About 350,000 Disney Vacation Club (DVC) owners enjoyed Disney timeshare vacationing as of 2007 at eight DVC home resorts.

About 7.5 million U.S. households own some form of recreational property.

About 2.4 million households worldwide now own a vacation interval.

43.8 percent of U.S. households say they have some chance of purchasing recreational property within the next 10 years.

About 190,000 new vacation homes and home sites are developed and marketed each year.

Almost 3,050 vacation ownership resorts now exist worldwide, containing over 157,000 units.

Over 560,000 households have purchased 845,000 vacation ownership intervals during the last two years representing a sales volume of more than $7 billion.

$3 billion is spent by vacation owners in annual consumer expenditures while vacationing at vacation ownership resorts. Further, they generate $6 billion additional annual sales receipts in local resort areas from the multiplier effect.

The U.S. vacation ownership industry is responsible for directly and indirectly creating over 400,000 jobs and about $890 million in payroll.

About 580 private outdoor camp resorts exist in the U.S. with more than 450,000 family owners.

Vacation owners dedicate more time and planning to their vacations than most Americans.