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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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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Seasons Holidays causing more grief, yet again
To say our enquiry line has been busy with phone calls from angry Seasons Holiday owners would probably be an understatement. The problems started when many Seasons owners received a “happy Christmas” email from Sharon Kinsella a Director of Seasons. It would appear that the email dated 22nd December caused confusion, so a further email […]
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Timeshare USA – Hilton step up sales drive
We recently reported on an interview with Sam Gurnik CEO at Hilton Grand Vacations. In the interview, Mr Gurnik was explaining how Hilton were using tech to profile those who may be more likely to buy timeshare or those who would more easily succumb to the “up sell”. From information we have found, it appears […]
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Timeshare Help Centres and Timeshare Information Bureau
As we said in an earlier article, 2023 has started with a plethora of new rogue traders. Recently brought to our attention are the two names above, whilst they purport to be two separate entities we have reason to believe they are one of the same, our reasons for this belief will be covered later. […]
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Is the UK timeshare industry on its knees?
Regular visitors will know that for some time we have been reporting that, with the exception of the USA, the sales of new timeshare are at some of the lowest levels recorded. Europe as whole has a contracting timeshare market; back in November 2017 we reported that Diamond Resorts were closing their entire European sales […]
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