Global Exchange Vacation Club

We had a good experience but the money was a little funny for us right now with only one income but we do plan on returning some time in the future.

My husband and I were living comfortable and wanted to start traveling with our children now they were a little bit older. we went to the intro meeting which we were to get an flight and hotel in Vegas just for attending (later to find out the available travel times offered put us in the airport for more hours than the length of stay) and had to pay $50 per person to reserve a spot in their free trip. We decided to sign up in July paid the monthly payment come Dec. There was a yearly maintenance fee which was the same cost for 6 months as 1 year. Then the end of January my husband was diagnosed with cancer. He was doing radiation/surgeries for months.

This company claims and displays an A+ BBB rating. I couldn't find them on the BBB site by any name or telephone number. They use the initials of GEVC and name Global Exchange Vacation Club at telephone number **. We were told if we paid $40.00 to confirm an appointment for a 90 minute presentation of their vacation club we would receive our $40.00 back Plus $100 dinner gift card and a 7 day Honolulu vacation. This would be if we joined or did not buy into their club. We rejected the near $12,000 initial membership that was dropped down to less than $7,000 with additional "sales managers" trying to talk to us into buying into their club.

There is a saying about if, when you are playing poker, you cannot see the sucker, then the sucker is probably you. Went to a presentation yesterday. Sounds lovely. Too lovely. Too good to be true. Reviews - How is it that no one, at least not in substantial numbers, has nothing to say? How is it that several Yelp reviews have exactly the same verbiage? The gift - How is it that the "gift" requires a booking fee that must be paid with a money order? Thereby reducing your protection if they claim it was not received. The price - How is it from an opening price of 11k they are willing to drop the price to 7k? And then if you balk they are willing to give you a two year membership for 1k that can be applied to the 7k if you decide to join?

I met with GEVC in Irving Texas and had absolutely no problem with Sam and Tim. I did not buy but listened to their pitch and understood they were doing the job they were hired for. They were courteous and answered all my questions and I answered all their questions.

Appointment time was at 8:00, got there filled out a paper... got called back... Rep told us we were in luck that he wasn’t try to sell us anything due to short staffing! I told him I wasn’t trying to buy anything anyway if there were fully staffed!!! We sat there waited for our free $50 dollar. Dine.resturant.com download the application and the code was not valid. Waste of time going out there!!! I knew it was too good to be true, also got an airfare something which I think it’s **. I bet it don’t work either! DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THEM. ALSO NOT PROFESSIONAL AT ALL!!!

GEVC is a TOTAL scam! I've been a timeshare owner since February 2015. This is about the most worthless piece of crap that I've EVER invested in. Most of the places I've considered vacationing to, the rooms look like old dilapidated roach motel rooms. I wouldn't want my dog to sleep in these places. Other vacation spots that I've looked at going, they, of course, weren't available for the time I wanted to book. I have yet to use this timeshare, I have 20,000 points and have paid RCI to rollover 10000 points so I won't lose them. Next year I should have 30,000 points however I'm trying to figure out if I should even pay the maintenance fees or chalk it up as a loss and walk away from it.

My husband and I got suckered into this 3 years ago, thinking we could go nice places for our 10,000 points we get a year for a simple maintenance fee. Nope -- there are fees upon fees upon fees -- and then there is absolutely nowhere decent to go for 10,000 points. And they don't let you accumulate more than 20,000 points -- you lose them. We actually paid as much for a cruise as we would have just going online through United. Last year we skipped GEVC and RCI altogether and used our Hilton points and United miles for a practically free week on Kauai. Now, because we refuse to pay RCI a fee to get on their website, we can't even look for a place -- and if we don't pay GEVC their $149 maintenance fee each year, they will foreclose on us and we lose our $8,000 down payment. It was a very expensive lesson. Don't get suckered like we did.

We have owned for 7 month & was brought out from Fiesta Texas for a cruise. We were quite skeptical since we had owned 2 timeshares with Silverleaf Resorts. With over 15 years of availability issues. High pressure sales tactics which were lies. (Hint: Why we bought 2 timeshares.) The Diamond program is worthless & growing maintenance fees. We simply let them go back after Holiday Inn bought them out. All they wanted was more money. GEVC allowed us a point, click & stay option with no points program with 1000.00 a year dues.

I reluctantly signed up for this presentation while at Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. I was prepared for the high pressure sales tactics and rude salesmen. I told my wife we were going to get the gift and get out. I must say that these guys are raising the bar in the timeshare industry. The presentation was great. Our salesman and the manager gave us time to talk and never made us feel like we were under a microscope. Our salesman was knowledgeable about the product and walked us through the entire process. We had some questions and concerns when we finally got access to our account. My calls have always been answered or returned. Our salesman helped us with our first booking and covered the airfare for our trip.

I am going to do my best to keep my opinion out of this review/complaint. My wife and I just got home from a presentation. Our 2 hour appointment did turn into a little more than 3 hours. As I timeshare owner (Silverleaf Resorts, now Holiday Inn VC), I wasn't surprised. What everyone needs to understand, is with GEVC, you are NOT buying a timeshare. You are buying points with RCI that you can use for a last minute, 1-week, vacation. GEVC owns NOTHING. You are paying GEVC for an inside track to RCI, along with an RCI membership. As a timeshare owner, I can join RCI and trade any of my weeks with RCI (last membership fee was $45, not $124 like GEVC). As an RCI member, I could also buy EXTRA vacations at $199-$219, is what I remember, and what I was looking for. We spent a week at a ski resort in Western VA and another in Southern NM. Both were great experiences.

This company claims to pay you for listing your timeshare "exchange" availability for get-a-ways, etc. through your exchange company. They got me to pay upfront for 2 months, (approximately $300.00) while I waited for their guaranteed process to play out before I quickly discovered their process will not work. By then, they had received their target goal from me & I wisely canceled my contract with them. Don't fall for it!

I signed up with GEVC in the mall. My husband and I paid the $40 deposit and we was told that we will get it back once we went to the presentation. We went to the presentation and it lasted for 3-4 hours. I argued with the manager about purchasing the package because they wanted $7,395 and wanted us to finance it. I said no. We end up turning it down, we got our deposit back, and we received a free 3 day, 2 night vacation and a 8 day, 7 night vacation. We haven't paid the deposits yet because I'm still on the fence about this. On the short trip, we have to pay $50 and on the long trip, we have to pay a $75 deposit. We haven't paid yet because I wanted to see if anyone else paid and took the trip. I want to know if there are any additional fees or problems with booking these trips. Someone said they sent in their $75 deposit and never anything back. Is this true? Can someone help me before I send my money to them?

To be honest, I don't know if GEVC is a scam or not, but this is a review of our experience with cancelling the contract and receiving our money back. To lead off: My wife and I came across the promotion team booth while at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. We spun the promotion wheel and of course we won a "free" trip. We knew this was a promotion for a timeshare company as we attended one of the presentations before and knew the trip wasn't really "free". Well of course we attended the presentation and were prepared for the relentless pressure and we were bound and determined not to purchase anything but was there only for the trip.

My wife and I joined GEVC in January. The only complaint we have is how long it took for our account to be set up. It took a little over a month. As soon as the account was ready, our representative helped us book a trip to Orlando for spring break. We just got back and we had an amazing time. I was concerned when we first joined because of the reviews. I'm not sure where they come from. It seems like most of them don't even come from members... Our experience so far has been wonderful.

This business is a complete waste of time and money. Owning a timeshare thru GEVC is not cost effective or convenient as they claim. You will incur unexpected and raising out of pocket expenses. And rest assure as long as you own the timeshare you can expect these expenses to rise, and you will not see a single added free benefit. My advice to you is save your money. Book your vacations yourself or thru a reliable travel agent. You will have more options and flexibility. Also you will know what you're getting and you will skip the rising cost of so called maintenance fees.

I was ready to give a 4 or 5 star review of GEVC Irving, but that changed during the last 10 minutes or so of my 90 minute presentation into GEVC/RCI Points. My sales rep BJ and his manager Tim would have and should be noted that they were fantastic in not only making myself and my wife feel comfortable (for the most part) when we declined to signing up for the timeshare. They were knowledgeable and friendly throughout the 90+ minutes that we were there. The ONLY thing that made me go from 4 stars to 2 stars was when they sent me and my wife to speak with someone from "corporate" for what they said would be a survey of how they did in presenting etc... We were ready to give them both good reviews. BUT there was No survey at all given by the corporate representative (who I cannot remember her name unfortunately).

Found this group at the travel convention in Los Angeles, wish I never did. They ask for a "Fully Refundable Deposit" to attend their sales presentation promising a free 3-day trip after attending. I signed my girlfriend and I up for a timeshare presentation only to realize we couldn't attend due to a time conflict. When approached a second time to request a refund the sales staff was very cold and immediately informed me the only way the deposit could be refunded is by attending the presentation. It was the same day, requesting cancellation within 30 minutes and they refused to void the transaction. They lost nothing by having me cancel yet they were not amicable towards giving me my "Refundable Deposit" back. SHAME. I hope this company goes out of business because their shady deals are NOT OK!

Our 90-minute presentation turned into 4 hours and like everyone else, we were conned into buying this worthless timeshare. They lie from the very beginning. The free gifts are worthless, they can't be redeemed. The presentation is all a lie. They drag you into buying by showing you beautiful properties in sunny states. Properties they say are available whenever we decide to vacation. And what's not to believe, they are bringing up all this information, supposedly from their website. "You can vacation when and where you want" they claim over and over again. So while my husband and I were looking over their book of various properties we could go whenever we want, we inquired about RV camping. At the time our person told us we could camp at Thousand Trails. This was great we thought. We can really go where ever we wanted.

Well as I have read many if not all the reviews on here about this vacation club... All the experiences are as mine and my husband was went to the meeting that was meant to only be 90 minutes but were there 4 to 5 hours ended up buying into their promises...!! Drove home pretty far and to come home to make some research on this gevc and find out the disappointment of all their lies... Make yourself and those you love a favor - read the contract... only 7 days to cancel. We did but again waste of time and money!!! I hope this helps as all the reviews on here about this company made me be aware!!!

This company somehow got my information and won't tell me how they got my phone number. I asked to be put on the DNC list and they did not put me on it and continue to harass me. I am quite certain these guys use overseas telemarketers who lie and say they are located in U.S. I asked what city and he said "ummm" and it took him about ten seconds to think of a city. Most of these telemarketers would not give me the name of the parent company Global Exchange and would not give me any website I could go to. Under no circumstance should you ever do business with these guys, EVER! Plus every time they call they call from a different phone number so you can't even block them!

On the phone the requirements are one thing, but when you arrive the requirements are different. I wasted my time driving all the way to Encino!!

We were unable to use any of the free trips that came with our sign up (too many people had already signed up). The book that has the clubs properties looks great but you can't actually ever get enough points to use those properties (even if you save & carry-over points for years). There are no properties in many places we want to go and the properties they do have are either unavailable at any time of year or cost too much. The cruise deals are also a scam - we can get cruises MUCH cheaper on our own & don't have to use points. We were told by an agent that there are properties available in Palm Springs, CA (which is where we live). In short, this program is a terrible investment!!

They are such a scam. The presentation does not even come close to resembling the actual program. To top it off, they have you sign something that says "You have not relied on Oral Presentation"! So they know they lie! They ALSO took money out of our checking account. These people need to be stopped.

Don't believe the hype! I foolishly bought into this club after their presentation. They told me they had locations all around the world -- including major cities in the U.S. I've tried to plan a simple stay in Seattle. Guess what? No locations. I went to a new owners meeting to complain. I was told "yes, they have several locations in Seattle." Tried again to plan trip to Seattle. I couldn't pull anything on my travel dates. Called member services. They even told me they have no locations in Seattle. Tried to plan vacations where I have family in Thailand and Japan. Sure, GEVC has locations there -- but in remote areas nowhere near where my family lives.

When I became the member for GEVC. They gave me a guest certificate to buy a vacation for a week for $279. I paid $279 and booked a reservation for Cancun, Mexico vacation. Due to some serious emergency, I had to change the date of the vacation. But GEVC did not change my vacation and I lost my $279 for nothing. They need to reimburse me that amount of money or change my vacation dates.

I attended a meeting in February and did not purchase the program. I was offered a voucher for a "free" week of vacation time for which I was to pay a $75 fee. I mailed the cashier's check to the address I was given within the two-month time frame and, as of September 1, I still have not received anything from them. The time limit for use of the voucher is half gone. I suspect this is their way of ripping people off. I emailed the customer service department and received a reply including a number to call which had nothing to do with the company.

I was pushed by very aggressive sales representatives to buy this package! I was told after I asked repeatedly that this was not an exchange. Meaning where we exchange x plot for y. I found out soon afterwards it was! Also that I own essentially nothing! Just some points! To understand why I was suckered into this, you have to look at the entire picture from the beginning. We were put into a room which had loud music pumping throughout the place. It was hard to hear the sale agent. I am old, 65, and I could not hear them very well. I kept asking questions and they kept putting free options on it. They demanded I use a credit card. I did not want to use, even though Wells Fargo was right next door. They pushed and pushed for me to sign it right there and then. They would not let me leave the building, to get my Wells Fargo number.

We have purchased a GEVC membership and have found that their customer service is absolutely terrible. Trying to book a vacation or even just communicate about the ridiculous points system they operate under. They don't tell you about the $209 you have to pay to redeem your points. They don't tell you that you have to book within a 30 day timeframe. And so many more frustrating issues. Inclusive of, never answering their phones. I would like to see this company sued to the max.

GEVC is a total SCAM!!! DO NOT BE FOOLED LIKE WE WERE. We purchased the timeshare at the end of April but were not given access to look up vacations and hotel availabilities until 2 1/2 weeks after Escrow closing. We received our login the first week of June. The day we received the login we went online to try and book a vacation for August. There was no availability for Southern California. Every date we tried for the next year was not available. We instantly realized we would not be able to use this timeshare. We called immediately to cancel but were told we only had 7 days to cancel after escrow closing, yet we couldn't even see if we could use it until over 14 days after escrow closing. They know exactly what they are doing by holding back access to the RCI membership and completely scam the consumer!!!