Bluegreen Vacations
Reviews and Complaints

This company is a total total scam! If you have read the comments prior to mine, all the reviews are very accurate and true. Please save yourself the headache and money

This is all true. Do not buy. You are told you can sell it later or. Luegreen will take it back. This is not true. Now that people are finding out about this scam, Bluegreen needs to Really take back property for people who have owned at least 15 years. They made double the money off us and we should have the opportunity to leave. No one will buy in the future with the truth coming out so Bluegreen change your ways.

My maintenance fees keep getting higher every year. I can never get a booking and they don't answer your calls. What a rip-off. I will sign it over to anyone for a penny.

EVERYONE! Write the President, your U.S. Congresspeople, and the Attorney General’s Office! LIFETIME CONTRACTS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED!

Sign the petition at

https://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-u-s-congress-u-s-attorney-general-allow-timeshare-owners-to-get-out-of-their-lifetime-contracts#

and post this to as many boards as you can!

You would think that OUR GOVERNMENT would would have swindlers like this shut down.
They are a rip off from day one.
No different than Berny Madoff.
When you try to make a reservation, the time is not available. if you chenk the motels, they have rooms available in catagories... MONEY (which is first) then timeshare or BLUGREEN which by the way is HIGH RED so you dont have enough points...
People looking at this that is thinking about buying "DON'T DO IT"

@ lord mankinholes people try giving it away you idiot! They can't lmao! Hey I could always get a job like yours and pretend to love something that is crap! There are even people who have been customers for years and complain about not getting a place! If only we knew what vacation we would like to take five years from now! Wait that's way to early to plan!

Samething happen to us misleading in every way! They are even nice enough to read our contract to us after 4 plus hours! Yes we found we were stupid because we bought this crap! They are rip offs ! I will just ruin my credit before I pay another dime! Please tell me how I'm hurting other owners! If there so happy with this company they won't mind at all! I two find it funny how they told us there company's so awesome if we didn't want it they would buy it back! Epic fail! They are a bunch of liars! Look on eBay people have tried selling there's for one penny! No one wants it! So please tell me how much you love this company again and buy my points! Oh don't forget the follow up where your stuff is only good if you buy more! They put no stop to it ! We didn't buy into the next line of crap! Seriously if you want to get blue green you can buy it for a penny! Some people are trying to give it away! So no need to tell me how great your blue green is show me the money and you can have it! But why buy when so many are giving it away!

just a small point but the MF for 2012 came to $635 for your 7000 points so if they are over $1500 then you must owe 2 yrs MF which would be $1270 with the rest in lat fees because you have not paid.

Pay what you owe and do not put the burden of paying you MF onto happy owners

Take responsibility for your own actions DO NOT blame somebody else

Once you have paid your MF and your account is free then give your points away on eBay and since you only have a very small number of points you will also have to pay all the transfer cost . Transfer costs make it unrealistic to buy small point packages when you can get in excess of 30000 points for the same transfer cost

Do this and you will be free

Lord Mankinholes, You are the one that does not know what they are talking about. I just got talked into an upgrade with BG. My wife and I asked the sales person 4 times how much would our Maintenance Dues be affected by this upgrade. We were told that they would double but no more than that. We are now being told by BG that we owe over $2000 for the MD for this year. We were paying around $500 per year before the upgrade. I have spoken to several people at BG and they agree with me that there must be some kind of mistake but no one will do anything about it. This is no way for BG to treat their customers. We were lied to by the Sales people and now we are being blackmailed into paying double the standard amount for MD because if we do not pay the MD then our account will be frozen and we will be unable to use our vacation points until we pay this outrageous amount.

Toyotafan have you looked into timeshare or are you one of those idiots that think they know everything and in fact know nothing.
We have made timeshare work along with many many thousands of other happy owners.
Over the years we have saved Thousands of £ on holidays, been to places that would have been far to expensive to even dream about going to.

So untill you know what you are talking about please shut up.

There is no scam in Bluegreen it does what it says on the can, the problem is that people do not do their homework and can not be bothered in learning how to use what they have bought ... it is like buying the latest TV and then throwing away the remote controll and complaining that the TV does not work.

Getting a Sampler package was probably a good idea, so do go ahead and use it. A timeshare is not a hotel and you need to learn the differences and how to use them best. Do not be annoyed that owners who paid full price should get the prime dates. Many with school children simply cannot vacation at any but summer and holiday dates. That understood, DO look for locations you find interesting (plural) and reserve about 6 months ahead to be on the safe side. We have been owners for many years and have greatly enjoyed visiting many different Bluegreen locations. Since, at this point, we do not have school children, we can travel in the off season and nearly always have good luck getting what we want. Early fall and spring are often quite wonderful and crowds are gone--or not arrived yet. Understand that few timeshares will have hotel type maid service. You will feel like you are in your own private home. Don't buy if you can't afford the continuing maintenance fees but, at least, enjoy what you now have.

First off,
Sounds like you haven't used the sampler
Second,
are you a sheep do you believe all complaints
do you shop at WalMart, Target, andy store for that matter check out complaints on them.
Looks like by you way of thinking you shouldn't shop anywhere, trust anyone, matter of fact i got some advise for ya,
Just stay inside and stay home!

I work for Linx Legal, we've been in business for 14 years and we help timeshare owners out of their financial obligations based on lies you were told and promises not met. Our ultimate goal is to save owners from having to dig a financial hole for themselves for something they weren't honestly sold and most times can't even use. I'll attach our Better Business Bureau so you can look into our company and read the reviews for yourself. If you have any questions or want to see if we can help you as well, my work line is [protected]. I will not ask for any personal information aside from a little insight into your experience. We also charge a fee as well, but we only offer a case if we are certain we can cancel the contract and only if we are able to save owners a substantial amount of money.

https://www.bbb.org/us/nc/charlotte/profile/timeshare-cancellation/linx-legal-inc-0473-576031

If you were in MB without the beach then it must have been Harbor Lights, if that is so then if you say that the unit was small for both of you and the 3 kids then it must have been a 1 bed unit. If I am correct then you broke the rules these 1 bed units sleep 4 only for a family of 5 then you should have had a 2 bed, I have stayed in these units and I can tell all of you that they are not small. Just had another thought you did not try and con the resort and book a "Hotel" style room did you ?
I have been an Owner for 7 yrs and have never had a problem getting the reservation that I asked for and all our reservations have been in the summer high peak period.
You say YOU WANT OUT well I am sorry to tell you that the resale of any timeshare in these times of doom and gloom are being given away and the value is zero to the seller, on the other hand a big bonus for the happy owners who want to increase their ownership, and my friend there are many many thousands of very happy owners.
Now for the crunch YOU CANNOT SELL IT OR GIVE IT AWAY BECAUSE IT IS NOT FREE OF DEBT, this is very clear in the paper work for you to get rid of it it must be paid off and all fees upto date.
Untill you have done this then do not waste your money trying to sell it, DO NOT give any company any upfront fees because they say the can sell it for you ... THEY CAN NOT

Lets be honest ... have you found your missing MF money or did you spend it on something your other half dosn't know about lol

You ask why I am bothered ... I pay my MF and I for one do not expect BGVC to have to pay out to defend these people that lie

You may have come across better if you had been honest in the first place, you still have not answered why you had to grossly inflate the 2011 MF.

Come on now tell us all how much your 2012 fees went up ?

Mine like all owners in trust fund E went up $0

Again I have to repeat myself I have never had a problem in getting a reservation

Re: Lord Dinkhole!

Why would someone half way across the world in England give two shivers about what we here in the states complain about, unless you were on Blueturds payroll... This is a complaint board! If you want to blow rays of sunshine up Blueturds Corporates butts, I suggest you find another venue to do that. They are only in the business to take honest peoples money in a shady way, nothing else. They hardly ever have open bookings and their customer service might as well be housed at the local kindergarten class in Boca Raton!

Now somebody on here is telling porkie pies ... and it is not me so I will let you make your own mind up.
If you MF were $800 in 2007 (you must have 14000 points since that is the nearest I can get to your fig.)

Then your 2011 mf were $950 not $2200 as you state ... $32o base fee + $0.045 per point

I'm curious- if you though they were so full of it, why did you purchase anything? Also, have you even attempted to use the points yet?. Seems you are basing your experience on the opinions of other people. At least try it out for yourself to see what you think before jumping off the deep end and spreading negativity.

I agree totally with u... My husband bought the sampler... which does not make us members. This package gave us 9000 point to use with in a year of purchase.. we are going back to Vegas in March and we will have to go back through all of the sales crap again. This time it will be different. I have all of the info and they won't get another dime out of me... I too was raised to be polite but I will not hesitate to walk out of that place after the 90 mins are up. I do know that if we don't stay they can charge us over $200 for each of the nights we plan on staying... so we will listen and nod our heads and when it gets down to the sales pitch.. well I will just say NO and don't try to sweeten the deal. I won't have any of it.

They changed the points for MF value to stop epolple like yourselves from not using points and not paying MF, the BGVC needs an income that is why we pay MF (who else is going to pay the staff) if everyone paid with points then no income no staff etc, it that simple
All timeshares are going through the same thing the only way to get rid is to make sure that all payments are upto dat, that you do not have a loan on it, if you can do that then give it away and you pay the closing costs

The first part of your post is correct you can do those things.

If you buy a TV from Best buys or Walmart would you even consider taking it back and asking them to buy it back of you ? ... do you thing they will of coause not so why expect Bluegreen to

I got sucked into seeing a timeshare in Orlando FL during my vacation. It was a waste of my entire day and exhausting. The only good thing that came out of it was free coffee and discounted Blue Man tickets.

Glad I saw these posts. They are always trying to sell themselves at Bass Pro Shop and follow you around. It sounded like a good deal, but I figured it was too good to be true.

I have been an Owner for 8 yrs and only paid $75 in SA and that was for the refurb of Lacabana BRC in Aruba (Bluegreen owns around 25% of that resort) The sa you are talking about are in a different trust fund than the points you were being asked to buy
So it appears that you should also check your facts before making such false statements

I purchased mine from someone with a similar story. offer up, let go, craigs list the newsaper so many ways to ge rid of it if you just want it off your hands, I am sure yours is much less than what the are selling now. it should be paid for if it is about paid for and everthing up to date email me friedfearrington@outlook.com

"Lord Mankinholes" is certianly a BlueGreen paid Troll, he posts on here a lot, same drivel!

This book, "Write a Letter: Cancel Your Timeshare And Get A Refund" is now available on amazon.com for less than $15! Copy and paste this link: http://www.amazon.com/Write-Letter-Step---Step-Cancellation/dp/1466382341/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323712393&sr=8-2

Go to www.howtocancelyourtimeshare.com now! Take the course! Scores of owners have been able to cancel their own timeshare contracts by just following the steps! You can call [protected] for more information.

Why did you buy in the first place.

I find it hard to understand that you have had a timeshare for 16 yrs and never used it

Sell it (or you should have sold it in the boom times) but if you now owe money on it ie back MF you are unable to sell it

Pay what you owe or Bluegreen will foreclose on you and rightly so why should other owners have to pay your MF

I agree! w/ above comment
Thers some major sheeples on this site.
Check out complaints on WalMart...more complaints by far than BG and yet...I rest my case.

I have never had a problem getting a reservation and I have just checked online and found several beach units available for mid July even at this late stage (May).
Why did you even expect to have you EOY points as well as your new annual points since you traded in your old contract for the new one, if you trade in a car against a new one you dont get to keep the old one another 2 yrs do you.
Just so that you fully understand you paid $10000 for 4500 annual points since you already had 7500 (1/2 of your 15000 EOY contract)
Also you 2011 MF are $860

I was suckered in to timeshare purchase being told vacation was 1400 points week when in essence it was a day. Luckily I read contract and you have 10 days to void the contract. I cancelled on June 2 2008 and still awaiting deposit refund but they did tell me contract is cancelled. Hope this helps someone. My initial hotel stay was also very crappy.Toilet stopped up the first time we used it and motel gave us a plunger to fix, a/c only worked on and off, and light was blown. This was the red roof inn at Gatlinburg. Bluegreen reps said they would make it right and of course they didn't. Their salespeople lie to sell you and they will not tell you about cancellation period of contract.

In Mach of 2010 at a sales meeting in Branson, MO, I told the salesman, Stan Koya, that my wife was seriously ill that we would not be buying any more points and would like to get out of Bluegreen altogether. He said that if I bought 4, 000 more points (for $9000) that we could then be a "Gold Owner". As a "Gold Owner" we could then resell all of our points, includung the 4, 000 bought in 2002 to Bluegreen and get all of our money back. My wife died the next month. When I tried to resell my points I found that he lied to me and I was stuck. Now I am out $9, 000 and must pay $814/yr ripoff fees. I could go almost anywhere for two weeks for $800 without Bluegreeneing invilved I am about to tell them to go to HELL. Tom Wood Baton Rouge [protected]

Once again, if you feel as though you were taken advantage of and told half-truths just file a complaint with the Attorney General in your state. If enough consumers do this, they will be forced into taking action, as they did in my state of Pennsylvania. They ripped-off over 5, 600 Pennsylvanians and hence the lawsuit. I will paste a condensed version below

HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced lawsuits today against four Florida-based companies accused of illegally marketing vacation packages, using "free" airline ticket offers and other worthless prizes to lure consumers into aggressive and deceptive timeshare presentations.

Corbett said consumer protection lawsuits were filed against Bluegreen Corporation, Bluegreen Resorts, Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited, Inc. and Great Vacations Destinations, Inc., all of Boca Raton, Florida. Bluegreen contacted consumers by phone and through kiosks at shopping malls, fairs, and festivals throughout Pennsylvania, and also operates full-time sales facilities in Hershey and King of Prussia.

"Virtually any consumer with a checkbook and a pulse allegedly qualified as a 'winner' in these promotions, " Corbett said. "Unsuspecting consumers who believed they were contest winners were actually drawn into a high pressure bait-and-switch campaign designed to push timeshare vacation packages costing thousands of dollars."

Corbett said more than 5, 700 Pennsylvania residents purchased Bluegreen timeshares, with many paying $20, 000 to $40, 000 or more for packages that violated Pennsylvania's Consumer Protection Law, the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, the Telemarketer Registration Act and other consumer regulations.

Phony Prizes
Corbett said that Bluegreen representatives allegedly called consumers who believed they were entering contests and other promotions promising cars, cash and vacations.

According to the lawsuit, consumers were told that they had not won the "grand prize, " but had been selected to receive other items, like free airline tickets. Consumers were also promised free gasoline and meals when they collected their prize, if they attended a 90 minute timeshare presentation.

Corbett said the lawsuit alleges that consumers who were contacted by Bluegreen were not actually randomly selected prize winners. Instead, virtually everyone who entered the contests was contacted and falsely told that they were a prize winner.

In one case, Corbett said a consumer informed a Bluegreen representative that the person they were trying to reach did not live at that address. The consumer was told that it wasn't a problem - they would give her a prize too.

High Pressure Sales and False Advertising
Corbett said that in order to collect their "prizes, " consumers were required to schedule an appointment with a Bluegreen sales representative. In some cases, consumers who believed they would be attending a 90 minute timeshare presentation were actually subjected to relentless marketing pitches that lasted five hours or more.

According to the lawsuit, numerous deceptive statements were made to consumers during these presentations in an effort to get them to sign contracts immediately, including phony claims that prices would increase the next day, misrepresentations about when and where consumers could travel if they made a purchase and false statements about certain fees being waived.

Corbett said that some consumers bought vacation programs because they were told they were entitled to a one-week stay in Hawaii, only to learn afterward that the program they purchased could not be used in Hawaii.

According to the lawsuit, consumers who sat through the timeshare presentations received "prizes" that were nothing like what they had been promised. The "four free airline tickets" were actually booklets that offered two airline tickets with each hotel room reserved, at high prices, in a limited number of cities. In some situations, consumers were required to commit to a 10 night stay at overpriced hotel rates before being able to select a local airport for their flight.

Corbett said "free" gasoline and meals that consumers were promised turned out to be coupons or certificates with lengthy terms and conditions. For instance, consumers who were promised $40 in free gas were required to submit written requests to obtain a series of gas coupons. The coupons required consumers to pay for their gas first and then mail a receipt for reimbursement, with each coupon limited to a $5 purchase, with no more than one purchase per month.

Illegal Contracts
Corbett's said contracts used by Bluegreen failed to properly inform consumers of their right to cancel their purchase. Pennsylvania law requires that consumers have five days to cancel any timeshare or campground purchase. Bluegreen is also accused of violating a state law that requires all consumer contracts to be written in easy-to-understand terms.

Do Not Call Violations
According to the lawsuit, Bluegreen made numerous calls to consumers who were on Pennsylvania's Do Not Call list, allegedly basing those calls on referrals from other customers. Additionally, the companies are accused of making repeated calls to consumers who clearly told them not to call again.

"Bluegreen took advantage of hardworking Pennsylvania residents eager to find an affordable getaway, " Corbett said. "Using deceptive contests, relentless sales presentations and misleading contracts, consumers were pressured into paying thousands of dollars for vacation packages that don't meet their needs or their budgets."

Corbett said the lawsuits seek restitution for consumers who suffered financial losses because of these deceptive or illegal practices.

Additionally, Corbett says the lawsuit asks the court to void all illegal consumer contracts and give consumers the right to cancel any agreement that did not include the state-required notice of cancellation.

The lawsuit also seeks up to $1, 000 in civil penalties for each violation of the Consumer Protection Law, or up to $3, 000 for each violation involving a senior citizen.

The lawsuits were filed in Commonwealth Court, in Harrisburg, by Senior Deputy Attorney General David Sumner of the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Corbett says the investigation began after consumers contacted his office to report these practices. He encouraged other consumers who have problems with Bluegreen to file a complaint by calling the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Hotline at [protected] or submit an online consumer complaint.

www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=3999 LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD-NOW!

If the above post (mike) is indeed a Bluegreen employee, SHAME ON YOU.

Those that had any doubts about Bluegreen's employee's and their tactics-
the above comment gives us all some insight into the mentality of this company. Hey mike,
You sound like a real low life and if all you got was a $40.00 commission-

YOU ARE THE SUCKER!

SUCKER THANK YOU FOR THE 40 DOLLAR COMMISSION. I HATE THE JOB BUT IT HELPS A ### EAT!

What a pity you are going to miss out on some wonderful vaction time and resorts.

Some resorts are very low in points some of the newer ones are higher.

Just spent a wonderful week on the Gulf for a mere 7000 points and last year 19 nights in Aruba for just over 16000 points. You have just lost out on some fantastic deals, and before you ask no I dont work for BG I am a textile colourist here in the UK.