Vacation Internationale Reviews

Long story short, we were talked into a payment plan. I have done figures and if I use all of my points, I would save about $750 every two years on hotels. After the $660 bill for the maintenance fee and the $10,000 we have into the purchase for the 12 years plus dues, I am figuring I am paying over $1,500 a year to save $750 on hotels. Keep in mind that it might be a good deal if you have the money to go anyway. If it's hard to afford to go on vacation, this makes it even harder. If it sounds to good to be true, it's a scam. I am in a contract. I didn't totally know what I was getting into.

After that little talk and back with our salesman, things got really intense. Numbers were thrown right and left. I asked for a copy of the paper telling all the prices and fees. I was told no. We said no. Then, another man came and said that we could have everything cheaper. I said no for now I wanted to do some research. The two men laughed saying all I would find was a good rating. Second man went away, first salesman became really rude, saying that we were moochers and why did I have to think about it and do research. More money numbers were scribbled on a paper and shown to us, "you can understand this deal?" My husband said no. Now a third man came with our gifts and offered to give it all to us for free.

I am of a mind that if it sounds too good, it is a problem, not so good. We got our prizes and left. Everything was geared to unsettle people, put them off guard. They had loud, loud music playing. It was hard to hear the salesman some of the time. The temperature in the room was cold, not cool. I will run in the opposite direction if someone ever asks me to attend another Time Share presentation.

Regarding the complaints I see here, almost all of them are about the company that sold the package and that's a different company. I bought mine through Demand Vacations, and the salesman was deceitful and lied to me about some of the information and said they had no clue about the maintenance fees. I learned to make sure every claim is in the contract and refuse to buy something if they refuse to disclose information I consider important.

I have written a negative review on Demand Vacations. I also tried to contact them today, and the phone numbers are no longer good. I suspect they may have recently gone out of business. However, my only disappointment with Vacation Internationale is that they changed the date they give me my points, but it actually worked out okay for me. Vacation Internationale has been very good, especially regarding use of the vacation and has always answered all of my questions to my satisfaction.

After they failed to sell me a timeshare, they gave us information to claim our free trip which is put on through passport to travel and basically scammed us again asking for a $100 fee to begin with. Once we picked a location, they said it was going to be an extra $500 per person to pay for the taxes and other stuff. Basically, both of these companies work hand in hand to scam you no matter what. This kind of business ruins credit, relationships, and lives all for the greed of some corporate clown.

I wasn't victimized as bad as some of the others but do yourself a favor and don't even attend. Tell yourself you're not going to buy something and they will try as hard as possible and waste as much time of yours as they can to get you to buy. I would relate the experience to dealing with a bad car lot and pushy salesman. This place should be out of business or you'll see them changing their name to avoid a bad reputation.

My health, marriage, and finances have suffered from this ordeal. I made the mistake of talking my husband into this purchase and when the bills started coming in for more than the sales representative told us and what we had verbally agreed to, I started calling Bank of America and Vacation Internationale to get it straight. We received phone calls, bills from collection agencies, and no resolution to the problem. The contact I had at Vacation Internationale told me that I could have gotten up and left the presentation. If I had known that they were going to lie to me about the costs, I wouldn't have gone in the first place. This situation has created so much stress that my health has suffered. My marriage has been strained by my talking my husband into what looked like a good idea until the inflated bills arrived, and my credit rating is probably in the toilet by now.

We left. Mr. Carter slapped our packet of promised "trinket" prizes on the counter as we exited. I will forever speak negatively of this company and any other Timeshares because of this experience. This is my first and only time filing a complaint against any company.

I contacted the Vacation Internationale to question the amount of the maintenance fee (it was doubled than what Mr. ** had said). They informed me that Mr. ** was not in the position to quote an amount because they have no ideal as to what it is until the bill comes out (that was hard to believe). I also explained my problem about him taking care of it and not returning my calls.

After a couple of days, she called back with another number to call about my concerns. Well, I left messages for Mr. ** twice on August 18, and again, no return call. I feel that Mr. ** knowingly deceived me and he should be dealt with as well as the company because they are not returning calls to find out about my concerns. In the meantime, I have sent an email to the Loan Officer for them to cancel my ownership and return my funds. I do not want to have anything to do with a company/organization that knowingly deceives their clients.

Today, July 19th, I received my first statement and it wasn't a loan. It was a credit card for Bank of America. Now, this $89 per month minimum payment is not for 3 to 5 years but 28 years. If I wish to pay off the loan in say three years, according to the credit statement, it will be $305. The only reason I purchased this vacation package was because I was misled to believe that I would be paying it on a short-term loan and not a credit card. Why wasn't this information disclosed especially after I asked him the term of loan several times during our conversation.

This has placed me in a very tough economic position. I wasn't planing on having a credit card bill that would last me 28 years to pay off by paying the minimum amount which is all I can afford at the moment. Instead of having an $8889 loan, I'm stuck with a bill that will take me 28 years to pay and will amount to $20,631.12.

It is completely unfair that this company did not, at any moment, inform me that the loan was being placed on a credit card and was completely misleading. I asked the manager many times for the loan period and he failed to give me an accurate answer.

I mailed a Notice of Cancellation on March 12, 2008 that was received on the 13th. I called the company on numerous occassions to get a status on my cancellation and finally spoke with Shirley G. who said she would mail me a contract release to sign and return to cancel my membership. I received the letter from Ms G. stating VIP Travel will agree to cancel your membership and refund your payment of $3596.00. It instructed me to sign the cancellation document, get it notorized and return the membership material within the next 10 days. It also stated once they received my documents, they would issue me a refund in the amount of $3596.00 within 15 business days.

I have been calling Ms. G. and VIP Travel Corporate office daily requesting a status on my refund and have been forwarded to her answering service every time. I asked to be transferred to the complaint department or owner and was told Ms. G. is the only person in charge handling corporate matters. As of July 2, 2008, I have not received my refund, return call or updated status.

I am being charged interest on the money they have failed to refund in a timely manner and the amount of credit I now have available is signifcantly reduced because of this situation.