Considering buying a timeshare – Read on
Buying anything in life should involve an element of research. From a £100 mobile phone to a £6,000 flat screen TV, it pays to look at both the product, a market comparison and customer reviews, that way we all get a better understanding of whether we are about to make a mistake, or be 100% […]
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A scam warning to ex Diamond Resorts Europe owners
The number one inbound call topic to TCA at the moment surrounds scam companies calling ex Diamond owners and trying to put the fear of God into them. Due to the amount of calls we receive it appears that Diamond Resorts Europe may have suffered a fairly large data breach, in other words, personal data […]
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Timeshare USA – Diamond/Hilton Transitions, does it work?
First off, it’s refreshing that any developer takes the subject of exiting a timeshare head on and makes steps to allow application to exit. The transitions scheme came about in 2016 when the Arizona Attorney General’s office reached a settlement requiring Diamond to establish a relinquishment program. Arizona timeshare owners who met certain basic criteria […]
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RCI celebrates 50th birthday
All over the timeshare news this week is that the mighty Resorts Condominium International (RCI) has past its 50th year of service to both the timeshare industry and timeshare owners. Founded in Indiana in 1974 by Jon and Christel DeHaan, RCI was, at the time, the first of the exchange companies to come into existence. […]
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Anfi – The saga continues…yet again!
One thing for certain is there is never a dull moment surrounding the continuous saga at Anfi. Slightly over two years ago on the 11th January 2022 we reported on the sale of shares by Manuel Santana Cazorla who sold 50% of his rights in the family business to IFA Touristik, a subsidiary of Lopesan. […]
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Trying to establish the true cost of timeshare
This is a difficult subject, firstly each developer works in different ways and also initial and ongoing costs vary. Where we can obtain accurate information as to initial costs and ongoing costs then we can fairly accurately calculate the true costs. A number of developers are extremely transparent regards costs. Disney Vacation Club, who have […]
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Club la Costa pull out of Turkey
CLC have announced the closures of their Kusadasi International Golf Resort and Apollonium Spa and Beach Resort. According to CLC, the closures have resulted from a change in Turkish legislation which states that from 1st January 2024, any rental for less than 100 days is considered a tourism/vacation rental and can only be allowed under […]
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Club la Costa, Wyndham maintenance fee scam alert
Once again we feel the need to put pen to paper to dispel the myth of the current fraud that is prolific amongst scam operators. In essence the scam is aimed at former CLC owners, the scammers state that even though the former owners have written confirmation from CLC of their ownership being terminated, it’s […]
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Timeshare USA – Hilton Grand Vacations to acquire Bluegreen Vacations
News has just broken that HGV is to acquire Bluegreen Vacations for a reported $1.5B. After the recent takeover of Diamond Resorts, there seems to be no stopping the expansion programme of HGV in the world of timeshare. Bluegreen has 49 resorts across 19 States which no doubt will be merged into and be renamed […]
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Club la Costa – Warning – Fake website, fake story
The inventiveness of the scam industry never fails to amaze us but this latest one takes the biscuit. Cold calls are being made from an individual named Roland Fink. The story goes that his “division” of “FRP” has been charged with the responsibility of contacting Club la Costa owners who purchased their timeshare before 1st […]
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