Wyndham Timeshare Owner Tells All
Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by Admin in Travel
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Wyndham timeshare owner shares his personal experience of ownership with Wyndham Vacation Resorts. www.wyndhamowners.org http Press Release: www.prlog.org
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I agree. I am an owner and I just came back from Southern Spain(Sahara Sunset Club) I used my points for an RCI exchange. Unbelieveable. I use my membership to go to Greece and stayed at Leoniki Residence, also at the Xanadu Beach Resort and Marina. All together those vacations would have cost me close to , or over $20,000 out of pocket. I probably would have never gone, but was able to through RCI and using points. This was 3 years ina row(1 vacation a year) RESORTS ARE WORTH IT!
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Never buy timeshare!!! It’s a complete rip-off. Listen to Dave Ramsey on this subject.
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well…. timeshares are being sold as a “business opportunity” by sales people
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LOL.. I work for Wyndham.. hehe.. Lets just say there like every other corporation.. Keep buying the time shares.. its pays my 10.5% Annual Bonus…
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‘Fair warning?’
How about straight up advice? Before you purchase ANYTHING, make sure you READ what you are signing and what you are initialing.
Of course, sales people are going to talk your ear off. What do you think car salespeople do? Exactly. They want you to purchase. Give them your money. Everything you need to know is outlined in the paperwork you personally sign.
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great work
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I rated this video 5*****’s and I haven’t even watched the first 3 seconds yet. I am a Wyndham owner(disappointed) and will post more comments after completing this video.
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MUST READ:
We bought Kona Hawaiian Timeshare for $20,000 cash in 2001. Maintenance $634/year. Never been able to get the booking of the places that we ever want. For the last 9 years, we were able to use 3 weeks, all we got was 2 rooms apartment/motel. Not a hotel, no star to mention. For just $634 a year maintenance fee, you get have a better holiday that we could get with that about $30K we paid. Gave away for free and BE FREE.
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ok speaking as a exemployee of wyndham.(one day will be again).
this owner is defeinately a platinum owner. and in some sense hes right, it doesnt seem quite fair for the prices to be rising the way they did. but on the other hand lets say they didnt raise the prices. then the points system would collapse and guess what now your out of making reservations for guests. so take the 129 dollars your better off in the end.
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This guy uses his timeshare for rental, which is taking up opportunity for families to come and visit what they paid for. The owner here if he is at the VIP level get the minimum of 5 free guest comfirmations, and any additional is $59. He obviously abuses the system, and tries to make money on the company, yet he will charge you and your family $2000 to stay in a one bedroom, back of the building condo. Timeshare is not meant to be a business jerk!! Thanks for taking all the inventory Jerk
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That was a good video.
I have never owned a timeshare or in a points scheme but i did (for a few months) work for a points scheme holiday club here in the UK and the way som clubs treat there members is a joke!
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This is exactly what Im talking about. good job getting the word out!
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PART 4
Failing Wyndham compromising or demonstrating an effort to be reasonable, I think owners need to consider a more formal relationship (let’s call it a union) and explore retaining legal counsel. It would seem easier to do sooner rather than later. I am quite certain a judge would find the whole story unacceptable and likely to act in favor of the owners.
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PART 3
In the example of point transfers between owners, clearly Wyndham wants to force owners, to pay the $99 guest registration fee. I note that the cost of that fee continues to escalate beyond reason. Given the inevitable showdown between Wyndham and owners, I suggest that Wyndham strike a compromise as the transfer transaction does have some cost associated with it. It would seem to me that $25 is the right number if the transfer is done electronically.
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PART 2
Now that the new sales of retail points have dried up, and will likely remain dry for the forseeable future, it is quite apparent that Wyndham is backtracking on the non-contractual benefits and is attempting to MILK existing owners for all they are worth. This is likely to continue until such time as the owners commence class action litigation. I would think it would be in Wyndham’s best interest to avoid such litigation, and to be reasonable in the application of new fees.
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PART 1
I must confess that the points my wife and I own were purchased from original owners. My wife and I sat through many Wyndham presentations and listened to the “hard sell” of the value of VIP benefits. When tempted to purchase retail, I asked VERY SPECIFICALLY if the VIP benefits were “contractual”. After a lot of evasive maneuvering, it was disclosed to me that the VIP benefits are NOT contractual. The entire fee structure of Wyndham can be manipulated at will by the company
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counsellorus,
You are correct in that there are a certain number of complimentary guest certificates given based on your level of ownership. However, what Platinum owners were offered, as a purchase incentive, was UNLIMITED free guest certificates. And now that benefit has been taken away. It is no longer unlimited.
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I am an owner as well. if the owner is at a VIP Gold (owning 500,000+ pts) gets 15 complimentary Platinum (1000000+) gets 30. It is when you go over that amount you have to pay the guest fee. Before this change non VIP and VIP (300,000) did not get any free guest confirmations, now they get 1-5. What you are saying is not entirely true.
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I would say that any company is always going to protect their own interest first over the consumer. I just have to ask why would anyone believe anything a salesperson has to say. And to buy into a timeshare? Come on. You were asking for trouble. Disney, Starwood, Wyndham, Marriott….they’re all the same. Good luck getting 50 cents out of a wasted “investment”.
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Thanks for that info
starlover017. Everyone go sign it NOW.
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There is a petition for Wyndham owners to let Wyndham know they want change. Do a search for “wyndham petition” in any search engine and it should be at the top of the list. EVERYBODY should sign.
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Excellent VIDEO Most ALL timeshare companies are following the same path ….GET THE WORD OUT …..BUYER BE INFORMED AND BEWARE……GREAT JOB ON VIDEO Thanks, Mike
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And things have just gotten worse since this video. Every response from Wyndham corporate has been to take away more benefits. They are not listening.
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Good information!
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Excellent. It explains why the price of Wyndham’s timeshares on the resale market is close to zero!