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BlueGreen Vacations Timeshare Scam Warning!!!

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  • BlueGreen Vacations Timeshare Scam Warning!!!

    Disclosure: Results my vary, as this is my personal experience only.

    My video review on the BlueGreen Vacation Timeshare Scam.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVc7ImQNeS4

    I paid $150.00 to Bluegreen Vacations at the mall last year. I was told I would receive a 3 night stay at a nice resort, and a 4 night cruise with Carnival (Sound Familiar)? My job was to complete a 2 hour timeshare tour on the second day of my resort stay, and after completing, I would receive a 4 night cruise voucher. We drove 2 hours from Orlando, FL to St. Petersburg, FL to stay at the Bilmar Beach Resort.

    We were suppose to stay from Sunday to Wednesday, but ended up coming in a day early on Saturday (4 nights). We were told on the phone it would be an upgrade of half off for that night (about $75) but when we got their, the hotel staff made us call Bluegreen to confirm this in writing and fax over the paperwork. Bluegreen contacted them, and sent them a conformation number. We were given the hotel key for our 4 night stay.

    BlueGreen then calls my phone telling me to authorize the room for $159 (more than the cost of the room), then after arguing dropped it to $143 (the same cost of the room) with a $25 Visa gift card coming in the mail to me (I already got that when I signed up). What happened to half off? By the way, we also had to pay $107 in resort taxes and fees for the 4 nights.

    I decided to call BlueGreen and discuss the true cost of the 4 night cruise before attending the Timeshare tour. She told me it would be a total of $373.00 which included taxes and port fees, plus $96 in tips ($12 per day, per guest, per night). Thats a total of $469.00!!! We left the resort, drove back to Orlando, and just enjoyed the rest of our day.

    COST TO GET INVOLVED: $150.00

    COST FOR THE RESORT STAY: $250.00 ($178.50)

    COST FOR THE CRUISE: $469.00

    TOTAL COST: $869.00

    Glad we did not fall for this all the way and pay for the cruise! Get this. I called Carnival directly, and she said for the exact same thing, I would pay $517.00 directly through them, which includes the taxes, port fees, and tips would only be $292.00, yet with BlueGreen, they are making me pay $469.00 for the exact same thing.

    I rest my case.

  • #2
    I wouldn't actually call this a scam. Perhaps it would have been better not to try to get the extra night. Perhaps you did not explain the cost difference on the cruise well enough, but it seems it wasn't much different. Of course this could have been much worse if you ended up buying a timeshare which you could get for much less or even free on the resale market.

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    • #3
      I don't think this is over.
      You did not attend the timeshare presentation so they will probably try and get you to pay the retail price for your room.


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      • #4
        Originally posted by tonyg View Post
        Perhaps you did not explain the cost difference on the cruise well enough, but it seems it wasn't much different.
        My impression is that BlueGreenScam expected the $150 to cover the whole deal, and instead he would have had to pay a discounted price for the cruise.

        I suspect there was fine print involved, and that the $150 covered the three nights (but not a fourth) at Bilmar, and only offered a discount on the cruise. OTOH, BG makes some many deals with outside groups that it's hard to know. BG sales guys are often not up to speed on the BG resorts, so I'd be very surprised if they know much about the various deals offered to get people into BG sales.

        Also agree with GrayFal that BG is going to give this poster grief over the hotel bill if he didn't attend the sales presentation.

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        • #5
          I have done Marriott Vacation Club discounted stays and it clearly states in the agreement that to qualify for any of the "rewards" which is a discounted resort stay and a $100 Marriott credit, you MUST attend the sales presentation.

          +1 to Hobbitess remarks.
          Pat
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          • #6
            Simply a case of a consumer believing what they were told, or thought they were told.

            We all know better than that, but the first rodeo some people think they couldn't say something if they don't do it.
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