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    Diamond Resorts - exit strategy experience/suggestions with Villas at Polo Towers

    Hi All, Thank you for being here! RE: 2-bedroom Lock Out / Week 50 at Polo Towers Villas, Las Vegas, NV. (Tier 5 in all seasons on Diamond's Destination XChange Current status: I received a "Notice of Default and Election to Sell Property Under Association Lien" The letter was sent to First...
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    Anyone quit claim their time share deed?

    Looking to quit my Orange Lake resort time share. Every attempt so far has resulted in no interest in buying, or a proposed cost of $$$$ to cancel it. I was thinking of using a quit claim to return it to the resort. There's a $10-$20 processing fee plus a notary fee. Anyone else go this route...
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    Timeshare Forfeiture

    Hello, New to the site and appreciate being added. I have a Melia Vacation Club "Membership" home property in Cozumel I'm interested in selling, getting ride of. After reading several threads, I've see people mention "Just stop paying" and they will repossess the unit. Is this even an...
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    I need a guide to help me decide how best to exit

    As a general overview, my elderly (90) dad informed me that he was tens of thousands of dollars in debt to Worldmark by Wyndham for a series of purchases of timeshare points he never used and never will use. He cannot travel, and none of his family members want this debt or to vacation in...
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    Help— I Want Out of my Grand Vacations Timeshare

    Hi! My partner and I went for it in November and purchased a timeshare. It’s been six months, and we have finally decided this makes no sense. Every time we sat down over the past few months to review it again, we concluded that we made the right decision- I think we just wanted it to make...
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    How do we leave a Timeshare [Westgate]

    To the timeshare community, I’m not sure if this post belongs here but I desperately need advice surrounding this problem. 20 years ago my dad bought into this fantasy world of timeshares. We bought it through Westgate. Little did we know how scummy Westgate and the entire timeshare industry...
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    Advice on Getting Out

    in July of 2019 we purchased a timeshare at the Enclave in Myrtle Beach. Since that time we’ve had a HUGE regret because it was a bad financial decision for us. We’ve had some financial issues arise since we got home from that trip and now we are worried. Of course we were not told we had a 10...
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    Exiting from Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach in Cabo San Lucas

    I recently called Pueblo Bonito to see if they had a ready exit plan for anyone wishing to stop paying their maintenance fees and coming to the resort. I was quickly sent a form that stated for a fee of $1000.00 US, that would be easily and completely handled by them. It would simply stop...
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