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for real, hasn’t the word gotten out by now that when you are going through a casino in las vegas and someone in a vest stops you and says “do you want tickets to a show and a buffet” they are trying to sell you a timeshare and you’ll have to spend like 4 hours in a presentation to get tickets in the back row at a third-rate show?

March 15 2010 it’s moving to Palm Beach and will be traveling to the Grand Bahamas Island instead of Nassau, we just took the cruise to Nassau Feb 17 2010 had a great time and this was a time share package thru Ramada Resorts, Imperial Majesty and Caribbean Cruise Lines all the same people and same address how do i know because i bought a package thru each one and six of us just went on the trip. Had a great time, i priced it out individually and thru the packages we did the trip for less than half the price. Bought a time share 5 min’s from Port Everglades not a high priced one but a resale for dirt cheap with 3 weeks every year. Can’t wait till next year.
yes it not the oasis of the seas but for price it was well worth it. and yes we went looking for a time share but didn’t buy their expensive one we bought one for under $5000 with 3 weeks every year and that my friend is a good deal.

With this timeshare you already have enough “points” to stay up to two weeks in Haiwii. You can have all the comforts of home while you are on vacation. Cozy rooms, excellent service, and you can travel whenever you want. Please email me for further details.

I have timeshare property I want to sell and many timeshare resellers have contacted me but they’re full of crap. They want $500-800 upfront and make out like you’ll make it back when the property is sold. I figure if it’s legit, they get their fee when it’s sold, that way it’s a win win for both parties involved. Do you know of any company that is a legit re-seller of timeshare property?

I have a time share that i would like to sell who is the best company ?

Looking for a good way to travel and to take long weekends in our area (Northwest). Is Trendwest a good group? What are some companies to look at? What are some to avoid? Is there a good after market?

Now share market at low price, this is a chance to buy share in Singapore market for 2 years investment and make million of dollar, do you have any interest to invest in Singapore Share Market????

I went to a timeshare presentation and in the end I received a couple voucher’s to send for two trips, both paying airfare and hotel stay.
I am in need of some money. Can I sell them? Will I, or whoever buys that from me, be in trouble?
Thanks.

We were offered a free holiday but couldn’t identify the catch early enough to stop us wasting our time. And I want to share the horrible experience with you so maybe you won’t waste your time.

1) There was a silly short telephone survey, they said they were East Devon Marketing.
2) A few weeks later they called back to say that for answering the survey we had won a free holiday. I said no thanks, that if it sounds too good to be true then it is too good to be true. However they insisted that it was not time share, it was a genuine offer, that the company believe it better to spend their marketing budget on cheap holidays (to buy market share) and word of mouth than TV adverts. All we had to do was give them 2.5 hours of our time, no obligation to buy anything and we’d get the free holiday. They said it was going to be with The Holiday Group but then I didn’t hear that name again. They said they’d give us shopping vouchers to cover the travel cost. We could take 2 years to decide where to go so long as we gave 10 weeks booking notice.
3) East Devon Marketing called us again and said it wasn’t free but £49 each to cover admin, seems a bit more reasonable than free eh? I was concerned that we’d have to make 50 phone calls or something and they promised there was none of that either. Why not sit through the presentation and get the free holiday?
4) We went along and the whole thing WAS set up to sell us time share – we were lied to. The sales people were pretty unpleasant to us, however I consoled myself that we half expected this and would get a free-ish holiday for listening to him. We found that the name of the company turned out to be Interval World. Their web site is open about that being a time share, hence they didn’t give that name earlier. So we stuck it out for the free holiday. They used hard sell techniques and tried subtle things to make us feel bad about not buying into their time share but fortunately we were firm about it. It would have cost maybe £15k plus about £500 per year.
5) We said no. We were given our travel vouchers and leaflet to claim the cheap holiday. I asked how much the travel vouchers were for and they said about £40 for how far we had come – it turned out to be £10 on the card we were given SO THEY LIED TO US TWICE ABOUT THIS.
The leaflet about the holiday was from The Sugar Reef Travel club and it was stamped by St Frances Marketing. At this point we found out that you had to be in gainful employment and:
a) unless we bought our own flights we had no choice about where we could go, they would specify the destination
b) we had to be ready to fly from ANY UK airport!!!
c) we had to specify 4 different weeks when we could go over the next 2 years (there were further restrictions on this). THEY WOULD TELL US UP TO 15 DAYS BEFORE THE ACTUAL DATE THAT WE HAD THE HOLIDAY COMING UP – COMPLETELY IMPRACTICAL.
d) actually we had to apply within 14 days for any of the overseas holidays
e) we had to pay the airport taxes, not mentioned until then
f) only one of our choices of weeks could be in peak time – but we are limited by school holidays
g) we would have to agree to sit through another presentation once at the holiday (so actually in the initial phone marketing they should have said you have to sit through TWO presentations)

I believe they rely on it being too impractical for people to take the cheap holiday that they offer and so they can offer it at the start. THE RIGHT QUESTION AT THE START WOULD HAVE BEEN TO ASK FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE HOLIDAY UP FRONT, OR WE WON’T GO. If they are hiding something then they won’t share that. I felt that I had been misled many times already, that the conditions were too difficult to practically work and I didn’t trust any of the people in the process so the leaflet for the “free” holiday went in the recycling.

If you want a time share then maybe it’s good for you, but surely it’s better to take the time to buy one after having time to consider it carefully; and would you trust a set up where they mislead you about so many things?

If Interval World get to see this then: guys I’m sorry to blow your cover but I’m being honest about my experience.