Bluegreen Vacations Reviews

Made a reservation with points and were told we had until 9p to cancel. Called at 815p to cancel only to find the (p deadline was Eastern time, so office was closed.) Were not told we could cancel online anytime before midnight. Called next morning to cancel reservation and were told there would be a $75 fee if cancellation over the phone or $60 if cancelled online. They refused to waive the cancellation fee twice, despite their not communicating the prior deadline time properly nor the online option. So, I'm out $60 because they did not do their job! By calling twice, I gave them ample opportunity to do what was obviously the right thing, but they refused. Do NOT ever buy a Bluegreen timeshare, EVER!! Run as far and as fast as you can from any and all sales pitches, etc. from Bluegreen. It is a huge ripoff, that only begins with unfair and inappropriate cancellation fees.

Bluegreen lied to and has gone out of their way to deceive us. We now have 3 loans and 3 contracts with them, the original, along with 2 upgrades. Bluegreen promised us they’d be combining all our loans, and the upgrades were attempts to correct the original contract. Clearly, that didn’t happen, now I have 3 separate loans with a total balance in the tens of thousands. Prior to each of the upgrades, the salespeople pulled us aside and told us not to mention the combining of loans, especially because the signing was being recorded. In hindsight, this was a ridiculous request, and we should have asked questions, but were naïve on how timeshare worked at the time. The salespeople clearly knew what they were doing to deceive us and now we are stuck due to the unscrupulous actions of the sales team. We sent a letter to their corporate office outlining all the problems with the contracts and loans and yet to hear back.

Last year, my wife and I fell victim to the deceptive practices by Bluegreen and their sales associates. From the initial promise of a free vacation in exchange for a short presentation. During the presentation, the sales agent painted an enticing picture of affordable and flexible vacations with Bluegreen. False promises of passing on property deeds, free vacations, and reduced maintenance fees were used to lure us in. We were trapped for hours, exhausted and fatigued, before reluctantly accepting an offer that stretched our budget.

Bluegreen Vacations will lie and manipulate you into signing a contract. They will lie to you about EVERYTHING from how much open availability they have, all the way down to not disclosing the financial obligations that you will be responsible for once the contract has been signed. I cannot believe such a large company would steal money from its customers. This whole company is a SCAM. DO NOT ACCEPT ANY “GIFTS” FROM THEM. It will not be worth it! AVOID BLUEGREEN AT ALL COSTS!

Walked into Bass Pro and a Bluegreen Vacation Rep sold me and my family on a 4 day 3 night vacation in Branson Missouri at the Chateau on the Lake in Branson, lakeside, 4th or 5th floor according to the rep. I was then told to verify my account details at home and I would get specifics about date windows. Few days later I get an email tell me my dates were set and my room number was selected. The problem was they had my family staying in a 1-star, partially condemned, roach infested, decrepit roadside motel, 75 miles away from Branson.

This organization does not tell the truth from the moment they try securing your vacation. In fact with as many bad reviews I am surprised the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge Chamber of Commerce does not hold them accountable. So, my wife and I were booking a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains. We love going there, it is usually a pretty fantastic vacation. This year we decided to use part of the week we get to have our four grandchildren down for grandscamp, to take them to Dollywood and other great places around. We happened to get an "invite" for a three night, four day RESORT vacation. I think for the entire three nights we paid 250 dollars or something like that. Not a bad deal.

Bluegreen has lied, deceived, and manipulated us into signing a contract. They told us all these great benefits, and “how this is the most cost-effective way to travel”. DO NOT LISTEN TO THEIR LIES! You’re going to pay thousands of dollars JUST LIKE WE DID, for something WE CANNOT USE, BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAVE AVAILABILITY. The biggest joke is that they said we can rent out our timeshare for a profit, but if we can’t get a reservation for ourselves, how in the world can we rent it? So, this is clearly not the real estate investment their salespeople promised. They didn’t care about our financial situation, they just cared about themselves! Bluegreen is VERY UNETHICAL and doesn’t have a single ounce of integrity in them! Watch out for their support staff too, as they are trained on how to back up the salespeople’s lies.

We attended a timeshare presentation offered by Bluegreen Vacations during a two-day stay at their Patrick Henry Square property in Williamsburg Va. My husband was approached by a rep at Bass Pro Shop and offered a discounted stay at any property plus a $50 gift card. In addition, we would receive another $100 gift card if we sat through 2hour presentation.

My wife was approached in Cabellas for a vacation deal while we were shopping with our two small children. My wife specifically told the rep when we vacation we typically use Airbnb so we can have multiple rooms, a full kitchen and outdoor access. The rep said this would be perfect for us based on those factors. The rep showed my wife a beautiful resort with an incredible suite that the rep claimed we would be staying in for a small fee as long as we sat through a 2hr presentation after which we would receive a $150 Visa gift card. The rep pushed it as a benefit they’re sponsoring for veterans. As a family of veterans my wife was quick to jump on this deal as it seemed to be a no brainer at the time.

We purchased this vacation package in June 2022, for $299.00. Between December of 2022 and April of 2023, we experienced multiple hospital visits and a death in the family. The end result of this chaos is equivalent to over $100,000 in medical bills. I called their customer service to ask for a refund for this vacation package because we will never be able to use it now, and we need every penny we can scrape together, for medical bills. The only solution they provided was to extend the time we had to use it. We have neither the time nor the resources for this option. I explained that we are on the brink of being homeless because of these medical bills and we need every penny we can get. I explained that even if they extended the time for another 10 years, we still would not be able to use this package. We do not have the physical or financial ability to do so. I even offered to send them copies of the medical bills to prove that I'm being truthful.

Bluegreen approached us and offered us a $100 Visa gift card for sitting through a 1-hour presentation. The $100 Visa gift card WAS NOT WORTH what we got ourselves into with them! It’s non-stop lies, misrepresented benefits, and deceptive sales tactics that have caused us to sink into more than $14,000 in debt, for literally nothing because we’ve only been able to use this once (twice, if you count the trip we took to one of their resorts, but paid out of pocket by booking online). We’ve searched for availability numerous times and have never found any destination worth traveling to. We were there for hours being tortured by the 3 sales reps over the course of 4 hours, after we were told this wouldn’t be more than 30-45 minutes.

I'm going to be honest, we have enjoyed some of the benefits of our Bluegreen vacation. We've taken vacations that we wouldn't have if we didn't have bluegreen points that we didn't want to lose. Hawaii was beautiful, Tennessee was memorable and so many more vacations including Aruba that we would not have taken if it weren't for Bluegreen.

There was a home expo here in Oaklawn Illinois. One of vendors was Bluegreen Vacations. I bought hotel stay package 7-day Disney etc for $399. Ignacio ** the rep gave me copy, told me to take pictures of what vacation will be and be gone. I called later to reserve and they said I'm not in the system. I checked credit card, it was billed to different company currently in dispute. Please be careful when purchasing this things, make sure you get itinerary number or call 800 number, tell them what info you need to confirm the vacation. Don't be scammed.

As business owners, we are appalled by Bluegreen Resort’s activities, we truly wish we had seen what they were doing to us much earlier on. We have now been victimized multiple times in multiple states, so it is obvious that these fraudulent tactics are not only common but part of their business practices. We have officially requested to be released from five separate contracts at this point, all sold to us under incomplete, false, or misleading information.

Bluegreen made promises of going on Disney Cruises and going to theme parks using the points we purchased from them. We were so excited about this perk and one of the main reasons we purchased. Later, we had found that this was a lie. They also told us we could generate rental income. Prior to doing that I booked a reservation for one of my kids and they wouldn’t check them in because they weren’t owners. So, get this…They pitch rental income, but in order for me to rent it out, I have to be there at check in to show my ID so my renters are able to check in. Do they expect me to fly around the country every year to check in a renter…It’s so ridiculous that it is par for the course at Bluegreen.

I hope my Review of horrible Bluegreen Resorts helps some people not get suckered into their timeshare like we and so many people have. Please read their reviews, and don’t take them lightly. We were approached while at a Bass Pro Shop (yes, these leeches are EVERYWHERE!) and were offered a “Free Vacation” to attend a 90-minute presentation. Well, that 90-minute presentation lasted 3—4 hours!! We were pressured into buying after declining offers more than 4x and had 4 Salesmen rotating in and out of the room. We were told their product was a deeded real estate interest that appreciated in value over time…NOT TRUE! We were told Bluegreen had a resort in Fiji, NOT TRUE! RUN VEERRY FAR AWAY! DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE THE TIME OF DAY!! IT’LL RUIN YOUR LIFE.

I bought a vacation package in December. I upgraded to a King room in March. I planned this amazing week with my freshly asked fiancé. Upon arrival the place looked great. It looked like a resort I would want to stay at. We checked in and were given our key. The room had one queen sized bed and the A/C didn't work. If you turned on the air it made a loud screeching sound. No big deal. I went to the lobby and was told "Sorry there are no more rooms". I asked about paying for upgrades, paying to stay at another resort as there are 3 or 4 in Branson. The answer didn't change. I was told to call the main number and sort it out with them.

My husband purchased a Bluegreen vacation for me for Mother’s Day 2 years ago. Life happened and I forgot about it. Finally booked a 4 day, 3 night stay in New Orleans. Of course the day after check in we had to sit through a sales marketing presentation. Get to the end and a skeptical but fill out paperwork to have only my “FICO score” checked to see what our numbers would look like. Our sales person walks us to the front doors as we were on limited time due to having a swamp tour scheduled. Leave there and get notifications my credit has been ran as a MORTGAGE INQURY. Go back to the next to discuss the matter. No one knows why. I let it blow over and inform them We do not wish to proceed with the purchase. We are walked to the front desk to receive our TWO $50 gift cards they promise for sitting through the presentation. The gift cards are mysteriously gone! No one can find them.

In short, I booked this Bluegreen vacation in September for my mother and family to have a nice vacation. My mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2021 and after a painful journey of chemo and radiation, went on home hospice in June 2022. I quit my job as a Primary Care Provider, Physician Associate, to move home to Tulsa OK and take care of her. This vacation at Big Cedar was affordable for our situation, and within driving distance, so it seemed like a good idea. From the get go, we were lied to about the package and mislead about many features of this experience.

Little did we know, one trip to Bass Pro Shop would be the start of a never-ending nightmare. Bluegreen Resorts had approached us at a Bass Pro Shop offering us a vacation package that was extremely affordable, so we purchased it. It was not until AFTER; they had told us this trip comes with a mandatory sales presentation. This was the first slimy thing they did. The presentation is where it went all wrong. They had told us it would be an hour, when we tried to leave after the hour, they would not let us and ended up keeping us there for FOUR HOURS until we had purchased something.

My husband was talked into buying into their vacation to be sold timeshare. At the time, there was nothing mentioned about Timeshare. He asked what the catch was and was told over and over again that there was no catch for this. Once I got the paperwork home is when I saw the information about the timeshare. I then went online to book our vacation and was told that we had to have a major credit card AND and credit score of 600 or above to be able to attend our trip. I was then told that I could have someone else put their name on the time share and come along with myself and my husband on our vacation that had the credit card and the credit score. I said I did not want to do that since we would be going for my birthday and to just refund the money. I did tell him that the gift card that was given to my husband at the time of purchase was used and he said that was no issue it was complementary and that I would be getting back the full refund.

Do NOT agree to listen to the phone promotional sale. You don’t get to stay in the resort that they are trying to get you to buy a timeshare. We paid $199 for a 4 night stay at a Choice Hotel. We received a mail notification of our stay which had been changed to a 3 night stay. We were told that we wouldn’t be required to pay any other hotel charges. When we arrived at the hotel we had to pay $70 in taxes and $45/night for parking security. We were told we had a year to use the free stay. We were told we would receive a $25 American Express Gift Card just for listening to the phone promotional sale. Our mail notification stated we had to book our stay within 30 days in order to receive the $25 gift card. We were told the sales presentation would be no more than 2 hours.

Bluegreen is a greedy company that will show no mercy while draining your pockets. I was scammed into purchasing 2 timeshares with them because of their lies and pressure. They told me I was rolling the new purchase into the old one, but they didn’t and now I have 2 loans and 2 contracted timeshares. The only reason I attended the first sales presentation with Bluegreen was because they offered me a discounted stay as long as I just attend a SHORT presentation. I was kept there for over 3 hours. They insisted I buy something that day. They pushed and pushed, and I budged because I could not handle their pressure anymore.

Zero hospitality can be found at Bluegreen Vacations. If you think for one second that you are safe, just because you are in the Smokies Mountains away from the hustle and bustle, surrounded by good folks. Heads up, you are a sitting duck. WE KNOW! They have conned us out of over $100,000 and counting. We went on what we thought would just be a weekend getaway and were bullied into 5-plus hours of browbeating, high-pressure sales tactics. Our IDs were confiscated and then we were belittled.

The yearly maintenance fees are outrageous and should have nothing to do with booking a vacation. Only certain resorts are listed as available because they want you to constantly spend more money in the hopes of seeing a larger list of available resorts.

Do not fall prey to Blue Green Vacations! Unfortunately I did. They use various sales tactics to persuade you to purchase a “promotional vacation” to visit their properties. You pay the fee and they give you a year to use it. Keep in mind you only have 30 days to cancel! If you don’t cancel in 30 days, they will not give you your money back. Don’t be a victim to this company. Not matter what sales tactics they use, don’t do it.

I signed for it, and took my time the next day to call the reservations number. There was 0 availability for the whole year in one, and the other one was unavailable for renovations. Also! Very unprofessional and immature agents over the phone. I only thought the worst about getting to the destination and have more inconveniences. I'm still under the 10 days cancellation. Hanging up the phone with the agent and grabbing my pen to write ✍️ the cancellation of contract. Unnecessary Stress.

Instead of having decency to allow people to enjoy their vacation in peace, Bluegreen harasses and badgers until you buy! Bluegreen allows their employees to lie and deceive unsuspecting people to buy into their inadequate program. We have used the timeshare only once as we are unable to find availability with Bluegreen Resorts and/or exchange points for Choice Hotels even though this was presented as a guaranteed benefit. Our lives, like many others, have been upended by the pandemic. We are facing bankruptcy, will not be vacationing, and still are making absurd monthly payments for something we cannot use. We can only hope and pray that Bluegreen demonstrates a sense of morality and terminates this contract!

I am 83, I invested in a timeshare clear back in 1997, but back then, Bluegreen was different, and I used to love my timeshare. I acknowledge that I’m not an age where I can travel anymore. Regardless of your circumstances, if you already own a timeshare, especially at Bluegreen Vacations, you need to understand that you are a target for greedy salespeople. Unfortunately, now, they clearly are operating like big businesses that take advantage of all, but especially the elderly. Although I am old, I understand that I was duped into believing that an upgrade could lead to revenue generation through rental to friends and family.

Unwittingly, we stumbled upon the fiasco that is Bluegreen Resorts by being distracted by a Marketing Agent who was strategically placed at the Bass Pro Shops at Branson Landing. As we were on the tail end of our vacation at the time, the thought of getting to come back to the area at a deeply discounted room rate was intriguing. In hindsight, as much as we are fans of Bass Pro Shops, it is unsettling that they would allow what is clearly a TIMESHARE SALES SCHEME to be connected to their good name. In truth, Bluegreen is leveraging the reputation of Bass Pro Shops, in order to elevate itself in an unethical way, in our opinion. These Bluegreen employees station themselves in the store to sell mini-vacations and 2/3-night stays for practically nothing with the hitch that you simply have to “attend a presentation.”

Don't buy! Hate I purchased this. Nothing but scam artists! Called customer service, set on hold for a hour just to find out I can't use points to book a future trip before the points expire, which makes no sense. Manager was rude. Didn't care. So now I'm just out the points. You've been warned!

Bluegreen Vacations has been completely non-responsive in even acknowledging our issues related to our contract that now includes our children. We are trying several methodologies in trying to address our issues, but they have obviously fallen on deaf ears. Their employees clearly know that they are taking liberties in describing this as real estate, while omitting the disclosures regarding outrageous interest rates and maintenance fees. They will distract you by talking about rental opportunities while your legal right to cancel the contract is not disclosed. The closing process is the opposite of the sales presentation, whereas at the sales presentation they flat out refused to let us go, but during the closing process they can’t get you out of their fast enough. Our questions were met with half-baked answers that seemed plausible at the time, but now we know the truth.

Accommodations aren't kept sanitary. Won't deposit back points we lost because they cancelled our vacation due to tropical storm Nicole in 2023. Their lack of customer service is appalling to say the least.

Bluegreen is made up of liars and scam artists. Everything from the financials to the way the program works was completely skewed. In fact, the only true things I heard were 1.). the amount of my payments monthly, 2.) due date for maintenance fees, 3.) the due date for my loan payments. THAT’S IT! Having access to Disney Resorts- LIE. Easy reservations- LIE- I have only had a 10 % success rate booking trips. Luxurious vacations- LIE- I was very disappointed in the shabby accommodations. I can book flights with points- LIE- I have spent hours trying yet have not found a flight that allows this. Inexpensive maintenance fees- LIE- I am paying thousands of dollars per year to maintain property I will never see. What a waste!

Horrible experience, was lied to about what is included in the package. Never was able to actually book anything because it was always booked. It was all a bunch of lies and honestly ended up being a scam.

We were convinced to buy the vacation package but they deceptive practice and give false information. In spite of sales agent saying there would be no more cost to us, they still ended up charging almost three times. They were not honest from the beginning. I do not recommend this to anyone. Better avoid!!

Bluegreen a worthless company with a useless product. When they called and offered a "free vacation" I should have kept declining. Pressured thru a presentation, lies about premium owner and points that you can't roll over or use-they actually expire! Claimed you could rent, sell, will property. I have wasted so much money for useless points. I have come to hate this purchase. It is truly one of my biggest regrets in trusting a timeshare person.

From start to finish we were lied to! Horrible and rude salespeople. Was given inaccurate information to specific questions I asked just to get me to sign up for a tour. Total bait and switch. Didn't receive what we were promised.

I'm a Bluegreen owner time share, every time you go to their resorts on vacation, they annoy you their meetings. They don't understand no for an answer, it gets annoyed and then you go to their meeting, and they want to sell you more time share, and if you say no, they will keep you there up to 5 hours trying to convince you, if feels like if they're harassing you. The last past 2 years my experience in service and quality has been horrible, also the resorts we have stayed in have been poor in upkeeping. Also, when you reserve a place in a certain resort, and then arrive, they send you to another one you didn't reserve. In poor quality condition. Avoid headaches. I do not recommend this company for a timeshare.

Bluegreen at Smokey Mountain Resort invited us to preview their property. We and our 3 children went to the “preview”. We had specifically been told there would NOT be a sales pitch! Yet, when the “preview” ended, we were literally trapped in a high-pressure sales pitch that included aggressive sales tactics. They brought out several managers and started adding on products and additions to get us interested. The preview was supposed to be an hour and we ended up being stuck there for 4 hours until we agreed to purchase.

The sales team at the Fountains in Orlando were great. Pablo and the team made the experience enjoyable and exciting. Going into the day we were unsure of how Bluegreen vacations worked, but after the presentation and preview we were very familiar with how it worked. We purchased a nice vacation package and look forward to using it for years to come. Thank you!

I am considered a senior citizen and after being defrauded by Bluegreen, I honestly believe I was targeted due to my age. After listening to the presentation, I was instantly intrigued and so happy to hear that this is NOT A TIMESHARE - REALLY? I purchased the timeshare in 2019 to use exclusively at the South Hampton Resort in New Hampshire. The sales representatives GUARANTEED that I would be able to stay at the resort, one full week, every single year, during the holiday season. To date, I have not been able to make a reservation at the resort during winter, spring, summer, or fall. I do not even own enough points for a weekend stay. They blatantly lied to me about what I was buying. Bottom line:

Meaning of Fraud - A deception practiced in order to induce another to give up possession of property or surrender a right. This was the sales tactic used to sell me a timeshare property based on the oral agreement between me and the sales person that I would be able to exercise my right to consistently roll my unused points year over year so that I could use them at any future time without any restrictions by simply paying a point roll over fee.

Bluegreen Vacations engaged in dirty sales tricks to earn our business. This was done to manipulate both of us to make a purchase with this awful, no-good product that provides us with very little value. We have been pilfered for thousands of dollars and this is making our blood just boil. Absolutely shameful behavior from Bluegreen employees, and we feel that it is our duty to inform you of these illicit activities and practices by Bluegreen salesmen. While purchasing, Bluegreen employees failed to disclose the following:

Got 2 night stay while shopping at Cabela's. If I didn't use it -would have been charged. THE NERVE. Ended using it to go to the Smokies. SUPER NICE STAFF all the way - from the Welcome Center to the end when I bought into the deal. It is a deal - listen and use your brain - lifetime deal- tons of new hotels and resorts adding each year. With inflation - it is not a scam. The folks at the Sevierville TN location were five stars all the way. Shout out to Ronny - who did an amazing presentation. It was no pressure and just simply - he kept it real. I truly wish I could recall all the names - but everyone we came into were just SINCERELY welcoming and warm. I am 45 and worked in the hospitality industry for many years - and I can tell anyone - from what I heard - this was really a no brainer for me. I hope I am not naive - but I see the value in it. Yes, there are fees and the 17% interest rate - but I will pay that baby off so fast.

My husband and I got snookered into one of these sales pitches with Bluegreen in Charleston, SC. After a 2-hour, fast-talking, bull crap session, they expect you to just hand over $20,000 for a lifetime commitment and, because we refused to do so, our salesperson, Josh, belittled us by saying that we talked too much, wasted his time and he couldn't believe we would sit through the sales pitch without buying a package and gave us the "don't you know this is how we feed our families?" rhetoric. He also used the word "libtard". I've just never experienced anyone so unprofessional and after reading tons and tons of one -star reviews, I would NEVER get tangled up with this company!!

I purchased my Bluegreen Timeshare approx. 4 years ago. I agree with the reviews that they do use high pressure sales (not a fan of this technique); with that being said, I have no regrets with my purchase. My significant other and I had many great vacations with our grandchildren and with my kids. Unlike Airbnb's we know exactly what we are walking into and know that the properties have security and located in desirable areas. In my opinion if you are still working, have children in school and don't have the luxury of being able to travel anytime you want, hold off on buying (peek seasons are hard to book). Also I would recommend paying cash, the interest rates to finance on timeshares is outrageous, you end up paying way more than what it is worth. Remember that they are always willing to make deals when selling and only purchase if you know that you will be able to put it to good use.

I have tried contacting Donesha ** many times and have not gotten a callback. She requested I call her after submitting a complaint to the Better Business Bureau. I have written multiple complaints about this company yet nothing is ever done to fix the issues. They say they want to communicate but when I reach out no one answers. I am done with this company and want my money back. They manipulated the contract's wording to sound better and will not honor what was stated.

They set me and my family up at a motel instead of the actual resort that they were trying to sell me. First mistake. Hotel smelled of mold and a homeless man took a bath in the hot tub, that's should tell you all you need to know. Then the presentation at their super nice resort was close to 3.5 hours long. It blows my mind that after reading a ton of reviews no one seems to have a problem with the fact that they're trying to charge you 17% interest on this loan? Be smarter folks. Read. Don't sign.

This company just messed with us, it was a horrible experience. We bought the travel package, booked the hotel on the website, but when we arrived at the place, they sent us to a totally different hotel, my pregnant wife and I stayed in a horrible hotel, horrible accommodation. We still had to pay $200 in fees that they told me clearly on the day of purchase that it wouldn't exist, that at most some hotels charge for parking, but with the package everything is included.

Just got off the phone with one of these lying scumbags. Of course didn't have my dates available, but could "upgrade me" for 4X the price of my initial investment. Turns out the resorts they advertise on their website cost WAY more than what they steal from you initially. Then when you go to book you find out those places cost MUCH more, and what you paid for was just a standard room in a 3 or a 2.5 star hotel/motel somewhere in the vicinity of the resort. Apparently you are STILL expected to attend their HIGH PRESSURE, 4 hour long sales meeting even after you have learned you have been cheated out of staying at a resort for a discount price. Decided to just take the lo$$.

It was amazing. We had so much fun. Room was nice and clear! Everyone was kind. We didn’t buy and they still treated us so well. We will buy another mini trip from the Bass pro in Charlotte. Don’t believe everything bad about timeshare!

I had the worst experience during the presentation. They tell you so many lies, then to activate a gift card they make you fill out an application but at that point, we didn't make up our mind to buy anything, then one of the managers stop the salesperson and told us, "If you want to buy the vacation program has to be cash or American Express" then they kick us out. My thought was how they change so much. Well for my surprise they pull my credit while I was in that presentation, they notice that I have not a good credit and they kick us out, but still pull my credit without my consent or commitment to buy them anything. I called Experian to report them and the only way to make a claim is with them directly so the credit report act don't even affect companies like this one. Is a shame this company nowadays still lying and scamming people with a bunch of lies. I will see if I can escalate this to a law firm or something, this is not real in 2022.

Read all the other reviews and believe them. To add to them; they shell game your "investment" to steal even more money from you. They break down your investment to several "investments" claiming it is required so you are invested in several properties you might want to stay at. In fact, this is to be able to charge extra fees. They even have an "optional" (built into your maintenance/whatever fee) where you can donate $5.00. What they don't tell you is that you will be donating $5.00 for each breakdown portion of your investment. I actually declined to donate $5.00 but when I went to look at the breakdown of the fees charged, there were 5/$5.00 donations listed for a total of $25.00. One $5.00 donation for each portion of my investment that Bluegreen broke down. This is the case for each fee they charge (administrative)(late fee-late payment fee of say $35.00 is now charged to each each portion of your investment - 5 portions at #35.00/each = $175.00 for your one late payment). etc... etc...

We were intrigued with the things Bluegreen was telling us about their timeshare. They made it seem like it would be the best decision we had ever made. It is the opposite. We wish we turned around and didn’t attend their timeshare presentation. They told us the presentation would last an hour but ended up lasting around 4 hours. They kept us there and pressured us, giving us a sense of false urgency to purchase. They gave us these false promises and told us things we wanted to hear like how it would be an investment, our kids can inherit it, discounted rates, etc. ALL FALSE. It is not an investment, our kids would be stuck with the timeshare and financially responsible, no discounted rates just increasing fees, no availability, and many more disappointing things that were never disclosed to us. At the end of the day, Bluegreen is a company that will target innocent people and take their money through deceptive sales practices.

I do NOT recommend that anyone even attend a Bluegreen Timeshare presentation. They will tell you it is no obligation but pressure you relentlessly until you give in. They had me in tears on my honeymoon! You cannot get help from their representatives and once they have your signature you are stuck. Don’t make this mistake!! Nothing is ever free no matter what they use to entice you to come to their meetings. You will pay in the long run and trust me the free stuff is not worth the time to be bombarded with salesman back to back until you say yes….

Absolute scam of a business model. Not only were we forced to sit through a minimum 2 hour "presentation" (which actually was a face to face with a salesman for 90% of the time) but they were also very demeaning. There were several occurrences of where were told to "lighten up" and not be so "serious" about things. In reality, I'm walking into this with a full mindset on sales techniques and what timeshares are. Throughout the pitch they told us we needed to have a drink or a bottle of vodka on the table to relax. We countered with we are sober. They proceeded to bring up the fact that we needed to drink to loosen up.

Stay Away!!! Old fashion scam, time sharing, promises, lies, trying to overcharge you. Not worth it single dollar or single minute. Regretting from the moment we got confirmation that we are staying in low quality hotel, the date that we choose 3 months in advance of course wasn't available. If you don't attend their "meeting" they will charge you "full" price, and that will be like you are staying in "Four Seasons". One word - Disaster!!! When you hear Bluegreen Vacations stay away!!!!

After dealing with Bluegreen for well over a decade, we are fed up! Nothing about their “ownership” was what was promised. My husband and I loved the idea of a point system. It made a lot of sense when presented to us, but later found that the reservation process is a nightmare at best. We upgraded several times over the years, always being told that we would have more/better travel options, yet it never pans out. Even being a Gold Member required us to make reservations at least 12 months in advance just to have HOPE of getting what we wanted. Changing our anniversary date (when we are allotted our annual points) even required buying more points.

This whole setup is very deceiving & sketchy! We purchased a hotel package through a kiosk kinda thing at Cabela's in Illinois & all was good. We decided to book the St. Pete's Florida Location a few months after. We booked our stay online from a reminder we received from BLUEGREEN Vacations. All the amenities associated with the email show the Bluegreen Tradewinds location in St. Pete's Florida.

Bluegreen customer service is garbage and the entire thing is sketchy. Received a call stating to check-in at a different location because of emergency evacuation, when I was an hour away from the destination of our 12 hour drive. They gave me an address and said they would send a confirmation email. Never received the email. Also was told to contact my rep to let them know time of arrival and I also wanted her to confirm the phone call I received was legit because we were not comfortable with it. The rep did not answer, the second number I was given did not answer and when calling back the number from the lady that told me to check-in elsewhere, it was busy.

Bluegreen, you should be ashamed of your business practices! Continuing to lure people in with free weekend vacations and then laying on non-stop pressure to force people to buy a useless timeshare! This is exactly what happened to me in 2018 and I have regretted taking that vacation ever since. What I bought is nothing like what was described to me. There is no exclusivity. In fact, it is quite the opposite. It is easier to book as a non-member, probably so they can trick those people to buy too! I was told I was making a real estate purchase that would help my credit which I have seen no improvement to.

I got married in Gatlinberg TN, that is where I was approached to get a $100 gift card by listening to a presentation. I was so young and naive (this is who they target). This was in 2002, I lost thousands of dollars paying for something I could never use and finally paid it off in 2014, only to be told the maintenance fees would go up. Again I was never able to book the places I wanted. This is a rich person's scam to take advantage of others. Do not waste time or money on this company. I am a disabled veteran who served 24 years in the army. Shame on this company for ruining people's lives. I had to stop paying the maintenance fees and file a foreclosure because this is a complete waste of time and money. Karma will find its way to this company but in the meantime stay far away from this company. I am shocked it is still active.

They tell you they don't put a hard inquiry on your credit. They used the same process as a rental company and they just want to make sure you have no bankruptcy on your report. They absolutely pull a hard inquiry.

WARNING!!!! BLUEGREEN'S TIMESHARE ARE NOT AN INVESTMENT!!! DO NOT LET THEM TRICK YOU!!! The salespeople for Bluegreen will lie to you and say a timeshare is an investment you can pass down for generations. They will tell you what you want to hear and make you think you are getting a once-in-a-lifetime deal. The sales pitch lasted for 8 HOURS just for them to lie to us about the worldwide travels we could take including Disney Cruises, sailboat tours, and different exclusive travels with our points. When they presented the packages and we expressed our concern about the price, they lied and said this was an investment to win us over. They made us think we were able to afford this and make it work with our income. In the end, all they did was screw us over.

Stay far away from Bluegreen Vacation Timeshares. We were approached shopping at Bass Pro Shop in 2020. They offered us a 3-day getaway to Bluegreen’s Club 36 in Las Vegas for $100 just to attend a 30–45-minute timeshare presentation. July 2021, we took our free vacation and attended the sales presentation. The sales staff described to us all the bogus benefits and advantages to owning a timeshare with Bluegreen Vacations. They even told us we were making an investment for our entire family. They also said we would have exclusive and private use of the resort and save a lot of money of future vacations. Reluctantly we chose the minimum points to try out. BIG MISTAKE.

I guess anyone that posts here only complain and not enough people add the good experiences so here is mine: I took one of these offers from Cabela’s, I upgraded my stay to the resort in Vegas, and had a great time. The resort was nice, I liked being off the strip, and worth way more than the 300 I paid. My presentation was low pressure and was just a hair over 2h but basically as promised. Some people stayed behind longer to buy I guess but I left with all the info I need to consider it later. I think it’s a great product but It just wasn’t for me to purchase into at this time. I had a great sales person who definitely was persistent but that’s just sales and it was not in a rude way. I walked in KNOWING they would try to sell me something so I’m not mad that they attempted to.

DO NOT GIVE BLUEGREEN YOUR BUSINESS!!! They told me the presentation would last 1 hour. IT LASTED 5 HOURS. The sales rep made us feel dense if we did not buy the timeshare. They lied about many things to get us to sign the contract. Bluegreen told me they had properties in Disney World but that does not seem to be the case. They also lied about and glossed over many things we were signing for in the contract. DO they expect the average person to take time out of their vacation to read a contract, let alone know all the legal jargon used in it???

**WARNING** Bluegreen Timeshare Vacations is a scam! They will lie and deceive you solely to take your money to enrich themselves. They will hold you hostage for 4 or 5 hours and with persistent tricks and methods to sway you mind into believing you are getting a great deal. They will brainwash you into believing your investing in your future when you are throwing money away and making them wealthy.

Very disappointed!!! I had purchased a package and had to cancel due to a serious health issue. It was 10 days before and they charged me another $125 to cancel!!! The policy states 14 days. They already got $169 I won't get back for the original purchase plus now $125!!!! I will not reschedule with this company ever. $300 for nothing!!!!

We are so disappointed with Bluegreen Vacations to say the least. They have repeatedly lied and manipulated us. We were stuck in this presentation that they claimed to be 90 minutes. We were there for over 4 hours and only offered us water ONCE. Our three children were stuck there with us too, and we felt horrible they had to sit through that with us. They were pressuring us for HOURS telling us this was the ultimate vacation package that would fit all our needs. It is not. We were also told there was a buyback program in case we wanted to sell our timeshare back. This was ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE!!! We soon discovered they never had a buyback program like the salesman had claimed. Their sales and finance people are despicable!

My husband and I were subjected to hours of abuse by rude salespeople and then tricked into purchasing a timeshare through false advertising. We were offered a free stay at Bluegreen Vacations in San Antonio, Texas by a man who was pestering us for several minutes offering various traveling promotions. He claimed if we stayed in this resort, we would have to attend a resort presentation. We attended this meeting which had lasted nearly FOUR HOURS.

Scam, scam, scam!!! While shopping at Cabelas, we were approached by a representative from Bluegreen Vacations with a deal for a “timeshare preview package.” We were offered a $250 4-day/3-night vacation in Pigeon Forge, TN with standard hotel room accommodations at County Cascades for 4 people, which also included a $50 Cabelas gift card and $200 entertainment gift card to be used at our vacation destination, as long as we attended a 2-hour timeshare presentation.

The sales tactics from Bluegreen are aggressive and they couldn’t care less about how many lies they tell. The sales rep gave us a false sense of urgency by making us think we were getting a once in a lifetime deal that no one else received, making us feel that “no” was out of the question. We unfortunately signed the contract with his trap of a timeshare. We were told there was some sort of buyback program if things don’t work out. This was a lie. Their buy back program consists of selling the membership but not the points, meaning we would still have to pay. Maintenance fees was another issue we ran into. We were told our maintenance fees would not increase, but they did.

The worst experience at Harbour Lights Resort Myrtle Beach SC ever.. I can promise you we will not return to this location again. Room was not ready at 4pm. Still they're blaming covid on everything. Their customer service was absolutely awful. Not having enough staff in house cleaning is not the customer's problem. We spent a lot of money on our timeshare. As a gold member everything that happened on our trip to harbor lights was unacceptable. I wouldn't suggest anyone staying at that resort until they get more organized and have people friendly staff. Such an awful experience for my family. I bragged to my kids how awesome harbor lights was. What an embarrassment. Never again.

Bluegreen and their employees manipulated, lied, and coaxed us into purchasing a timeshare that we never wanted and don’t use. If you see their representatives at Bass Pro Shops, avoid eye contact and DON’T say a word, or they will follow you around, offering you free vacations, and Bass Pro gift cards to attend a “no obligation” timeshare presentation. Unfortunately, we learned the hard way and gave them our contact info. After their persistent calls, we attended a presentation in Myrtle Beach with our children. The kids were taken to a “Kid’s Club” and kept separated from us for several hours. Our daughters were upset and bored waiting all day.

Went to Bass Pro and they offered me a 3 night stay at a hotel and a $125 gift card for a 2 hour presentation. I didn’t even know where I was staying until A few days before our stay. We didn’t even got to see their resort which is suspicious. Maybe because they didn’t want us to talk to current members or maybe there are no space in their resorts for potential buyer. The day of the presentation they kept us for 4 hours trying to sell me the timeshare which we politely declined. The salesman couldn’t answer any questions and is not an owner. Strange?

Booked a stay and spoke with a Celine requesting a unit in Bldg 1 as my wife is disabled and limited to where she can go. Upon arrival I was offered a Timeshare reservation I gracefully declined. I was put in Bldg 2, no view and no way of getting wife to pool areas without wheelchair. They lied and ruined what should have been a wonderful stay, turned into exile for my wife who is a cancer patient and quite dismayed at memories missed with grandkids.. Stranger Danger on this place. All they want is your money, the deceit is free.

While shopping at Bass Pro Shop I was approached by a Bluegreen Vacations salesperson offering a 3-day/2-night stay at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri. That right there turned out to be the worst decision of my life. If only I would have known that talking to the salespeople that day was going to turn into my worst nightmare, I would have minded my own business and kept walking. When we agreed to this inexpensive vacation, we were told we had to attend a 90-minute timeshare presentation. 90-minutes of our time for this sweet deal…sign us up!

Bluegreen has caused me so much strife that I hate the fact that I cannot give them zero stars. I have never dealt with a more dishonest and deceptive company before! All they have done is rob my family and I of over $12,000 for NOTHING. I have tried a minimum of 2 dozen times to get a reservation and have only been able to take a single vacation. That’s definitely not worth $12,000!

We agreed to the Bluegreen promotional before the pandemic. Of course, we could not go during that period. Then I developed a painful back issue and my mother now has serious health issues. We cannot leave her for an extended period. Then we started getting threatening emails giving us a deadline to make a reservation. I asked, due to these unforeseen circumstances, if I could get a refund of the deposit. The person on the phone refused to listen. I told them to keep the money and assured them I would warn others of their pressure campaign and heartless business practices.

We were approached in Cabela's about a cheap vacation. The only catch was that we had to sit through a two hour timeshare presentation on one of the days. We chose Orlando and arrived at 8:40 for a 9:00am presentation. I wanted to get it out of the way early and go have lunch because I'm diabetic. We were still there almost six hours later. We said no multiple times. They wouldn't take no for an answer. We finally agreed to buy a 2 year package for $2995.00 but they kept coming back with more paperwork for $30,000 or $16,000 or $13,000. We kept saying no. They wouldn't let us leave.

I had signed a contract with Bluegreen Vacations in Charleston, SC for one of their timeshares on February 22nd, having been enticed by an offer by a representative through Choice Awards Hotel for a 3 night stay at a 4 star resort. I flew to Charleston and rented a car for that stay and stayed at the Hampton Inn, Patriots Point, which is a 2 star hotel. The front desk clerk told me immediately that evening, having waited for over 2 hours at the airport for my car rental, that I needed to attend the Bluegreen timeshare presentation at 9 am the next morning. It was nearly midnight when I checked in and my luggage had been lost by the airlines. I couldn't make that meeting at 9 am, and ended up driving to the airport the next day at 2 pm to retrieve my luggage arriving on another flight. I scheduled it again the following day, February 22nd, 2022.

CROOKS, there’s not better word to describe Bluegreen Vacations! Their timeshare sale staff manipulated me and my husband into spending an outrageous amount of money on their worthless timeshare. They scammed us into this purchase, telling us how amazing their product is! What we’ve come to learn is that Bluegreen timeshares are inherently worthless, and are a scam used to drain customers of their hard-earned money. We fell for their sales ploy because they told us that the timeshare “would pay for itself as we would be able to rent out the property”, WHICH WAS A LIE!!

The guy who sold us this told us we wouldn't have to sit through a presentation and guess what. Two and a half hours long. We were told we could have up to six people in separate rooms and we got one bed and pull out sofa. When I called about upgrade when I realized this not what we wanted and it said $80 for it guess what. They conveniently didn't have one. After speaking to a manager ended paying $330 for 2 beds in same room and when checking out seen someone else only had to pay $89. The room is definitely not what the presentation shows and it was a lie after another lie. Don't do it.

Although the company told us we were purchasing a vacation in one of their "resorts" following purchase, while booking our stay we were informed that we really just booked our vacation in a regular motel, they then stated when we asked why we were NOT in the resort as we were previously told that we have to purchase an ADDITIONAL package to stay at their resort! Watch out for this company, they do NOT tell you what you are really purchasing until it is too late and you cannot get your money back!

Aggressive sales tactics, unable to book what you think you are paying into ie. lack of inventory. Sales portrays expansive choices but when it comes to booking it, not the case. Plus busy "red" blocks are year long. Our experience is that any dialogue to navigate this is met with "you need to buy more points to get reservation access sooner". Big red flag-nearly impossible to resell interest -good luck reaching corporate in Boca Raton to discuss sale back to developer (Bluegreen). My husband and I were lured in to purchases (and upgrades)-it is embarrassing that we gave in to sales pressure and really have nothing to show for it. Buyer beware.

We were at Bass Pro shop and were offered “this amazing” deal to stay in Las Vegas for three nights and just listen to their presentation that was only supposed to be 60-90 minutes tops! We told them we had plans with our kids but they were so focused on pressuring us and offering us the best deal that we were there for 3 hours. The hotel was a dump and not in a good area. The furniture in our room was broken down and just meh. They swore the lot next door was going to be a lazy River and new building but whatever we don’t believe them. At one point the fire alarm went off and they were so bent on getting us to sign up that they weren’t even going to have us evacuate. I was like, "Oh heck no." I’m going to check on my kids who were in the parking lot being evacuated. Who even does that!

Bluegreen gives no sort of accommodations to those wanting to get out of the timeshare they have tricked me into. I have fought with them on countless occasions to have my account shut down. I want to be released from this nonsense money pit. If someone here has an idea of how this can be done please let me know.

As much as it pains me to says this, stay away from Bluegreen. It only pains me because of the amount of money I have lost to this scam they call a timeshare. In my opinion, the salespeople are sociopaths. They all seem to enjoy intimidating and lying to people. I have been unable to book trips as promised. The value the salespeople spoke of is not real (both personal value and monetary). When you voice a concern about anything, the ONLY option they have is for you to buy more points which does not help at all. I have wasted thousands for nothing in return. The worst part is that I have no choice when it comes to what happens to the timeshare when I pass. This purchase has made me miserable, but even more so knowing that my children will automatically inherit this junk!

I purchased this time share, and was very excited about it. I was told that I would be able to use my points to vacation in Hawaii this year and was quoted 5500 points for a 7 day stay. I was told that I would be able to take an African Safari next year (which was my driving factor for making this purchase) for 9500 point and that year after I could go to Australia for 6000 points. I have all of this in writing. I was also quoted trips to Mexico for 1500 points with "a small all inclusive fee". I was told that I would use these point through the partner RCI website. I was told that I had a 10 day cancelation period, in which I was never even given access to this partner site. I did call and attempt to book via phone in this period and was told that I would not be able to see availability or a point quote until I had RCI access. I trusted what I was told. I did not receive access to this website until day 15 after contract signing.

Firstly, we really didn't appreciate the high pressure sales pitch for the timeshare buy in. They promised that it would not be high pressure. Several things they said were not true. They started out with 12 points for $36,000. My husband is a finance professor and knew that most of the things they said were dishonest. And the interest across the board was 17%. That's a red flag. They also used several text book sales tricks to bring you in by stating dishonestly how much money the buy in would save us. Never mentioning how much the cost would offset the savings.

I could never recommend Bluegreen to anyone, whether that be loved ones or strangers on the Internet or even people I do not like. I wouldn't wish my experience with this company on anyone. They clearly have no qualms about taking advantage of Veterans. I was originally lured in with the promise of a two-night stay in a Las Vegas resort, free meals, and gift cards. To receive all these perks, I had to attend a sales presentation.

My family and I had an amazing time with Bluegreen. We got to spend time together that in the past we weren’t able to. I very highly recommend bluegreen. The service is great and they have great deals going on. The maintenance for the resort are very clean which is a big concern for families with elderly people like mine.

We purchased our first vacation package with Bluegreen over 10 years ago and we happy with what we had. In 2019 we went to an owner update and was told nothing but lies. We were told we could save our money for our 25th wedding anniversary trip and spend it on a Bluegreen package and get the same trip much cheaper. Well it all was a lie and we filed complaints with Bluegreen and of course they did nothing to help.

I purchased a 3 night stay at one of their "Resorts". I knew I was expected to go to a time share presentation and found out a month before the trip and after I purchased plane tickets that we were staying at a Comfort Suites 30 mins from the resort and right off of an interstate. So livid that I got scammed like this. Do not trust this company, you will be set up for a terrible vacation and they will lie to you.

Almost 20 years ago, we had purchased a timeshare with Bluegreen. Every year, we would go to the Daytona 500 and stay in our unit. Last year, we were offered a free trip to Las Vegas to attend the NASCAR race, which would include a free room, as well as a welcome party, suite at the race, and a meet-and-greet with a driver. As huge NASCAR fans, this was a dream come true and we felt honored that Bluegreen would recognize our loyalty in this way. However, this was really just a bait-and-switch tactic that resulted in us being forced into a 5-hour high pressure sales presentation where we were forced into converting our ownership to a point-based membership that is completely unusable!

Do yourself a favor and RUN the other way. Dealing with Bluegreen, or taking one of their “free” vacations, is not worth the frustration it will cause in the end. All the things we were told by our salesman and all the reasons we decided to purchase were nothing but lies from people that care more about making a dollar. We were told that we’d be making a “profitable investment”, but there is no money to be made by owning a timeshare. You are wasting money, more money than they tell you. We agreed to a certain price but were not informed of how much we were agreeing to after interest.

So, after another bout of numerous unhappy experiences dealing with your company, we decided we are going to let you all know how this company handles things. All of our meetings with the timeshare included the promise of great get-away vacation spots. The opportunity to book months in advance. Free get-away weeks. Able to sell our weeks/points to pay maintenance fees. 90-minute meetings lasted a minimum of 2-3 hours. Multiple salespeople presenting this is something wonderful and the ability to pass it down to our children. Sale people agreed to work side by side with us to book and manage our points effectively. What we got was the Inability to book resorts 15 months in advance as promised. Told we were in the top 1% of owners and wouldn’t have any issues in book anytime anywhere.

We got suckered in at Cabela’s. Promised a 3 night stay at a list of cities for $179. They gave us a $50 gift card to use at Cabela’s and told us that when we arrive at our selected city that we would attend a 30 min session despite the contract saying 2 hours. They told us that we would get $75 gift card for Cabela’s after we attend the presentation. We went online to “book.” We selected city and dates and clicked Book. It said that we are booked and we would receive an email once the hotel confirms our stay. We never got an option to see the hotels and where exactly were we staying. Nothing. The number to call is closed on the weekends. We had to wait until Monday to call. Horrible experience! When we reported this with the sales agent at the presentation, Austin replied “we have nothing to do with that.” Yet, they claim they are #1 in customer service awards.

This company stay away from. They will look you in the face and tell you if you're not happy you can get out of this contract by sending a letter to the site. They have no intentions it ever getting back to them in the ten day period. We over nighted our letter. It was sign in the ten day grace period but still no answer. We have contacted severe county res of deeds, talk to Kathy, said she now is aware of the problem and she will pass it along, She also got a letter that we sent overnight so she also seen the lie they told us. She told me Tenn law says within thirty days not ten days you can get out of this contract. She also gave me attorney's name to fight this since we have a sign document within the ten days...

So we went through Bass Pro Shop in Kansas City. Upon arriving, we were told about our meeting the next morning and where to go. The supposed 2-hour meeting lasted twice as long. When we decided that their offer was not for us, they sent over three additional sales persons to tell us that we ‘are making a HUGE mistake’. They then proceeded to belittle us when we explained that we had priorities set to start a family. The salesman argued with me about the concept of this being ‘real estate’, rather than a time share (which it is). There was honestly a point where I hit my head against the table in frustration.

I would love to give Bluegreen a ZERO-star review, unfortunately, that’s not an option. Taking them up on a 3-day vacation when we had no intention of buying a timeshare was a mistake. When we got to the resort to start our vacation, we had to attend a presentation for 2 hours, but it ended up taking much more of our day. Our saleswoman, Cheyanne, told me this was NOT a timeshare. When I had more questions, no one, including the supervisor, provided sufficient answers. The salespeople did tell me that there was a buyback program for this “investment” and that I was getting an exclusive military discount that was good for only that day. I was promised plenty of reservation availability and told that a 5-day vacation would typically cost about 2,000 points. As it turns out, it’s a minimum of 4,000.

Exactly what one would expect. Flowery, common sense presentation extolling the virtues of an idealistic Time Share Ownership. Lots of consensus building and “Yes” questions, pie in the sky…. The unicorns were flying over rainbows by the end of hour one. Obviously, No questions are ever permitted during the 1st serving of the Time Share Kool Aid. Well done. Then, a human cattle drive thru a few staged properties that looked and smelled new… Very nice.. Of course. Nothing disagreeable here…except…if these properties are so nice, WHY did Bluegreen pay for us to stay in an off site hotel, with uncomfortable beds, 30 minutes away? Were they afraid we might talk to other “Owners” the night before they tried to close us? Hmm..…

We started by purchasing a promotion through Bass Pro Shop. We went to Williamsburg, Va. everything was great the resort was beautiful, everything seemed great. While there we sat through the sales presentation and wasn’t sure if we wanted to to go all in so we bought points towards a one time vacation and we were gifted a three day weekend to another presentation to make up our minds. Fast forward some time, because of COVID our three day weekend was canceled. When we called to schedule it was just gone. They no longer offer what we were told. Fast forward some more and we take our vacation we paid for to Orlando, Florida to the Fountains.

I bought 2 timeshares. Almost every time I tried to use either 1 I was told nothing was available but when I went to RCI and paid the a booking fee I was told there were vacant units. This year I was billed $297+ $373 processing fee for 9000 pts, $397 for 12000 points and another $297 for 9000 pts. for a total of 30000 pts in addition to 3 ARDA vol. fees. I can pay for a lot of hotel bills for $1604 a year. I have been trying to sell for over 10 years and NO luck. I can't even give it away.

Scammed into buying a timeshare. Can't use cause almost all the weeks are red weeks in the package. Points are useless and unless you have a lot you are vacationing a 3rd rate hotel. They didn't even tell us it was a mortgage until we tried to get out of it.

Inherited this timeshare from my parents. Now my family is stuck with a 3k+ bill every year. (right now, the fees will go up) It is virtually unsellable. Folks I'm not sure how they can legally call this real estate. But I do believe this is a terrible investment. Please don't believe the hype they peddle. If it weren't for people and companies likes this, we wouldn't need lawyers. Do your research and I bet you will never purchase. It's really hard to explain the anxiety and stress this is causing.

We were shopping at Bass Pro Shops when we were approached by an employee of Bluegreen offering us a stay at Big Cedar Lodge. Since visiting Missouri is something that we have always wanted to do, we agreed to a 3-day stay. However, when we arrived, we discovered that we were not actually staying at the resort as we were originally promised. Instead, we were down the street at another hotel. In hindsight, this should have been a red flag to us! The meeting was at the resort and quickly became a high-pressure sales situation where we finally chose to purchase a trade-in unit because we believed that we were purchasing a piece of real estate.

While shopping at a Bass Pro Shops in TN, we were approached by a Bluegreen rep and offered a free trip to one of their resorts if we went to a sales presentation. When we arrived for our stay, we learned that we were not given access to the resort as originally promised, but that we were staying at a motel down the street. This is just where the lies began! The meeting that we needed to attend lasted MORE THAN NINE HOURS, all the while our children were sitting in a childcare that they had provided. What kind of vacation experience is that??

My husband and I were introduced to Bluegreen vacations through Bass Pro Shop. It seemed like a decent deal so we went for it and got a 3 night 4day stay for $250. We used it this past weekend in Vegas. The set up was nice. We had a full kitchen 2 bathrooms a master bedroom and a living room area. They also had a washer and dryer. The room was good but we knew part of the deal was to attend a presentation which should have been a few hours. It was scheduled at 2pm. We arrived early. Checked in. They assign a sales rep prior to going back with the group. She was nice and very personable. Asked us general questions about family etc..

It was an unfortunate situation! On arriving to the resort my husband developed a fever of 99.2. We tried view the property that evening however no one was available to help us. The next morning our appointment was for 9:15AM. My husband’s fever was 102.1. We didn’t want to jeopardize him exposing anyone especially if it is COVID-19. I showed up that morning advising the situation and that my husband could FT. The company didn’t want to work with us at all. They actually asked him to still come in person. Stay away from this company! The absolute worst experience ever. They even charged me for the hotel stay and advised it was a discount rate. The resort is not at all what it looks like. So be aware before you sign with this company.

I booked this vacation to Myrtle Beach for me & my fiance birthdays. Both our Birthday are in August. I was booked to stay at River Oaks "Resort" not on my on accord but by Bluegreen Vacations. Check in the was 4PM. We arrived about 5:30PM and was told that our unit wasn't ready or cleaned yet. We asked, "How long would it be? Could we get an estimate of what time?" The guy at the front desk (who had on shades the whole time and was clearly high off his butt) told us he didn't know when it would be ready and had no idea of how long we would have to wait. We decided to go shopping to waste time. We came back about 7:30 and was told our unit was ready by the same guy.

We were first approached by Bluegreen at Bass Pro Shop. They offered gift cards in exchange for going to a presentation. If we had known it would have been FOUR hours of being lied to and manipulated, we would have never gone. They made booking vacations seem effortless, gave us a great “one time deal” before prices increased, and went on about the VALUE of owning a timeshare. When we went over the numbers, we found a package that seemed manageable for our budget. Unfortunately, now we are stuck because they never disclosed the maintenance fee cost, interest, or any other associated fees.

My husband and I were shopping at Bass Pro Shops when we were approached by a Bluegreen representative and offered a trip to Branson. The resort had a ton of amenities that our children would love, so we agreed to go and attend the “short” sales presentation. This presentation involved the sales staff showing us pictures of different packages that could be available to us. When my husband told the staff that we would review the information and call back in the morning, the meeting went from being pleasant and friendly, to very intimidating. The sales staff started telling us that this was not an option and that we would be absolutely crazy not to purchase immediately. After several hours of this type of psychological intimidation, with our kids stuck in the hotel room waiting for us, we felt like we had to give in and buy!

I’ve been an owner for over four years. It’s been a money pit. I started out with the sampler then bought into it a year later. I wanted to travel safely with my family and I liked comfort and space when traveling. We stay in decent to nice rooms that are spacious with a washer, dryer, and full kitchen. The downfall is you are able to rent these places on Airbnb, etc. I didn’t know that until after I bought into it. Not to mention this has costed me $14,000 plus 16.9% interest. Two weeks I went on vacation w/ my family and was told the $14k worth of points I bought is now useless. I’m not able to use my points anymore. I have no idea what that means and how I paid so much money plus $860.00 per year for club dues and maintenance fees.

I was transferred to Bluegreen after confirming my reservation with a Choice Hotel. They were not upfront about the promo being a timeshare, but I figured that out after listening to the pitch. Every time I said no, the sales guy found a way to increase the benefit and also decrease the price (by throwing in a gift card you receive on arrival). He was really personable, hard to say no to. My husband dreads these promos and refuses to attend such sales presentations, but somehow I was talked into putting $199 on my card, knowing that I had 30 days to back out. Since then, we have been recruited to accept a foreign exchange student last minute. Also, given the latest refugee crisis, we want to spend more money donating rather than on travel.

I want to start by saying that all this is a big scam, at the time of the sale of the supposed vacation package they do not inform you absolutely anything. They did not tell us that the participants have to speak English to be able to stay and upon arrival they treated us horribly and did not let us stay because my partner does not speak English. When I asked to speak to someone who can help us, it was a problem and nobody helped us. They are racists and they sell you a fake propaganda.

DO NOT EVER PURCHASE A TIMESHARE WITH THIS COMPANY! I am about to describe probably one of the lesser of headaches situation but I am DONE with this company and CONTEMPLATING ruining my credit just to get rid of them!! They are liars!! They take so much money from you and hide how much you’re actually going to be paying!! They steal your money and do nothing about it!!! I paid $500 in March to do a title transfer. An email was sent to complete the transfer however, there was nothing in the body of the email to complete. Even tried pulling it up on my phone and computer and could not access. Called multiple times in April and Into May to have it re-sent, I was told multiple times it would take 7 business days to have the email sent again but IT NEVER WAS. I’ve even reached out to this company via email and never got anything back.

It's a scam! We are Bluegreen owners. Have been for 3 yrs. Paid a lot of money for our points and if you aren't a gold or platinum member it's not worth it. Maintenance fees go up every year. The resorts are just ok. Some are terrible and others you have to save your points for a couple years to have enough to go somewhere nice. House keeping is not good. Look over your room when you get there and make sure it's clean. Sometimes I think they just make the beds and that's all. Not a good investment!

My husband and I bought the first 6000 points package almost 3 years ago, which was ok but very limited. Last year we bought another 6000 points package with the idea of having more options but we do not find anything available. We just came from another sales presentation where they were offering the silver and gold membership. They were offering everything to us if we decide to buy. The price was in the same $54K so we said no. Well, they were very rude to us and they didn't help us on anything else. They were saying they had changed their policies but it only applies if you get the elite memberships. We are now planning our vacations out of pocket since it's a lot cheaper than buying with them.

Started out at a Bass Pro Shop getting a 3 day vacation and a gift card to watch a video on timeshares. We booked a 7 day vacation at Cibola Vista Resort in Peoria, AZ. The vacation was nice. Went to the time slot for our video and ended being at a high pressure round table of sale pitches. Never saw a video. Then they had other salespeople come to the table with their pitch. Tried to sell us 20,000 points. We said we could not afford that. Oh and they had my sister and her husband come also. They came back with another option of 6,000 points.

When I booked a night at a hotel and joined the Choice Privilege reward program on the phone, I was transferred to the Bluegreen salesperson. He pitched this super discounted vacation that let me choose from seven destinations, and I thought it was going to be a perfect babymoon getaway before my second child will be born. The only catch was that I had to attend this 2-hours-long presentation about the Bluegreen membership, but the salesperson said it will be very a low-pressure environment. I purchased the three nights at Wisconsin Dells for $149, with the promise of $125 SIMON mall amex gift card (so I can stay for practically $24).

I bought a timeshare through Bluegreen in 1985. I own it and it is paid off. We pay our maintenance fee that increases every year. We also pay fees to change resorts and pay fees to deposit weeks if we do not travel. When we signed up in 1985 we bought week 42 at Orlando Sunshine Resort. On my deed it has a unit number and everything. Every year when we go to travel there is a problem because they want us to pay thousands of dollars to covert to a point system instead of our week system. We are happy with our week and we just pay to transfer to a different week of we want.

My husband and I were approached in Bass Pro Shops, and coerced into planning a vacation to Virginia, as we were promised a $100 gift card that could be redeemed that day and another $100 card at the end of the presentation. They said the presentation would last 45 minutes, but it turned into 5 hours of high-pressure sales tactics, deception, lies, and misrepresentation! Bluegreen Vacations are con artists’ taking peoples hard earned money!

I'm literally only giving this company 1 star because you have to put at least 1 to leave a review. We fell for this scam in the outlet mall. They make you believe you are going to be staying in a nice resort as long as you do the time share tour. We'll that's a complete lie. Once you pay for it and go to book, they put you in a odd brand HOTEL not their RESORT. If you want to stay in their resort they try to charge an addition $100+ to "upgrade". The people they have working their kiosk in malls just want to make a quick dollar and will sell you complete lies. Do yourself a favor, save your money. Do not fall for it!

My husband and I loved to travel and golf so we signed up with Bluegreen. My husband has since passed. I continue to take vacations once, maybe twice a year. However, every time I have to sit in on a 'review' and I continue to tell them I can't afford more points. After sitting there for 1-1/2 and them running my credit, they come back and say sorry! I have also had the same treatment when ordering. After twice asking for ocean view rooms and looking at air conditioners, then they tell me they can't do multiple rooms with ocean views.... A little too late.

My family bought a package to go to Myrtle Beach for vacation through Bluegreen Vacations and we paid for an extra night. We all got sick and I couldn't go to the timeshare presentation and we left early and now they keep trying to charge my card $500. There was no way I could have went sick and puking especially with covid. I called and they had me on hold almost 2 hours before I hung up. The man was so rude and not helpful. Never again and I don't recommend.

At the first presentation of Bluegreen, my wife and I saw the value of Bluegreen timeshare. The value was not in the points or the discounts, or even the above standard accommodations. The value is in the charter membership. Being a member and having points allows you to book your destination far in advance. However, when you get closer to your actual stay, switch over using bonus time privileges provided by your charter membership. This allows you to book, save your points and get rooms costing the public 200-400 dollars for $79. Bluegreen also offers discounts on cruises, adventure destinations, RCI, and Choice Hotels. But be cautious. Bluegreen is not for everyone. If you do not regularly vacation, buying a membership in Bluegreen will not change that. And you will end up writing Bluegreen a bad review.

Do yourself a favor and don’t give in to this scam!! Honestly this deserves negative stars. Sure, they make it sound like a dream vacation on a bargain, but in reality it’s a joke, a scam…a nightmare. First off, on the phone call they don’t tell you everything you need to know to qualify for the scam to at least enjoy it in case you give in (which we shouldn’t have done, but that’s why we’re here to tell you). My s/o wasn’t able to make it because of work, so I wanted to enjoy the available time of this “vacation” with the kids, but failed to do so on the first day. This was only the first of three vacations they pushed us to sign up for and maybe now looking at it, a blessing in disguise. I went to attend the meeting (fyi it was at 3pm, dead middle of the day) and they disqualified me from continuing the vacation “deals” because my s/o wasn’t here, WHICH THEY DIDNT TELL US ABOUT THE “REQUIREMENTS” IN ADVANCE.

I thought it will be the best deal of our life but we just lost our money. I tried to sell it for anything and I found that 100s like me tried and failed, so I decided to just give it away to them to get out of the contract, and I lost over $15,000 to them, I still have this bad memory of falling to their lies. Just do not buy anything they offer, they will keep saying it is not a timeshare. It is an ownership, all lies, they will tell you everything you hardly can find later when you sign the contract, one of their reps. even told me in our return presentation that if you do not upgrade your ownership to the next level, what you have is just a waste of money.

They said it's an investment (hahaha), can't even travel anymore and they could care less about You. Cost more money just to get rid of the timeshare. Been scammed two times already trying to sell. Advise to anyone is to never get stuck with this timeshare!

I started getting calls from Bluegreen when a co-worker shared my information after she had attended a sales presentation. They offered us a free trip to Orlando, complete with discounted Disney tickets, so we gave in and agreed to attend their presentation. When we arrived, we were in the one-hour presentation for over four hours! This is just where the lies began. Every time we declined to make a purchase from one of their sales staff, we were told that there was a better price or a greater discount that could be offered. We were told that we were investing into real estate.

I purchased a promo package before the pandemic and wasn't able to use it until this weekend. I had an excellent experience at Club 36. Customer service was excellent, and the staff was polite and friendly. The sales agencies with all so nice and not pushy. They did use a tag team to try to get you to purchase a timeshare package, and if I were in a position to purchase a package, I would have. In a couple of years, I will check back and see what type of package I can purchase.

Bluegreen has been horrible to us. Our experience includes nothing but pushy salespeople, long sales presentations (up to 6 hours), lies & misinformation just to get us to buy MORE POINTS! It honestly never ends! We have gotten ourselves into an enormous amount of debt trying to get use of what they sold us. We have had nothing but difficulty trying to book a reservation & this has only caused us headaches.

Gold Elite Member with $$,$$$.$$. paid in full. Still unable to book, always issues when you finally do! We were promised so much and of course Bluegreen has never delivered. Do not buy from Bluegreen.

We first learned of Bluegreen and its resorts when we were called and offered a free 3-day stay in Orlando if we were willing to attend a brief sales presentation while we were there. At the time, this seemed like a great opportunity and we accepted. At this meeting, we were told that this was a way for us to save a significant amount on future vacations and that we could pass this on to our family so that they would be able to receive these continuous benefits. When we finally used this membership for the first time, we were appalled by the quality of the rooms. The room was outdated, not maintained, had concrete flooring – it was NOTHING like what we had been shown during the sales presentation!

I bought Bluegreen vacations timeshare 6000 points for $16,000. I can’t even get one night room through Choice Hotel groups with that amount of points. What a scam. Terrible Scam. They should be ashamed of themselves how they manipulate and where are you down during your sales presentation. So awful. I am so upset that I just wasted $16,000 on this scam.

If I could describe our experience with Bluegreen in one word it would be MISLEADING. Like many others, we attended the sales presentation because we wanted the free vacation. It seems it is the only way Bluegreen can get someone to agree to attend! Throughout their pitch they tried to sell us on owner benefits & exclusivity which we have come to learn are all lies to get their owners to upgrade. If you find yourself unhappy with how hard it is to book a stay (like us) they always try to sell you on a BIGGER & BETTER program which will “solve your problems”. They will promise it is what you need to book last minute reservations and make it all seem so easy but NOTHING CHANGES. I am sharing my experience so that others do not fall for their tactics. My advice is that you stay away from untrustworthy businesses like Bluegreen. It is a frustrating and expensive mistake!

This is a complete scam. I'm stuck with it as I have continued to dump money into it to get a 'better' experience and continue to be disappointed. I was just trying to pay off my loan from them for the package...within 30 days of getting it and they charged $174.15 to it. I was able to get the payoff quote via online agent chat, but he told me I could call to make the payment. I specifically asked if they were open and he said yes. They are NOT. I continue to be dissatisfied with the service and can't get anything out of the expensive 'membership' I'm continuing to pay fees. In addition, I had to pay a $5 fee to pay off the load online. Hoping it works. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM.

Do not waste your time with this deceiving company. They make promises that sounds good but are in fact lies. The customer service is absolute trash. If you get involved with them you will be very sorry. They lie about multiple things. You will be out of money easily. DO NOT trust them.

Took a vacation to celebrate my grand's birthday in Charleston SC and the room we was in had mold all in the widows. Didn't see it until our second night one of the babies got sick and we left about 10 that night.. We paying maintenance fee and the rooms are not clean.. They lied about our points was every year. First two hears we got points then the third year no points. Then was informed they were every other year.. They have others that are not members staying free and we cant get the days we want because they have the dates. I trying so hard to get out of this mess... The charleston SC manager never calls me back!!

They took forever to get us the key to the room. Once we got the key it was a key to a owner's room that had already had his room for a whole week in advance so we should have never had a key to his room and he was in the room. This situation could have been very very bad. We open the door and they were in the room. This could have been a nightmare that went wrong. We did not know if this man had a gun and he could have used it because we were opening his door. This is unacceptable. Then they try to throw it back on me saying that I voted the contract because I didn't bring my husband. You guys were wrong what you did and you should have just let me stay and enjoyed my stay and did the tour instead of trying to make me feel that I was the wrong one. But I'm good. I will make sure I put your review on my YouTube channel which is and let people know how bad this place is.

Do NOT subscribe to this service! I signed up for the 4 day, three night package at a White Mountain "resort." After blowing up my phone and email for nearly a year to "book your vacation now" I decided to take them up on their offer. The "resort" they offered me was a Holiday Inn where to nightly rate is approx. $149 a night with basic services. In order to check-in they wanted me to go to a different location to get a pass. (They close at 8:00 - so no late arrivals.) Then wanted me to go to a separate location the next day to listen to their spiel (Don't be late or you will be charged penalties.) Did NOT stay there! Horrible!! Since when is a basic Holiday Inn a "resort"?

Our disappointment with Bluegreen dates to 2019. We attended a presentation with no intentions of buying anything. We sat and listened to three different sales reps, turning down every offer. It was not until the last representative who began to lie and say anything to sell us a timeshare. The representative told us we could get out of paying the maintenance fees if we put down 10 references a month, that is a lie! Bluegreen also lied to us about the worth of points, 5000 points was next to nothing when wanting to use them towards a vacation and we had to save two years of points before being eligible to book with them. This experience with Bluegreen is far from what they make it out to be. We advise you steer clear from them.

Bought a discounted stay at one of their resorts with the condition to listen to their 1.5 hr sales pitch. After 2 hrs, bought a "Trial" package (points) and then called to book it. Fees were added and points did not buy what they promised during sales pitch! They blamed sales for "not knowing how points work". For their regular packages, they tack on yearly MAINTENANCE fees, which are pricey and not guaranteed to stay the same! CAUTION, THIS IS A SCAM GAME! Do not waste your time!!!

When Bluegreen called and offered us a trip to Las Vegas if we attended a sales meeting while there. Upon our arrival, we were sent to an early morning presentation on Christmas morning, which we had been told would last 60-90 minutes. The fact that we spent over 4 hours in a high-pressure sales meeting on Christmas Day should have been a red flag! We finally made a purchase just so that we could leave and at least enjoy some of the holiday. When we returned home, we were excited to book a family vacation with this purchase. We couldn’t book anything! Quickly we learned that the membership we owned was totally useless. This is NOT a good investment and I would not recommend purchasing with Bluegreen to anyone!!

In 2019, we responded to a Facebook ad that promised a free vacation in exchange for our attendance at a short timeshare presentation. When we arrived at the resort in Myrtle Beach, we were sent to this presentation that was nowhere near short. We became interested in purchasing with Bluegreen because we were told by their sales staff that we could use this to obtain discounted travel for all my workers. Specifically, I was told that the travel trailers that my workers were currently staying in at Pirateland would be included. How could we pass up a deal like that? When we went to sign the paperwork, we noticed that a lot of it was left blank and were told by the Bluegreen staff that it wasn’t necessary information. Imagine our surprise when we arrived home, called Pirateland to utilize the discounts that we were told would be available, and were told that this was not possible; they are not even affiliated with Bluegreen?!? They flat out lied to us!

Do not join. If it’s too good to be true it absolutely is. Do not believe that you can opt out. You absolutely cannot and will be suckered in if you do not write to corporate within 10 business days of the date you sign your contract. Mind you they will direct you to mail it in to a office in Boca Raton Florida and have a good faith in them to get back to you within 10 business days. I agree with the gentleman who said if I could leave no stars I would I actually would go -5 just to give that much of a heads up for the naïve buyer walking to the deal of a lifetime.

They charged me 300 after attending timeshare presentation at Club 36 Hotel in Las Vegas. I attended for over an hour and saw contract interest rate and payment and said no. They were upset that I said no to the agreement due to travel restrictions now with pandemic. Justin ** the manager was very rude. Had me sign something to leave and mentioned I'd lose out on the cruise. Never mentioned they'd charge me 300 dollars!!!! Unreal. The salesman Kevin said "Do you want me to get fired for not staying the whole tour?" I said, "Are you serious?" Why would you want to make someone tour after they mentioned their family can't travel due to covid.....the interest rate was 17%!!!!! Who would buy that??? Horrible experience. Never again. Bluegreen Vacations is unethical. I have a formal complaint with the BBB and I may get a lawyer now as well for unlawful and unethical business practice.