BlueGreen Vacations Timeshare Scam Warning!!!

[rodneywalker]

Disclosure: Results my vary, as this is my personal experience only.

My video review on the BlueGreen Vacation Timeshare Scam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVc7ImQNeS4

I paid $150.00 to Bluegreen Vacations at the mall last year. I was told I would receive a 3 night stay at a nice resort, and a 4 night cruise with Carnival (Sound Familiar)? My job was to complete a 2 hour timeshare tour on the second day of my resort stay, and after completing, I would receive a 4 night cruise voucher. We drove 2 hours from Orlando, FL to St. Petersburg, FL to stay at the Bilmar Beach Resort.

We were suppose to stay from Sunday to Wednesday, but ended up coming in a day early on Saturday (4 nights). We were told on the phone it would be an upgrade of half off for that night (about $75) but when we got their, the hotel staff made us call Bluegreen to confirm this in writing and fax over the paperwork. Bluegreen contacted them, and sent them a conformation number. We were given the hotel key for our 4 night stay.

BlueGreen then calls my phone telling me to authorize the room for $159 (more than the cost of the room), then after arguing dropped it to $143 (the same cost of the room) with a $25 Visa gift card coming in the mail to me (I already got that when I signed up). What happened to half off? By the way, we also had to pay $107 in resort taxes and fees for the 4 nights.

I decided to call BlueGreen and discuss the true cost of the 4 night cruise before attending the Timeshare tour. She told me it would be a total of $373.00 which included taxes and port fees, plus $96 in tips ($12 per day, per guest, per night). Thats a total of $469.00!!! We left the resort, drove back to Orlando, and just enjoyed the rest of our day.

COST TO GET INVOLVED: $150.00

COST FOR THE RESORT STAY: $250.00 ($178.50)

COST FOR THE CRUISE: $469.00

TOTAL COST: $869.00

Glad we did not fall for this all the way and pay for the cruise! Get this. I called Carnival directly, and she said for the exact same thing, I would pay $517.00 directly through them, which includes the taxes, port fees, and tips would only be $292.00, yet with BlueGreen, they are making me pay $469.00 for the exact same thing.

I rest my case.

 

[icydog]

I personally have found Bluegreen and their salespeople to be duplicitous. They tell you one thing and supply another. I sold my interests in Bluegreen and the only thing I regret is not being able to go to the cabins at Big Cedar. But as it turns out my membership was being so devalued as to not allow that trade any longer anyway.. Be happy you didn't buy anything from them. It cost me $700 to a broker for closing to give away my 20,000 points, I know I was taken, but I'm very glad to be out of that system. After owning Disney Vacation Club and Marriott, BG is a very poor runner up!

 

[RX8]

BlueGreen then calls my phone telling me to authorize the room for $159 (more than the cost of the room)

You already had the room so I would have told them to pound sand.

Did you not attend the timeshare presentation? Usually, there is fine print that you are liable for MORE money if you skip the presentation.

Bluegreen has a kiosk at the local Bass Pro Shops. I just ignore them.