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PROFECO and Mexican Timeshares: Can They Really Help Vacation Club Members?

If you purchased a timeshare or vacation club membership in Mexico and now want out, someone has probably told you to contact PROFECO. That advice is not wrong. But it is incomplete. PROFECO is a legitimate Mexican government agency with the authority to protect consumers, receive complaints and bring businesses into a formal conciliation process.

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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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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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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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