I'm so lucky

[thatdamnJoe]

I 'won' travel vouchers from a company called Itravel and all I have to do is sit through their session explaining 'how to use the vouchers' since they are doing this "for promotion of their brand".

Yeah right. How desperate are these timeshare okes going to get?

 

[PC Direct]

It's such a scam

 

[eek]

No...it's for real! You should go!!!

 

[blunomore]

I 'won' travel vouchers from a company called Itravel and all I have to do is sit through their session explaining 'how to use the vouchers' since they are doing this "for promotion of their brand".

Yeah right. How desperate are these timeshare okes going to get?

Go to the *session*.

Ask nicely for the voucher.

Ask again.

Reveal, in a loud voice, that you are from the media and that you are there to expose their scam.

 

[thatdamnJoe]

I TRAVEL INVITATION

DEAR MR
Further to our telephone conversation, this is to confirm that you and your partner have been awarded :

1ST An “8 Day / 7 Night Bahamas Cruise” Voucher and Island Vacation for you
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

2nd A “8 DAY 7 NIGHT” Voucher entitling you to more than 50 local accommodation
Options in Luxury Resorts for you to choose from… and…
(Daily surcharge applicable)
You are invited to receive the above mentioned
Voucher at:

LOGAN CONFERENCE CENTRE – HIGHVELD
CENTURION TEL: 0126654988/3036

Here you will also be given an exclusive preview of all the luxury establishments,holiday packages
And travel discounts available to you on our Internet Database.

Kindly note that your appointment date and time is as follows:

DATE: 03 April 09 TIME: 18:00PM REF NO:

We would like to stress that we are NOT Timeshare or Holiday-Points and you are under no obligation whatsoever
To purchase or rent anything in order to receive or utilize your vouchers. If we turn out to be a Timeshare or Holiday-
Points Company , our company would gladly pay for your next holiday anywhere in the world!

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE TO ATTEND AND ALLOW US
60 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.

PLEASE BRING THIS INVITATION WITH YOU. (Come and have a look at our incredible discounted
THANK YOU rates and book your next holiday through us with
Discounts of up to 70% worldwide. You receive all the Above Mentioned vouchers just by attending! (Claiming
ownershipOf your vouchers is not subject to any purchases
being made orCompetition being entered into!)
TEL: 0413791183 CELL:

SEE A WHOLE NEW WORLD
Choose from more than 500 000 different holiday options globally, Luxury Self Catering Resorts @ Wholesale
Prices, thousands of Hotels @ half price, Game Lodges, Cruises and much more! This is your chance of taking
Your dream holiday at a once in a lifetime price!!!!

This is their invite - check out the bolded part

 

[blunomore]

This is their invite - check out the bolded part

We would like to stress that we are NOT Timeshare or Holiday-Points and you are under no obligation whatsoever to purchase or rent anything in order to receive or utilize your vouchers. If we turn out to be a Timeshare or Holiday-
Points Company , our company would gladly pay for your next holiday anywhere in the world!

They probably sell shares in a holiday club. Not points, but SHARES, so technically, their statement is correct, but they are still trying to sell you something.

 

[xrapidx]

My father sat there until they gave him his holiday to get rid of him He wasn't going to buy timeshare.

 

[Natas]

There aren't "TIMESHARE" they sell points and you use your points to go on holiday.. See? NOT TIME SHARE!!!

Under no obligation to to buy anything to use your vouchers? Well then the vouchers are proabably meal vouchers for once you are on the ship. Or vouchers for room on the boat, but you still have to buy your ticket onto the boat.. or some scammy thing like that.

Also, I haven't been to any of these, but I heard that they sell pretty f___kin hard! They practically lock the doors adn tell you that you cant leave until you have bought in!

 

[thatdamnJoe]

There aren't "TIMESHARE" they sell points and you use your points to go on holiday.. See? NOT TIME SHARE!!!

Under no obligation to to buy anything to use your vouchers? Well then the vouchers are proabably meal vouchers for once you are on the ship. Or vouchers for room on the boat, but you still have to buy your ticket onto the boat.. or some scammy thing like that.

Also, I haven't been to any of these, but I heard that they sell pretty f___kin hard! They practically lock the doors adn tell you that you cant leave until you have bought in!

I'd actually like to see them try and sell me anything i'm not interested in

 

[Natas]

I'd actually like to see them try and sell me anything i'm not interested in

I agree, They wouldn't be able to sell me something I didn't want. BUT then there are those people who are of weaker mind and constitution. I am sure that there is probably one in every ten people who would fold and that one person probably makes it worth their while.

 

[Kim_Webchick]

Its a scam called Time Share

 

[oober]

Since when did time shares become a scam? My dad pays R1000 a year and then gets to go almost anywhere in SA for a whole week. How is that a scam? Or have they changed the way it works these days?

 

[thatdamnJoe]

Its only a scam since they sell high expectations that are almost impossible to meet. Google RCI and people trying to sell their points to hear about how they are pressured into signing contracts that cannot be cancelled and how they can almost never find openings at the resorts they want to go to since it is alwyas "occupied".

You cant have x amount of resorts and then try and tell 100000x people they can all share the place and go anytime they want to - obviously there are space limitations. If you neglect to mention this at the sales time and then get people to sign contracts they are unable to get out of, I regard it as a scam.

 

[oober]

Its only a scam since they sell high expectations that are almost impossible to meet. Google RCI and people trying to sell their points to hear about how they are pressured into signing contracts that cannot be cancelled and how they can almost never find openings at the resorts they want to go to since it is alwyas "occupied".

You cant have x amount of resorts and then try and tell 100000x people they can all share the place and go anytime they want to - obviously there are space limitations. If you neglect to mention this at the sales time and then get people to sign contracts they are unable to get out of, I regard it as a scam.

Ahh I think my folks book like 6-10 months ahead. Maybe thats why they never have any problems...

 

[hoegh]

Ahh I think my folks book like 6-10 months ahead. Maybe thats why they never have any problems...

same with my parents, time share actually works if

- you book well in advance
- you dont have kids and dont have to holiday during school holidays

me and my girlfriend have been on 3 holidays which cost us basically nothing using my parents spaced banked weeks, but we book well in advance and we don't go during school holidays (peak periods)

 

[Mondinos]

I’m unfortunately one of the dodos referred to in here. I’m a meticulous person that reads the terms and conditions.

Things worked great but last two years it really became a money pit. Still have the points and annual fees but the extras you have to pay in these days are exuberant, it now cost me more than a normal self paid holiday.

Tried for the last 2 years to get out, it’s nasty and your only relief is to get a lawyer involved.

Stay away guys... and girls.

 

[Natas]

There is a huge difference between proper time share and what these scammers sell. My dad bought two weeks of proper timeshare with an RCI affiliated resort (Pine Lake Marina on the Garden Route). Other than going there, we have stayed all over the world in GREAT accommodation. And staying at those places cost nothing more than the R750 or so admin fee that RCI charges. RCI is not bad at all. You do have to book WELL in advance but that's understandable.

Proper timeshare where you buy allocated weeks in the year for a specified resort is fine! The problem is nowadays they sell these vacation club points. Where you are not tied into any resort over a specific week, all you get are points that you can then apply to a holiday. Its a great scam, because previously where your sales cap for a resort was was number of units in resort times number of weeks in the year... you can now sell points valued WAY WAY WAY past that.. the fact that your members cant actually get accommodation for their points.. well that's their problem.. the vacation club salesman's only problem is what to do with all that money??