Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club [LHVC] review: fraud and cheating! 260

The grand buffet in fayetteville ga is a terrible place to go. Every time I went there I always have problems with their customer service. They are rude, they assume that they know better the you, the have lied to me and when I ask to speak to a manager it either a he or she and the supposedly manager is never there.

There is no info online as to who founded the place or who owns it. And when the try to tell you to let them hear your complaint or leave a number they ignore you the minute they dont like what you hear and somehow the number you left for management to contact you just got up and walked off. They were rude to my 8 year old son and they seem to discriminate against color.

Every time an african american come in they play that hip hop music and treat them like kings but if someone hispanic or white comes in they get treated like cattle, just brushing them off.

Never will I refer any one to that restaurant again and never will I go back there again.

i am also in the same situation i purchased a membership for $10, 000.00 last year in may and i have not yet used their services at all i would like to terminate membership and would like to recuoperate my losses my email is stevencevallos@gmail.com if anyone can recommend a lawyer that is willing to take my case i would like to be a part of this united we can stop this scam.

Complaint on Lifestyles vacation club we purchased the two year trial vacation club in October 2015. That gave us two vouchers to redeem for seven days at any Lifestyle Properties. We called lifestyle holidays travel club to redeem our voucher that was charged to our Mastercard. I called [protected] to book our vacation. When I asked to redeem our travel vouchers for the both of us to go to Puerto Plata the representative did not know anything about our travel voucher they gave us for signing up trying lifestyle holiday travel club. For the last couple of months I have been trying to redeem the vouchers and book our travel we paid for. I have spoken to Jeremy extension 4428 who was eager to help until I gave him my voucher number he transferred me to another rep named Daniel Delacruz who transferred me to an answering machine that does not take massages and just hangs up. It is suppose to be the number to the resort. I also called the resort direct and they do not have any records of our voucher we paid for. The lifestyle holiday vacation club program will not own up to the agreement or honor the voucher we paid for. I have spent many hours over a dozen phone calls trying to get them to honor and redeem the services we paid for. We feel we have been scammed and demand our money back. Do not be fooled by ALL the promises and VIP service lifestyles travel club makes during their presentation. They do not deliver. They just took our money $999.00 dollars and we have no vacation to show for it. Tammy

It's a complete scam, I just want my money back. Does anyone knows how to go about this? I really regret the decision of getting into this.

Glad we didn't buy.We listened But was pretty sure it was too good to be true.We even asked if we could do some research on them and get back with them when we returned back to the US they said we could only buy in Dominican and not the US. Bingo that was the light that said Hell no.Sorry yall got scammed.

My husband and i recently purchased a time share from lifestyle vacation under the premise that they would buy our old timeshare, which they haven't and won't according to them. i'm protesting the deposit with my credit card company but i'm not holding my breathe. i figure i have three options. file for bankruptcy, lose my deposit and don't pay them another dime and see if they take me to court, or try to borrow or find the money to pay off one of the timeshare so i can afford the other one on a monthly basis. either way i'm so disappointed cause i did enjoy myself at the resort, but i don't want to go back cause i feel i might get arrested . i would want to stand in front of the tower and warn everybody not to believe anything those freaking people say. i would tell everybody i met at the resort to say no cause you will regret it especially if you already have a time share, cause they lie lie lie. if anybody had any positive recourse regarding this situation please post cause a lot of us need help

We purchased a Platinum membership (40 years UNLIMITED, Villa Package). We have been every year for the past 4 years since we purchased. Absolutely no issues with the Puerto Plata location. It's our favorite. Never any issues getting the villas. In January 2016 we are going to the Presidential Suites in Punta Cana. Returned from the Cancun locations this past spring (I will say my only complaint on that location is that they offered presidential suite accommodations, but the resort we were at only had Junior Suites. They ended up giving me a week of villa level accommodations through RCI (which I have not yet arranged). We have always received a golf cart in Puerto Plata and top notch service.

I hate to say it, but It seems that if a person tried to "invest" in the smallest package, it will have the smallest return. We stepped up and went one step below shareholder and we could not be happier. Two months after our investment with Lifestyles, they helped me arrange a room at a resort in Phoenix AZ for one week. It costs me our villa fee and had I paid for the room without lifestyles help, it would have been $369 PER NIGHT. I stayed 7 nights for just under $1, 000. They also arranged a condo in Steamboat Springs for us for the same fee. Had I reserved that without Lifestyles help, I would have paid $5, 000 for the week. I do know the villa fees are higher now that they were 4 years ago, so those of you who are quoting $699 must have signed up prior to that.

Again, you get what you pay for. If you tried to cut corners, you are just going to get the basic hotel room level of accommodations and those do not come with ANY perks. Keep in mind that they do allow you to upgrade your membership (and you can often negotiate that for a reasonable price). We had them write into our contract that if they added any levels of membership between ours and SH, we got an automatic jump in our membership. I do contract negotiations for a living, so I know that our contract is rock solid. No stone unturned. I suggest you all go back and this time, take the tour again with the intention of "upgrading" your current membership and then make sure you have all the loose ends tidied up and in black and white before you sign! Then, enjoy!

Saludos

Estamos creando un grupo para las personas que hayan sido estafadas por esta organizacion y en busqueda de que se haga justicia y al mismo tiempo alertar a otros a que no sean victima de la estafa en la republica dominicana.

Alerta De Fraude: Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club
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Do Not buy in to their scheme! Same thing happened to us. Out thousands of dollars and promises to buy our current time share but did not and denied saying they would. Something needs to be done about them!

please send me your email I need to proof my credit card that they do not give you the copies of the full contract and that is illegal, they keep the 50 pages they have you sign. What they tell you is the rules of the hotels and have you initial it that is not the rules of the house, they keep that with them they don't give you copies. In Dominican rep. they have to give you the original they are to keep a copy. How they keep the original and have you sign that you got it? after I signed the six pages they told me we were done with the contract at that point they have you sign that you got what you sign with you then they tell you now comes the easy part this are the rules of the resort and you only have to initial it they have you initial it and they will be inserting a book that looks like the fifty pages you just sign and when you ask they tell you is all in there but is not they keep that book. please send me your email or phone number we have to fight together my email is mboby1@cox.net

We are victims of this scam also and are reaching out to the media in an effort to warn others and possibly get some or all of our money back. Message me if you're interested in taking part of a news story.

By law in the Dominican republic they have to give you a copy of the original of what you sign, but they don t give you that they keep it.

LIFESTYLE HOLIDAYS VACATION CLUB / BUYER BEWARE!

We are the founding members of Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club since 2001, who have initially signed on as Gold members. As Gold members, we vacationed in villas but were cajoled into upgrading to the Platinum membership after our benefits as Gold members were slowly being taken away.

After talking to the slick representatives in 2011 regarding the promised benefits we were no longer receiving, we reluctantly upgraded to the Platinum membership. Before doing so, we requested to view the contract. However, the representative said that we are not allowed see or even review the terms of the contract until AFTER we made a decision – we were only given half an hour to decide or the “deal” would be taken away.

Like average Americans, we are not sophisticated consumers and trusted that the oral representations made during negotiations would be honored in our written contract as we were repeatedly told so by the hungry representatives. Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club was armed with various credit cards that would fund the purchase price at a low percentage for the first 6 months, but would then balloon into the 24+% APR. We were under pressure and they knew it. They controlled the negotiations, the controlled the terms of the contract, and the clock was ticking away. Yes, we signed. Yes, we deeply regret it.

We later discovered that the vague and ambiguously worded contract is governed by the laws of the British Virgin Islands. My daughter—named as a beneficiary in the contract, who is entitled to “full membership rights” as is stated verbatim in the contracts—has NEVER been granted full membership rights during her stays. Instead, Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club insists as per its own interpretation that she is a “secondary member”—a phrase that does NOT appear at all in the contract. Our friends, who have also vacationed under our membership and are entitled to certain rights as per our contracts, have also received third-class treatment and NEVER received ANY of the benefits entitled to them under our contract. The contract we signed is supposed to govern our rights and the rights of our named beneficiaries and friends, but Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club orally changes our written contract during each of our stays thereby interpreting it in a manner that contradicts the plain words written in the contract. Furthermore, Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club uses a separate document called “House Rules” not integrated with our signed contract to constantly vary the terms of our fully integrated written contract. Such an act would not be upheld on court.

Aside from not honoring our written contract, Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club engages in unethical and deceptive marketing practices to misleadingly induce vacationers to either sign up for new membership or to upgrade to a premium membership. Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club operates as a textbook ponzi / pyramid scheme.

To encourage us to upgrade to the Platinum membership, we were promised that we would be moved to an upgraded villa and eat at restaurants that we no longer had access as Gold members. Upon upgrading, we were indeed given a “better” villa and did now have access to our previous restaurants. However, the experience we had during our upgraded stay quickly melted away during our following visits. Our next vacation to Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club proved to be worse, as were the stays after that. To fund this pyramid scheme, Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club needs to have its members upgrade to premium membership and get new members to sign on to a membership, or its pyramid scheme will go bust. According to its representative, Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club is able to successfully convert 10 guests into 7 paying members—a very impressive record!

However, these impressive numbers are coupled with increasingly disappointed members. For example, we are no longer given bottles of water or alcohol, no longer have access to golf carts, the villas are missing utensils and basic kitchen appliances, the dinners we scheduled ahead of time were not honored, our villa representative is nowhere to be found (he would regularly shut off his cell phone to avoid calls and visits to our villa), etc.

To make matters worse, we are constantly stalked and harassed by various representatives, who show up unannounced at our front door armed with their sales pitch to encourage us to upgrade to an “even better” membership group—either Supreme or Shareholder members. But don’t be fooled by the title “shareholder” because it is not used in its conventional sense. Shareholders do not own shares; they are merely given the phantom title of “shareholders”—attempting to signal an air of importance that reportedly comes with entitlements that will soon disappear like the memberships before it. For example, the access we once had to the only two restaurants that did not give my family and I dysentery-like symptoms throughout our entire stay (coupled with vomiting, nausea, and aggressive diarrhea) are no longer available to us. As platinum members who have spent close to $100, 000 for just the membership (excluding the perennial villa rental fee of $700 per stay and ever-increasing service fee of $100 per person, per day), we are now limited to consuming bread and bottled water throughout our stay. The once promised “upgraded restaurants and beach access” were merely words intended to entice unsuspecting vacationers to upgrade into superior membership groups—as did we.

Like other disappointed vacationers at Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club, our days have been plagued by trying to contact staff to address various ongoing problems we are experiencing on a daily basis. Instead of going to the beach or swimming in the pool under the warm sun, we are trekking all over the resort on foot (because we were not given a golf cart as promised in our contract) unsuccessfully trying to have staff resolve our ongoing problems. We are attempting to educate future vacationers to thoroughly read the reviews on TripAdvisor.com and other Internet sources before considering an investment in Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club. Do not allow the representatives to pressure you into purchasing a membership. It is your right to read the contract beforehand, and to take the contract home with you for further review and to even consult an attorney before signing anything. It is also within your rights to alter their boilerplate contract before signing.

My husband and I bought into this crap on June 2010. We bought the "platinum" which entitled me to the 6 bedroom villas. I just returned from the worst vacation ever. Booked 2 villas in January 2015 for our July vacation and once I arrived I was told there were no villas available because the "shareholders" were all here!so, my 17 guests and I were placed in presidential suites, clearly a breach of contract!Then came the lies after lies after lies. We need to do something to put a stop to this.

they did the same thing to me and told me they gave me the copies of what I sign on a CD they never told me that was on the
cd and have not even been able to open the files still. We should all fight this together my phone is [protected], we have to stop them.

CD

We also got duped into signing into this Lifetime. First of all, we were wined and dined and then given the spiel. We fell for it, and signed up for the whole lifetime service. Our adviser called all of our banks in the United States and managed to get most of the money up front (had us sign up for two credit cards without us even knowing that we were signing up for credit cards, we signed at least 50 pages, and were given only 5 pages, and then sent to the villa with a golf cart. Our villa was terrible, it had no internet service, it was next to a construction site, we had no telephone service (so no ability to contact the outside world). When we left the office the first day and went to our villa in our golf cart, we basically stayed in the villa the whole night and went into town the next day, to see the area. This timeshare is under construction, so there are a lot of construction workers around and a lot of streets that are broken up or just dirt roads. We did partake of the buffet and had dinner that night, and then went home to the villa. The third day, Wednesday, we decided that this really was not worth the money they wanted, and we decided we wanted to cancel. We had no working phone, so again we had to go into town. Unfortunately the night before they had a big party (right across from our Villa) and there was no way to make an appointment. We made it for the next day Thursday. We went in to the office to speak with our account manager and told her we wanted to cancel our contract. She informed us we could not, and instead told us if we could not afford it, she would set it up like a "pyramid" scheme and have one or two other parties go "under" our membership. We really did not want to do this, but she informed us we had no other method to get our money "back". We signed her "updated" contract which gave us the ability to have 2 people under us, but we were not happy with this. Mind you, we never received any document which told us we could cancel without four days. That next day we returned back to the States, and I called my banks and tried to cancel all of the charges, informed that we were "duped" into signing an agreement . I sent an e-mail to our account representative telling her we wanted to cancel this contract and that we had no written contract that gave us the amount of days to cancel. Turns out she found a document (which we never received a copy of) which miraculously said we had FOUR days to cancel (mind you we were in her office to cancel the THIRD day) and that therefore we could not. I will not go into more details, but I will tell you that right now my bank of over 30 years wants to sue me because I do not have the money in my account to pay back the amount that they "temporarily" put into my account after my complaint. I will now be forced to acquire an attorney to fight for us against both this Lifestyle Company and MY BANK. SO, IF ANYONE IS THINKING ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR THIS LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP, PLEASE DO NOT DO IT. THEY ARE VERY UNDERHANDED, AND I BELIEVE THEY OPERATE THE SAME WAY AS A PYRAMID SCHEME. I will give updates on my situation as time goes on. It has been two months since we had signed, and I am still fighting. I see many more months of fighting in my future, and, probably many more attorney fees.

I just bought the vip royal thing they have a week ago I wonder if I can get my money back. I see to many negative comments.

If anyone has stopped their payments to them, what has happened? My husband and I bought into this on our honeymoon and have really had a change of heart. We recently bought a house, and nothing regarding this came up on our credit reports. So, I'm wondering, what would happen if we just stopped making the payments.

We have been going to lifestyles for the last. 5 years and we have nothing bad to say we have a wonderful vacation all the time it does matter what level you buy in at to make sure you get what you want you need to have everything in black and white. The one thing to remember is no one can promise all these accommodation in peak season if you come on the off times they do treat like a King and can't do enough for you... John & Kim

I stayed at the Grand Palm Oasis and was approached by the LSHV people. Asked many questions and it all sounded too good to be true. After taking 4 hours and too much alcohol that they were more than happy to provide-and under severe duress, I agreed to sign the paper work if, and only if, I could have the 5 days to cancel with 100% of my money refunded. I had my brother-in-law as a witness -asked three different LSHV people -qualified the dollar amount which I expected back. All said no problem-we will return all of you money.

On the 3rd day after they ran my credit card - we soon discovered there was no value in the VIP bands at the Palm Oasis property. You don't receive any benefits on Grand Oasis Palm bars/ restaurants which were promised in the presentation. I went to cancel and that is when I met the muscle Maria -the reality of verbal promises made by the sales group of LSHVset in. Although the LSVH sales group made verbal promises-Maria in VIP customer service wasn't interested in even bringing those people into the conversation. When I walked 100 feet and spoke to Manual Pinelo, one of the LSHV sales team, wouldn't get involved.

Long story short -the fine print in the contact says that even within 4 days after signing -you in essence get about 50% of you money back. They keep the "membership fee" which having been a member for 3 days-is a scam. You are also out taxes.

I would have never signed the contact had I not verified, verbally with 3 different LSVH, that I could not get my money completely refunded. Again I was 3 days post signing the contact-what scam. If this doesn't speak to the hoax this company is-enough said.

I'm disputing it with documentation to my bank. I'll let you know the outcome. Anyone have a similar circumstance in canceling within window stated in contact? Will the CC company back this?
Kansas City Steve

I agree with you all. I have similar issues and challenges with the club. I bought the club membership this February. Whatever the sales guy, O'Connor, told me is untrueand their customer service is awful. I have filed a claim to dispute the Life Style Holidays club program and membership with the credit card company (Barclays). I’m not satisfied with the program/membership and the benefits and services that I was promised by the sales team when I bought the contract is incorrect. My frustrations and challenges with them have grown significantly since I purchased the membership. Also, the customer service team is not helping to resolve the issues. I wanted to connect to the sales team or the management team, but I was never able to talk to them.

Acabo de assinar um contrato no México Oásis Palm Beach, no qual foi prometido Day use no Gran Oasis e translado de limusine para o aeroporto que aconteceria no dia seguinte, pois iriamos para mais quatro dias em Miami, , após assinar o contrato cerca de uma hora depois descobri que não tinha o direito de desfrutar do outro resort que fora me prometido, retornei imediatamente ao vendedor e gerente, que diz que por conta do Spring Break não era possível, então pedi o taxi que ele prometeu para que eu fosse conhecer a Coco Bong, o mesmo diz não ser possível pois ele já havia reservado a limusine para manhã seguinte, no manhã seguinte esperamos a limusine que estava estacionada em frente o hotel e nada, fui informado que o motorista não apareceu e só ele poderia pegar as chaves, fomos transportados até o aeroporto juntamente com minha esposa e bebê de apenas oito meses sem ter espaço para o bebê conforto pois não cabia as malas no porta malas e sem ar condicionado, o motorista pegou nosso telefone e disse que os responsáveis nos ligariam, mas nunca o fizeram, também não consegui o cancelamento e ainda tenho sessenta prestações que ainda iniciaram além de quarenta por cento já terem sido pagas no ato

Has anyone had any success with a lawsuit or class action? Please email me at ronnie.silghigian@gmail.com

So we too are victims here. I do have a question. Since it was signed in the Dominican and payments are coming out of Miami, can't we just stop the payments? what could they do since it isn't in their country where the contract was executed?

The same story happens in Cancun, Oasis Hotel. Beatiful resort and crooks being allowed on site tempting people for sales presentation. They wasted good half an hour of my holidays.
1st promising info about trips and tempting to "luxurious' room for meeting / like a drink bar with smart waiters/
2nd making a sales presentation and offering a John walker blue label drinks - drink as much as you can before 2nd calls for
3rd so called director who discloses prices. 5k to 100k USD same story unlimited use of suites villas and helicopters
I told it's great offer I don't need to buy my own and I can buy membership and move straight away and use helicopters.
Please show me the contract so I can understand what are my obligations and what yours. This moment both blokes stood up and kept searching for new prays.

The saddest part is that brutal cheating has been happening since 2008 and now it's 2015 and the fraud is well established and doing well.

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So glad that I found this site before our trip in a couple of months! Buyer BeWare!

I would also like to get in on the class action suit. We purchased January of 2007 and recently have stopped payments. They are difficult to deal with. Is it possible for them to ruin your credit? Terrible Resort.

People keep saying scam and fraud but so far no one has proved anything everyone is saying they willing gave money and signed a contract without reading it. These sales people were low to no pressure they gave me the tour made me an offer, I countered they agreed I then asked a lot of questions his verbal answers were great I then asked if I can get it in writing he hesitated I said I had to do some research and think about it got up and left and was not approached again.

I don't understand why people are saying Lifestyle and RCI are liars and scammers. Did not you realize that you were dealing with salesmen who will say anything for their commission. A verbal contract won't hold water. Did anyone read a contract before forking over their money. Do you know most contracts have a buyers remorse or free look period which would have given you time to fax the contract to a lawyer. It seems you all made bad choices based on being shown the model 6 bedroom villa. I have had used my RCI points to go anywhere with no problems and have had no problem getting what I want at Lifestyle. Most of you complaining probably purchased a trial membership thinking you can get what you want but not so Shareholders get first choice then villa owners are guaranteed a villa you at the Jr Suite level are only guaranteed a Jr. suite. Next time do your research they did nothing wrong but sell you a dream they didn't force you to sign the contract. Try to make your money back by finding people that are looking for Jr. suite. School break would be a great time college kids would love the Tropical or Cofresi where all the action is. Also beware there are people on this site claiming to want to help but are looking to make money by charging you a $200 finders fee and they then charge the buyer more than what it cost so they are paid by you and the buyer

Hi All,

It seems that LifeStyle Holiday Vacation Resort is involved in many fraudulent acts and they have been scamming people for thousands of dollars. I have been in contact with several people in the United States who have experienced the same issue, and we are all sending our documents and complaints to ABC show 20/20 . HEre are the instructions if you want to send, which I encourage you all do. It is the only way to expose LifeStyle. Please be sure to include LIFESTYLE SCAM on the envelope.

Instuctions:

To submit a story idea to one of the ABC News shows listed below, write a single page letter including your name, phone number, and address. Include photocopies of backup information. On the outside of the envelope, write "Story Idea." If a producer is interested in your story, he/she will contact you. Here are the show addresses:

20/20
147 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023

I also have been to and bought into the Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club. I have been to the resort 4 times before ever going to a sales presentation. I loved the place without being a VIP member. Having said that, I purchased a membership and two months after I left, I called to book a room for the end of September 2014. I ran into no problems. The room is booked and I will be going back this time to enjoy the benefits of membership. Some people spent $5000 up to $45000 for a membership. I did not pay this amount. I negotiated and got a fantastic price. Those who paid the crazy prices need to do their homework and get their negotiating skills perfected. I can't wait to get back to my family at the Lifestyles Resort in Puerto Plata. It's a shame that people complain about the place. It truly is wonderful.

OMG did I dodge a big bullet. I went to this "Lifestyles" VIP BS in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. I guess because I'm a New Yorker and believe in the "If its too good to be true RUN AWAY' These people put pressure selling you the luxury with a Rolls Royce parked in front of the building where all these transaction happen. As soon I they took us to a "sample" Villa which was the only one we saw that style, which had a private infinity pool, all glass with modern "South Beach/Miami" style furniture and design, I said YEAH RIGHT! They'll show me this one, where are the rest? Then when I asked to see that contract, that's not possible, I thought HELL NO, I am not signing or committing to anything without reading it myself without outside interference. I was told the contract is drawn in "British Law" I thought WTF - We are in the Dominican Republic and I'm a US Citizen - how would British Law be applicable. I was also skeptical because the sales agent Mr. Unibrow (seriously guy only had one eyebrow across his forehead) kept telling us how we can go to Dubai... Honestly, I'm going to spend $5K on airfare to go to a place that realistically I cannot afford, Nah!
AGAIN STAY AWAY IT'S ALL A SCAM, Nothing that is worth it will pressure you to hurry up and by. These guys are WORSE than Used Car Salesmen and a matter of fact they bring a whole new meaning to sleazy business practices. At the end of the day I'm Glad I didn't get suckered in.

STAY AWAY FROM LIFESTYLE HOLIDAYS VACATION CLUB
We contracted for a Platinum membership in April 2014 and actually canceled within the allotted time frame after doing much online research. We thought we were out of this mess, but unfortunately not. They acknowledged and accepted our Letter of Cancellation but require us to sign their Letter of Cancellation, which we cannot sign due to its stated stipulations; which include retaining our charge card deposit monies; for the administration fees and the 'retail costs' of the member services that we used after signing the contract. We have detailed and debated each of their itemized 'member services' for the amount that we would have paid while vacationing there and are willing to pay; for we did indeed utilize these services. However, we will not pay their exorbitant 'retail costs'. They have refused our agreement to pay the monies we have proved appropriate, and in effect, still consider our membership as active. We filed disputes with the credit card companies of American Express and Barclay Bank. In the interim, we are filing small claims suits against both credit card companies. We will continue to fight!

to Perez, Yvonne ! if you know a lawyer that can help with this situation please advise, lifestyle promise us that they will buy our existing timeshare and now they said it is not possible. People they said you can cancel the membership only in 4 days! this is absolutely insane, in 4 days we were still there. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!

MY HUSBAND AND I ALSO WENT ON A VACTION TO THE DOMINICAN REP. AND ALSO WE CONNED INTO BUYING THE RESOURT CLUB PKG. PAYING 4000 DOLLARS AND THEY STATED WOUDL GET 25 WKS TO USE RIGHT AWAY OR AS LONG AS 25YRS, THEY ALSO STATED WE COULD USE THIS CERTIFICATE ANYWHERE IN DIFFERENT HOTELS AND RESORTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE WKS USED, WE HAVE NOT USED ANY AS OF YET, BUT LIKE THE ONE PERSON SAID GETTING PASS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A BIG HURTLE, I AM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WHAT CAN WE DO, TO GET OUR MONEY BACK AND FORGET ABOUT THIS NIGHTMARE, IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT CAN BE DONE I WOUDL LIKE TO PLEASE LIKE TO KNOW., I AM GOING TO CONTACT A LAWYER FRIEND OF OURS.

What happens if you just stop paying the fees? We live in the US and were told by someone on the "inside" of the resort business that because it's in another country - they can't hurt your credit and will eventually send you letters and calls using "scare" tactics - but that it won't affect anything. Has anyone done this? Thanks!

Has anyone been able to get any of there money back for this fraud? In Feb. 2014 my wife and I paid $9, 500 cash down, and still have a monthly payment for years to come for a 2 Bedroom suite. We were lied to and told it would be 1 set price to visit anywhere in the world. That is not the case, it really hurts knowing all the money we saved up while serving active duty Army is now gone due to such cold hearted scammers. I know we are not alone on this, if anyone has any knowledge on how to get any sort of money back, I would appreciate it so much, my email is jcstella@live.com

Has anyone successfully got a refund from LHVC? I too have been a victim of their scam. We purchased a JR suite membership in March 2014. I'm wondering if we could get our down payment back ($5000) and stop our monthly payments. Please contact me via email ashlee.r@hotmail.com if anyone has been successful with this action against LHVC.