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Spotting hidden fees while on vacation | Travel | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Interesting article- plus I really loved the irony in this little section!
"........................Some vacationers wishing to avoid hotels are drawn to timeshares, especially if they think they'll visit the same beach in Florida or Mexico year after year. Scott Roberts, a Florida attorney with a big real estate practice, says timeshares are still a major source of consumer complaints.
One of the latest wrinkles in timeshare circles is the offer of mortgage relief. Unscrupulous operators will contact timeshare owners and tell them they've been defrauded by the developer, then offer to help them get out from under their payments and ownership of the timeshare — for a fee, of course.
But Brown [Genevieve Brown, senior editor at Travelocity.com] says the offers of help are usually bogus. Timeshare owners can wind up with their credit ruined and owing more money to the developer.
The local Better Business Bureau can see if there is a history of complaints against a travel agent or a timeshare condo, although Brown cautions it sometimes gives “good grades to somebody who doesn't deserve them.”....
http://centralflorida.app.bbb.org/ne...73300134612180
Interesting article- plus I really loved the irony in this little section!
"........................Some vacationers wishing to avoid hotels are drawn to timeshares, especially if they think they'll visit the same beach in Florida or Mexico year after year. Scott Roberts, a Florida attorney with a big real estate practice, says timeshares are still a major source of consumer complaints.
One of the latest wrinkles in timeshare circles is the offer of mortgage relief. Unscrupulous operators will contact timeshare owners and tell them they've been defrauded by the developer, then offer to help them get out from under their payments and ownership of the timeshare — for a fee, of course.
But Brown [Genevieve Brown, senior editor at Travelocity.com] says the offers of help are usually bogus. Timeshare owners can wind up with their credit ruined and owing more money to the developer.
The local Better Business Bureau can see if there is a history of complaints against a travel agent or a timeshare condo, although Brown cautions it sometimes gives “good grades to somebody who doesn't deserve them.”....
http://centralflorida.app.bbb.org/ne...73300134612180
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