Abogados Las Alas – It Beggars Belief
October 30th, 2020
You will never believe what this bunch of crooks have done now. Well shall tell you but please first ensure that you are not adverse to fits of laughter. The main photo on the homepage is not Alberto Cambano Farola; as the site proclaims, it is in fact Snr Andrés Manuel López Obrador the President of Mexico. Can […]
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Radio 4 report on the great “Maintenance Heist” of 2020. With Timeshare Consumer Association and ECC
October 29th, 2020
ECC and Timeshare Consumer Association on the Radio 4 “You and Yours” consumer affairs program, discussing the great 2020 Maintenance Heist. Pandemic profiteering by the world´s timeshare companies. Great advice from Timeshare Consumer Association and the ECC.
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Anfi owners – Think twice before signing those “amended” new contracts
October 29th, 2020
ANFI – who have already been the subject of hundreds of Spanish court cases over illegal timeshare contracts – is currently pushing hard for members to sign an “updated” ownership agreement, replacing the original paperwork they signed when they first joined the club. Members who accept this new contract could be relinquishing their rights to claim compensation […]
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THE ANFI TRAP
October 28th, 2020
Recently we discovered that owners at Anfi are being sent a communication which contains some very disturbing information. As regular visitors to our site will be aware, Anfi have been the subject of literally hundreds of Spanish court cases for the selling of illegal contracts that have contravened Spanish Law 42/98. The result of these […]
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Azur – Barclays Partner Finance – The FCA verdict is in
October 28th, 2020
You may recall that a group litigation consisting of some 1,482 individuals was presented to the courts in London on the grounds that the loans underwritten by Clydesdale Financial Services Ltd trading as Barclays Partners Finance were illegal on the grounds that the broking intermediaries were not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The […]
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Is there a future for the timeshare industry?
October 27th, 2020
Timeshare has had a good run. A great run even. Timeshare ownership was a radical departure from a monopolised travel industry, a young upstart upsetting established traditions. It gave people high quality, pride of ownership and a sense of exclusivity, although at what some might call a substantial cost. Since those early days the rest of […]
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Platinum Weeks – A One-way Ticket to Timeshare Ownership
October 26th, 2020
Recently we have been contacted by a number of consumers regarding what seem to be rather cheap holidays that are being offered by a company called Platinum Weeks. Upon investigation we can find no evidence that this company is registered either in Spain or the UK, as such it is a non-entity. The company website […]
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Timeshare Refund Calculator = Nothing!
October 23rd, 2020
Timeshare Refund Calculator – It seems that every week another scam company rears its ugly head but thanks to the diligence of both TCA and our compatriots at Inside Timeshare very few of them pass unnoticed. Today we expose yet another new company whose sole intention is to convince you to hand over large sums […]
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Winter Ski Timeshare Resorts on a Slippery Slope?
October 22nd, 2020
Well it will soon be time to get your salopettes and ski jackets out, wax and sharpen your skis and prepare for a another dice with death on the white slippery stuff, but will it? The 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 has produced the longest shutdown of tourism on record and we don’t know how long […]
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Club Paradiso Members – Proceed with Caution
October 19th, 2020
Members of the failed Club Paradiso in Tenerife have been sent emails by Owen Walker of R&H Restructuring based in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The email was dated 13th October 2020 and contains various options to club members to pursue at this stage. We reported the fact that the Joint Liquidators (JLs) had failed to find […]
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