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The New Timeshare “Easy Exit” Scam: Why Desperate Owners Are Perfect Targets

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Timeshare scammers don’t necessarily need to find people who are careless, gullible, or financially irresponsible. They need to find people who are frustrated, frightened, and desperate for a solution. Unfortunately, the timeshare industry provides plenty of them. Some owners have been paying maintenance fees for 10, 20, or even 30 years. Others have discovered that […]

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FBI Warns About Timeshare Exit Scams: What Owners Need to Know Before Paying Anyone

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If you’re desperate to get out of a timeshare, you may be exactly the type of person scammers are looking for. That’s not meant to frighten you. It’s something every timeshare owner should understand before handing thousands of dollars to someone promising an easy way out. The FBI has warned that sophisticated criminals are specifically

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Westgate Resorts is Suing Its Own Timeshare Owners—Who is Winning in Court?

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I wanted to know whether Westgate Resorts really sues its own timeshare owners who stop paying. Not whether Westgate could sue them. Not what an exit company says might happen. And not what someone posted on Facebook. I wanted to know whether Westgate has actually taken its own timeshare owners to court—and what happened when

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Before You Pay a Timeshare Exit Company Thousands of Dollars, Read This

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If you’re considering paying a timeshare exit company $3,000, $5,000, $8,000, or even $10,000 to cancel your timeshare, there is something I believe you should do first: understand exactly what you’re paying for. The FBI has warned timeshare owners about increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes targeting people who want to sell, rent, or get out of

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Stop Paying Timeshare Maintenance Fees: Use That Money to Cancel Instead

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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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The Timeshare Cancellation Questions Owners Ask Each Other Most (Answered by Someone Who Used to Sell Them)

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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

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Has Anyone Actually Used That Timeshare Exit Company? A Former Timeshare Executive Answers the Questions Owners Ask in Facebook Groups

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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

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How to Cancel a Jamaica or St. Thomas Timeshare: Wyndham Bluebeard’s Castle, Azul Sensatori, TravelSmart, and Unlimited Vacation Club

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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

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How to Cancel an Angel Fire Resort (New Mexico) Timeshare: What Owners Should Know

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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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How to Cancel a Split Rock Resort (Poconos) Timeshare: What Owners Should Know

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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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