Just a heads-up, watch out for the following, don't become a victim.
I wanted to alert folks to a condition of ownership at this resort which I feel is a "theft by conversion". I have run into this at one other resort, Riviera Beach and Spa in California, but at that resort, their approach to it is much "fairer".
Here is the scenario:
1. You buy a timeshare at the Holiday Park Resort, and the owner/lease contract, or the resort rules, contains the problem provisions. You sign the contract with the provisions in place.
2. You either own a fixed week or reserve a float week. At Holiday Park it is a RTU or lease type situation that expires 2035, but it is a fixed week/unit. Kind of a hybrid.
3. You pay your annual fee. You expect to be able to use your week, right?
4. Wrong! If you don't "reconfirm" your week with the resort at least 2 weeks before check-in, they take it back. They do not refund your annual fees and they do not offer you a replacement week.
So, basically, they steal your week without compensating you. Legally, this looks to be theft by conversion. Just because it is writing does not make it right. But once you sign the papers, it will be your burden to litigate the issue. Illegal, unethical, poor customer service, whatever, it will be your problem.
I refused to sign the contract with this in it, and they refused to take it out, so I am not going to own at Holiday Park.
I would suggest everyone be aware, this type of unethical condition can be lurking in your ownership documents as well. Riviera Beach has it too, but their approach is, if you don't contact them at some point, then 3 days INTO your occupancy they release the unit for bonus time use. And, if this happens they state that they will try to make it up to you through giving you bonus time usage at some later date.
This seems reasonable, although I still feel like, I paid my annual fee, reserved a week, and if I want to not show up, and lose the money I paid, that should be up to me. It is not my job to enrich the resort/HOA/other members by letting them use the week I paid for, for free, with no compensation.
That is the summary of my issue with Holiday Park and the Sweet Life, Kelowna, BC.
Moral: Read your documents before you sign!
I wanted to alert folks to a condition of ownership at this resort which I feel is a "theft by conversion". I have run into this at one other resort, Riviera Beach and Spa in California, but at that resort, their approach to it is much "fairer".
Here is the scenario:
1. You buy a timeshare at the Holiday Park Resort, and the owner/lease contract, or the resort rules, contains the problem provisions. You sign the contract with the provisions in place.
2. You either own a fixed week or reserve a float week. At Holiday Park it is a RTU or lease type situation that expires 2035, but it is a fixed week/unit. Kind of a hybrid.
3. You pay your annual fee. You expect to be able to use your week, right?
4. Wrong! If you don't "reconfirm" your week with the resort at least 2 weeks before check-in, they take it back. They do not refund your annual fees and they do not offer you a replacement week.
So, basically, they steal your week without compensating you. Legally, this looks to be theft by conversion. Just because it is writing does not make it right. But once you sign the papers, it will be your burden to litigate the issue. Illegal, unethical, poor customer service, whatever, it will be your problem.
I refused to sign the contract with this in it, and they refused to take it out, so I am not going to own at Holiday Park.
I would suggest everyone be aware, this type of unethical condition can be lurking in your ownership documents as well. Riviera Beach has it too, but their approach is, if you don't contact them at some point, then 3 days INTO your occupancy they release the unit for bonus time use. And, if this happens they state that they will try to make it up to you through giving you bonus time usage at some later date.
This seems reasonable, although I still feel like, I paid my annual fee, reserved a week, and if I want to not show up, and lose the money I paid, that should be up to me. It is not my job to enrich the resort/HOA/other members by letting them use the week I paid for, for free, with no compensation.
That is the summary of my issue with Holiday Park and the Sweet Life, Kelowna, BC.
Moral: Read your documents before you sign!
