Category: Timeshare Scams

You’ve decided you want out of your Mexico timeshare. You search online for help and suddenly find dozens of companies promising to cancel your ownership, eliminate your maintenance fees, negotiate with your resort, or make the entire problem disappear. Then you see the prices. $3,000. $5,000. $8,000. Sometimes $10,000 or more. Now you have another… Read more

Timeshare scams have changed. Years ago, many were relatively easy to recognize. Someone called unexpectedly, claimed to have a buyer for your timeshare, asked for an upfront fee, and disappeared. Today, some operations are considerably more sophisticated. They may know your resort, details about your ownership, and even personal information that makes you wonder, “How… Read more

By Wayne C. Robinson — 25 years in timeshare sales and cancellations, including time working directly for a Mexico-based timeshare company You bought a timeshare in Mexico, and a while later — maybe months, maybe years — you started getting calls. Someone you never gave your number to already knows you own a unit there.… Read more

By Wayne C. Robinson — 25 years in timeshare sales and cancellations, including time working directly for a Mexico-based timeshare company If you’ve read the first two parts of this series, you already know the risk isn’t hypothetical: contracts that permit broad information sharing, paperwork handled by people outside the timeshare company’s own accountability chain,… Read more

If you own a vacation club membership in Mexico, there’s a good chance it came with something called RCI — or a similar exchange program. You were probably told those points would let you swap your week or your ownership for stays at resorts all over the world. And if you’re like most owners I… Read more