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timeshare.com - Blowing smoke

Timeshare.com – Blowing smoke

Every day of the week the TCA investigation team scour the internet for newsworthy comments surrounding the timeshare industry to keep you, our readers, up to date as to what’s hot and what’s not in the world of timeshare. Although we have seen, and glossed over, the website with a domain of www.timeshare.com the first […]


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timeshare USA - Fixed price for future holidays?

Timeshare USA – Fixed price future holidays?

One of the myriad of sales untruths peddled at timeshare presentation meetings is the fact that by buying a timeshare you are effectively future proofing your holidays at today’s price. To a certain extent this is true, however, all is not as simple as the sales team would have you believe. About 10 million U.S. […]


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Timeshare - Why has it gone so wrong?

Timeshare – Why has it gone so wrong?

A simple question with probably dozens of answers but taking a focus on just one area, the area that seems to raise most complaints from TCA enquires, availability. In the good old days of the fixed week product timeshare owners knew exactly what they were getting. A guaranteed holiday at a guaranteed time in a […]


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Financial Ombudsmen Service - Treasury Committee asks questions on fractional loans

Financial Ombudsmen Service – Treasury Committee asks questions on fractional loans

The Parliament Treasury Committee met on the morning of the 27th February to discuss various issues surrounding the Financial Ombudsman Service. Included in the nearly 2 hour meeting, Abby Thomas who is Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman at the FOS came under the spotlight. The meeting covered various areas of questioning but of significant interest […]


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Global Great hotels ??

Global Great Hotels – What’s going on?

Has anyone any idea as to what is going on with Global Great Hotels, because at TCA we really haven’t got a clue, or at least, not much of one. Looking at the back history and comment on the internet it appears that GGH had glowing praise, but towards the middle to the end of […]


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Regreats and rising costs - Why timeshare ownership is losing popularity

Regrets and rising costs – Why timeshare ownership is losing popularity

Industry trade bodies would have you believe that all is moonlight and roses in the world of timeshare ownership; however that’s not what TCA find. The American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the trade body for timeshare USA, carried out a survey recently and found that 85% of owners are happy with their purchase. But another […]


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research is key

Research is key

We suppose the title of this article applies to all life purchases, let alone timeshare, but when expenditure to make a purchase is rapidly heading toward the £20,000 mark, then research is certainly key. Researching what, on the surface, seems to be a relatively easy product to understand can often lead would be purchasers up […]


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Panareti Paphos removed from RCI and shut down

Panareti Pafos resort removed from RCI and shut down

RCI recently communicated the news to timeshare owners at the Panereti Pafos Resort with opening line “Resort 6480 Panareti Pafos Resort is no longer affiliated to RCI. Unfortunately”, RCI also confirmed the following: “If you are a week’s owner you can no longer deposit your 6480 Panareti Pafos Resort week with RCI for exchange purposes. […]


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why is the tca so negative towards timeshare

Why is the TCA so negative towards timeshare?

A very simple question with answers that could go on for hours so we will try to keep it short. Going back 27 years when TCA was founded by the late Sandy Grey, problems with the industry were already manifesting themselves. Some called Sandy a “maverick” because he didn’t hold back when he became aware […]


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Timeshare USA - Diamond/Hilton transitions, does it work?

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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