Between and , representatives of B. Vacation Ownership sold upgrades to existing timeshare owners that would increase the number of points they had to apply to timeshare reservations.
After the homeowners purchased the upgrades, B. After the sale, the lawsuit alleges, the reservation point system was changed and the upgrades that had been purchased by the timeshare owners were not honored. The suit names the Orlando Homeowners Association, B. The Finn Law Group, which has offices in Florida and Michigan, represents consumers in timeshare and fractional real estate matters.
For more information, contact Michael D. Finn by calling or michaeldfinn finnlawgroup. Legal Media Matters Geri L. Dreiling, 3. Hi- My husband I are in Australia and have only just realised all of this was going on!! Old furnishings etc. Stained rugs, old mattresses, old furniture and appliances. Very interesting!!!! We were told when Fractioal Deeds all sold , there were no more to sell , better buy it now!!!
Just learned yesterday Nov. Posted by trell on July 13, I purchased timeshare through festiva at coconut palms in new syrmna beach, fl. I'm in the process of trying to get out of it and just found out about the class action lawsuit. I had this timeshare for about 6 years I was told when i purchased it that at any time i could sell it back Calling a lawyer right now.. Hopefully i could some of my money back.. Posted by S deRoeper on December 7, I have been informed today that everyone who was involved with Celebration World Resort and had their RCI points subsequently downgraded when Festiva took over, is included in the class action that has been taken against the company in the federal court.
Hoping to hear more news in the first part of next year. Posted by S de Roeper on November 28, I don't live in the US either and have only just found out about the case being brought to federal court. I agree that it is not easy for affected parties living outside of the States to either understand or know where to ask for help but I 've just started to look into it.
A friend has just told me that the last development in the federal case was in September Posted by Linda Price on April 20, How is this even possible? How is someone supposed to use points by December when it's effectively shut down until January?? High pressure sales Rude customer service representatives No resolution even offered We are done!!!!
Please advise how to join any current class action suit. Posted by Wendy Berliner on April 18, I would like to join in the lawsuit of Festiva. I have nothing but comtempt for them and their lies and money making schemes. It seems every time I try to use my points they are booked. Then I find out if I want to go to that resort I can purchase a room for a supposedly lower rate, so they have rooms available but not for their members. I tried to book something days in advance and it was still booked up.
Something is not right here. Posted by Keri Swartz on March 23, She was told by sales person at a meeting for Escape Owners in Kansas City that the owners of Escapes lost the company and she had to buy over to Festiva in order to use her timeshares. She has not been able to stay at any of the festiva properties except Hibiscus in St. I am looking for any lawsuits or class action suits to join. My mother lost three timeshares to this company.
Posted by N Mistry on March 11, We bought from Celebration World Resort in and have tried to get out of it by listing with many marketing companies and have been scammed. We would like to get out of this timeshare. Can anyone help how we can get out this mess? Posted by Cherie Phillips on February 22, We are also owners Festivia Adventue Club.
Zealand Capital is there any information on a lawsuit for this time share company. Posted by Sandra Dobrowolski on January 18, I purchased my timeshare in at Celebration World in Orlando with my husband who has since passed away. Since Festiva took over they are only giving me 33, every other year. How can they take something away I have paid to have?!?!? Please let me know how I go about attaching to this suit. Posted by Linda on December 29, My mom purchased her timeshare with Celebration Resort in with my sister.
My sister fell off the grid and my husband and I agreed to take over to help her out, not fully understanding what we were getting into. There seems to be no legal way out.
What will be the consequences to my children and my family? My husband and I were offered the increased points, but declined it because it seemed like you have to dump more money it. This just doesn't seem right. We have not used the timeshare over the last 5 years and have never been able to rent or get the dates we want. They requested to change our points to a week because we could never get what we wanted. When they changed to weeks, it's only for every other year.
We want to join the sit. I would like to just sell the it. Posted by Heidi Francke on December 16, I was given this timeshare as a gift from my mother. She paid top dollar. They promised her points would be transferred which did not happen. Repeated calls to customer service resulted in nothing. This is a SCAM.
I will not pay maintenance fee and have registered a complaint with attorney general. They took advantage of my mother and should be ashamed of themselves. Posted by Mike Raether on December 10, We own i Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin. When we purchased they took 2 other timeshare properties "in trade" i wrote them a check for the "trade".
For 3 years i continued to get maintenance bills from one place. Finally i Called Festiva. Told them of the issue. First they said nothing they could do. So i said. So either they do that or void the contract and return "all of my money". That was the last i heard i own more than one timeshare, Festiva is the highest maintence, most expensive and least desirable of the properties i own.
Posted by Frank on December 9, Festiva Resort is a scam my wife and I have 1 bed room points. I have another time share at Vacation village points, 2 bed room maintenance is Posted by sandra stickler on November 30, Our loan was sent to Zelandia collection soon afte r purchase.
With fees rising every year and no satisfaction, I would like to know whether anyone has seen any results from this class action suit and how do I join?
Posted by MSBurger on November 29, My husband and I fell prey to the same misleading, untruthful sales tactics. We were told we could use our points to go to any destination, but every time we have looked for something there is no availability. They told us we could use it for cruises however we are unable to do that through Festiva alone. It requires that we pay an additional annual subscription to interval international. We have had this timeshare since and never been able to use it to go anywhere.
We bought in at Ellington in Myrtle Beach SC, which we never intended to use as it is not on the beach and we do not play golf. Not a problem, is what the sales rep and manager told us, all we needed to do is turn in our week for any other destination. We were also told we could trade our points on Expedia but have not had success with that either.
Posted by Janet Fox on November 11, They had all this double talk about having to raise fees, a better point system and if you ever wanted to trade, you had to buy into the point system.
Long story short Then it is the points that they really don't explain how to use, or you can convert them to credits so you don't lose them. On and on it goes. You can't do anything by email. They want you to call. I work 2 jobs and don't have time to play phone jockey.
Biggest mistake I ever made was to even talk to them. Everything they told us in the ownership meeting was a lie. Then they try to act like they can make it better. But they never called me back. I wish I could get out! My husband and I were pressured into taking over my mother in laws timeshare at her death. We were told that her estate could be affected. We have used the timeshare over the last 5 years and have never been satisfied. Most recently we reserved a cabin in Banner Elk. When we arrived we did not have a cabin.
It is an addition built on the back of the member service building. We feel boxed in.
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