Before You Pay Your Next Timeshare Maintenance Fee, Consider This: Use That Money to Cancel Instead If you’re already thinking about getting out of your timeshare, you may be wondering why you should keep paying timeshare maintenance fees year after year. Before you pay your next fee, here’s a simple question: How much is your […]
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Anyone who has sat through a timeshare presentation has heard some version of this: “This price is only good today.” I want to walk through why that line does a lot of work for the sales team, and very little for you, based on what I saw for 15 years on the inside of this
Most people picture timeshare pressure as something that happens once, at the very first presentation, when you’re a stranger to the industry sitting through your first pitch. In my 15 years in this business, working resorts across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, I watched a different sale do at least as much damage:
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What One Owner’s Actual Contract Shows About Who You Sign With, and Where Your Information Goes Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is a real, large hospitality company with properties across Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and beyond. Nothing in this article claims the hotel brand itself is running a scam. What this article documents is something narrower
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If you own a timeshare and you’ve ever searched for answers online, you’ve probably landed in a Facebook group or a forum thread full of owners asking each other the same handful of questions. I see the same questions over and over, and I understand why — nobody explains this stuff to you when you
If you’re in any timeshare owner Facebook group for more than a week, you’ll see the same posts over and over. “Has anyone used [company name]?” “Is this legit or a scam?” “What do they actually charge?” “Did anyone actually get out?” I get why. You’re being asked to hand over thousands of dollars to
Jamaica and the U.S. Virgin Islands are two of the most popular Caribbean timeshare destinations, and I worked directly with several of their brands during my 25+ years inside the timeshare industry — Wyndham Bluebeard’s Castle Resort in St. Thomas, and Azul Sensatori Resort, TravelSmart Resort, and Unlimited Vacation Club in Jamaica. Because these two
Angel Fire Resort, in the mountains of northern New Mexico, is a four-season destination property with a vacation ownership component that’s a little different from the beach and desert resorts most timeshare articles focus on. If you own at Angel Fire, here’s how I’d walk through your situation. I worked directly with Angel Fire Resort
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Split Rock Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania is one of the best-known vacation ownership properties in the Northeast — and if you own there, your contract is governed by Pennsylvania law, which gives you a different set of rules than most of the Caribbean and Mexican resorts I write about elsewhere on this
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Occidental Vacation Club sells vacation ownership interests tied to the Occidental Hotels & Resorts brand, primarily across Caribbean and Mexican all-inclusive properties. If you own an Occidental Vacation Club interest, here’s how I’d walk you through your situation. I worked directly with Occidental Vacation Club during my 25+ years inside the timeshare industry, alongside sales,
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