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Wele Radio Travel Shop - Can not get money refunded
1/18/08 ordered trips, there were hidden fees galore. Went to station 2/7/08 for refund.had to fill out form. No one at desk dealt with refunds. When returned by us mail, 2/29/08, i got gift certificates for future trips, had to mail in for refund. By now $20 had been deducted from the original amount. 3/14//08 i received letter that i was getting refund...
Read full complaint and 21 commentsDesign Vacation - Bogus holiday club
I would like to warn people about a bogus holiday club "Design Vacation"operating from Club Puerto Atlantico in Arguinegan,Gran Canaria.We paid almost 10,000 euro in Jan 2006 for 2 weeks a year holidays in 4 and 5 star accomadation for 25 years.So far we managed one holiday.Every time we try to book they dont reply to e mails or come back with alternative...
Read full complaint and 1 commentJump on Board - money refund
I purschased a vacation from Gloria Pipkin now Gloria Holmgren(a travel agent) to go to Poland along with 3 of my friends. The cost of the vacation to Poland was close to $10,000. We had to pay up front with cash. Due to health problems, we had to cancel the vacation in September. We have called her and tried to get the information on the insurance we...
Read full complaint and 16 commentsGreat Vacations Club/Mayan Palace - Fraudulent Sales Practices
The Eighteenth Judicial District of Kansas has just entered a judgment for fraud and misrepresentation against this company in case #07 LM 09436. The company has refused to appear and defend itself. The judgment arose out of a sale of a membership promising "30 weeks of vacations at thousands of resorts worldwide" The offering was phony and the...
Read full complaint and 34 commentsGo Ahead Tours - Fraud and cheating!
I went on a group tour with Go Ahead Tours. We were already in Europe and booked a 5 day Paris excursion. Based on the expensive rate we paid, our expectations were for deluxe accommodations. What we got was a student tour. The hotel was on the outskirts of Paris, so you had to use the Metro (40 minute minimum to town) or a taxi (30 Euro minimum). It also...
Read full complaint and 1 commentOcean Beach Club/Goldkey resort - Timeshare week forfeited because of missed maintenance payment
Have you ever heard of losing you deeded week even after you have paid for the yearly maintenance fee as well as the collection fee (another 50%)? Does this sound reasonable? It sounds very fraudulent to me. Now that I have paid for the yearly maintenance fee, my "deeded" week is still in a forfeited status. After trying to resolve the issue with the...
Read full complaint and 53 commentsRoyal Resort & Sheridan Resorts Goa - Deceptive marketing strategies
I got a telephone call on the first week of July 2007. On the other side of the phone, was a girl who introduced herself as an executive from Royal Resorts calling from their Bangalore office. She called me to inform that; I got selected for a 3-day 3-night stay in one of their 5 star resorts in Goa. Before asking she told that my mobile number & email...
Read full complaint and 66 commentsLander Management - False promises / No refund / Poor service!
People like this are spread through out the world. We were cheated by a company by the name Lander Management and their Modus Operandi was exactly the same as Royal. Unfortunately we fell for their false promises and coughed up Rs.20000, which, at the time of the presentation was supposedly refundable. I just want to share this with all those who have been...
Read full complaint and 64 commentsRoad Star Inn - We need a resolution!!!
On Feb.2nd 2007 Mr.Andrew Schroepfer agreed to take a group booking from Quality-stay 4 less Pay Inc. He booked the group threw Mrs.Lacey Warren our Regional Sales Manager. Quality-Stay 4 Less Pay is a third party booking agency. Mr. Scroepfer signed a weekly commission agreement and agreed to all the terms in it. He understood that we weren’t responsible...
Read full complaint and 3 commentsMayan Palace Riviera Maya - Dishonest time share tactics
Do not be fooled by the tour agents hired by the Mayan Palace to sell their time shares. They are dishonest and will cheat you. We were stopped on June 28th by Jesus from Tourist Advisory as we were getting off our American Airlines flight to Cozumel. Jesus pretended to be our tour guide transportation agent, our transportation to the hotel had already...
Read full complaintGreat Vacations CLub / Ventas Riviera Maya / Mayan Palace - Very poor service!
I have had trouble with an affiliated organization to the Mayan Resorts known as the Great Vacations Club (GVC). This is the final step before you are I signed the contract November 28, 2006. I canceled by telephone (calling the GVC Texas Customer Service office) November 30, 2006, well within the five day cancellation period allowed by Article 56 of...
Read full complaint and 22 commentsBlue Bay Club Cancun Mexico - Timeshare rip off
The Bluebay Club used very high pressure & deceptive means to convince me to sign a contract to buy one of their timeshares. The contact is clear that if I cancel within 5 days I will be refunded and money I paid to them. I promptly canceled this contract with the Blue Bay club on the 4th day of the contract by sending them an e-mail to their customer...
Read full complaint and 12 commentsPalace Resort in Mexico, Cancun - Stay away from falling into the scam!
With spring vacation nearing, I would like to warn all American who are traveling to Mexico to stay away from the Mexican Timeshare scam. In our last vacation in the Moon Palace in Cancun Mexico, April 2006, we felt the room was too small. We approach someone at the information desks and asked about the tours and if we could change our room to a suite. She...
Read full complaint and 3 commentsPrecisionreservations.com / Agoda Rewards / Hotelcardcharge.com - Made a booking, company took my money but didn't pass on my booking to the hotel
In November 2006 I booked a hotel room in Kyoto, Japan through precisionreservations.com (who are linked to Agoda Rewards and HotelCardCharge.com) - I think they are an American company. After I gave my credit card details they held the price of the hotel on my card and made it look like the booking had been processed. However, when I arrived at the...
Read full complaint and 4 commentsSuntasia Marketing - Gas and travel vouchers are bu****ap!
The following information is on Suntasia marketing and its promotions. The address where ALL the telemarketing calls originate from is: Suntasia Marketing 8751 Ulmerton Road Largo, FL 33771 Tel#: [protected] or 1-800-NEW-TEAM Website: http://suntasia.com/ Live calls to your house start with the numbers 727-471-#### or 727-683-####. There are 8 room...
Read full complaint and 1 commentAlldrive Canada Inc - Alldrive rents out unrepaired RV's and doesn't react on complaints
Alldrive Canada, located in Calgary and Vancouver, has rented us an RV for 15 days, during the summer. We had a number of complaints about the RV, and told them the most urgent one by phone right away when we discovered it. They did NOT react. After returning the RV, we told them again about our complaints, and said we wanted compensation for it. They said...
Read full complaint and 8 commentsWilderness resort and Market Masters - Wilderness presidential resort in Virginia!
Hello, my name is Holly, and me and my husband put an entry into one of those contest boxes at the mall about May of 2006. We got a call in July stating that we had won! We were told we won either one of three choices, $30,000, a car, or a vacation. We were told to wait for the prize in the mail. When the envelope finally came we found out we had to go to...
Read full complaint and 28 commentsMayan Palace Resort - I want everyone to know about this scam!
I was also a VICTIM of the Mayan Timshare SCAM!! Here is my story, very similar... I would like to take a minute of your time to tell you about a business that is using fraudulent information and illegal sales practices to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting citizens, who are now victims of fraud. My story is just like hundreds of others that are...
Read full complaint and 37 commentsUniversity Park Hotel - University Park Hotel @ MIT Cancellation Policy
My wife was in an automobile accident and in intensive care. I called the University Park Hotel @ MIT hotel 9 days in advance to cancel the reservation. I was informed that the reservation could not be cancelled and that the credit card had already been billed. Consumers should be aware of the cancellation policy. I cannot recommend this hotel for that...
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