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Hi, I got a phone call from a company called club costa or costa club tonight , they said they were not a time share (but i think they are).they said i could have a holiday for 4 and only pay taxes and admin fees, which are �45 each.We could get this by going to a hotel near where we live with ID and hear a presentation.What I was wondering was if anyone has ever taken the weeks holiday on offer and enjoyed the holiday without submitting themselves to any timeshare tours or meetings once they were there.
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The problem with the "free" holiday is that if you dont sign up then all of a sudden this "free" holiday becomes rather difficult to arrange.
They say things like "You have to leave tomorrow, you have to fly from Plymouth airport and have fly back to Aberdeen airport".
When you say you cannot make that they say "sorry, we offered you a free holiday but you turned it down".
Just remember these people dont get rich by giving away free holidays, and once you have paid your �45 each (nearly �200) you wont get your money back.
Put the �200 towards a proper holiday or you will regret it.
Let us know how it goes.
They say things like "You have to leave tomorrow, you have to fly from Plymouth airport and have fly back to Aberdeen airport".
When you say you cannot make that they say "sorry, we offered you a free holiday but you turned it down".
Just remember these people dont get rich by giving away free holidays, and once you have paid your �45 each (nearly �200) you wont get your money back.
Put the �200 towards a proper holiday or you will regret it.
Let us know how it goes.
See article below.
A couple of years old, but an interesting write up on the tactics of these people.
Also gives an idea of how difficult it to get your free holiday, with difficult dates, night flights and all sorts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2003/jul/19/b udgetingforyourholiday.scamsandfraud
A couple of years old, but an interesting write up on the tactics of these people.
Also gives an idea of how difficult it to get your free holiday, with difficult dates, night flights and all sorts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2003/jul/19/b udgetingforyourholiday.scamsandfraud
A general comment.
Because the timeshare business got such a bad reputation many companies have moved on to selling you holiday "points".
The more money you pay the more points you get, and the more points you have the better the holiday you can get.
This is the way the new Butlins apartment at Minhead work, see this web site
http://www.butlinsonline.co.uk/microsites/Blue Skies/index.cfm?page=6707)
So it is not timeshare any more, but the principle is the same.
One scam these people do is to tell you that you can buy say 50 points for �5,000, and make out you can have a great holiday with that.
But when you come to book your holiday they tell you that you cannot get much of a holiday for 50 points and try to sell you more.
So now you have to decide if you put even more money into the company, or cut your losses and lose what you have already paid.
Either way, these people are just stealing your money, but in a way that means they cannot be arrested. They are smartly dressed muggers.
I would have nothing to do with them.
Because the timeshare business got such a bad reputation many companies have moved on to selling you holiday "points".
The more money you pay the more points you get, and the more points you have the better the holiday you can get.
This is the way the new Butlins apartment at Minhead work, see this web site
http://www.butlinsonline.co.uk/microsites/Blue Skies/index.cfm?page=6707)
So it is not timeshare any more, but the principle is the same.
One scam these people do is to tell you that you can buy say 50 points for �5,000, and make out you can have a great holiday with that.
But when you come to book your holiday they tell you that you cannot get much of a holiday for 50 points and try to sell you more.
So now you have to decide if you put even more money into the company, or cut your losses and lose what you have already paid.
Either way, these people are just stealing your money, but in a way that means they cannot be arrested. They are smartly dressed muggers.
I would have nothing to do with them.
A good analysis by VHGuy on Timeshare Points. It relies on people's greed - thinking they can get something 'better than average' by buying more points. But if lots of people buy more Points, there's a problem because the volume of 'quality' timeshare resorts is still just the same, and not everyone can get that super holiday. So buying Points gets you nowhere, just poorer more quickly.
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