Person Who Wrote the Book on Timeshare Exit
“We did not build Newton Group to be another timeshare exit company. We built the company we would want our own family to call — experienced, transparent and accountable, with an attorney personally representing every client and someone they can trust to provide legal guidance throughout the process.”
— Gordon Newton, Founder and CEO
Gordon Newton founded Newton Group in 2003 and, in 2005, focused the company on helping timeshare owners find solutions to unwanted ownership. More than two decades later, he is widely recognized as the nation's leading timeshare exit expert.
Gordon built Newton Group around a simple belief: Timeshare owners seeking help with a legally binding contract deserve more than promises, salespeople and legal-sounding services. They deserve clear answers, meaningful protection and an attorney whose duty is to them.
For more than two decades, Gordon has helped shape the conversation around timeshare exit and consumer protection. He is the author of The Consumer's Guide to Timeshare Exit, which has been downloaded more than 50,000 times, and led one of the largest studies of timeshare owner experiences. His work has helped educate consumers, inform proposed industry protections and expose the important difference between attorney involvement and true attorney representation.
Gordon is also the founding non-attorney partner, CEO and majority owner of a leading timeshare consumer-rights law firm. That unique structure allows every Newton Group client to enter a separate attorney-client relationship with a licensed attorney whose legal and ethical duty is to protect and prioritize the timeshare owner's best interests.
Because Newton Group and the law firm share common ownership, the model eliminates unnecessary middlemen, outside markups and duplicated costs. Those savings and benefits can be passed directly to the timeshare owner — providing personal legal representation, stronger protection and more comprehensive service at a lower cost than the standard timeshare exit company model.
Since focusing on timeshare exit in 2005, Newton Group has helped more than 30,000 families pursue solutions to unwanted timeshare ownership. The company is BBB Accredited with an A+ rating, has twice been named a finalist for the BBB Torch Award for Ethics and is the only timeshare exit company selected by the Better Business Bureau for an in-depth educational interview about the timeshare exit process and how consumers can avoid scams.
When national media need expert perspective on timeshare exit, consumer protection and the risks facing owners, they turn to Gordon Newton. He has been interviewed, featured or cited by Bloomberg Television, CNBC, Fox Business, Forbes, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, the Better Business Bureau, The Dave Ramsey Show and other national media outlets.
More than two decades after Newton Group began helping timeshare owners, the mission remains the same:
Give owners the information, personal legal representation and protection they need to make confident, informed decisions.
That is the experience behind Newton Group. That is the structure behind our service. And that is why Newton Group is not simply another timeshare exit company. It is a better model — built to protect and prioritize the timeshare owner.
Office: 1811 S. Alma School Rd., Suite 225, Mesa, AZ 85210
Know how timeshare exit really works, before you spend a dollar.
Written by our founder, Gordon Newton, The Consumer's Guide to Timeshare Exit is the first book of its kind. It pulls back the curtain on an industry built on confusion, so you can make a confident, informed decision about your options.
Thousands of owners, finally free.
We don't ask you to take our word for it. Read every review yourself on the independent platforms below, or browse timeshare owner testimonials in their own words.
Testimonials reflect individual experiences and are not typical of every client. Timelines and results vary based on each owner's contract, resort, account status and circumstances.
What 10,000+ ownership experiences revealed.
The ongoing Newton Group Timeshare Exit Study has surveyed more than 10,000 timeshare ownership experiences. In that study, 98% of owners reported unfair or deceptive sales practices, describing roughly 11 instances each — more than 100,000 documented instances in total. The study also examined failed exits: 55% of respondents said they had failed at least once in an attempt to exit, and among those, more than one in four said the exit company they hired was the reason. Read the full Newton Group Timeshare Exit Study →
Source: the Newton Group Timeshare Exit Study, a self-reported survey of more than 10,000 timeshare ownership experiences. Figures reflect participants' own responses and may not represent all owners.
Newton Group vs. a standard timeshare exit company.
A standard exit company may rely on outside attorneys, in-house counsel, vendors, contractors or non-attorney employees to perform some or all of the work — and even when an attorney is involved, that attorney may represent the exit company or another party, not the timeshare owner paying for the legal advice and service. Newton Group's structure provides personal legal representation, stronger consumer protection and more comprehensive service without those additional layers and outside markups. See what a best-in-class timeshare exit service should include.
| What matters most | Newton Group | Typical exit company |
|---|---|---|
| An attorney who represents you, not the company | Yes | No |
| A real Letter of Representation | Yes | No |
| Factory-direct pricing, no reseller markup | Yes | Marked up |
| No large upfront-fee trap | Yes | Often required |
| Helping owners exit since 2005, BBB A+ and 2× Torch finalist | Yes | Often new |
| Beats a standard exit company's written quote by 20% or more | Guaranteed | — |
Timeshare exit company structures and services vary; this comparison describes common differences between business models and may not apply to every provider. Timelines and results depend on the owner's contract, resort, account status and individual circumstances, and no particular outcome is guaranteed. Price guarantee subject to qualification requirements and comparable written service terms.
The timeshare exit industry did not need another exit company. It needed a better model.
Newton Group built one. Stronger protection. Better service. A guaranteed better price. Take the free 30-second check, or just call — you'll speak with a real Newton Group advisor, not a call center, for an honest, no-pressure assessment of your situation and the options that may be available. You decide what happens next.
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Straight answers.
The questions timeshare owners ask most often, answered plainly. For the full list, see every timeshare exit question Newton Group answers.