Global Discovery Vacations

[Lgg4967]

Just to clear my name. I am not a shill or particpating in a scam. I thought this was a place where people were exchanging information on timeshares. As it happens I did just get back from staying at the Scottsdale Villa Mirage. While I was there I sat through a sales presentation from Sunterra (developers of the Villa Mirage) they brought up some interesting points and I was looking for more information about my travel club. When I did the search this web post came up as one of the first 10 sites. If you don't believe me do a check yourself.

as for my name I'm sorry but I didn't realize there were rules about what names to use. I'm not that good with coming up with stuff like that. I mearly came here to share information. Sorry to disturb your private party.

 

[mengberg]

Global Discovery Member

I'm not sure why all the rants on this board from someone asking about Global Discovery. I just purchased it myself and although I was a little worried at first it seems like a pretty good deal. Much better than my Polo Towers Timeshare. So tell me, why do you think it's a scam?

I did pay about $7000 up front but this is what I got.
6 stars. Can use 2 for a week vacation during high season, 1 for a week vacation during low season. So, 6 stars gives me 3 weeks a year during high, 6 weeks during low, or some combination.
I DO pay a $389/year activity fee but that covers all weeks and I only pay it if I'm going to use some time that year. (Stars DON'T carry over.)
I also pay $96 for each week I use at the time of reservation.

OK, so I just made a 1 week reservation for Cancun at the Mayan Palace. Expedia would have charged me about $1200 for the week. I'm getting it for $96. The cheapest I found it here for rent was about $550 but most are renting it for $1000 or more.

Since I just got it, I haven't used it enough to find out if it's not going to be as good as advertised. I'm sure it won't be quite everything the salespeople made it out to be but so far I'm pleasantly suprised and keeping my fingers crossed.

Not convinced the buying service is any good or the cruise exchange program. I've put in for a week in Orlando next March and a Cruise exchange next April. Will wait and see.

I also would like to compare resorts used and experiences here from other members.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Not more about this company! The irony is that the name is close to another company discussed recently on 4MS. There is no product; no one owns anything but a membership; the sales are multi-level marketing; and the promises of riches are too amazing to be believed.

You are just another shill. This is not a good place to market a membership to "air." There is no product, just air--hot air. :hysterical:

 

[mengberg]

Hmmmm, ok. So instead of just a rant that didn't actually respond to anything I wrote, I will instead respond to specifics of your post.

True, I don't own any property. Does that matter? I guess I 'own' a week a Polo Towers but what does that get me? A $720/year maintaince fee I pay whether or not I use it and an additional $720 'assessment' for upgrades. Also a ~$70 year fee to pay to be a member of II plus $200 fee to trade for a week somewhere else. Plus, no way to sell it for anything close to what I paid for it. So, the point of not actually owning any property doesn't mean a thing to me. (I'm not implying that you were suggesting that a timeshare was a good deal either but just responding to the point that I don't actually own anything.)

Multi-level marketing. Maybe, I wouldn't know. No one tried to get me to become a agent to sell anything so I don't see why you think it's multi-level marketing unless they are marketing it that way somewhere else. I can only respond based on my experience. Same goes with promises of riches. No promises of making money were made to me, just promises of saving money on the cost of hotels while on vacation.

I may have paid too much, like I said, ~$7K for 6 stars. BUT, I WILL be staying in a nice resort in Cancun for $96/week this summer. I haven't seen the downside yet and if there is one, I'd love to have it pointed out to me instead of just a rant about what a scam it is. As I also said, renting a week at the resort through expedia would have cost about $1100.

I'm well aware of the downside to timeshares. I've got conned into two of them at Polo Towers. The 2nd one I bought was going to be a great deal I thought because it was during Comdex week. I paid $11,500 for it but had trouble renting it and finally sold it on ebay for $4000. I'm stuck paying $720 a year on the other for maintainance even if I don't use it which is only slightly less than I might spend at a hotel there anyway.

I'll be happy to admit that this is a scam also if you can point out why. (OK, not actually happy, I did spend $6K, willing let's say).

Thanks,
Mike

 

[rickandcindy23]

Where does the inventory come from? Surely you asked that question.

Who pays for the inventory and who owns it? Why would they let you use it so cheaply?

 

[KenK]

Well...I own T/S. I pay maint fees and taxes. As an owner, I can use the exchange companies special programs to get extra weeks, or the FREE PUBLIC sites (some set up by RCI, II, Trading Places, SFX, DAX and the others) to already get the bargains I think are better than what Global can offer.... (Show Me....educate)

An example...last Thanksgiving, we were searching for a unit in S NJ. We found WEEKS in the RCI site for Thanksgiving week for $ 197 2 bed 2 bath at their new gold crown Fairfield Wyndham. NOT PER PERSON. NOT PER DAY (Just in case readers here read like those on the scam site)

In another case, we stayed in a Shawnee 5 Star (Interval) 2 bed 3 bath sleep 6 for $249 A WEEK

And what about the TUG group meeting we had at the Fairfield Alexandria? Two bed 2 bath for a week via a affinity RCI site for $249 a week (now $299)

I'm posting prices here. Could someone from Global post some prices? Would you like me to cut and paste any area and list all available for $299 a week? The dozens and dozens on units?


Since you are probably not RCI or II members, their sites are hard to access, you might be able to see lists on the SFX or DAX sites. If they list extra weeks, you can see if your pricing is competitive with theirs.

I just posted on the Ft Laud TA site that usung an RCI affinity site, the person looking for weeks at any of the Daily Resorts in Weston were $299 a week...up to 8 weeks a year. That would include Minzer Place, or either of the Vacation Villages. The large side of the lock out was available for that price. ( Unit for $299 is one bed, one bath, full kitchen, dining room, D/W Disposal, patio, and a sleep 4)

Sooner or later, your higher ups will tell you to stop posting here, as the sales reps of the major T/S companies have asked their reps.

Since there are dozens of units all over the world for $299 or even less (Trading Places has had $97 weeks in Hawaii...sleep 2 or 4 and short advance time)....would we need to use Global, too? What for?


Owning a deeded week, or a RTU type timeshare guarantees the unit will be available. Joining a Holiday Club not backed by any type ownership might result in the loss of membership if the Club goes bye bye....which has often happened.

I hope everyone trying to sell these weeks do well. I'm glad I can try to find the best deals for an individual without worrying about a commission or a payback. We volunteer here for free. Most here have admitted they have been burned. They (we... me) woke up to late.

BUT they woke up...and now want to help others avoid the same pitfalls. I'm sure Global has like objectives. Otherwise, why be here? Not to educate? Not to help?

Ask as many other paying Global to ask the same question on an initial post. What do you think the responses here will be?

 

[PBeck]

Global

Wow...I am new here, was looking for info on Global ...what have I stumbled on? I just purchased 6 wks for $7,000 and am now trying to get out of it. I was told a specific resort in Aruba was included in their destinations, and it shows 4 aruba resorts on their site, but I tried to book for November and was told nothing in Aruba is available for all of 2007, and I would have to wait until 2008 to try for the following year! My sis in law has been a member for 5 years and loves it, but I am now regretting my purchase since I go to aruba annually. Has anyone tried to go there and succeeded????

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I think that Global is the same outfit that Paradise Village tried to sell to us last month after we so stunningly declined their fabulous offer to sell us with a lifetime of vacations at a price which we would be stupid to turn down. Having turned down their ownership opportunity, the next team showed us how smart we were to turn that down because Global could offer us everything that Paradise could, for a fraction of the cost. Global Discovery sounds awfully familiar - I know the club they were pushing was Global something. Paradise Village, too, made a big deal about how the company had been in business for nore than 20 years - the longest operating time, they claimed, for any such company.

Anyway, after looking over their incredible list of current inventory, it was pretty clear that it was surplus inventory. Picking a couple of locations I was familiar with - northwestern North America ski resorts and Hawai'i, there was virtually nothing available in peak times at those locations. The little bit that was available was marginal resorts in less popular locales.

Everything that was in the available inventory was the type of stuff that is available all the time from RCI, and often available for even less as a rental.

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re the comment above on Aruba. I don't know the Caribbean, but if what you're looking for is the good stuff, it's absence from the Global inventory is totally consistent with what I observed for Hawai'i and the Northwest.

 

[BocaBum99]

mengburg,

It's great to hear that you are not a shill for Global Discovery Vacations. And, it's great to hear you are a happy owner. You're entitled to it.

As far as your $6-7k purchase, I'd say you got taken to the cleaners. What you bought is worth about $89/year based on my experience with clubs such as these.

My guess is that what Global Discovery Vacations does is get selloff inventory that you can buy off of RCI for $200/week or less. So, the annual costs that they charge you more than covers their costs and a margin.

The fee that you paid upfront is just a bonus they get for drawing you in. Normally, these types of vacation clubs sell on eBay for about $99. My guess is that is how much your ownership is worth. If I had the details, I could prove it.

Normally, the sales guys settle for about $2-3k out the door. So, since you paid $6-7k, you just didn't say "no" enough for them to drop to that price level.

It's a great way for them to get cheap inventory. They will start at around $10-15k, drop a few times, ask you to tradein your timeshare to reduce the price further. They still end up with about $2-3k net and end up with your timeshare. Pretty much the same business model as timeshare relief.

These vacation clubs are worthless. You are just getting sell off weeks that you can buy for $200 with an RCI membership fee of $89/year.

Until proven wrong, that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

 

[rickandcindy23]

I apologize for calling you a shill.

I did notice, however, when I did a Google search on this company, that TUG is listed at the top, with the company's log-in site right alongside.

This must bug the higher-ups of the company, seeing a thread like this one that is questioning the inventory, the cost, and the possibility that this is a scam. I believe it is a scam because no one owns anything with these clubs.

Kinda scary to me that so many of these clubs are popping up lately. As if RCI didn't have enough ways to make money on inventory. The more people that sign up with these companies, the more diluted the inventory becomes. Multi-level marketing companies could have their downlines a little upset that nothing is left at all by the time they sign up.

 

[mengberg]

Tug Improvements: I was only defensive because I was answering your question, "If we don't call you a shill, what should we call you?" Also, I came on the board looking for answers and was immediately flamed as a shill. It raised my hackles. As far as being a satisfied customer, I don't know yet. Haven't used it enough to know.

BocaBum99, you may be right. Even though I owned a timeshare for many years, I wasn't aware that you could be a member of RCI or II without owning a timeshare and purchase selloff inventory as cheaply as you've stated. It's possible that would have been the better way to go.

PBeck, if I had your experience I think I would have been pretty dissapointed. I'm hoping it doesn't happen but it certainly could once I try and get a slightly more remote location. Why does your sister love it? I'm assuming she has used it regularly and would good success. I'd like to here more about her experiences to put my mind at ease.

T R Oglodyte, you may also be correct. Although it sounds a little different only because you looked at available inventory and I'm not even sure how to do that. I just request a location and they let me know if I can get something there. Besides Cancun, which I got, I also requested Orlando for next March. I should know within a week if they have anything available there. I hope I don't have the same experience as PBeck.

Here's a question I have. If it's excess inventory they are selling, how are they able to make reservations up to a year in advance? Just curious.

Mike

 

[rickandcindy23]

From whom did you buy this membership? How was it presented?

 

[KenK]

Mike:
I'm not SO PRO timeshare as it might appear. I'm apprehensive of the way they are presented, mainly of the sales tactics. I know everyone needs to make a living, but those folks either keep their head buried and know nothing, (or don't want to know anything) or are haphazard hooligans who might sell mom up the river.

But I think even if someone has a T/S e bay can't sell for a dollar....or someone needs someone else to pay them to take it off their hands, that person might get some value by learning how to use it.

You said you want to still sell a unit with II. If you still belong*, go to II site, and check the getaways....see whats available as a member without giving them a week. Yes, II likes to charge a lot more than RCI for their left over weeks, but you might find some values there. ( Flextime will bring up even more)

As for Aruba on the exchange lists (I can't check now..) including getaways , its too early for flextime for November, but I can recall often seeing La Cabana and other resorts often on the getaways.....not mostly 2 bed 2 baths, but Fall S/B an easy time to find resorts in that area...although Aruba might be harder.

If you can be very flexible, you should be able to find plenty of excess weeks without joining a club. But even if you did join, you will notice flexibility helps a lot.

* I know many who have sold all their T/Ss and continued to pay membership fees to either (or both) II and RCI to keep the excess inventory available. And still, don't throw out those smaller exchange companies...they might have something you could use for less than you think.

 

[PBeck]

Mengberg, my sister has gone to a Paris condo which she loved for $96 for the week, she has gone to Myrtle Beach, is going to Hawaii in July, in fact she has been so happy that she bought an additional 6 credits at the same time I did. She is retiring and will now be doing a tremendous amount of traveling. She is very disappointed, though, over what happened to me since she has had only positive experiences.
The one plus to Global is that it can be used by family, etc, so if I am lucky enough to get out of my contract (with the help of an attorney I am sure), I could use hers for the unlimited expressways...time will tell.

 

[KenK]

Right off the current availabiltiy of the RCI last call site:

Like to make plans at the last minute? Our Last Call sm vacations are RCI's best deals on last-minute vacations. If you can travel on short notice, you can spend as little as $129 + tax for a weeklong vacation. {Per Week not per person}

Added: Watch out for the mandatory all inclusives (AI). Last Call are the next few months availabiltiy. The other section going beyond a year (usually from the developers...which are different divs of RCIs parent)

Most of the time, the size indicates the price, not the quality. Studios or 1 small bedrooms are $129 or less. One bed are $179.00 or less, 2 bedrooms are about $209.00... I've posted two areas through June. I have no idea of the places. (except some of the Fl ones)

Carib area:

Villas Jazmin en Costambar (#1830)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Price - $179.00

All Inclusive - Optional



Reviews
[RCI Gold Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Gold Crown award requires resorts to meet more stringent standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.] LHVC at Lifestyle Crown Villas (#6993)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Price Range - $219.00
Available Unit Size - 3 - 3

All Inclusive - Mandatory

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Reviews
[RCI Hospitality: RCI Hospitality is a new award that RCI is making available to resorts that consistently have high member comment card ratings in the areas of check-in/check-out and hospitality.] Geo Group at Club Fun/Tropicale (#1958)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Price Range - $179.00

All Inclusive - Optional

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Lifestyle Holiday Vacation Club at Hacienda Suites and Villas (#6716)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Price - $179.00

All Inclusive - Mandatory


The Coconut Palms Resort (#2519)
Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Price Range - $179.00 - $219.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 3

All Inclusive - Optional


Village Caraibe Tennis, Golf & Beach Resort (#1017)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Price - $179.00

All Inclusive - Mandatory


Reina Del Mar (#6936)
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Price $179.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 1


Acuarium Suite Resort (#4859)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Price Range - $179.00 - $219.00
All Inclusive - Optional


Victorian House (#5929)
Sosua, Dominican Republic

Price Range - $129.00
All Inclusive - Mandatory


Club Caribbean (#0777)
St. Ann's, Jamaica

Price Range - $179.00

All Inclusive - Mandatory

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Florida:

Vacation Village at Parkway (#4940)
Kissimmee, FL 34747, USA

Price $179.00


[RCI Silver Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Silver Crown award requires resorts to meet established standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.]

Lehigh Resort Club (#0101)
Lehigh Acres, FL 33972, USA

Price - $129.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 1
Check-in Date Range - 06/02/2007 - 07/07/2007


[RCI Silver Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Silver Crown award requires resorts to meet established standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.]

Geo Group at Imperialakes (#2094)
Mulberry, FL 33860, USA

Price Range - $179.00 - $219.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 2
Check-in Date Range - 06/02/2007 - 06/02/2007


[RCI Silver Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Silver Crown award requires resorts to meet established standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.] Alhambra Villas at Poinciana (#4036)
Poinciana, FL 34759, USA

Price Range - $179.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 1
Check-in Date Range - 07/06/2007 - 07/06/2007


[RCI Silver Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Silver Crown award requires resorts to meet established standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.]

Alhambra at Poinciana (#1496)
Poinciana, FL 34759, USA

Price Range - $129.00 - $179.00
Available Unit Size - H - 1
Check-in Date Range - 06/02/2007 - 07/07/2007


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Reviews
[RCI Silver Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Silver Crown award requires resorts to meet established standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.] Harder Hall Lakeside Villas (#0742)
Sebring, FL 33875, USA

Price Range - $129.00 - $179.00
Available Unit Size - S - 1
Check-in Date Range - 06/02/2007 - 06/02/2007


Vacation Villas (#5043)
Titusville, FL 32780, USA

Price Range - $179.00 - $219.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 2
Check-in Date Range - 06/08/2007 - 06/23/2007

[RCI Gold Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Gold Crown award requires resorts to meet more stringent standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.]

Below are also 5 star via II:

Vacation Village at Bonaventure (#4025)
Weston, FL 33326, USA

Price Range - $129.00 - $179.00
Available Unit Size - S - 1
Check-in Date Range - 06/01/2007 - 07/07/2007


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Reviews
[RCI Gold Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Gold Crown award requires resorts to meet more stringent standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.] Mizner Place (#7559)
Weston, FL 33326, USA

Price Range - $179.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 1
Check-in Date Range - 06/01/2007 - 07/07/2007


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Reviews
[RCI Gold Crown: RCI's resort recognition program honors resorts that consistently offer superior vacation experiences. The Gold Crown award requires resorts to meet more stringent standards, based on member comment card ratings, in the areas of unit housekeeping, unit maintenance, resort maintenance, hospitality, and check-in/check-out procedures.] Vacation Village at Weston (#5773)
Weston, FL 33326, USA

Price Range - $179.00
Available Unit Size - 1 - 1
Check-in Date Range - 06/01/2007 - 07/07/2007


I hope this helps. Add a few dollars for those beyond the last call time. I hope to see listings from Global so we can easily compare.

 

[mengberg]

I checked out the messages about Global Resorts and looked at their website. Although the name is very similar, as far as I can tell there is NO connection to GDV which I bought into. (I certainly hope not anyway.) I now see why people thought I was part of a MLM which I'm not!

rickandcindy, I bought my unit in a similar way that people buy timeshares. I met some people offering a free 3 day trip and a $50 dinner voucher if I'd listen to a vacation club sales pitch. I drug my wife along who hates to go to these but as happens to so many of us, liked what I was told and bought it. They have a permanent sales office here in SLC. There were a few red flags but I hope it works out for us like it has PBeck's sister.

I'm speculating here because I don't know enough about them but I 'think' it's more than just purchasing sell off weeks. They do own a bunch of there own properties and I think they use these to trade for other properties within the entire system if you're looking for a location that they don't own properties in.

TugImprovements, thanks for the apology. I DID think you were asking what I wanted to be called instead of a shill which I found offensive. Although I'm certain that there are shills who post on TUG, I'm not certain it's a good practice to start calling anyone who posts a shill who you 'think' might be a one. Anyone who has just bought into a timeshare or a vacation club is going to initially be positive about it. After all, they just spent a bunch of money on it. That doesn't mean they're a shill, but if you call them one, you'll likely offend people and just drive them away from the board. On the other hand, I can understand why you don't want shills posting so I don't really know what the answer is. Personally, I would err on the side of caution.

KenK, thanks for all the info. If I had been aware of the ability to use II like you've shown, I might have given it more of a chance. Because I had some bad experiences with exchanges I haven't had a membership in it for several years. I thought the only thing you could do was trade your week. GDV has a similar program that uses their excess property and possibly sell offs from the other trade programs. They call them expressways and you can log in and see whats available in the next month. For a star and $96 you can stay in any of the ones that are available. I don't have the kind of flexibility to just take off that quickly for a week but for $96 I've thought that I might use some close to home if even just for the weekend. I haven't seen any available in UT but I have seen them in Colorado and Arizona which are both close.

BTW, the salespeople I bought from are the ones that told me about TUG as a possible location to sell my Polo Towers timeshare. Go figure.

 

[rickandcindy23]

If you have a log in to this company, perhaps you could post some listings that are available to you?

 

[KenK]

It's a bit confusing.

The Global Discovery group seems to be a unit ( a new unit) of an old travel & management company.

When you go to the Global Discovery site, it says run by (or powered by) this site:

http://www.globalconnectionspropertymgmt.net/index.htm (Located in Central Fl)

When you go to the home page of Global Resorts Network, ( which is hard to find, because all the members are trying to sell to you, and have taken the same site with an add on at the end of the URL, ) it is located in Arizona, and run by a guy named Alfonso ... an ex T/S salesman. (Also ex US military officer).

If you look at the Global Connections site....they seem to have rentals where they manage. But a lot (maybe all) of the management companies do this. VRI, Trading Places, and the big companies like Hilton & Marriott also rent (but charge a big sum).

I just went to the Timeshare Globe site. Looks like they may have ceased their publication as stuff is dated last year. Their pricing was really bad.

 

[mengberg]

Rickandcindy23, here is something even better. I just remembered that the sales office gave me a temporary guest login so that I could look at the website before I had my membership login. I just checked and it's still active.

Go to:
https://www.globaldiscoveryvacations.com/login.aspx
and enter:
Membership #: GDV000000 (6 0's)
Password: temp

This gives you access to the site.
Click on Expressways to see what places they have available for short term notice in the next month. These are just locations that aren't full so a member can rent one for a star and $96 for a 1 bedrm suite or $295 without using a star.

At this point I'm not sure if the other services are worth anything. They have something called Access Alliance, Buying Service, etc. The one quote I got from the Buying Service was cheaper than a local store but not as cheap as I was able to find on the internet.

I 'think' the resort guide is a list of resorts that they own property at but I could be wrong about that. They're pretty vague about where they actually own property.

 

[mengberg]

PBeck, I'm curious. Have you talked to the people who sold you the membership about getting out of the contract and what was there response? How long ago did you purchase? Sounds like you paid about what I paid. Maybe you could join RCI or some other club to find locations in Aruba cheaply like KenK says people have done.

When I bought my membership, I was told that I could reserve up to 13 months in advance. (Haven't tried that yet.) When you couldn't reserve Aruba for this year, did they say why you had to wait till the start of 2008 before you could try and reserve for 2008? Seems like from what I was told you should have been able to try and get a unit for sometime in 2008 now.

Mike

 

[PBeck]

I did not actually speak to anyone there, my sister in law was the one trying to book it for both of us. I purchased the membership 2 weeks ago, so I have not even used it. I am not too worried about not actually getting to Aruba, as I said I go annually with another sister who owns a week at Costa Linda, and I have stayed with her for the last 7 years...when she has others come I stay next door at the Bucuti resort (not a timeshare) My main problem with this whole fiasco is that I am afraid that if I can't get my first place, or anywhere on the darn Island, which they specifically stated I would be able to go and extend my weeks, what other problems will I face down the line? Will I use it otherwise?...probably...will my kids...probably...but don't start out with me with a problem...leaves a bad taste.
As far as talking to someone, my sister in law spoke to 2 supervisors about this...the coordinator who was originally working with her has since been fired, and the supervisor acknowledged that this was perhaps misleading, and said nothing when my sister in law informed her I would be trying to get out of the contract....will let you know what happens as the letters went out today.

 

[JT62]

My husband got a phone call two nights ago from a company called Global Exchange. It was some kind of timeshare thing, affiliated with RCI (apparently). It supposedly started in SoCal and they are opening an office in San Jose. We told them to mail us info, but they wanted alot of extra info, and we refused to give it, so the conversation ended.

I searched and found this.
http://www.globalexchangevacation.com/contact.htm

JT

 

[mengberg]

Just did a google search on GDV. I don't know anything about the online e-zine called "The Resort Trades" but they did an article on GDV back in March/April 2005. Maybe it's just a timeshare rah-rah sheet and the article almost reads like a press release so I'm not saying it holds a ton of weight.

If you're interested, here's a link to the article.

http://www.resorttrades.com/articles.php?showMag=Management&act=view&id=118

However.... it does confirm at least one thing I've said, that GDV does own property. Also confirms something others have said, that travel clubs are a dime a dozen. i.e. "Travel clubs are also riding in the fast lane with over 285,000 of them listed on the Internet and more added daily." Not really a good thing like the article tries to make it sound in my opinion.

Just found another newer article there so edited this post to add it.

http://www.resorttrades.com/articles.php?showMag=Management&act=view&id=267

Mike

 

[Jya-Ning]

Have you try to search on Global Connections Inc? Or goto www.BBB.org and search that company?

Don't worry since you already joint as member, just try to enjoy as many trips as you can

Jya-Ning

ps. check if this are the same company
for bbb http://www.kansascity.bbb.org/commonreport.html?bid=97030227
for their website http://www.globalconnectionspropertymgmt.net/

 

[mengberg]

Have you try to search on Global Connections Inc? Or goto www.BBB.org and search that company?

Don't worry since you already joint as member, just try to enjoy as many trips as you can

Jya-Ning

ps. check if this are the same company
for bbb http://www.kansascity.bbb.org/commonreport.html?bid=97030227
for their website http://www.globalconnectionspropertymgmt.net/

Yes Jya-Ning, the above articles I posted links to point out that they are the same company or to be more precise, GDV is the travel club product of Global Connections. However, NOT the same as Global Resorts Network which appears to be a MLM that a lot of people understandibly get the two confused from the similar names.

"An excellent example of a leader in this growing industry is Global Connections, Inc., headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Its travel club product, Global Discovery Vacations (GDV) has continued to evolve to meet the changing needs of today’s savvy vacationing consumer."

A quote, not my words.

Mike