Lost Valley Lake Resort

We purchased a Charter in 2004. The maintenance fees started out around #350 a year or so. Since then the fees have gone up to approximately $800 a year. I have always paid this through Paypal. All of a sudden this year they changed how they charge you. It said NOTHING about fees if you did the payment plan. Also now a charge of $5 bucks for paper billing. They changed the website in April 2021 to list the new rules. I started my payments in January 2021 and now I got hit with $70 bucks in charges and $10 bucks for statements. I tried to call and spoke to Stephanie. VERY, VERY, VERY rude. I asked to speak with her supervisor, was told she was not in. Spoke to her boss's boss (so she told me) Sherri. Just as bad as Stephanie. Asked to speak to the person that handles the website... Not available. Asked to speak to Leeanna (Stephanie's boss). Not available.

We have been members for over 10 years, we enjoy LVL every chance we get. There are bad reviews but those people don't or (must not) know how much it cost to camp elsewhere with way less amenities. I have 2 kids in their 30's they grew up tent camping in State Parks. My daughter does not want to go to them anymore saying I have spoiled her with Lost Valley. It is a wonderful place for us and our friends, camp as much as we want for a low price of under $900 a year!

We went and visited Lost Valley in Feb 2019, I kept telling them no to purchasing, they push and push and push and make you think that you're getting this great deal and payments aren't hardly anything. Come to find out the payments are double what I thought we agreed on, told me that we didn't have to pay maintenance fees and then I start getting bills for fees, plus payments. Tried to get out of it. Wouldn't happen, was told that I need to learn how to pay my bills. So, now it's hit my credit report even after they were to send me papers to redo the payments and take a lower amount if we didn't use the resort. No papers yet and 50 phone calls from them tormenting me. Whatever you do DO NOT get a timeshare at this place. It's run down and they lie. No wonder they are giving away so much to try and get people there. They are good I will give them that, because I didn't want to buy and yet I still did. Don't fall for it.

I was active duty Army when I was sucked-in to buying this timeshare. I was a resident of New York temporarily attending a military school at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The closest we have been stationed to Missouri since has been San Antonio, Texas; most of my time was overseas. We have always paid our yearly fees until a few years ago when in the process of moving, we didn't receive our notification of our yearly fees. IMMEDIATELY, our fees and penalties were sent to a collection agency.

This is true extortion. And extortion is illegal. I'm pursuing a look into a class action lawsuit for mismanagement of funds and not delivering on the model that they promised to the membership. We've been members since 1997 and the maintenance fees have climbed to ridiculous amounts over the years. There was a time when this membership had a monetary value.

My husband & I have been owners since 2005. The dues may have gone up the last 2 years, but the pool was leaking and the sewer system needs to be updated. I want those things to be fixed. This will just better the resort. Lost Valley is my happy place! The staff have always been great!

I am very disappointed in reference to the dues going up so much this past year then being told it would drop so I paid then find out it dropped from 600 to 509. Not much of a drop. Been a member since 1990. Since then the place has gone downhill. I could have sold mine but I would not recommend this place to anyone at this time. I offered to give it back with a quick claim deed but they said no.

LVL is one of the most disgusting places I've ever been. I've owned this membership for many years. There was a time when we enjoyed the facility, but those days are long gone. I never want to stay there again. The trailers are gross, infested with bugs, dirty and run down. We could not even use the shower or bathroom in our trailer. We had to use the facilities at the camp grounds, which were not much better. I tried to give this membership away a few years ago. They made it almost impossible and my potential taker lost interest saying it was not worth the hassle or money. I am going to contact LVL first thing tomorrow to see what steps must be taken to dissolve this contract I have with them. If anyone has been successful at getting rid of their membership/ownership, please let me know how you did it. I want out of this membership.

I don't even know where to start with this review but let me tell you this resort is a pure rip off!!! I've been a "so called owner" of nothing since 1985 and effective April 2017, I just paid a fortune to rid myself of the biggest financial fiasco that I have and will ever make in my life! You can get rid of homes, cars and for the most part spouses but you are stuck with this dump and extortion run business for the rest of your life? I don't think so! I officially bought my way out of this BS for a fortune but I can be rid of this foolishness and BS forever more now and it is worth every penny to be done with the ever rising maintenance fees that isn't being put back into the resort! Good riddance of this so called resort which is a true dump with run down RVs that are dirty with roaches and bedbugs!

Me and my daughter and grandkids stayed for a week and the staff was very helpful and there's so much for the grandkids to do. We played games, putt golf, volleyball, watched movies, played on playground, swam, fished. It was a wonderful weekend. If I could I would give them 10 stars.