VILLA DEL PALMAR Timeshare COMPLAINTS
Villa del Palmar, Villa del Palmar Flamingos, Villa del Palmar Puerto Vallarta, Villa del Arco, UVC, Universal Vacation Club, The Villa Group, Villa la Valencia
- Rental Companies:
- Imperial Property Management, Enterprise Travel International, Regal Resales and Rentals,Value Trade World, Continental Connections
Based on what clients have told us when requesting for our help, we decided to let people know hereby about the complaints received day by day and how people have been affected by Villa del Palmar.
Villa del Palmar is a resort that belongs to Villa group timeshare in different locations throughout Mexico like Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Islands of Loreto, Puerto Vallarta & Riviera Nayarit. Villagroup time share resorts count with different recreational spots like pools, tennis courts, gym, spa & nearby golf course for you to enjoy and experience a relaxing vacation in a place where you can find from villas to condos, suites and penthouses, all for public in general there is no “only members” area.
Villa del Palmar timeshare reviews show that regardless of all amenities that these resorts offer they are scam experts at what they do, the Villa group timeshare personnel know how to talk like professionals, negotiate like professionals and rob money from you like professionals, many people have fallen victim, so protecting yourself from a Villa del Palmar timeshare scam is the best thing you can do.
It is obvious that resorts will worship their company and submit about their great services on forums created by themselves, this is a new tactic that resorts are using to not appear as bad as they are. So, when you search about Villa del Palmar complaints you’ll find yourself with many articles or websites that mention totally the opposite, these again, is work done by them. Luckily there exists reliable websites that expose what they really are.
Villa del Palmar’s sales area has a well recognized reputation because of the lies, scams and salespeople misrepresentations of the contract just for you to sign up for a timeshare with Villa Group. Under so many complaints about Villa del Palmar timeshares, the pressure and lies from the salesperson are the most spotlighted ones in forums around the web and the main reason for a vacation to turn into a nightmare.
Villa del Palmar sales associates like any other sales person will tell you the wonders you want to hear in order for you to make a purchase, starting for example with offers of fascinating gifts just to attend a sales presentation. Then, lie about timeshare presentations lasting only 90 minutes, but at Villa del Palmar you can be up to 4 hrs in one, just to end up being one more victim of the Villa Group scam.
Do not let their astonishing words lure you away from reality, it is extremely important to read the contract before signing. Usual Villa del Palmar timeshare complaints in reviews forums are from people being attracted by the salesperson's promises and enden up with something totally different. The contract clearly states that any verbal promises made by the sales representative that are not noted on the contract are completely invalid.
Villa del Palmar timeshare salespersons affirm that owing a space with them is the best investment you can do in your life, really? investment? There will be no economic income, no renting, no reselling, you are only paying for future vacations at a high price, for the same place and date, period. Purchasing a membership at Villa del Palmar is not an investment, and it’s also stated in the contract. Thus one more lie, one additional to Villa Group timeshare scam.
Being a member of Villa del Palmar timeshares is not as glamorous as advertised, among so many Villa group complaints, not in conformity with having purchased a membership with them is the predominant.
If you are a current owner of a timeshare at another resort, the sales associate at Villa del Palmar, will offer you a trade in, promising to sell your existing timeshare and give you a better one with them. One of the major Villa Group timeshare scams is exactly that, the sales associates will “sell” your existing timeshare through a resale company and give you a better one with Villa del Palmar, but you end up owning both timeshares. This scam is being spread around all the resorts belonging to Villa Group, such as Villa del Palmar Cancun timeshare and Villa del Palmar Cabo timeshare
Instantly, the urge to contact the person that lied to you arises, and the attempt to reach them starts. You then realize that you can’t get in touch with the salesperson, what happens is that sales people change their name oftenly so you can’t get in touch with them, some others change from resort since they’re already burned at the one they are at. This can occur at resorts, Villa del palmar flamingos rentals companies.
It’s crucial being informed about any type of association before getting into any resale or rental company, many of these promise to list your timeshare and sometimes insist they have a buyer interested in your property, however you have to provide an upfront payment, red flag, most companies that ask for an upfront fee are not a legitimate company.
Now, something that’s true but they don’t tell you is that they are not obligated to sell your timeshare, so what they do is inform you they’ll take your timeshare and sell it, but they really just put it into their inventory, which is considered as listing, and keep you there waiting while you remain paying until a buyer magically appears, or you simply stop paying thinking your free from them, obviously the selling process never goes through and you end up owing them and sent to collections.
Villa del Palmar usually works with Monterey Financial which is a collection and at once a financial company.
Another common lie that sales associates at Villa del Palmar mention is when you finally decide to start with your Villa del Palmar timeshare cancellation process, they affirm that your contract is under the United States Law because their headquarter office is located in San Diego, which is not true, the contract is under the laws of the place where the purchase was made, so if the contract was signed in Mexico means it is under the laws of Mexico
Additionally, the repeated lie regarding the rescission period, which if it has already passed, you cannot cancel. Fairy tale, according to the Mexican Law you have a recession period in order to ask for your Villa group timeshare cancellation, though it's not stated in the contract.
You must be very cautious as some parts are not stated in the contract and can affect you significantly. Besides not containing the rescission period clause, it also does not include the contract cancellation clause, where it mentions that you are able to cancel the contract, evidently they don’t want you to ever abandon them.
In some cases, other clauses are included in the contract but do not help you somehow, instead it can cause an impact when attempting to cancel your membership. As for example, the 30% penalty fee if you request for the cancellation of the contract, warning, it clearly mentions the cancellation request only, it does not mean that by paying the 30% penalty, they’ll cancel the contract. When the time comes, you’ll be told that the cancellation application was not successful and you’ll remain having the contract. Don’t keep falling into their tactics to get more money from you.
Moving further with another scam tactic is at the moment of signing your agreement, salespeople will eventually tuck in a waiver where you rescind your right to cancel your timeshare contract, this eventually would be their shield at the moment of trying to cancel your Villa del Palmar timeshare contract. Though a waiver is an illegal action in Mexico, they recur to it hoping not to get caught, otherwise they would be penalized. Therefore making you sign it it’s one of their fraudulent missions.
Between many of Villa Group timeshare reviews you can also find about Villa del Palmar’s customer service, which honestly is not like how they brag about it, its customer service is awful. They never answer the phone, and if they do answer, quote, “whatever problem you may have can be solved by paying a fee”. Sales assistants never know when to just stop with their sales practices.
Bottom line, be prepared to be harassed by the sales staff if you are not a current Villa Group timeshare owner yet and scammed when you are one.
If you plan on attending a sales presentation or get tricked into one, inform yourself before making any kind of purchase, and even if you are rushed, read the contract carefully before signing it. Make sure that what you were told is stated clearly in the agreement, ask as many questions, doubts you have or if there is something you don’t legibly understand. Remember it’s your money, it’s your purchase, IT'S YOUR CHOICE!
Phone number
01 800 253 0386
We contracted a timeshare in Puerto Vallarta on Dec 25,2011 from Villa del Palmar. We made a deposit of $500 on Dec 25 and arranged for other 6 withdraws of $500 for the next 6 months on 25th. Looking back on the whole experience I have the feeling that we were rushed into buying it and that we were not given the information needed to cancel the contract. We want to cancel this contract and stop any future payments.
We fell for the sales pitch not realizing the scam Until after the 5 day cut off, we bought dec 28 2011 and desperately want this thing cancelled and get our 10000.00 deposit back. Please help if we cannot afford this "deal"
I have a Villa Del palmar timeshare. It's paid off. Now, I can't rent it or sell it. I used it once and they never left me alone to enjoy my vacation. I want OUT! Can you help?
I just signed the contract with Villa Del Palmar and want to get out. Did anybody suceed?
Thanks! Neil
FAKE AS A $3 BILL.LUCKY FOR ME I WAS THE ROADRUNNER AND THEY WERE THE COYOTE.WE MANAGED TO ESCAPE WITHOUT TOO MUCH DAMAGE.AFTER RETURNING TO TORONTO,ONTARIO.CANADA I NOTIFIED THE RCMP AND STARTED THE PROCESS INTO ACTION.I CANCELLED THEIR CONTRACT WITHIN DAY 4 OF 5 DAYS BY FAX AND KEEPING COPY OF FAX CONFIRMATION ON FILE AS PER INSTRUCTIONS OF POLICE IN CANADA.SO FAR I HAVE RECOVERED APPROX.$2700usd of fraud with about $500 to go.WE ALSO DID NOT FALL FOR THE BS.OF BUYING A PINK DIAMOND IN CANCUN FOR $5000usd since in the real world would cost $60000+usd STAY AWAY/ANY VILLA GROUP ANYWHERE .ESPECIALLY VILLA DEL PALMAR,CANCUN.A COMPLETE NIGHGTMARE.I WENT TO BY OR DID I BUT NOT FOR THAT BS AND AGGRAVATION.OR I WOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME AND WORKED INSTEAD.BSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBS.STAY AWAY PLEASE.
My wife and I are retired and have been traveling a little more than we used to and have been enjoying life to the fullest up to now. On a recent trip to Villa delpalmar, Flamingos on May 11, 2010 we unfortunatly went to a timeshare talk because the resort was true paradise. After seven hours of putting alcholic drinks on the table, playing loud music and applauding every fifteen minutes to people that were purchasing it was extremely hard to concentrate on the imformation being supplied. On top of all this they promised to rent 6 getaway weeks at a price of $4350. USD equaling $26,100. a year on a five year contract totaling $130,500. After I told them I was not comfortable with this offer, they promised to sell my old timeshare at a price of $36,800. They told us that Mexican nationalists would pay these prices to gain visa access into the US. We called imigration, according to them property would not have any advantage to acquire a visa. They told us that with an income of $156,500.USD over five years, and that they have a resale department we could always recap our investment, how could we pass up this oppertunity? Believe me, we should have. Now after three days of research what I have purchased is the same old timshare, there resort is overbooked, my old timeshare is worth about a third, and the rental department is not able to rent my weeks besause of the overwelming respnce to the sales pitches. Basically we purchased what we already own at a highly inflated price and nothing more, except the huge payments over the next seven years which we realy can not afford. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou Allan
Tengo una membresia tipo Plata (12,000 puntos) en Royal Holiday Club, desde 1997 con 30 años de uso de la misma y totalmente pagada. Hemos ejercido 13 de las 30 semanas y restan por utilizar 17 semanas. El problema es que ya casi todos los hoteles en Mexico son con el concepto OBLIGATORIO del All-Inclusive lo que realmente no fue ofrecido en un inicio por parte del club. Hemos pedido la cancelación de este contrato y tener algún reembolso por las semanas no utilizadas y se nos ha negado de manera contundente. Hemos requisitado la cancelación sin reembolso y nos han amenazado que si dejamos de pagar se nos enviará a buró de crédito y afectarían nuestro historial crediticio. Esta situación es desesperante y no sabemos que hacer, esta compañía de la que es dueña Pablo Gonzalez Carbonel, es y probablemente será un dolor de cabeza para muchos turistas incautos.
When I purchased my membership at villa del palmar, I was told that they would take my california timeshare as a part of my payment because they would sell it . I made a payment for almost $9,000 and they stated that my payments would be for $133 each month, a few months later, when I got back home, a man called me and told me that they couldn´t sell my membership but their free services had expired and now I had to pay if I want to list my california timeshare with their company. I told him what my seller told me at the time of the presentation and he told me that there is no way that they work in that manner and he made me feel as if I had been completely lied to about the resale.
My husband and I purchased a 2 brm unit in Villa dl Palmar Flamingos FEb 16 2011,to date we have paid them only the down payment of $9670.00. We are having conflicting details from the UVC reservations and what our sales person told us. We have called the sales person twice and he has not returned our call.
Bought 2 Timeshares; Villa Del Arco and Cabo Villas in Cabo San Lucas. We were told of there great potential as investment and ease to rent. Other misrepresentation related to purchase of older timeshare (Villa DelArco) and no mintenance if we did not use (Cabo Villas), both false.