Lied to during your Timeshare Sales Presentation? This article is for you!

[TUGBrian]

While we have a "scam victim fight back" article, that is generally more focused on resale, rental and exit scams.

I see the same response for the most part whenever we see a new victim show up with the same story we have heard hundreds of times and while its not a WRONG answer to tell someone the truth about their rescission period, it is a bit defeatist and tends to portray that there is no chance whatsoever for any recourse for being lied to or misled during a sales presentation and I do believe many people take that attitude to heart and perhaps dont make any efforts at all to try to make the situation right.

Well here we go folks, been working on this one for awahile now and Ill give thanks to Irene Parker at TARDA and the recent work from Senators Schiff and Curtis on the Timeshare Transparency act as the impetus for providing owners a bit more options than "not much you can do if you didnt rescind in time".

So here it is in all its glory (technically still a draft, but its perhaps draft 3.0 for me at this point and its polished enough to release to the masses!

Lied to in a Timeshare Presentation? Your Legal & Practical Options to Fight Back

Were you misled during a timeshare sales presentation? Learn the proven options owners have to fight back, cancel, seek refunds, and protect themselves — step by step.

tug2.net

 

[Irene Parker]

Thank you for being a partner in honesty TUG - First step Awareness - Second step Action

We are on the phone constantly, reaching out to the 600 families who reached out to TARDA in 2025. It takes one-on-one calls to explain the bill's importance. If you live in any of the 27 states below, write to your respective senator via their website - members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that will be debating this bill. A representative from the office of Senator Curtis reached out to us to thank all of us for spreading awareness. A bill has to be worked. If not, there is a 5% chance that it will pass the committee. We need about 10,000 to reach out in support. So far I've connected with 40. Hardly anyone answers the phone anymore. AARP wrote a letter of support. ARDA opposes, stating that additional regulation is not necessary - everything is fine as it is.

TARDA's December/January newsletter provides instruction found on our TARDA.org blog. This is a SENATE bill, and the first to offer federal over site by the FTC. The FTC is particularly concerned about active duty service members who find their security clearances in jeopardy because of unfair and deceptive practices. Our newsletter provides our suggestions concerning the five bill provisions- so if you think a provision needs improvement - that's what debate is about - that's what draft a bill is about. For example, a 14-day rescind period is great to standardize, as people post "You had 5 days to cancel" when they might have signed in Nevada, the person asking had 10 days in Florida. We explained that things like availability (supply/demand), the ability to rent to offset costs, will not be helped because the purchaser doesn't have access to the booking site until after the rescind period has expired. https://www.curtis.senate.gov/press...-consumers-from-predatory-timeshare-practices

Majority Members

Ted Cruz, Texas (Chairman)


John Thune, South Dakota
Roger Wicker, Mississippi
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Jerry Moran, Kansas
Dan Sullivan, Alaska
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Todd Young, Indiana
Ted Budd, North Carolina
Eric Schmitt, Missouri
John Curtis, Utah
Bernie Moreno, Ohio
Tim Sheehy, Montana
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Minority Members​

Maria Cantwell, Washington (Ranking Member)
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Brian Schatz, Hawaii
Ed Markey, Massachusetts
Gary Peters, Michigan
Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
Jacky Rosen, Nevada
Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico
John Hickenlooper, Colorado
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania
Andy Kim, New Jersey

 

[LannyPC]

Interesting article. It's nice to see that there are some options after the rescission period has passed. I know we get some newbies coming on here after their rescission period has passed asking what their options are. Many say that they want to hire an attorney. While that might be an option, the key thing is that if the owner wants to have the right to rescind claiming that the sales people's statements were false, the owner has to be able to prove this.

What proof does the owner have that the sales people said these false or misleading statements? It would be a matter of one person's word against the other's. After all, isn't that why in the contracts it explicitly says that what is in the contract trumps what the sales people said?

 

[rickandcindy23]

What a great article. I cannot believe some of the bad letters I have seen over the years. A badly worded accusatory letter could definitely be dismissed as buyers' remorse. Specific details about the salesperson's lies is viable as evidence.

I do know a TUG member who has become a good friend and she was able to rescind long after a purchase but not because a salesperson lied to her, it was because there was a question in the sales' department whether Marriott would welcome current Westins into Abound. Indeed, Marriott welcomed all of us into Abound who bought even resale before a certain date. The purchase she made was to guarantee Abound. I was amazed she was able to rescind.

 

[flindberg]

Thank you for being a partner in honesty TUG - First step Awareness - Second step Action

We are on the phone constantly, reaching out to the 600 families who reached out to TARDA in 2025. It takes one-on-one calls to explain the bill's importance. If you live in any of the 27 states below, write to your respective senator via their website - members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that will be debating this bill. A representative from the office of Senator Curtis reached out to us to thank all of us for spreading awareness. A bill has to be worked. If not, there is a 5% chance that it will pass the committee. We need about 10,000 to reach out in support. So far I've connected with 40. Hardly anyone answers the phone anymore. AARP wrote a letter of support. ARDA opposes, stating that additional regulation is not necessary - everything is fine as it is.

TARDA's December/January newsletter provides instruction found on our TARDA.org blog. This is a SENATE bill, and the first to offer federal over site by the FTC. The FTC is particularly concerned about active duty service members who find their security clearances in jeopardy because of unfair and deceptive practices. Our newsletter provides our suggestions concerning the five bill provisions- so if you think a provision needs improvement - that's what debate is about - that's what draft a bill is about. For example, a 14-day rescind period is great to standardize, as people post "You had 5 days to cancel" when they might have signed in Nevada, the person asking had 10 days in Florida. We explained that things like availability (supply/demand), the ability to rent to offset costs, will not be helped because the purchaser doesn't have access to the booking site until after the rescind period has expired. https://www.curtis.senate.gov/press...-consumers-from-predatory-timeshare-practices

Majority Members

Ted Cruz, Texas (Chairman)


John Thune, South Dakota
Roger Wicker, Mississippi
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Jerry Moran, Kansas
Dan Sullivan, Alaska
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Todd Young, Indiana
Ted Budd, North Carolina
Eric Schmitt, Missouri
John Curtis, Utah
Bernie Moreno, Ohio
Tim Sheehy, Montana
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Minority Members​

Maria Cantwell, Washington (Ranking Member)
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Brian Schatz, Hawaii
Ed Markey, Massachusetts
Gary Peters, Michigan
Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
Jacky Rosen, Nevada
Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico
John Hickenlooper, Colorado
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania
Andy Kim, New Jersey

Thank you! This is greatly informative.