Timeshare Canada – Ontario proposes fix
Recently we found out that owners of timeshare contracts in Ontario, Canada could be getting some government assistance to exit their agreements. This comes as part of a new public consultation on updating the Consumer Protection Act. In basic terms, the plan put on the table for consultation is proposing that all timeshare owners old […]
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Not a timeshare resort in sight
We recently read with interest that the governing body for the region of Andalucia in Southern Spain (Junta de Andalucia) passed a decree in July last year that enables hotels on the Costa del Sol to enlarge their premises by up to 20 per cent and update their facilities to attract higher quality tourism. So […]
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Another real law firm suffering identity theft
Yet again we find a real firm of lawyers whose identity has been stolen by scammers. Sagarra i Montalvo are based in Barcelona and only have one office but strangely the letter received by the potential victim shows an office in Tenerife, no surprises there. As another point of note, as you will see above […]
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What has happened to Carl James Associates?
Our sister site Timeshare Trust published a cautionary warning about this company some time ago. Of late we have received a number of enquiries from consumers who engaged the services of this company to terminate their timeshare, needless to say, such terminations never happened. Our initial investigations showed that the Companies House registration records the […]
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Timeshare V Airbnb
In articles too many to mention we have pointed out that holiday trends and styles have moved on at a considerable pace. Remember in the 70s and 80s on Boxing Day TV, not only were the store sales advertised but we were plagued by the plethora of adverts for package tour holidays offering to take […]
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Life is not a beach for Anfi
Stephen Spielberg or Ron Howard have enough material to make an amazing movie about what’s been happening over the years surrounding Anfi in Gran Canaria. For a long time TCA has been following the goings on at the Anfi, not only the boardroom feuds and the ongoing power struggle but external carry ons such as […]
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Paradise Kings Club Cyprus to close
News has reached us the Paradise Kings Club in Paphos Cyprus is to close its doors to timeshare owners on the 26th March 2023. A letter was sent to all owners recently outlining the position, unfortunately to those affected it doesn’t make good reading. A transcript of the communication is shown below: “Dear Sir/Madam We […]
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Fraud recovery fraud
Following on from our various articles on scam and fraudulent companies, we thought it useful to explain in detail one of the most common types of fraud associated with the timeshare industry. A considerable number of enquiries we receive at TCA involve fraud recovery fraud, so what is it? What is it? This type of […]
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Legal Support Team –That isn’t
Another cold caller had been reported to us with the grand name of the Legal Support Team. The primary target seems to be Diamond owners. Our caller had already engaged the services of one of the leading timeshare claims companies and from what we can gather the case is proceeding nicely. The contact was from […]
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Welcome to the official timeshare registry that doesn’t exist!
As many of our recent articles have pointed out, scammers are referring to a fictitious register of timeshare owners which we say categorically doesn’t exist. As these scammers are getting more and more sophisticated, to stop organisations such as the TCA telling the truth, they have invented the register and made it public, well sort […]
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