Hilton Grand Vacations opens new resort

Sunday 14th April 2024

Timeshare giant Hilton Grand Vacations has announced it is to open its first timeshare resort property in Mexico. The resort is named La Pacifica Los Cabos and the company started selling units at the location in December of last year. The 74-unit property is now open for business despite Coronavirus restrictions in […]

Heartless Scammer Finally Jailed

Sunday 14th April 2024

Heartless scammer finally Jailed
A heartless conman that groomed women over dating websites and then tricked them into handing over thousands of pounds has finally been jailed after pleading guilty to multiple counts of fraud.
29 year old Sebastian Timmis from Somerset, targeted 10 women from different parts of the UK and preyed […]

Consumers Demand Action on Unfair Timeshare Practices.

Sunday 14th April 2024

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Vulnerable people who are close to retirement are worried their timeshare burdens will be passed on to loved ones in a new report issued by the Australian Consumers watchdog.
The consumer group has launched an appeal to government regulators stating that consumers are stuck in timeshare contracts that sometimes last for 99 years. […]

Timeshare Tales

Sunday 14th April 2024

A lot of can change in the world of timeshare and with the travel and leisure industry looking to gear up for summer and a possible boom in business after the Coronavirus epidemic, we thought it would be interesting to see who is doing what in the world of timeshare and is […]

Feel trapped by your timeshare?

Sunday 14th April 2024

You may have had your timeshare for years, during the glory days when they were more popular and represented good value for money. Or you are new to the world of timeshare and although you have enjoyed a few holidays, it simply has not lived up to expectations.
Timeshares were very popular in […]

Important notice from Mercantile Claims

Sunday 14th April 2024

Further to our previous correspondence, you will no doubt be aware that it has now been announced that the Spanish branch of Club La Costa (UK) Plc has been placed into liquidation. This includes all of the Spanish companies owned and operated by CLC.
Given the way that the timeshare industry works, it […]

Have you ever thought of purchasing a timeshare?

Sunday 14th April 2024

If you have ever thought about purchasing a timeshare or holiday club membership you may have considered attending a sales presentation with one of the many large resorts in the market. However, before you do it is important to go armed with some very useful information, you will not hear about when […]

Pension Review Cold-Calls Banned by the Government

Friday 11th January 2019

Thousands of people have lost their entire life savings through pension mis-selling, now the government has taken action and changed the law to stop this from happening.
Fraudsters have been using the term ‘Free Pension Review’ and over the past four years it is estimated that £46.7 million has been lost in pension […]

Cold-Calling company fined £80,000 by the ICO

Thursday 10th January 2019

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined a West Midlands based company £80,000 for calling customers registered on a do not call list. Secure Home Systems Ltd called people registered on the Telephone Preference Service over 80,000 times between September and December 2017, which resulted in 268 complaints from consumers.
The ICO began […]

Timeshare Trial May Hold Key To Solve Murder Case

Wednesday 9th January 2019

The partner of serial Timeshare fraudster John “Goldfinger” Palmer is facing trial in Spain this week, in a case which police say could hold the key to his murder. Christina Ketley and Richard Cashman are accused of selling non-existent timeshares on Palmer’s orders, whilst he was behind bars serving 8 years for […]