Travel Clubs Promise What They Can’t Deliver

Many people believe that travel clubs are the smart way to get all the benefits of timeshare without all the hassles, life-long commitments and perpetual maintenance fees, but if you talk to any travel club members, they will tell you differently.

There are some legit timeshare companies out there, but they seem far and few between . The beginning of a timeshare-related scam usually starts with promises of a tour in a resort town like Orlando or Williamsburg, airplane tickets, or a cruise. The first warning sign should be that you almost never get the gift or there are too many restrictions on it to enjoy.

Another warning sign to look out for is companies that will not tell you their name, most likely because of poor Better Business Bureau reports (especially considering many timeshare resale companies boats a D or lower). After you decide the company’s name doesn’t matter because you wouldn’t know anyway, you get lured into a presentation. In order to be invited to a presentation you have to have a household income of over $40,000, be of a certain age (usually 18-21) and a U.S. citizen specifically for the travel clubs.

After accepting the invitation to the presentation, you go in to check out the office, which is usually not even their actual place of work. After they impress you with that, you usually fill out a short questionnaire that they will later use use against you when trying to hustle you into buying a timeshare. Then, the presentation begins with a PowerPoint presentation of several different possible deals, and of course, none of them are guaranteed. They’ll mention key destination spots like Orlando, Disney, or Cabo San Lucas that they may not even have luring you deeper into their plan with options that don’t really exist.

You tell them that you have financial problems and they give you a long laundry list of financing solutions that they are more than happy to help you with. If you start to hesitate, they pull out that paper from earlier. For example, if you have a high-stress job, they tell you about a relaxing Cancun vacation. If you are from another state than you are currently in, they will pitch you a hometown adventure. Before you know it, you are a member of their travel club and trying to get out of it is close to impossible with so many people resorting to contacting their state Attorney General, who cannot even get your money back.

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