Thank you for the information. It sounded so good at the time, then I spent some time figuring out how much the points were actually costing me, what a vacation actually costs, and then I saw I could go on the same vacations for hundreds of dollars less for a week. It is amazing. The points are very expensive, and the annual fees. I have seen that other members have been given assessments for costs of hurricanes at the resorts where they originally purchased. That is even more expenses. And then, if they sell out all the rooms to non-members, members don't get their vacations. I am glad to see all this information here, it lets me know I need to get out now.
I had a similar experience, and I hope to Hell I am able to recover my money. This was a scam and based on falsehoods from the beginning. I feel like a fool.
I got scammed at Park Royal Cozumel, same story, different location.
Amazing, they claim to have 60,000 happy members, I never saw one red banded person at Park Royal in Cozumel that was a member before that trip. I asked them all, because I wanted to see what they had done with the vacation plan. Now, don't you think that during spring break at least one of the red banded members (as opposed to the green banded non-members) would have been a returning member? No, they had just signed up during the past two to six days. So with 60,000 members, not any of them wanted to go to Park Royal Cozumel during spring break. That is odd. But all these unhappy members writing complaints are saying they could not get the vacations they wanted. I don't believe there are any really "happy" Royal Holiday members. Even the few accounts I have seen from members who actually got a vacation after days of trying, were not happy with the results. I suggest that people interview the members they see at the resorts and see how long they have been involved and see that seldom if ever you will see a person who has been a member for a while at one of these resorts using their points.
I am one of their 60,000 UNHAPPY members. You have got it right, they don't book trips to these resorts for points, only cash. You can book a trip any time Online if you are paying cash.
