Timeshare – The licence to lie
Regular readers will be aware of the term used above “the licence to lie”. In short the phrase comes from the intransigence of timeshare developers to police the sales techniques and verbal representations used by their sales staff. Whilst we say that developers don’t “police” their sales staff, in virtually all cases they are completely […]
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Timeshare USA – Developer 1 – Owner 0
Could be a score from a “soccer” match but it’s not, so what are we referring to? Let us explain. In the USA there is a powerful organisation known as the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). As the name suggests their raison d’être is to further the development of timeshare resorts and support the industry. […]
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Timeshare USA – I simply want out!
Having paid a large sum of money to buy your timeshare, then duly paid the annual maintenance fees there often comes a time when you simply want to exit your timeshare, this is where the problems start. Without doubt the USA has more timeshare owners than anywhere else, Estimates from the American Resorts Development Association […]
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Timeshare USA – Stamping out exit companies
Much like Europe the USA has its fair share of scam companies operating in the timeshare exit arena, however like Europe there are some good guys. The American developers are swooping in on all sorts of companies that purport to assist owners who wish to exit their ownership. Diamond Resorts are particularly active in filing […]
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Another Timeshare Allegation
Another allegation hits the timeshare industry and this time it’s in the famous holiday destination of Gatlinburg and the Smokies. The area in Tennessee, USA is described as an area for outdoorsy people who enjoy hiking in the mountains and being close to nature. The area also boasts of an indoor waterpark, a two storey […]
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Overbooking Scandal at Westgate
Just one week after we reported on timeshare complex overbookings at Wyndham, we sadly have to report about a very similar incident this past weekend in Florida. We had advised that it is always better to book direct with the resort to ensure that your reservation is as secure as it can be, but this […]
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Wesgate Resorts helps their Local Communities
Finishing the week on a happy note, we at the TCA can report that Westgate Resorts Foundation have invested $1m throughout central Florida and several other areas where it operates by issuing grants to those less fortunate and non-profit organisations that also help the communities. Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa held a breakfast meeting with […]
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Great Result for Widower – Julieta Corredor
We have reported on the widower, Julieta Corredor, and her holiday home in the state of Florida in one of Westgates’ timeshare resorts many times over the past two years. To follow the full story, please see all of the threads in this link. We reported in November last year that Julieta had won her […]
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Corredor family & Westgate finally agree
After a long drawn out legal battle between timeshare giant Westgate Resorts and Julieta de Corredor and her family; it has been reported that issues have finally been resolved. Julieta de Corredor, now a widow and 83, and her late husband bought their Orlando vacation home back in 1985 for $154,000 and paid all the […]
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Westgate are Still Battling Against Widower
Last year the TCA wrote several stories about the widower, Julieta Corredor, 82 years of age, and her battle against Westgate resorts and their new tower resort to be built in Orlando Florida. The widower and her family had not given up their timeshare resort that sits in the same grounds where Westgate started to […]
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