Can a Mexican Resort Really Sue You Back Home? The Truth About Cross-Border Collections

Can a Mexican Resort Really Sue You Back Home? The Truth About Cross-Border Collections

If you’ve stopped paying your Mexico timeshare maintenance fees, or you’re thinking about it, there’s a good chance someone at the resort has already told you what will happen next. You’ll get sued. Your wages will be garnished. You won’t be able to cross the border. Your credit will be destroyed for a decade. I’ve

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Stuck with RCI Points You Can't Use? What Mexico Timeshare Owners Should Know Before Canceling

Stuck with RCI Points You Can’t Use? What Mexico Timeshare Owners Should Know Before Canceling

If you own a vacation club membership in Mexico, there’s a good chance it came with something called RCI — or a similar exchange program. You were probably told those points would let you swap your week or your ownership for stays at resorts all over the world. And if you’re like most owners I

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Mexico timeshare owner reviewing credit and collection concerns

Just Bought a Mexico Timeshare? Here’s Exactly What to Do in Your First 5 Days Home

If you’re reading this on your phone the day after landing home, still a little sunburned, with a stack of vacation club paperwork on your kitchen table and a knot in your stomach — take a breath. You are not the first person this has happened to, and you are not out of options. You

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couple looking at sunset. how to cancel a mexico timeshare

Canadian Snowbirds and Mexico Timeshares: What You Need to Know Before You Cancel

Every winter, thousands of Canadians head south to escape the cold, and a good number of them come home with a Mexico vacation club membership they didn’t plan on buying. If that’s you, I want to talk directly to you for a minute — not to an American reader, not in general terms, but to

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Vacation Club vs. Timeshare in Mexico: Does the Difference Actually Matter for Cancellation?

Vacation Club vs. Timeshare in Mexico: Does the Difference Actually Matter for Cancellation?

If you’ve read more than one article on this site, you’ve probably noticed I keep stopping to say some version of “technically, this is a vacation club, not a deeded timeshare.” I say it about Grand Solmar, about Vidanta, about Royal Holiday and TravelSmart VIP and Unlimited Vacation Club. By now you’re probably wondering why

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Price sheet with today price circled during a Mexico timeshare sales closing

The 7-Step Mexico Timeshare Sales Presentation: An Insider’s Breakdown

If you’ve ever sat through a “90-minute” timeshare presentation in Mexico that somehow ran four hours, you already know something felt scripted. That’s because it was. I spent 15 years on the resort side of this industry — selling, managing sales teams, and later reviewing contracts as a verification officer. I sat in the room,

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