Krista Miller
TUG Member
I want to start by saying that I'm so glad that I found this website! Here is my story: I attended a Timeshare presentation at Vacation Village, the beginning of December and I fell victim to the hype and glamour and believed all the promises; (like a lifetime of travel to luxury resorts at Motel 6 prices). Needless to say I walked out of there leaving a $4,000 deposit (paid with a debt card) and signing a sales contract for $29,775 for a 2 bedroom (A&B lockout) deeded week 51 at Mizner Vacation Village in Westin, Fl. They also "threw in" 2 extra weeks to use anytime we want at any exchange resort. What sold us on the deal was that they said that we had 4 weeks a year to exchange at any Gold Crown resort anywhere in the world and the most we would have to pay is the exchange fee of 219.00. After I returned home and started my research I found out that we paid way too much for this and we could get much better deals buying resale. After reading the TUG article on rescinding contracts. I immediately started the process. It was the 10th day and I had to act fast. I typed the letter (I used the exact same letter in the TUG article) and took it to the post office and mailed it certified mail. I took a picture of the postmark and sent it via email to the company headquarters letting them know I would be exercising my legal right to rescind. It has been 7 days since they received the letter and I just checked my bank account today and the full amount of the deposit was returned today!!!
Now I have a couple questions for you experts out there....
1. Do I need to do anything else to protect myself legally or my credit from this purchase? I have mailed all of the documents as well as all owners documents and the exchange catalog. Will they cancel the deed or do I need to request that?
2. And now that we know what NOT to do, what do we do now? We would love to experience worldwide travel through timeshare ownership. But we want to do this without breaking the bank and without all the deceptive sales strategies. Where do I begin?
Thank you again for this wonderful website!
Now I have a couple questions for you experts out there....
1. Do I need to do anything else to protect myself legally or my credit from this purchase? I have mailed all of the documents as well as all owners documents and the exchange catalog. Will they cancel the deed or do I need to request that?
2. And now that we know what NOT to do, what do we do now? We would love to experience worldwide travel through timeshare ownership. But we want to do this without breaking the bank and without all the deceptive sales strategies. Where do I begin?
Thank you again for this wonderful website!