Is this the most viewed thread on TUG?

[T_R_Oglodyte]

wouldn't be a bad number for a YouTube video, let alone a timeshare topic.

 

[Panina]

Awhile ago I read just some of the posts and my head was spinning. My take was the legal system went wrong in Canada and timeshare owners were financially obligated when they shouldn't have been when a new owner took over. The whole situation was unbelievable but real and sad.

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

I do not know if 1,200,010 views is a TUG record .

I have read the last 3 years / mostly by seeing the thread on recent post & reading the additions .

IMO - It is a story of bankruptcy - new crooked owners - bad lawyer(s) - a British Columbia legal system that had no understanding of timeshare contracts & more .

Quite a financial & emotional mess for the folks who were planning on enjoying their future vacations
at this .....( ___) place .

 

[CanuckTravlr]

Unlike condominiums and strata corporations, there really is no specific legislation in Canada, nor much case law, that I am aware of that deals with timeshares specifically. And unfortunately, that is unlikely to change. Since there are so few true timeshares here, there is little demand for legislation.

The timeshare owners in this case got royally screwed by unscrupulous developers with deep pockets and a legal system, that as T-Dot says "had no understanding of timeshare contracts". They seem to have simply applied normal corporate law, which has resulted in such tragic outcomes for the individual timeshare owners.

 

[TUGBrian]

im pretty sure that is indeed the most visited thread on the forums.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Ten times the viewership of the old Belaire resort thread, and still going strong.

 

[CanuckTravlr]

And the one good thing is that TUG has once again proven its value by providing a place where those who have been most affected can communicate more easily with each other and compare notes. Thank you TUG!!