Time moves slowly in politics
December 30th, 2022
Whilst carrying out some research we once again came across a 62 page report carried out by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). For those not familiar with the CMA it is the UK’s principal authority responsible for competition and consumer protection. It enforces competition and market regulation by investigating cases, providing rulings, issuing penalties […]
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Timeshare USA – Fraud with a difference
December 21st, 2022
A very interesting court case is in preparation in the District of Columbia USA, however this is no ordinary consumer versus timeshare giant, well it sort of is but not for the usual misselling or myriad of other reasons cases take place in the States, this time the case hinges on Fraud. The background Our […]
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Hilton Grand Vacations – An interesting interview
December 16th, 2022
An American online site, Skift published an interview with their journalist, Sean O’Neill and CEO of HGV, Sam Gurnik. HGV are rapidly becoming one of the largest players in the timeshare industry especially when taking into account their recent acquisition of Diamond Resorts. In many respects Sam Gurnik is just confirming the way the timeshare […]
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Are timeshare problems global? It appears that way
December 13th, 2022
Normally TCA focus in the main timesharing ownership areas being Europe and the USA, however we often overlook other areas, possibly because little news or problems are forthcoming from. Recently we did however pick up on some timeshare litigation news from India. According to All India Resort Development Association (AIRDA) there are currently over 500,000 […]
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Catching up with the current scams
December 12th, 2022
Given the current level of enquiries we are receiving there is a definite pattern immerging with the same basic stories being told. We thought that this would be a good opportunity to look at the common scams that being perpetrated. The first question to answer is how on earth did these scammers get so much […]
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Understanding timeshare – Where did it go wrong?
December 2nd, 2022
Let’s start with the biggest question! There are all sorts of reasons as to why timeshare went wrong… and it is a great shame, as the original concept of timeshare was truly innovative and it did largely deliver on its promises through the timeshare “boom times” from the mid 1980s into the 1990s. However, due […]
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Timeshare and insolvency
November 30th, 2022
Judging by the number of enquiries we are receiving, probably stimulated by maintenance fee season. There appears to be some confusion surrounding those European timeshare companies who have placed certain of their group of companies into administration. We thought we would take the opportunity to clear matters up. In the world of timeshare, it is […]
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Getting your money back from scam companies
November 25th, 2022
This week the newspapers were full of stories surrounding what has been described as the largest fraud the UK has experienced. More than 100 people have been arrested in the UK’s biggest ever fraud operation, which brought down a website police describe as a “one-stop spoofing shop” used by scammers to steal tens of millions […]
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Timeshare USA – Federal Trade Commission wades in
November 23rd, 2022
As we have reported on many occasions there are significant numbers of bogus scam companies working primarily to supposedly exit owners from their timeshare contracts. This problem is acute in both Europe and the USA. The European authorities seem, in the main, to ignore this fraudulent industry, but in the States, there seems to be […]
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Timeshare USA – Legacy resorts, problems and solutions
November 18th, 2022
For many European owners it’s likely that they have never heard the term “Legacy Resort”. To explain in simple terms, a legacy resort is generally a small resort which in many cases is owner operated and is not part of the much larger timeshare groups such as Wyndham or Hilton. Put another way, the resort […]
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