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Shell Vacations Club
Posted: 2009-02-02 by   Jessica
Shell Vacations SCAM/RIP OFF
Complaint Rating: 80 % with 5 votes
Company information:
Shell Vacations Club SCAM
3456 Shell Vacation Scam Dr.
United States
antishellvacation.com

Shell Vacations Club is a RIP OFF.

We need more people to stand up together and get stronger. shell vacation victim please join my communite forum at http://antishellvacation.com

Why would someone pay $400 a night with Shell Vacations Club points when you can stay at the same Hotel for $150 by booking with Expedia or other website. The economy is in real bad shape and we should let current owner NOT TO PURCHASE MORE POINTS AND MAKE SURE OTHER PEOPLE DO NOT GET SCAMMED ON THIS RIP OFF.
Do not get fooled by FAKE positve comments made by Shell Vacations employees. Read what current pissed owners have to say about.

http://antishellvacation.com
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 278 days ago by   fullerton -1 Votes
this is correct i hate my timeshare with shell. I called about 30 minutes ago Desert rose for a specific date and they had rooms available then i call shell and according to shell the days are booked. I hate them. what of waste of money.
 278 days ago by   georgee36cleo -1 Votes
Yes. We've purchased timeshare in 2000 and now our maintenace fees has doubled since then. The yearly points are not worth anything because everything is overpriced. You can not even purchase an airplane ticket or a cruise ship ticket so you end up purchasing extra points. If you decide to purchased more points you are wasting your time and money. If you decide to convert your points over to credit card (American Express or Hertz car rental) your yearly points are done. Even if you bank your yearly points for 2 years that is still not enough to purchased an airline or cruise ship ticket. MAJOR RIPOFF!!!
 255 days ago by   Spartanacus +2 Votes
We bought in HI on our honeymoon in 2000. $10K for 2, 500 points, and then on a vacation to San Fran the next year, we bought another 1, 250 points for another $5K because 2, 500 doesn't get you much.

My feelings are mixed...with the highs being when we're actually on vacation and the lows being when I have to pay $550+ twice a year for the maintenance.

Good Point #1...their points system is the way to go if you're doing a timeshare, as you can go for less than a week if you want, and save up points for a really big vacation the next year. Plus you can go virtually anywhere in the world, instead of being stuck in the same rat infested hotel room the same week in July in Florida every year.

Good Point #2...you know you're going to be staying in a top notch resort/boutique hotel when you go somewhere. Could you save money with a little more legwork each year, and just book your own trips? Perhaps...but it's nice to know what your options are, that's it's easy to book, and that you'll most likely have a full kitchen, and can save money on food that way.

Good Point #3...it forces you to take a vacation every year. Let's face it...it's not cheap, but you know it will be nice, and you know that in order to benefit from it...you actually have to go somewhere. If we didn't buy those timeshares, we'd probably never vacation, as it seems we never have money for that. But now we're forced to have a good time! And isn't that what life is about...having a good time?

Now for the bad points...

Bad Point #1...the maintenance dues are not cheap. We paid off our loans immediately so as to not pay interest on top of everything else, but for 3, 750 points a year, we're still shelling out about $1, 100 a year in fees alone. And of course, they NEVER go down...only up each year. Some years they go up more than others. We're going on 9 years into our 50 year deal, and I worry what we'll be paying in dues in another 41 years!

Bad Point #2...if you buy at two different Shell properties, you still pay full maintenance dues and they're treated as two entirely different accounts. I'd like Shell to combine them into one account and give me a discount.

That's really all I have to complain about. My suggestions for disgruntled owners...

1) Pay off the mortgage ASAP so you're not paying interest.

2) Use the damn thing. Use it at least for a night or two every calendar year. If you don't use it, you lose it.

3) If you still want out of the deal and you have a balance, besides claiming total bankruptcy to get it absolved, you may be stuck. But if you have paid it off and just don't want to pay the dues anymore because you don't use it enough or feel like you're getting your monies worth...give it away to a charity that accepts timeshares if you can't sell it.

Overall...the jury is still out on our purchase. I do recall that he told us that we won't start seeing 'value' until after 10 years, as by then, the hotel/resort prices would be up a greater % than what our dues would go up. Of course...I have a feeling that you can find pretty good deals out there right about now.

I also seem to recall that they said that you shouldn't look at it as a financial investment of course...but as an investment in your vacations and the enjoyment you get out of them.

And like I said, we make sure to use it every year, and each trip has been wonderful...so I can't complain there.

Just know what you're getting into and what you will get out of it, before you buy anything.
 136 days ago by   beachchick 0 Votes
We love SHELL... no we are not fake shell employees, who i'm sure have better things to do than make postings in their spare time.
we have been married for 5 years & owners for 6, bought in anaheim & upgraded twice. We've done more with our ownership than you could ever imagine... extended balconies on caribbean cruises, free wine tasting in napa, houseboats in havasu, you name it we can do it & while everyone is complaining about the economy we are planning our next trip in a condo anywhere we want!!! Maint sucks, but so does hotel tax & not having a kitchen on vacation.
 64 days ago by   Angry in AZ 0 Votes
beachchick -My question to you is have you ever stayed in the Anaheim Resort? Your tune would dramatically change then...Ours definitely did!

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