Selling your timeshare – the lack of buyback
December 1st, 2023
As we have reported many times, sites such as eBay are awash with sellers trying in desperation to dump their unwanted timeshares. Having studied some of the listings, TCA concludes that some sellers are living in cloud cuckoo land with the prices they are asking. Others would be pleased to offload some very nice resorts […]
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Timeshare USA – Creativity or just plain lies
November 29th, 2023
At TCA we always like to be polite, we often refer to timeshare sales staff as being somewhat overzealous and leave you, the reader, to decide what we mean, however maybe we are often too polite. Sales management at resorts instil upon their staff to, above all, close the sale. Now we know that if […]
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What’s worse than buying a timeshare? – Trying to use it!
November 27th, 2023
Over the years that TCA has been communicating with timeshare owners, the pattern of complaints has moved from maintenance fees being number one to lack of availability. Don’t get us wrong, rising maintenance fees still figure at the number two position but overshadowed by a mile by the inability to make bookings. With the total […]
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Timeshare USA – And the next please
November 24th, 2023
Recently TCA have run a number of articles regarding cheap stay offers being promoted by American timeshare groups. We made the point that giving away free rooms is virtually cost free marketing, compared to giving away theme park tickets, dinner or show vouchers etc as these all have a direct cost. The other financial implication […]
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Contracts and Arbitration Experts SL – Another cold caller
November 22nd, 2023
TCA recently received an enquiry concerning the above company. Below we quote the actual comment from the enquirer: “I was contacted by Contracts and Arbitration Experts out of the blue about a timeshare release company that I had used and only paid deposit through credit card. The Spanish company was Arbitration Consultants S.L” Arbitration Consultants […]
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Timeshare EU – The 14 day killer
November 20th, 2023
Ever since the EU timeshare Directive of 2008 was adopted by member states into their own statute law, countries at the forefront of timeshare, such as Spain have had to tow the line. The 14 days we refer to is basically a cooling off period, in other words, a period that allows would be buyers […]
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Fractional timeshare – Investment or not?
November 17th, 2023
Back in May TCA published part 1 of this subject where we took an in depth look at the product from a timeshare perspective, the conclusion we came to was that the product was far from an investment in the conventional sense of the word. In the article we pointed out the over inflated price […]
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Club Marina Tenerife – More timeshare bad news
November 16th, 2023
In the past 18 months we have experienced a number of small owner operated timeshare resorts closing their doors. It began with Club Paradiso on Tenerife, we then heard of Club Aphrodite and Paradise Kings Club both in Cyprus. We have also reported on a number of American legacy resorts going the same way. Well […]
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Clay Ford Advisory – Who are they?
November 15th, 2023
On the surface, Clay Ford Advisory appears to be a marketing company. According to their website landing page they state: Clay Ford Advisory are specialists in business marketing and administration services. Further text on the landing page once again is talking of brand building, which is of course in the brief of marketing companies: According […]
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TCA commented on in Sunday Sun
November 14th, 2023
“TCA and the Sunday Sun join forces to to expose the plight of a timeshare scam victim” See below a copy of the article:
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