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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Maintenance season is just around the corner
Hope you enjoyed your extra hour in bed over the weekend. Doesn’t matter what the time is, one thing for certain is that your next maintenance bill is just around the corner. TCA have often wondered why the majority of timeshare developers have picked on the Christmas period to send out their annual demand for […]
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Vested 7 – An update
This story just goes from bad to worse. We first exposed Vested 7 in early July. Back then we were totally confused because as a company they had a website that had nothing whatsoever to do with timeshare, although they were cold calling timeshare owners. We published a number of graphics from their website which […]
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European Debt Recovery Services – An update
During our initial enquiries we failed to spot a website; however a site has now been bought to our attention. From a legal standpoint there are a number of issues. Firstly, there is no reference to the registration details of the company, a legal requirement. The lack of a corporate address is also very worrying. […]
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Maintenance fee debt in Spain
Much has been written by TCA on the subject of scam companies saying that you are not really out of your timeshare contract and may be liable for all the back years of maintenance fees owing. Firstly we will look at the two possible scenarios then take a look at the law. The first scenario […]
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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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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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