I have stayed at a Club La Costa resort in Spain (last month) They are high end resorts which are very well run and maintained. They do run a time share style holiday club whereby you can stay in any of "their" properties for 1 or more weeks per year. the resorts they run allow them to house their club members easily and to this end they operate a "guaranteed rental" scheme with buyers of their properties. For the Royal Blue, if you sign up to the Guaranteed rental scheem they will pay yo £4000 odd a year and for that they will rent your property out between May and October. You only get access for 2 or 3 weeks during this period but you get accesss at any time October to May. You do not have to rent the property out through them, or indeed at all. you can simply buy it and use it yourself all year round.
The CLC facilities are very good and security, maintenance etc are all first rate. However they are always trying to sell to new members so expect lots of prospective clients being shown around the resort. When we were shown round in Spain we were wandering into blocks and pool areas where residents were sunbathing and the "resigned" look on their faces sugested that this was happening all day long.
Club La Costa are a sister company to Prime Overseas Properties, who we are buying through. I have to say CLC are Timeshare - but the respectable end of the timeshare market.
Jon & Mia