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Club Wyndham delivers vacation ownership experiences through its extensive resort network. The company offers points-based memberships, providing access to a wide range of destinations and accommodations.
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- Flexible travel options available
- Good value for family vacations
- High-pressure sales tactics used
- Increasing maintenance fees
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Reviewed April 12, 2022
We were dinning at a local restaurant in Daytona Beach FL and we’re approached by concierge agent for club Wyndham to tour location at 300 N Atlantic. Gave $40 deposit which has yet to be refunded back on my card. Can’t get a hold of anyone to assist me. What was promised on my paperwork 1 week vacation, rental car and choice of 4 tickets to amusement parks or 4 $100 Visa card was not given at the end of presentation. They basically said the agent lied even though I had paperwork showing it, gifting manager did not want to look at the paperwork. Friends signed up for the tour at the same time and experienced the same hassle. What a waste of 120 mins as presentation was over 90 mins. Their presentation states they a rebranding yet their service shows false advertisement. Not sure where they are rebranding? Completely out of touch! Beware!
Reviewed April 11, 2022
Please DO NOT go to any Wyndham "Vacation" presentations. Do not ever sign up for any Timeshare programs. They are rude, obnoxious and treat you like you are stupid for not wanting to spend money on their "vacation" club that once you get into, will be almost impossible to get out of. If I could give a 0* or negative rating I would.
We were young and dumb and bought into their program in 2004, and up until this past weekend had not had a bad experience with the program. But we were considering eventually getting rid of it, because we never use all the points we have, even when transferring them to RCI exchange company, and have had points expire or had to pay to renew. We have avoided more "presentations" over the years but this weekend staying at a Wyndham location in Myrtle Beach, SC, for a totally different situaion, we were talked into one because of "recent changes" to the program and since I wanted to make sure to be informed about them and we had not been to a presentation in so many years, we agreed, and of course we were offered free gifts. Only supposed to be *60* minutes.
We knew we would decline any upgrades and were open about that to the 1st guy to talk with us who made it sound like we just watched a short video and then could sign a paper saying we accepted or declined. He of course disappeared and after the 40 min video, we were escorted by another guy to a different room where it proceeded to get ugly. We were polite for a little bit, but we did make it clear we just wanted to know what the bottom line was. It was already going on 90 mins from arrival. We were on our way home that day. Basically they were trying to imply we were stupid for not plopping down thousands of dollars to save money in the future when we are already owners. Telling us our ownership is Not enough now. We need to spend this money to unlock our Reservation priority.
After 10 or 15 mins of disagreeing with why we were even there, and accusing us of not bringing our paperwork (that we didn't recieve, because we were talked into the presentation at resort check-in) and explaining we just wanted to sign our declination and leave, we were called combative and confrontational and I just had to walk out. I left their free gifts and left in tears. I have never been so angry at a salesman. We vented and fumed all afternoon and now will do whatever we can to try and get out of the ownership we do have, even though it will probably take quite a while and cost more money but I will not be fooled to get tied up with any more points and fee obligations. After reading these other reviews, I realize that our experience is not unique. These salesman are truly high pressure, rude and obnoxious to be around. I will never do it again.
Reviewed April 8, 2022
I went through the presentation and when you 1st start down they try run your credit to tell you what you qualify for and the sales agent tried to get me to apply for the Wyndham rewards credit card. I told him I already had one. Why would I apply for it again? He didn’t say anything then the next thing he showed me said I quailed 6700 but never told me what this was for and I kept asking and he don’t worry about it after I didn’t end up buying the package.
A week later in the mail I get a letter saying I have a 6700 credit line with wyndham. I never applied for that and if I not buying it what the heck I am going to use it for. I was upset sent a letter to wydham corporate and they did nothing and I said I agreed to it. I was never told it was credit line so I sent a fraud letter to all the credit bureaus, got it off my report and made a complaint with Vegas attorney generals office. Waiting to hear back on that. Beware if you are doing a presentation in the Las Vegas grand wyndham club grand desert club. They backed up their lying sales agent. What a horrible company trying to sneak a credit line through. I am totally upset. What a horrible, horrible company
Reviewed April 1, 2022
First, change the Wyndham Cares Dept to another name because Care should not be in the vocabulary. After speaking with multiple people/department over the last 2 months plus, we are just now getting the Exit started which we are told may take over a year. We have been given wrong directions by multiple people which has cost additional monies. Without going into every issue, this recent one sums up the frustration.
Today, speaking with Marissa in the CARES Dept., topped it all. She basically told us that she didn't see any of our concerns the way that we do, in other words, she has no idea why any of our concerns are valid. She was very rude. When asked if we would be prompted to do a survey, as with other Wyndham Dept, she said that that Dept did not offer one, No Wonder.
Nothing will be done because they just need warm bodies to fill seats and answer the phone. We have asked that a Supervisor respond to us for 2 months now. When asked when we may hear something, Marissa said they were still responding to owners from November and December of 2021. If that is true then Wyndham has bigger problems than we are even aware of.
This has been a horrible experience and there is no light at the end of the tunnel as again, we are told the process may take well over a year. They deceived an elderly woman, my mom, into giving up all her points to go towards maintenance fees that she would have to continue to pay throughout the whole process, again over a year. Then the process was not started until 2 months later, so those funds went towards nothing. That was a concern that Marissa could not understand, 'she didn't see it that way' were her exact words. We were also told to use a Title Company to split a deed that did not exist. After paying them, they discovered there was no deed and reimbursed us less a $60 fee. Again, according to Marissa, not their fault we paid that company. Wyndham told us that was what we had to do, giving us the name and phone number of the company!!
We are exiting because my father died and my mother does not want the over $1000 a month maintenance fees. This has only caused her added anxiety and frustration. They had almost 2,000,000 points and paid tons of money to you for many years and now that we are trying to Exit, this is the way we are treated. Abhorrible. My parents paid extra money, again which Marissa knows nothing about, 'anyone is free to sell their timeshare back', in her words. Yes, by using a third party and getting a fraction of pennies on your dollar. That is why they paid. To protect whomever of us sold it back so that we could a little more value out of it.
Why you pay fees for over a year, not using points is very unclear as well, again since monies were initially paid to be able to do that. My dad always stood up for Wyndham and I gave him the benefit of the doubt. How wrong he was and disappointed he would be. Our family will never give anyone a recommendation to be in any way associated with Wyndham.
Reviewed March 31, 2022
I have never disliked a company more than Wyndham. I have only dealt with them for a few months. But it’s truly been a miserable experience. My wife and I went to a presentation and heard all these wonderful things about the vacation package (they said it was NOT a timeshare). We decided to take the dive and found out later that it was all different than we had been promised during the sale. I read other horrific reviews of Wyndham and found that our situation was quite similar to others. We fell for the same scam most people here did. It looks like Wyndham has a habit of not disclosing fees or telling people that their family will inherit the TIMESHARE, and not allowing the contracts to be cancelled even when THEIR salespeople are negligent. I hope this saves someone else from the frustration the rest of us have endured.
Reviewed March 28, 2022
Wyndham Resorts sale teams don’t admit they are a TIMESHARE Company. Luckily, we were able to rescind the membership w/in the 7-day limit; and to this day, 3 months later, still no letter/email, etc has been sent about the account being closed (which it has been). They are hard to contact or get a straight answer. They lie about treating their members as family. It’s all about getting more money from people. All the horror stories about Timeshare rentals are true & if you are thinking of joining the Wyndham Resorts, DON’T!!!!
Reviewed March 28, 2022
The room was unsanitary, I asked the front desk person to find another room for me and he was extremely impolite. This is unacceptable. I left the property immediately. And I wanted my whole money back. I was so tired, I had to leave the property because the room was in bad condition. Dirty the beds were like if someone slept there before. I asked for a cancellation and they did not cancelled, I made police report the next day. After claiming to my credit card company I received the money back. Never again!
Reviewed March 28, 2022
Wyndham is an incredibly cruel and unethical company. Their timeshare sales agents took advantage of my state as a pregnant woman to make a sale. In their sales meeting I was subjected to ruthless high-pressure and intimidating tactics. Wyndham never gave us what we were promised in our contract, and instead, gave us the runaround, questioned the validity of our terms, and strung us along giving us false hope for a solution that never came. They invited me for a free stay but on the condition that I attend an hour-long presentation, and I ended up being there for 6 hours! We were given a tour of the lush rooms and amenities and they told us all about the perks and benefits of buying a Wyndham timeshare.
Unfortunately, it was all smoke and mirrors. They conveniently did tell me the maintenance fees would increase every year or that my children would be liable for whatever cost they could inherit. They offer you “free” trips in bonus points for signing up but those were nearly impossible to use. The interest rate was never disclosed and now we are looking at having to pay double what we were quoted. When it’s time to sign the contract with them they do it so fast you never really know what you’re really getting into. Don’t let these people fool you, look at the other reviews. What Wyndham has done to me, and my family has been devasting. Wyndham conned me and it’s been a disaster on our finances. I hope to continue to expose these Gas lighters!
Reviewed March 27, 2022
Wyndham is complete garbage! Nothing but lies and deception from the start! DO NOT BUY WYNDHAM TIMESHARES. Beware of the false promises and outright fraudulent lies. The sales team deceived me by telling me that I was buying actual property in Hawaii when indeed, their timeshares are worthless and nothing more than a giant, costly burden. They went as far as to say that buying a unit with them and renting it out will allow you to make passive income. What a load of **! They will say anything to get you to sign their timeshare contracts! No matter how many times we declined, their salesmen would not take NO for an answer.
They are a despicable company for not being truthful about the TRUE COST of their junk timeshares! You end up paying an ASTRONOMICAL price for something you can get at a fraction of the price online. Their availability is the worst! Good luck booking anywhere you actually want to stay! Their entire timeshare scheme is fraudulent. Wyndham timeshares will ruin you financially. Read what others are saying about them! They clearly have a HUGE problem with their truth in lending practices but somehow get away with it through legal loopholes and strong-arm contracts! What does it say about a company who practically forces you to open a credit card to pay them? IT MEANS IT’S A RIP OFF!!!! SHAME ON WYNDHAM! I will continue to EXPOSE these deceptive sales practices!
Reviewed March 26, 2022
Wyndham is garbage! Worst “investment” ever. Our experience with them had been nothing short of a disaster. It all starts with a high-pressure sales meeting and once you’re locked in, they try and get you to attend more and more meetings! If Wyndham cared about their owners, they’d give you the proper package the first time you buy; instead of constantly getting us to upgrade to enhance our experience. Beware of their “owners’ orientations”! They lied about priority booking and they lied about the “free” vacation we were promised. You would think a prominent name like Wyndham would mean quality resorts and value but as it turns out it’s all just a swindle. I highly recommend avoiding buying Wyndham timeshare and don’t bother staying at the properties. If there was a way to rate them lower than 1 star I absolutely would! NEVER would have done business with them if I knew their true intention and their lousy availability!
Reviewed March 25, 2022
PLEASE, PLEASE don't let this company scam you. They offer the world, take your money and give you NOTHING. No one is ever available to help you!!!! They lie and lie and lie. For 5 years we have never been able to book a vacation. They charge you to book your vacation when you have already paid for points. They should be closed down because they a fraudsters!!!!
Reviewed March 24, 2022
Their presentation and timeshare may be legitimate but they are will your credit without your consent, I attended the presentation on 3/17/22 and at least asked them not to pull credit 10 times, sales reps told me they are going to do soft credit check but they did hard pull and I came to know about it when I returned from vacation and checked Credit Karma after few days. Also disputed credit check with Equifax but didn't work. So beware if you don't want them to pull credit don't give them your social.
Reviewed March 23, 2022
TIMESHARE PRESENTATION SCAM AND FRAUD MUST READ: Went to a timeshare presentation and denied the "one time offer." I stupidly provided my social as a means of "denying this one time offer" and "that is the only way to ensure you do not get this offer at a later date." That is completely on me for providing that information- understandable. I asked at least 10 times if providing that would affect my credit score and they claimed "no" each time and I believed. The representative was the one who manipulated the iPad and would only show us the iPad when a signature needed to be provided. We were told it all had to do with the timeshare promotion. My sister left with her so-called "free gifts." That was 1 week ago in Las Vegas.
Yesterday, I received a credit card opened by Barclays US Bank under Wyndham Rewards with a $2000 credit line. Not ONCE did I knowingly sign up for a line of credit! I can not be doing that right now! I never activated the card. I made a My SSA account. Made a dispute against Wyndham Vacation Resorts to the FTC, which already has many claims against them. Froze my credit line and reported to all 3 credit companies.
Moral of the story if you do go: shout very loudly so many participants can hear, "You do not need to provide your social number unless you plan on buying the product. REPEAT: DO NOT PROVIDE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER UNLESS YOU ARE BUYING THE PRODUCT." That way, you can still get your free gift but also not be scammed with accounts you didn't intend on opening. Save as many people as you can please. Thank you for reading.
Reviewed March 23, 2022
I am an owner with Wyndham Timeshare. The properties are great, but I am sure that they are blocking dates, and even blocking properties. I tried to book a resort in 2023, and all four in that area are booked. I have been unable to find an available weekend when I want it, So either that have oversold the properties, or they are blocking dates, and properties. Go elsewhere!
Reviewed March 20, 2022
Getting in a timeshare with Wyndham has been a sickening experience. We are in debt over our heads with payments to them totaling over $24,000 per year. That is more than some incomes and we cannot give the majority of our money to Wyndham anymore. We learned in 2017, after being lured into the meetings and lied to multiple times, that we could refuse to go to them. We told Wyndham that this wasn't right and that the salespeople lied to us but no one cares. We need your help to get Wyndham to fix the problem they created by lying. I have asked for help and no one will get back to me. I hope this is public because other people should know about the scam that Wyndham is!
Reviewed March 12, 2022
I made reservations for a two night stay for Special Olympics with my grandson. Upon arrival we found out the pool was closed for repair. So I wanted to cancel my reservation. I was told to go through Expedia, I spent almost an hour on the phone with them and was told told speak to the front desk. I don’t blame the person working the desk, she was trying her hardest to cancel but her manager wouldn’t let me cancel. Then we went to get to our room for the one night and the elevator was broken. Walking passed the laundry room only to find it was out of order. We packed light because we thought we could wash clothes.
The smell was so strong of deodorizer I was getting nauseous. The place needs updating desperately. No USB charging in the rooms. The carpet was stained in the hallway. The rooms were clean but so outdated. The furniture was old too. I thought Hyatt was a reputable name which is why I chose this location. What a major disappointment. Shame on whoever runs these places. The 90’s called and want their rooms back.
Reviewed March 7, 2022
I have used the timeshare venues and only a few meet the acceptable requirement and they are hard to get. I have paid my bills in the past but have not gotten my money's worth. The fellow I worked with was nice but I don't believe he was totally honest. Not sure if Wyndham cares.
Reviewed March 6, 2022
Wyndham lied to us to get us to purchase. Tired of paying for something we can't use. Called them and they don't want to help fix this issue except get paid. John ** pushed and lied to us to make us timeshare owners. I'm sure he made a good commission off of us. I would hope so after all the lies and hard work he did to get us to sign. Took many hours to convince us as we had no interest in a timeshare. They glorify by giving us gifts and making us feel like we are superstars and all the wonderful vacations anywhere, any time, could be passed down to our family were a signature away. After many hours, they wore us down with harsh sales tactics and everything was rushed.
They didn't explain everything on the contract and said everything was already discussed. We trusted Wyndham and the sales team involving many different people making it more confusing. The actual cost of the timeshare could have paid for a home. Many times I would call for a timeshare where we wanted to go. The closest they had to offer was more than an hour and a half away. This happened several times being too far away from our chosen destination. We were told there would never be an issue. They said we would be able to go anywhere, any time we wanted. Another LIE!! The final straw was when our son got married in Virginia Beach and their place would be very far away for us. NOT GOOD!! All they want is their money. That's the only thing they will talk about.
One man said I could try to sell it through a realtor but we would have to get current with payments and then if it did get sold, of course the realtor would get a commission. Another woman bluntly put it "we can't help you." And after asking for help, another hearing my complaints said Wyndham doesn't work that way. I bluntly put it, everyone that I talk to says the same thing and I think this is part of what you are told to say. I also told him that I feel that Wyndham plants "excited people" into their so-called group talks to make everything sound so WONDERFUL AND EXCITING. All we want is to be refunded for this timeshare that we were tricked into.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2022
2021 We were offered resort cash or a prepaid gift card to attend a sales meeting. We told the salesperson that we were happy and not interested in purchasing anything. The salesperson asked how we used our current timeshare and if we planned to pass it on to our children. We said yes, that we planned to pass it on. The salesperson asked, what if you never had to pay maintenance fees again? The salesperson told us that if we bought a contract for 84,000 points, we would never have to pay maintenance fees again. My wife asked multiple times, questioning that they were saying that we would never pay maintenance fees again by purchasing this contract. They said yes. The sales meeting lasted approx. 5 hours. They have lunch brought in for us since we were there for so long and getting hungry. We dealt with a salesperson and a sales manager. They both stressed that we would never have to pay maintenance fees again.
The salesperson did not explain how this would happen but stressed that this would happen. Our salesperson said that she would contact us once our account had a chance to reconcile. Wyndham set up the phone meeting for July 12th. Our salesperson would go over Plus Holidays and Travel Up with us. At this point, we did not know how the points would pay for maintenance fees. The phone meeting did not happen on July 12th. We began trying to contact our salesperson and the sales manager. After more than a week, we had a phone meeting with our salesperson. Wyndham told us that we would have to list our points to be rented out to get money for them. Upon calling to list them, we found out that doing this would not even come close to covering all of the maintenance fees. We were lied to! We questioned the salesperson and the sales manager, and they never denied that they told us our maintenance fees would be covered.
We discovered that we did not have a copy of our sales contract. They first told us that it was on a flash drive that we received in our sales meeting. When questioned about this, we were told that they would resend the link to our sales contract. My wife, Melea, has been physically sick since we found out that our maintenance fees are not covered. We weren't completely unhappy with the timeshare before the 2021 upgrade, but we never will use Wyndham again after this. We want the entire contract canceled, and we want a full refund for the 2021 contract. We tried to explain this to Wyndham and they were no help so we went to the BBB. Our case specialist never responded or reached back out to us! We are beyond sick of Wyndham!
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2022
We have tried working with Shell directly but they have no interest in helping us get out of the timeshare. We want our money back also because we were tricked with lies by the salespeople several times. We got into this by being bribed with free tickets and it was never mentioned that this was for a timeshare or a sales pitch we were agreeing to attend for the free tickets. We were promised a free zip line for two if we attended a short presentation of 90 minutes (it lasted for 4 hours). They said this was a great investment and at last, we gave in to the pressure and agreed to buy. We were told many lies that day, as well as when we upgraded.
The contract began at the Kona Coast Resort HI on April 25, 2016. The sales rep. was Ryan ** and the meeting lasted for 4 hours. We were promised several times that this was an investment and an easy way to travel. We were put under great pressure and had no option to ever leave with the free tickets until we convinced the salespeople we didn't want the timeshare. We tried pushing back but they did not take no for an answer. After a long time of being sold this dream vacation package, we cracked. We were exhausted and ready to leave. The initial maintenance fee was $320.63 per year. Cost was $30,093.40. Contract **.
Reluctantly, we upgraded at the Kauai Coast Resort HI on May 31, 2018. The sales rep. was Cheyenne ** and the meeting lasted 3+ hours. Again, we were promised that they were "fixing" the problems with the first sale and this was going to help us to make the timeshare work like they promised it would. This never turned out to happen and proved to be more lies. Cost was $33,738.60 Contract **.
The maintenance fees go up every year, and we were never told this would happen. At some resorts, we were confronted by rude and unfriendly staff, especially when we refused to go to yet another “update” meeting, which of course was just a sales pitch. At one resort, we got our room key and went to the room, only to find it already occupied by someone else. It makes us wonder what kind of operation you are running. The experience has been one of being misled by all your salespeople, only to build up an accumulation of mounting debt. It simply is not worth the trouble, and for these reasons, we are voiding the timeshare program altogether. We further expect you to reimburse all we have spent on this matter to date.

Reviewed Feb. 23, 2022
Wyndham is full of predators that only care about $$. Since owning one of their timeshares, it’s been nothing but problems! The salesperson I dealt with told me I was making an investment, like buying a second home. Except I can never stay in my timeshare since no space is ever available and I can’t sell it or rent it like a home. It is only costing me money. Between the loan payment, the 13% interest, the credit card-with more interest, the maintenance fees that always go up, they are making money hand over fist. What have I gotten in return? A couple sub-par vacations where I am harassed constantly to spend even MORE money on an upgrade! I THOUGHT I was purchasing a lifetime of relaxing vacations. What I really got was a lifetime of headaches.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2022
I'm not sure how a company like Wyndham stays in business with the way they scam people out of their money. The timeshare we bought turned out to be nothing like what we were told. Over the course of our four-hour sales pitch, my husband and I were told that we would be able to vacation internationally. Upon doing my own research, I found that the specific locations we spoke of are not available. The sales rep signed us up for credit card and told us we could use it anywhere, which is not the case. They also neglected to tell us about high interest rates on the credit card and mortgage. In the last three years, we have yet to take a vacation due to the lack of availability. We eventually tried to sell it back as we were advised we could. This is when we found out that selling was never an option! Wyndham employees intentionally misled us with false information because they only care about their paychecks!
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2022
Wyndham destinations is a complete scam and money grab. They will sell you a package for free stay and promise all sorts of points for your Wyndham rewards but they will never send you an email or mail any information about how to book what you have paid for. The sale ends as soon as you pay and they are not at all interested in you actually being able to USE WHAT they sold you. Just hang up if they call or your call to rewards asks if you're interested -absolutely NOT. Don't believe anything they say. IF ALL ABOUT THE SALE. They will go out of their way to make sure you do not have the info you need to USE the package you buy. THEY ARE JUST COLLECTING MONEY. It's really shameful.
I will no longer be staying in Wyndham HOTELS much less buying any vacation packages. THERE ARE SO MANY Better Places to stay. FORGET ANYTHING WYNDHAM. They have already forgotten about you the second they have your payment info. That is their measurement of success. It doesn't matter if you're happy or not. Doesn't matter if they follow through on providing information or not. They will just run with the money. No refunds after 7 days. You still have no info about what you paid for - doesn't matter! AND THEY STILL WON'T SEND ANYTHING. Again -once they have your money there is no customer service, no follow-up, no email, no brochures, no refunds and only rudeness. Hang up.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2022
We first learned of Wyndham when we visited “Broadway on the Beach” in South Carolina in June 2018. We were approached by one of their employees at the visitor’s center and offered discounted tickets to different local attractions if we were to attend a one-hour presentation. We agreed with every intention of making NO purchases. This began with a tour of the Ocean Blvd location where we were told that the only way to stay at a resort of that caliber was to be an owner. No matter how many times we said no, she continued to press upon us all the amazing things that we could experiences as owners; VIP access at Disney World, the bonus points that we would receive, the investment opportunity, and the rental income that we could make. We have since learned that none of this is true!
Every time we have tried to use this membership, we have been subject to “owners' update meetings”, which are really just more pressure-cooker sales presentations. In each of these situations, we have been subjected to lies, degrading comments when we refuse the demands of their employees, and deceptive sales tactics that have put us in a situation where we now owe this company THOUSANDS of dollars for NOTHING. I cannot believe a publicly-traded company can treat people in this way with no consequences.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2022
We bought our original timeshare when it was Fairfield Resorts. We always avoided the presentation and they were never pushy. When they were bought by Wyndham and it changed over we went to one of their presentations to see what the "awesome" changes were. Well, they started out by saying it would only be about an hour and there would be a place for our kids to go and watch tv and play since we both had to be there. Ok. They would be fine for an hour but it turned into almost 3 hours of their garbage tactics to where we ended up "upgrading" because 1) we were told they were buying a ton more resorts and we would have many more options on the Gulf coast in Florida and 2) I told them that I was afraid my kids would starve to death if they just didn't shut up. We felt like hostages.
So, anytime we would use it after that, we would just ignore the calls for presentations. Now, here we are years, and I mean years because our kids were watching cartoons at this time and now they are both in college, the promises were broken and we are stuck with these outrageous fees. It is finally paid off but the yearly fees are ridiculous. And trying to get into anywhere is a pain. You would also think with the crazy fees they would at least try to update their resorts. The only really good ones we have stayed at were Orlando Bonnet Creek, Sevierville, TN (Great Smokies Lodge), and Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach, SC. So, all in all, do NOT fall for the lies that this company is built around. They will lie to your face and not feel bad about it as they pad their pockets.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2022
Wyndham has very unethical employees that have no problem lying to your face to make a sale. My husband and I were told that when we paid off our timeshare, we would have no additional fees, but did not say maintenance fees had to be paid for life. There are ALWAYS issues with availability, even after we were told we could stay anywhere with our points. When we voiced concerns about this, the only resolution was an upgrade. We were promised lower fees than we originally had, however, the cost increased significantly - nearly a $400 difference per month! They purposely did not disclose anything in the contract.
They were hiding the fact that they were processing an upgrade. It was described as a restructuring of the original loan. Everything they say is contradicted in the fine print of the contract, which we were rushed through in signing, with only short and brief descriptions of what we were agreeing to. DO NOT GET IN TO BED WITH SUCH A SHADY COMPANY.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2022
In 2019, a Wyndham rep approached my husband and asked if we’d go to a 90 min presentation to learn how to “get more out of our vacations”. Agreeing to this was the worst decision we ever made. We ended up being there for HOURS and were subjected to pushy, aggressive sales reps. Our salesman made a big deal about this timeshare being a “low risk investment”. He asked tons of personal questions but his attempt to be personable was insincere. We were promised access to vacation destinations all around the world and reservations “as soon as tomorrow”. Even with all the deals and perks that were offered, we repeatedly said no, something Wyndham’s sales reps do not understand.
After hours of dealing with the pressure from multiple reps, we gave in. We found out that they ran our credit without our consent before we even agreed to purchase. Since then, we have found out everything we were told was a lie, including that there was a buyback program. Just don’t buy anything from them. No matter what you are told, you WILL be stuck with what you buy and it will NOT be what was promised.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2022
I would like to write this to give positive feedback on Shell Vacations/Wyndham, but I can’t. Unfortunately, my wife and I have not had a good experience with Wyndham and its representatives since it purchased Shell. Since the early 2000s, we have made multiple purchases of Shell points, but since Wyndham's takeover, we have dealt with more and more unprofessional representatives and been misled repeatedly.
We had been told for a while that we should convert to Wyndham points as Shell was losing properties and fees were rising. We were told that once the conversion program was operational, we could make a profit through a buy-back program. In 2019, we bought Wyndham points and were told that they, along with our Shell points, could be used to offset maintenance fees. Most of this turned out to be untrue. We decided not to convert. The merger with Wyndham has changed the program so much that everything we have invested has been degraded. The resorts are not well maintained, we are pressured by salespeople to upgrade, maintenance fees are extravagant, and everything is about making money instead of caring for their owners.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2022
My wife and I became Club Wyndham owners April 9, 2021 while vacationing at the Clearwater Wyndham. We have family in Clearwater so we visit this area every year during spring break for the last several years. We stayed in a 2 bedroom Deluxe condo at Clearwater Wyndham and LOVED it! That is why we decided to become owners. We talked to 2 sales people (Anna and Greg - manager). We told them that this is where we would like to stay every year for many years to come.
In June 2021 we tried to book a week during spring break in March 2022 for the week of Mar 12-19. It was all booked up. We were so disappointed! Before we became owners, we asked Greg what the chances of us being able to come to that location (Clearwater) each year during spring break and stay in a 2 BR Deluxe was and he told us that it "wouldn't be a problem because owners get priority when booking". It sounded too good to be true, but we believed him. We also asked how many points we would need to stay there during prime spring break and he told us "about 70,000 pts".
We are new to all of this, so we had no idea about how many points would actually be needed. Again, we believed him. We have found out that this information given to us by Greg was false and only to get us to buy in. We found out that it will be 300,000 points instead of the 70,000 he told us. He sold us 105,000 annual points. He sold us something we can’t even use where we want to stay. He sold us an ownership that we can’t use at the location we told him we want to stay at next year and every year afterwards. Why are we as owners not able to book a condo but an outside agency is? To make more money is the reason!
I called and talked to someone at the Wyndham reservation number and told her my situation to see why I am able to book outside of Wyndham but not as an owner. She informed me that owners need to book that location 12-14 months ahead of time because it is a very popular resort. Why didn't Greg tell us that important information? That would have been some very important information to tell us before we became owners, especially because we told Ana and Greg that Clearwater is the place that we come to every year and plan to do that for many years to come. We don't travel much outside of that time of year. So now we will have to pay more money to book that week with an outside agency AND we will have points to use up before they expire next year.
This is so disappointing to us! Greg knew exactly what he was doing when he gave us this false information. He told us anything we wanted to hear just to get us to become owners. We are so disappointed that we believed him and became owners. Apparently owners DO NOT get priority when booking!!! We no longer want to be Wyndham owners. For the last 3 months we have tried to talk and email people at Club Wyndham about wanting to exit our timeshare, but we have been told by Troy ** (Sales Experience Specialist Owner Resolutions & Strategy) that there is no documentation supporting our complaints and there is nothing else they can do for us.
We were told by Troy ** that Greg said we must have “misunderstood” the information he gave us in our meeting with him before we became owners. Neither my wife or I “misunderstood” anything that Greg or Ana said to us. It was very clear the things they told us. We have been outright lied to and given misleading information by Greg (manager). There is no documentation of the things he told us because they are false. We have spent over $7,000 and have not received anything in return. I wish we had recorded our conversations with him for proof. This was a scam! The sales people were liars!!
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2022
We have put up with this timeshare for over 21 years. In that time there has never been a time that we have made a reservation or stayed at a resort that we didn't come away steaming mad. I don't know what to add add to my comments that others haven't. How these places are still in business without being sued is beyond me. When you purchase something and told no matter how long you have it, nothing changes., LIE #1 - it's obsolete unless you buy, buy, buy more points/weeks. Maintenance fees go up, never had to have housekeeping credits - now we do. We were told there isn't much we can do with the small amount we have. I just don't get how they can sell something that they can't back. Why are all of the digruntled owners not coming together and doing a class action law suit? We'd be more than happy to be involved and do what we can to get it going, but how do you reach out to all these people? So very frustrating.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2022
DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING!!! BEWARE!!! They have great salesmen, to sell you this joke. Getting service after you sign, is nonexistent. Phone numbers provided for customer support, will only send you on a multi-hour hunt for someone to answer your question. It is always ‘someone else’s department’. Trying to speak to someone at a resort regarding a question other than ‘sales’ is nonexistent. If you have hours to stay on ‘hold’, to still not have any question answered, and want to waste your money and time, this may be the money pit for you.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2022
Please be careful with their scam. Don't fall for it or you will have the worst experience ever. Maintenance fee despite of covid? Wtf. No remorse and no exemption even to healthcare workers. We are filing class action lawsuit now.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2022
over the phone about my concerns and they said that I needed more points. They told me that I would be purchasing 184,000 points for ONLY an extra $25/mth, and I EMPHASIZED that it was a TOTAL PAYMENT and they assured me that it was for the total payment. They were so desperate to make this sale over the phone that it didn't finish until about 9:00 at night.
doesn't want to admit to their wrongful actions.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2021
The Wyndham Vacation Resort offered me a 3-night stay at a local 4-star hotel for four days, agreeing that I attended a timeshare presentation for 120 hours. The issue with this offer is that the hotels they offered were not 4-star hotels when you walked into the room. Online they are four stars, but the rooms provided are a 1 star. I was not aware of this until I arrived at the hotel and check-in and immediately checked. An agent at Wyndham promised to refund the 199.00 I paid for the package but is now denying receiving the chargeback from my credit card company after I had to dispute the charge. I am very disappointed at the Wyndham for contracting with these 4- stars hotels but only offering their member the low star rooms to get us to attend 120 hrs timeshare presentation at one of their luxury resorts and, on top of that, lying about not receiving the chargeback from a major credit card company to which processes chargeback daily.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2021
Signed up for the program to get some free show tickets in Las Vegas on Jun 2019 and the program expired June 2021 (cost $2000 and still making payment). Called bank, they know nothing but taking your payment. We haven't use any of its benefit during the 2 years program. Called WorldMark by WyndHam Discovery last week on Wed 15, 2021 and there's a lady name Cindy said that I need to call back 1 week to see if they can extend the timeframe. Called on Wed 22, 2021. An operator tells me that my program will be extended through Jun 2022. There's some hope in my mind and asking her how can I find out which regions, hotels, resorts that I can book, she replied if I requested she will email me a list right away, the day is almost gone and have not receive her email. Still being patient....and might running out of it.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2021
Wyndham will ignore you when you have concerns of any kind. I had tried multiple times to reach out to a person @ wyndham who could help. I couldn't find anyone who cared. I couldn't log in for MONTHS, and it took them several more MONTHS to figure out. All the while I could not use it and kept paying. The issue was resolved after several calls and several months. BUT... just the other day I got an email from Wyndham. They they had JUST resolved my login problem. They obviously are not very good at what they do and worse at what they promise to do. Oh, and Maintenance fees just keep going up & up. I've seen many complaints online about them. Don't waste your time, life or MONEY TO THIS COMPANY. You'll only live to regret it like we do.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2021
Not worth the discounted nights or free nights to hear a heavy handed presentation. DO NOT fall for this high pressure. I did unfortunately and am locked into a high interest rate and expense! You can always go online and find vacations for less.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2021
I have tried to get Wyndham to respond to me for the last 2 month, but they have not responded to me at all. I'm getting really frustrated because this is just not the proper way to do business! First of all they told us that we would be passing this down to our children and that is not what we want. The maintenance fees are going to increase yearly into the unforeseeable future and why would we set them up with a lifetime of debt? I'm not even sure what the maintenance fees are paying for because when we took a vacation the room was very outdated and worn done.
Quite embarrassing when we thought we would be getting rooms like the ones shown in the presentations! Even the presentations are a joke! They lead you in with bribery and then tell you it will be a short presentation, but before you know it, it's been several hours and a whole day is gone! Wyndham doesn't care to fix any of these problems, because once the deal is done, that's all that matters once they have your money.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2021
Wyndham property has a whole I would give good ratings, but the Sales team practices are terrible. I have attended several presentations, as a Discovery member, and never had a problem walking away and not signing up because I knew it was not in my best interest. When I attended the presentation in Nashville I told them why I don't become a member and they said if I sign with them they can get me what I want, so I did sign the agreement.
The next day I was uncomfortable with my decision because I made it under the pressure of running out of time (we had another couple waiting impatiently for us) and I didn't do the research I would have liked to, so I asked to cancel to contract. The Sales Rep talked me into waiting and to take some time to think about it, never giving me a timeline to work with. I did that and discovered that they were not going to give me what they said they would and denies they ever said they could. He flat out LIED to make his sale. I attempted to cancel and they said it was too late. I called a couple different numbers and wrote a letter asking for someone to talk to me about my concerns, but I never got a response. Word to the wise: If you go to a presentation RECORD THE MEETING!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2021
So in 2019 we visit Vegas and arrived in our hotel. Before we went inside the hotel, many ladies told us we could get free dinner and bla bla bla if we would like to spend our time to listen to their program the next day. Sound good. We just need to listen and they give us free dinner and other gifts. We joined them and hopped on there the next morning. We arrived at the Wyndham building and somebody lead us to a representative. It's one on one coaching, I feel like that.
The representative lady explained to us to it and we decided to not buy it but we couldn't get out freely after a very long hour. Another guy came to approach us and we still didn't wanna buy it. Then another lady coming and she did make us buy the Trial one which was $4,000. They really made us tired and they did a good job to trap us with that Trial program. $4,000 for two years. We got 400,000 points. We made a down payment and the rest would be paid monthly for two years.
We only used about 150,000 points then on the second year the Covid outbreak hit us. We asked the extension as my husband lost the job and we couldn't get anywhere basically with a lot of restrictions during Covid. They gave us another 6 months extension with extended monthly payments of course. We able to use another about 50,000 on December 2021. Our time will be expire on Feb 2022. We still have almost 200,000. Only two months left. Can we donate it to our family or friends? NO. Because one of the Trial term and condition is that the account holder must be the one who present at the property. We stuck. We contact the Customer Service and they said we need to call them if we want another extension. I wish we wouldn't trap and just walked away on the day they offered us free dinner. The free dinner cost only less than $100 but we lost more than $4,000.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2021
Expect to pay a lot of money for nothing! All the glitz and glam that they show you during those mind draining presentations are false. All the beautiful spacious rooms with the best views are false! They told us we could avoid paying maintenance fees by using our Rewards card and for some reason Wyndham can not access our points. We stayed in a room in Nashville, and the room was hot. We turned the air on the left and came back when it was still 89 degrees in the room! All they offered was a fan and told us that we could move into another room the next day. The towel rack tore off the wall, pantry door broken, wall trimming missing, floor tiles in kitchen broken, and everything looked unsanitary. Definitely not what was shown during the sales presentation and definitely not the vacation of our dreams!
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2021
My husband and purchased a Wyndham timeshare 2017. And it gets progressively worse each year! Limited vacations because point value decreases and you wind up going to the same locations! Maintenance fees go up each year! They don’t tell you that! Now in order to use the points you already pay for, they charge a reservation transaction fee. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? They lead in promising you a lifetime of vacation for you and your family, but all you get is DEBT!!! And the rewards credit card they give is worthless. Points to rinky dink motels! They can’t do anything else for you! No plane tix, car rental, nothing!!! A Scam, a rip off, not worth it!
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2021
Keep away from company, they just take your money, take about $450.00 for 2 night in San Antonio, first they take $100. After that 50, Mandatory tour. I missing that tour. They charge me $300 for 2 night in 3 star hotel, as penalty for missing tour. Trust me you can google all hotel and reserve better hotel and save your money. If you looking for tour you can rent Uber, do not waste your time and make them stealing your money.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2021
DIAMOND RESORTS IS A SCAM!!!! Do not be fooled with the free tickets to Disneyworld or Universal Studios they offer. That is just a way to lure you claiming all you have to do is sit through a 90-minute presentation. Who would pass up on resorts tickets to Disney or Universal Studios to just sit and listen to a 90-minute presentation! Again, don’t be fooled! This 90-minute sit through will take up half or your day. They are deceptive in the way they present the business. They claim it is an investment corresponding to the acquisition of real estate. At no time do the salespeople describe it as a timeshare.
Since purchasing the timeshare we have found it is impossible to carry out any commercial movement with a timeshare, such as selling it in these times of economic recession or any time for that matter as they have no value. Of course, none of this was told to us upon signing. READ the fine print! Do not let them rush through paperwork like they did us! There are maintenance fees and cost that are continuously inflated each year. Availability to find open resorts when we can vacation are never found. You would be better off renting for a week with no contractual obligation nor hurt to your family’s budget.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2021
We truly have had enough of this. We want out of our contract immediately. This is a waste of money and time. The holidays are approaching and spending time with our family is valuable to us. They told us that we could use it with our family and friends. We were sold on a dream, and that's exactly what this contract is..A made up dream. There is nothing truthful about what we're told. I can't believe Wyndham is able to sit there and do this to innocent people.
I would love to get our money back because we were told by multiple people, including a supervisor that we could book whenever and last min trips were easy. Booking a week is practically impossible. Then when we called to get help we were told that if we talk to a Wyndham employee that we may be charged a fee to help. I just can't stand being nickeled and dimed for every little thing, but up until signing of the contract everyone seemed so nice and willing to help, but once they get your money everything changes.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2021
Stay as far away from Wyndham as possible! My wife and I were on our honeymoon in July when we were stopped by one of their representatives at SeaWorld in Florida who told us that our wristbands made us eligible for a free vacation. We SPECIFICALLY asked if this was for a timeshare and were told no. This is the ONLY reason we agreed to attend. At this presentation, they spent hours telling us about all the benefits to ownership with Wyndham. No matter how many times we said no, they just kept pushing and pushing us to make a purchase. We finally agreed because we were worn down, exhausted, and believed that they were truthful.
The idea of travelling worldwide, especially once our son was born, was the dream they sold us on. We went back to our hotel so excited for the ability to use this in the future. However, later we learned NONE OF THIS WAS TRUE. They sold us a pipe dream that does not exist and now all we have to show for it is the debt and ongoing bills that we will leave to our children. DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR LIES!
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2021
Wyndham would constantly call me for promotions. So I decided to hear them out. The sales person told me I can get if I bought the deal, I would get free nights, gift cards, all the fluff. They also lied to me saying I can stay “any” Wyndham hotel in the US. So I made the purchase and book my stays. Then when I wanted to book, it was only selected hotels and they must have timeshare event set up. So I resorted to limited selection and time. So my wife and I packed and travel for my stay. The hotel said they can’t pull up my reservation. I even show them the email confirmation with date and address. Nothing they can do. Straight ** and wasted our time. I went and booked another hotel which I paid out of pocket. After that, I called the next day and Wyndham just kept sending me in circles. I’ll told myself never to stay at Wyndham hotels and cut my losses and move on…

Reviewed Nov. 29, 2021
My parents purchased Trendwest (which then was WorldMark, now Wyndham) in 1993 - and for a while, it was great. Because only owners could go, or those approved by owners. Now it's a giant scam. Not only do we pay more every year, but they now allow ANYONE to stay, you can rarely ever get a room, and they continuously pester owners to attend sales pitches to "get better benefits" (which means paying more money to get more ** but not have to pay for wifi).
This last time took the cake. Seaside, OR was ridiculously packed, they pestered us no less than half a dozen times before we said we'd go. Then my son was sick (we didn't know if it was covid, so we stayed put and rescheduled), and then mother and I were sick. We told them 4 times we needed to cancel because we weren't sure if we had covid and weren't leaving the room. They charged us $40 for not showing (even though the woman who CAME TO OUR DOOR AT 10PM) said it would be $20. I tried disputing with my credit card, but these shysters managed to convince my credit card company that I was in the wrong. (Btw only AFTER they charged my credit card did I get an email telling me it was non-refundable). Needless to say, after almost 30 years of ownership ... WE'RE SELLING. DON'T FALL FOR THIS SCAM.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2021
My wife and I were visiting Myrtle Beach when we were asked if we would be willing to visit one of the Wyndham Resorts in the area in exchange for a $200 gift card. It was not until we arrived at the resort that we learned that the only way to earn this “gift” was to sit through a sales presentation. We were hesitant but agreed to sit through the presentation. When we met with the sales representative, we were told that because we were “retirement age”, the ability to travel whenever and wherever we wanted should be of utmost importance to us. They even ran my wife’s credit, not mine, and then began to specifically target her. They continually told us that this was a real estate investment that she would be able to leave to our children in the future and that they would be able to continue to profit from the returns in the future.
Do not fall for these lies!! We ONLY made these purchases because we believed that this would enhance our lives, as well as those of our children and grandchildren. Most importantly, we were told that we would be able to enjoy discounts to Disney World due to Wyndham’s relationship with Disney, which we knew our family would love and use frequently. THIS WAS NOT TRUE EITHER!!! What type of company allows their employees to target seniors and exploit them financially? What a terrible company!
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2021
My wife and I traveled to Panama City Beach, FL for a short getaway and was stopped by a young lady working for Wyndham at a booth at Pier Park. She told us we would receive a $75 gift card, along with a 7 night and 3 night stay at their resorts just for going to their 90 minute presentation, all for the “wonderful” cost of $75. I was hesitant, but my wife insisted on at least receiving the gifts. The next day we arrive at the presentation, where they offer this horrible pulled pork burrito and coffee for breakfast.
Surprisingly, the presentation was about an hour and they go into detail about how the average vacation cost over 25 years is around $110k. From there, we were paired with a rep and she gave us a short tour of the property and went into explaining how all of the guests we were seeing were only “owners” and friends/family of owners because everyday people can’t book a stay in their resorts. Yeah, pretty sure that was a bold faced lie. She then showed us a one bedroom and two bedroom unit, both of which were very nice. After the tour, we get back to her desk and she begins to want to talk numbers. My wife and I went in with the mentality of “No” already, so right as we sat down, our rep wanted to run our “qualifications” to see what we would be able to receive in credit.
I let the rep know that I wasn’t comfortable with having my credit run without knowing what figures could look like. She says, "No problem" and brings who I assume is a sales manager to shows us what numbers could look like. I took one glance at that page and the most glaring thing was a monthly fee of $260 a month for 120 months at an 18% interest rate on about a 17k loan!!! Are you kidding me? Her manager then goes to tell us we’re in luck because we “prequalified” to be in their upper tier and would receive the best credit options available. Now, mind you neither my wife or I have provided them with any info such as SSN, so how have we prequalified for anything without you at least being able to run a soft pull?
So I asked if we could step away to discuss it amongst ourselves, to which we both agreed it would be a hard no. I also work in sales myself, so I completely understood their tactics and how to deal with customer pushback, so that knowledge gave me an edge on standing firm on a no. Shockingly, they didn’t try to push anymore after we let them know we aren’t willing to fit another bill into our budget and would be passing on their opportunity, but they tried to guilt us that any future opportunity would cost us more and not be as good. After that, we were asked to take an exit survey and I already told my wife, when that was mentioned to us, they would try a second pitch.
Sure enough, the guy tried to get us to purchase a $3000 option that would only last 2 years and get us 200k points. We stood firm on our no with him as well and, after giving us a disgusted look, took us to a desk to receive our gifts. We were able to escape this foolishness by standing firm and not giving in, but there are many who have not been as fortunate and are stuck with something that brings them no value and empty bank accounts.
If you find yourself in that situation I’d getting trapped into a presentation, I highly encourage you to ask for dummy numbers before you provide any kind of SSN or anything they can use to run your credit without your consent so you can make a much more informed decision and please think a bit more on the whole “investment” for yourself and future generations piece because what exactly do you get to own if essentially any and every “owner” can go when they please and there are so many locations? Why are you having to pay a mortgage? What mortgage are you paying exactly and why do the future generations have to be stuck and suffer through continuing those “maintenance” fees and also go into debt?
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2021
My wife and I were on vacation in San Antonio, when she was approached at Sea World by someone asking her to attend a Wyndham timeshare presentation. After speaking with this man for quite some time, she agreed to have us attend. When we arrived at this presentation, we were told about all the benefits of being owners with Wyndham, we could visit their resorts all over the world, we would have the ability to travel whenever and wherever we wanted, and the real estate investment that we were making that would continue to grow in value over the years. I asked MANY times if this was a timeshare and EVERY SINGLE TIME, I was told by the sales staff that this was NOT A TIMESHARE, but vacation ownership.
Everything we were told was a lie! Only now, after agreeing to make this purchase and attempting to actually use it over the last few years, have we learned the truth. There is no value to these points, this IS IN FACT a timeshare, our children are going to be saddled with this burden, and not a single “benefit” is usable. AVOID Wyndham at all costs, this a complete scam!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2021
Doing business with Wyndham has been an absolute nightmare. I have been an owner for several years but since my last upgrade in July 2021, I have been severely unhappy. I had finally used my points for the first time to go to Daytona Beach and while checking in, I was forced to attend an update meeting. I made it clear that I did not want to buy any more, but I was told the meeting was strictly to review changes.
As you may have guessed, this turned in to a sales meeting. I already had a contract with another timeshare and was told that if I traded it in, I’d get a better interest rate on the $8,000 I still owed on my current Wyndham contract. It turns out that instead of refinancing my current contract, they upgraded it! I should have suspected something when my sales rep told me not to tell the finance officer that I was refinancing.
By the time I met with the finance person, I was having a panic attack and instead of doing anything to comfort or help me, I was taken back to the sales rep who proceeded to guilt trip me in to completing the purchase. Now I have more debt than I started with and must pay for ANOTHER 10 years. The monthly payments and the maintenance fees have gone up from what I paid before the upgrade. I was swindled by these people that promised me a “refinance”. Avoid these snake oil salesman at all costs!
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2021
Stay away from Wyndham Vacations and their sales pitch! They are dishonest in their presentations. The Discovery membership is a 400,000 point program but what Wyndham is doing is selling "IF AVAILABLE" properties. The book says that 80+ properties are available but the salesperson says many more properties are available but they're not. In my case they never gave us a copy of the contract I signed on his tablet. They give you a telephone number to call if any problems or issues. 8 calls later and the calls go to voicemail and they won't return the call. I've called 5 times this week alone. I finally filed a dispute with Barclays Bank, which oversees the Wyndham account. They show you a newer unit but their actual properties look more like 10 to 15 year old hotel rooms. They said I could use Wyndham hotel points but that's not true. Bottom line, stay away from the Wyndham Vacation Property people!
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2021
I will never make the mistake of doing business with Wyndham again. It has been a complete nightmare. I have tried to handle things with them directly, but they have no interest it seems. They will not reach out to you after voicing your concerns. It seems they want to sever all communication after the sale because they know they sold the contract wrongfully. Don't expect anyone from Wyndham to tell you the truth about what you're buying. I bet they tell you what you want to hear and then leave you stranded and unsure after your purchase. Your maintenance fees will escalate to unreasonable amounts that they never tell you! This company has a foundation of lies and deceit and will get you for your hard earned money, no chance I would tell my worst enemy about Wyndham!
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2021
My wife and I decided to look at a timeshare because we want to start traveling more. We were in Las Vegas on a weekend getaway and decided to see the Club Wyndham Grand Desert at 265 E. Harmon Ave. Las Vegas. The direction we received advised that the resort was just off the strip, actually it was over a mile away in a rundown part of town and let me tell you, it was not a safe place to walk. We arrived and watched what I call a feel good video and had a lecture about the vacation club and all its benefits. Mistake number 1, we were interested after the video and lecture and met with our sales rep. David. David, who was a nice young man but could not answer a lot of our questions.
David, brought in a “Manager” to assist him and who answered every one of our questions with a smile and a lie. We asked all the tough questions and he responded by saying that "Wyndham is not like others and we don’t work like that, we are up front and honest." Mistake number 2, we felt good about his responses to our questions and we continued on. The last and most important question was, "What if my wife or I get sick or die, can we get out of the timeshare?" He told us we would need to fill out a form with the reason, a board meets and makes a decision and it’s usually granted.
Mistake 3 on our part, was that we started to feel comfortable and decided to take the next step, which was getting qualified. David came back to our table with a smile on his face and said that we were “A” tier, which is the top of the line and would be entitled to all its discounts and benefits, which were huge. David then advised that we would go on a tour of the resort, which we did and the first place we went to was a very nice 4 bedroom suite. We asked to see a smaller suite because most of the time it would be just my wife and I have to admit, it was very nice. While looking at the suites, my wife started checking the Consumer Affairs for reviews of the Wyndham Vacation Club and I checked Yelp. Holy Crap were the reviews horrible, anywhere from sales people lying to them about all the questions they asked to people not being allowed out of the contract even gravely ill or having a partner who died.
It wasn’t just one bad review here and there, it was hundreds of reviews, that just slammed the Club and its horrible sales staff. At that point, my wife and I decided to leave and told David. He was visibly upset but said that he understood and took us back to his desk. While sitting at his desk, he told us that he needed to close out our tour and would be right back, he came back with a “Manager.”
The manager asked if we would just sit down and look at the numbers, which we did and then came mistake number 4. The manager presented us with the numbers and he said that we were highly qualified and qualified for the VIP package. The package was $106400 at 17.99% with a monthly payment of $1346 and a maintenance fee of over $242.30 a month and $32,025 down, are you kidding me? I asked the manager if the maintenance fee ever goes up and he said very little. He told us in the last 8 years it has only gone up $1 a year, this I found hard to believe.
We stood up and told them we were leaving, the manager ran from our table to his office and came back with another quote. This time, the offer was for just over $40,964 at 15.99%, $12,394 down, over $512 a month and maintenance fees of over $100 a month. At this point we were fed up with all the ** and told them, "We are done" and now we made mistake number 5, we let them send us to another closer, who tried to sell us the package again and when we said no again, they tried to sell us a 2 year package to see if we liked it.
It was our fault for staying there that long but I can tell you, NEVER EVER BUY FROM THEM!!! A couple hours later I received an email and found that I was approved for a Wyndham credit card for a large amount. At no point in any conversation that we had with any of the staff was applying for a credit card ever mentioned. Now that is FRAUD and DECEPTIVE practices if I have ever heard of.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2021
Wyndham is such a joke! Their salespeople are lying vultures that will tell you anything to make a buck. It’s like they have no conscience. My wife and I went to a presentation since we were offered a free 2-night vacation in exchange. While there, we dealt with 3 different vultures that really turned up the charm when we mentioned our grandchildren. All of a sudden, they pushed really hard on selling us “memories”. They have no problem with guilting you into a purchase and using children to their advantage. When they are done using your family against you, the lies start!
We did like the exclusivity that was offered and the extra income potential we’d have by renting out our points. Too bad it wasn’t true. When we were fooled in to upgrading, they said our payments would not go up, but they did…significantly. No one told us about the cancellation period either, so we are stuck with this. To make matters worse, when you finally get to book a vacation, there are more vultures trying to pull you in to another presentation and when you decline, they start calling your room! If you sign up with Wyndham, be prepared to have the least relaxing vacation you have ever taken.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2021
We own two Wyndham timeshares and were tricked into purchasing more points under false pretenses. This company will lie, cheat, and steal to get business. We regret ever becoming owners and want out.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2021
What a scam! Wyndham swindled me out of THOUSANDS of dollars! Their salespeople are so good at deceiving you and lying to make a buck. I have owned this timeshare since 2016 and have been disappointed the entire time. One major selling point was being able to travel anywhere, any time. That simply isn’t true. There is never any availability. What’s worse is that I have paid so much for this timeshare yet, if you go online through any travel website, there is availability and for FAR less money! I have never been able to take a vacation and with the amount I have spent, I could have traveled the country for a month!

Reviewed Oct. 12, 2021
Do yourself a favor and don’t buy a timeshare from Wyndham. We have had too many headaches dealing with them! The “short” presentation ended up being 5 hours long. All those hours wasted while we sat there being lied to. The sales staff are shady liars! These are some of the things we were told that are not true that were omitted altogether:
OMISSION: 14.99% interest rate. We never knew the true loan cost, just the monthly payment.
LIE: We’d be able to sell the timeshare at any time. No one will buy it! Even eBay has listings for under $5.00 with no bites.
OMISSION: There was a cancellation period that they obviously did not want us knowing about.
LIE: There is availability everywhere! In reality, it is very difficult to make reservations and the website is not user-friendly.
OMISSION: Maintenance fees. We were not told that we’d owe these fees even after the mortgage is paid off, let alone that they increase annually at shocking rates.
This purchase has been the worst financial pit that we have ever been in! There has been no payoff for the thousands that we have dumped in to Wyndham’s lap.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2021
Please, anyone reading this, do yourself a favor and stay away from WorldMark. Doing business with them was one of the worst decisions my husband and I have EVER made. Their salespeople lie to get you to buy a timeshare. They’ll tell you anything you want to hear. We were told that this purchase would be a financial investment in vacation real estate with the ability to write it off on our taxes…but there is no monetary value or tax benefit! Their salespeople also told us we could use the timeshare for a few years and get out whenever we wanted. They neglected to tell us there is no cancellation plan, no buyback plan, NOTHING.
When they tell you that Maintenance fees will not go up, that’s a lie too. What’s worse is that they pressure you in to buying with fake promos and “one time only” deals. Every time an offer was declined, they offered a better deal, the only catch being that if we left the presentation, it would never be offered again. We have been so disappointed by this purchase that we wouldn’t recommend this to an enemy, let alone a friend!
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2021
Dealing with WorldMark is horrible, plain and simple! My husband and I have been owners for more than a decade and have not been able to take many vacations because of the total lack of availability. The sales staff lies and always tries to rope you in to buying more points. When we have talked about the difficult time we had with making reservations, the answer is to either book more than a year in advance or buy more points and boy, do they push to sell you MORE POINTS! Unfortunately, more points doesn’t solve the availability problem. It just means you pay even more to have the exact same issue! That’s not to mention the maintenance fees that go up EVERY year. With the amount we have spent on this timeshare, we could have traveled the world for a year!
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2021
Widowed and retired cancer survivor trying to exit Wyndham timeshare. Canadians beware, they will send your past dues to a US Collections and require US Notary only documents. Continue payments during the exit process.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2021
In September 2021, I attended an “owner update” at a Wyndham sales office in Nevada. I have over 18,000 points and a travel share member. I was offered a $100 Wyndham gift card for attending a one hour presentation that turned into 3 hours! Wyndham tried to sell me a basic 105,000 point membership for $17K loan and $6K down payment on my Barclays rewards credit card, no interest for 6 months only. The $17K loan had an interest rate of 13% for 10 years.
Their first misstep was to show my $140 monthly maintenance dues with no travel share information! They said I was not eligible for Wyndham Club Pass which is a lie because all of my points belong to the travel share program which cost me an additional $17 per month. This allows me to book any of the 80 Wyndham resorts available in the Club Pass program as a Worldmark owner! I will have to pay $99 each time I book a Wyndham resort but I DON’T need a separate Wyndham membership!
Also, if you decide to sell off your points, Wyndham Ovation farms it out to third party timeshare resellers. My $20K membership with upgrades will fetch only $8-$10K in the resale market! Don’t pay retail when you can pay 30 to 50 cents per point buying a resale timeshare with points or weeks attached. You won’t automatically get Travel Share and other perks but you will save thousands of dollars with a small mortgage of $10K or less. Expect monthly dues to increase! Mine have by $40 per month over a 10 year period. I love staying at Wyndham Worldmark properties. But I will NEVER attend another “owner update” sales pitch, misinformation marketing ploy ever again! They usually ask you to attend at check-in. Just say no! They can only entice with gift cards & free excursions. They can’t force you to attend.
If you have buyer’s remorse, Google how many calendar days the state you purchased the timeshare allows you to cancel (rescind the contract). It’s 5 calendar days in Nevada. This statement will be buried somewhere in the middle of your DocuSign contract. Make sure you read it closely for time limits, contract & new member number you will need to reference in your cancellation letter. You will need to send it certified mail or FedEx BEFORE your rescission period ends from date of purchase!
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2021
I work in a hospital, where we get dozens of spoofed robocalls each day. Each day, I have repeatedly asked WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS to place our facility on their do-not-call list. They refused, and the calls are getting sent to patient rooms, and the ER. I spoke with someone named, "Oscar," today, and informed him that he was calling a pediatric ER. I heard him laugh, then he hung up on me. I have also had customer service reps refuse to transfer me to a supervisor, and even curse at me, when I ask them to please remove our phone numbers from their directory. Really nice customer service, WYNDHAM. (Anyone who reads my review: If WYNDHAM RESORTS can blatantly call a pediatric hospital, without permission, laugh at them, or hang up when a caller is having an issue, what kind of customer experience do you think you are going to get if you sign up for one of their timeshares?
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2021
Wyndham is so good at sucking people in. Right off the bat, we were offered free tickets to Disney just for going to their timeshare presentation. We should have just paid for Disney tickets; it would have ended up costing us less, in fact, we could have taken the family to Disney once a month for a whole year. We went to the presentation and the one hour that we agreed to turned into SIX. Six straight hours of lies and pushy salespeople. Every time we said “no”, they pushed harder. We were given so much information all at once that it became almost a blur. They probably do that so it will be harder to catch their lies. We were told we would be “deed holders” with exclusive rights to “our” property.
This was also supposed to be an investment with equity in Wyndham real estate. Or so they said. None of that is true. They also purposely left out a lot of details too. The extreme difficulty to book a vacation, the maintenance fee increases, and more. Then you’ll get invited to “owner update meetings”. DO NOT fall for this! It’s another sales presentation to make you spend more money by upgrading. Save yourself the disappointment and just stay away from these scammers.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2021
On 9/9/2021 I fell on my way out of parking garage @ Wyndham's Ocean Blvd. SC. Incident was reported, witnesses present. Never got incident report. Impossible to contact Wyndham about incident besides email they don't answer. I seen online reports from lawyers stating that Wyndham won't call them back, won't settle after injury, total jerks. All they want is our money but no responsibility. With one word total fraudulent gangster. Don't get timeshares from them.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2021
I AM A PLATINUM MEMBER! 1st - I have loved Wyndham Timeshare resorts for years; and have referred them to 100's of my clients - many have spent over $100k based on my referral! However, this year and last, being especially difficult to travel, due to covid; I have booked and canceled a number of times. I was told on more than one occasion that I would receive my points, fees, housekeeping credits and guest passes back. Recently, I tried booking new reservations and was informed that I have no guest passes remaining; when I've only used about 4 out of 30 this year. I found out that I was told incorrect info and I lost all my guest passes. Now I have almost 1,000,000 points I can't use!! Their wrong info cost me thousands of dollars!!!! I've asked them to fix it; nothing so far. My recommendations will stop!!!!
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2021
Booked a room in Budd Lake NJ through Wyndham. Unfortunately their online service is slow and I "guess" I inadvertently booked two rooms for two nights. I found out my mistake when I called 24 hours before checking in. I was told they could do nothing and I would be stuck with paying for both rooms - even though I pushed enter twice on my computer because their online site had the processing wheel continually going around. When I asked to speak to someone who could help me with my problem I got to speak to 6 different people with heavy accents that had problems speaking English. I will book through Expedia, Booking.com or Travelocity - all of which have helped me in the past with good service. Wyndham points are worthless anyhow.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2021
1.) I was told I could cancel anytime, so I tried to cancel a week later, but was told I legally only had 5 days to cancel.
2.) When I was asked for my ID and Social Security number, I was never told it was in order to run my credit. They did that without my knowledge or permission.
3.) I was signed up for a $4,000 credit card without my knowledge.
4.) When I wrote to them to cancel my contract, I was ignored. It’s been over a month, and no one has contacted me.
5.) I was told my maintenance fees were to be $84 per month. There was never a mention about an annual increase of 5% or more and would last forever.
I have only had my contract since May 2021 and have had nothing but headaches over this. I hope anyone reading this will NEVER consider a purchase with this despicable company.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2021
When we stayed at a Club Wyndham in Orlando, we were offered a free breakfast and $25 gift card if we would attend a one-hour presentation. This presentation began with a video where they showed us how much money we could save on vacationing if we were to be owners. When we met with the sales representatives, they told us that we would be making a real estate investment that would extend to our children, that we were essentially purchasing a vacation home, and that we would be able to book vacations at any time through an “easy-to-use” website.
After we finally agreed to the purchase, the sale rep gave us his cell phone number and said that we could call at any time if we needed any assistance. Once we returned home, we went online to book some reservations, but could not understand the website. We had tried to call the representative that gave us their cell number MANY TIMES, but he never bothered to return a single call. When we were finally able to get some assistance through customer service, they booked a trip for us.
Imagine our surprise when we arrived and were required to attend ANOTHER sales presentation and told that we had to purchase MORE POINTS because what we owned wasn’t enough! We now have astronomical maintenance fees, continuous, seemingly never-ending mortgage payments, and EVERY TIME we attempt to visit there is continuous pressure to increase our membership. What type of company treats their clients this way? They only care about how much money we spend and view us as DOLLAR SIGNS, not VIP Owners!
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2021
I had a terrible experience with the customer service at Wyndham. I asked for my points to me transferred into the following year. I was told I needed to call six months in advance to move them. That I could not transfer my points. I have two children and with Covid it has been a tough year to schedule travel. When I disagreed with customer service and asked to speak with a supervisor. I was told there was no one above him and they could not transfer me like that. I said, "Ok. I would like to have a supervisor call or email me." They proceeded to hang up on me.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2021
RUN FROM WYNDHAM AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!! My husband and I were staying at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas when we were waved over to the Wyndham booth to speak with their representatives. We were told that we could receive free activity vouchers if we were to go on a tour of their property. Having never had any experience with timeshare, we had no idea what this would entail. After the tour, we were taken to a room with a sales representative that started telling us about the cost of ownership. EVERY SINGLE TIME we told them that the price was more than we wanted to spend, and we simply were not interested, they would lower the price and add more incentives. This happened several times. We were told that we could book any time we wanted with no restrictions or blackouts, any member of our family could use, and that this could be passed down to our children in the future.
NONE OF THIS WAS ACTUALLY TRUE! When we left, we were not provided with ANY documents; we were told that they were all on a flash drive we were given. Obviously, this meant that we could not look at any of these until we returned home. When we were able to view them when we returned home, we learned about all the lies that the employees had told us! This is a slick trick these scammers employ because we found that we could have cancelled the purchase within 5 days due to a law in the State of Nevada. We are now stuck with this purchase that can never be used. Do not trust anything these people tell you!
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2021
First and Foremost I am a 100% permanent and total disable veteran that served 20 years in the US Army. This company has no empathy for any situation such as COVID-19. I haven't been able to travel due to the fear of catching COVID. I did not utilize the timeshare promotions that I paid $3,000.00 for and I feel that Wyndham should have extended contracts out further than a max of 11 months during this worldwide Pandemic. I contacted Wyndham and they told me that my contract had expired and there was nothing else they could do for me in reference to an extension. Wow what a way to treat a Veteran that served 3 combat tours in Iraq. I will never ever do business with Wyndham and will ensure that I inform other family members, friends and my fellow Veterans.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2021
DON’T DO IT…STAY AWAY FROM WYNDHAM TIMESHARE!!! We received a phone call from a rep with Wyndham offering us a discounted trip to Branson, MO. At the time of check in we were informed that we would have to attend a one-hour presentation. The presentation took 4 LONG HOURS of our day. We explained that we didn’t have much money to the rep after we said yes to a small package that required a $5,000 down payment. He made us apply for the credit card and charged the $5,000 on that. This was the beginning of a long journey with this company.
The interest rate was not disclosed to us during the purchase, instead we were told not to worry because we can refinance for a lower one. THIS IS A LIE! NO BANK WILL REFINANCE A TIME SHARE! Every vacation we took we were asked to come to an “owners update” leading us to believe some things had changed. This was not the case as we were BADGERED every time to buy more points, until we did. When we finally stood our ground and said no, we were treated like we had a PLAGUE! Our monthly bill was raised to $1,200 and every time we attended a meeting, we were told a new lie. DO NOT LET THEM BAIT YOU, IT’S A WEB OF LIES YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF!!!
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2021
WYNDHAM OPENED A CREDIT CARD IN OUR NAME WITH A 25% INTEREST RATE WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION!! We were lied to from the moment we agreed to this 45 min presentation, that ended up being 4 hours long! We were promised 3 seven-day vacations free of charge, with no expiration date, we tried to use those vacations when time allowed and found out they were EXPIRED! The availability that they boast about is complete fiction, unless you want to go to Phoenix in July when it’s 120 degrees! Maintenance fees are constantly increasing on a yearly basis. They promised us so much and delivered on NOTHING! They have put me and my family in a financial bind, our savings has basically depleted and all thanks to the thieves at Wyndham.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2021
My husband and I were staying at Excalibur in Las Vegas and were approached by a woman offering dining and gambling vouchers if we attended a WorldMark timeshare presentation. We went at 9 am and were presented with huge “one-day only” discount. They tried to give me a credit card and I said no so they told us that we could finance a loan for the full mortgage with NO down payment. The fees would always stay the same and we could get a booking only two weeks in advance. Then came the real pressure. Three salespeople all talking to us at once, asking questions and wanting signatures.
They went so fast that we didn’t even know what was being signed. The contract closing was done in a private room over Zoom, and we never signed a document there. A loan originator on the Zoom meeting clicked “sign” for us WITHOUT OUR CONSENT. We tried to cancel on day 13 of the 14-day cancellation period we were advised of and got told we only had 10 days! After trying to get this resolved with no luck, we got a case opened with Owner Resolutions but have never heard from the case manager. I did not get a copy of the contract until later and that’s when I found out we only had 5 days to cancel!! We also noticed TWO other lines of credit on our credit reports. They signed us up for different credit cards without consent to cover our down payment! Stay away from WorldMark! They are deceitful manipulators and essentially are committing fraud!!
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2021
We have given Wyndham so much of our money because of this DREADED timeshare. We are so deep in debt because of the mandatory owners’ meetings they make us attend every time we walk into their resorts and pressure us to buy a low-rate vacation. Looking back now none of it is worth it. Wyndham totally took advantage of me; I’ve had 5 brain surgeries and been battling brain cancer since 2003. I get very tired quickly, I get blurry vision & I get confused from time to time. I let our Wyndham sales rep know this yet they would keep me there for 6-8 hours with no food, so every contract I signed was under duress.
These meetings would always make us feel as though we were being held hostage until we bought more points. They always promised they would lower the interest rate & take thousands off their sales price making us feel crazy if we turned down their offers. I am so sorry that I ever got involved with Wyndham! I cannot sleep at night because I feel like I let my finance down. He trusted my judgment and we ended up way over $100,000 in debt. We are in the process of selling our house, so I do not go bankrupt. That is what Wyndham has done to us, I share this so that others don’t fall victim to their SCAMS!
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2021
Writing about a specific incident before I expand to all of Wyndham... Early this morning, I was in Vegas and doing it right (Vegas is a one and done for me). Before I went to sleep at 4 AM I got on my Club Wyndham profile to double check my upcoming vacations (2 of them, 1 today in Indio, CA and another 3 days from now in San Diego, CA). Somehow in my stupor, I accidentally canceled both reservations. We noticed it right away and my wife called within 5 minutes to rectify the mistake. Please pay attention to the word MISTAKE. I am very displeased because there is nothing that can be done about it. My reservation, points, reservation points are all gone.
Now, I am an adult and I do understand that there is nothing in black and white saying I should get those back, I have just lost faith in Wyndhams customer service. If this was any situation that wouldn't warrant it being called a mistake, I would have zero problems with the outcome. They have made it crystal clear that their clients are just numbers for a spreadsheet. I would not advise any company on taking these measures for customer service in any form (I am a change agent).
I will now relate this to something that happened about 2 weeks ago with Amazon. My kids ordered about $60 worth of apps on their tablets. As soon as I got the notification I asked questions to find out exactly what happened and then called Amazon to explain it. Their policy is clear, all app purchases are nonrefundable. I talked to the representative and it was understood that this was a one time mistake. They took off the charges with a one time exception and the rep sent me an email with instructions on how to properly set up parental controls. Now there are things that I dislike about Amazon however customer service is not one. I would recommend their customer service to someone in an instant.
Now on to other Wyndham observations...
- Their sales associates are extremely pushy. So much that at one time I had to stand up and tell ol' boy to tone down the verbal harassment of my wife because I am not the one.- Free parking is not included at their locations.
- Website is manageable but could be better organized.
- Mx fees are constant, I believe that we should only pay max fees when actively using the timeshares or properties (I unfortunately work ~60 hrs/week and am rarely able to use my timeshare).
If you have taken the time to read this: First off thank you. You are a trooper. Secondly, I hope I accurately conveyed the root cause of failure. If you are reading this and you are Wyndham: Suck less tomorrow.
Reviewed July 30, 2021
We stayed at the travel lodge by Wyndham and my family and I witnessed at stabbing at hotel and were denied a refund. We booked through priceline and were also refused a refund by priceline. Horrible experience.
Reviewed July 28, 2021
My brother & his wife & I went to a presentation today in North Myrtle Beach & everything was fine with our original presenter. Then when we let him know we would not be purchasing due to the cost another associate came over and became increasingly aggressive. No matter how many times I assured him we could not afford it, he spoke over us and said I know it isn't the money. It began to feel like he was accusing us of lying to him. I asked if we could please have the exit survey and he walked away.
A third associate came over and ushered us into another room. He then aggressively began pitching us "the greatest deal that we could never say no to". I then said no 3 more times. He continued on with his deal of the century. I finally told him that he was annoying and that if I were to ever purchase a timeshare it would never be from Wyndham. He then threw the paper towards us and told us to get out! I believe the associates could benefit from a sales seminar regarding how important listening skills are for sales associates. What started as a pleasant presentation turned into a three hour bullying session.
Reviewed July 28, 2021
While walking around in Las Vegas my wife & I were approached by a salesman who offered us free lunch and tickets to a Vegas show in exchange for attending a 1-hour presentation. That turned out to be untrue, as we spent at least 6 hours being berated by 4 different salesmen. It was not until they offered to open a cc to pay for the timeshare that I learned I had a credit freeze. The only way to remove this was to go back to the hotel where my personal computer was to retrieve my password as I could not remember it. They had a Wyndham salesman walk us all the way to our room.
At the time it was just odd but now I see what a red flag that was. They did not trust us enough to come back. After the purchase I was surprised by a lot that was not disclosed to me at the time of signing. I had no idea that even after it was paid in full, I would still have to pay a monthly fee FOR LIFE! They told us this could be passed down to our kids but never the fact that they would inherit any sort of fees. In any way that Wyndham can deceive & disappoint, they will. Stay away from this timeshare trap!
Reviewed July 20, 2021
62 yr. ** woman trying to retired which look impossible to do. I was approached in the Springfield Mall by a gentleman that asked If I like to travel, I said yes but I had to get back to work. He coerced me into having a conversation with a 20-dollar gift card. I agreed to the presentation. He started to immediately pressure me and tell all kinds of lies.
4 different salespeople came by and fed me with all the same lies! They all were so pushy and today was the last day of their promotion for the “deal” that I was being offered, so I had to decide right there on the spot. I kept saying NO! Then they changed tactics and explained how different they are from other timeshare, and I could travel anywhere at any time I wanted. They offered me a foreclosed unit that they claimed was previously owned by a client that had upgraded and there was another couple interested in buying it, so hurry up and decide.
The contract was rushed through. They failed to mention the CREDIT CARD FRAUD they had committed, by opening a line of credit for me and charged it $2,500 for my down payment. This process was so exhausting, and I was ABSOLUTELY MISINFORMED every step of the way! Do not fall for the dream destinations, you will never get there with Wyndham!
Reviewed July 20, 2021
We spent over $10,000 to get a free hotel night once a year, are you serious??? This mess with Club Wyndham Grand Desert started because we were offered a tour of their new hotel, free lunch & a $100 Visa gift card, in exchange we attended their sales presentation. We had no idea what we were getting into by agreeing to this.
On that day, right after lunch we were quickly brought into a closed room and assigned a salesperson. At first, we thought their sales pitch was nice, but after we said no, they quickly became aggressive. We had a team of about five different people trying to close us. This was incredibly uncomfortable & the pressure of it broke us. We ended up purchasing the lowest number of points, which turns out is barely enough points for a ONE NIGHT STAY!!! Now we are stuck with an enormous amount of debt for something we have used once! Quite frankly, we do not want this worthless timeshare & feel we were coerced into this purchase.
Reviewed July 14, 2021
This company has no empathy for situation or their clients whatsoever. We haven't been able to travel due to serious health issues. We do not utilize this timeshare anymore and will never moving forward. Anytime we try to contact the timeshare we are ignored as if we do not matter. We were told at the time of sale that we could vacation wherever we wanted to. They also told us we could cancel anytime. Neither were true as we could never get reservations and they will not allow us to exit the timeshare now. We just want out of this timeshare as it is draining us.
Reviewed July 2, 2021
We were at the New York-New York hotel in Las Vegas when I was approached by some Wyndham representatives. Initially, they asked if we were guests of the hotel and if we wanted some free vouchers. Then they said they would give us the free vouchers for food or gambling and a free hotel stay but we would need to attend their short 90-minute presentation.
We were in that room for over 4 hours! We thought this would be a quick presentation, so we had our young children with us. Our children became increasingly more restless and hungrier as the hours went by. Instead of being sympathetic, the sales staff utilized this as a way to pressure us into a purchase. We were told that this would be an investment opportunity, we could take a minimum of two vacations per year, that we could resell this at any time or rent our timeshare points for a profit, and that the Hawaii vacations we wanted would be easily obtainable and available. They also signed me up for a high interest credit card to offset the Maintenance fees.
These are all lies, and we found out later that you can buy a timeshare on the internet for $1 and it is virtually worthless for resale. They never told us that our children must inherit this when we pass away and the maintenance fees continue to increase forever and the children would have little hope of selling it. The reward points from paying the Maintenance fees on their high interest credit card do not even come close to offsetting the monthly fees. They did not mention the fact that the $6,000 charge (down payment) they put on the card was nonrefundable.
When we returned home, we discovered that they never gave us a copy of the contract! When I sent a letters to Windham requesting to terminate the agreement, a representative called me and when I said I want all communication is writing, they said they do not have time to write back to all the owners… I could go on and on, this has been the worst experience and it's never-ending! Do not buy anything from Wyndham or trust a word they say.
Reviewed June 28, 2021
We had a wonderful presentation but we're forced to buy that day only vs sleeping on it. Then at the checkout it was another ploy to get us to buy something! We would have but we're exhausted after 2 hrs already and had they started with the cheaper one first. 2 weeks later, somehow they signed me up for the reward credit card which I had no idea they did that!
Reviewed June 25, 2021
I am writing this to file complaint with Wyndham Vacation Ownership. If I could give a zero star, I would do so. They said with your vacation package you can book with them almost anywhere whenever you want. This is not the case at all. We can never book where we want and when we want. There are always no room available during the normal vacation time. I setup an auto payment to pay monthly fee to them. And there is problem with the payment for three months. They never really let us know and instead, they got a collection agents and charge us additional 100 dollars more for missing a three hundreds dollars payments.
This company just try their best to steals people's money and always try to ask you buy additional points and doesn't deliver good service or accommodations. I really should have checked this website before I joined them. I have nothing but bad experience with them. They should be out of business. I know a lot of customers have similarly complaints.
Reviewed June 24, 2021
I have never dealt with a more money hungry organization than Wyndham, and these maintenance fees are outright ridiculous. Just using the timeshare is an extreme battle, and I don't why I have to pay a fee to book a room. These points that Wyndham promises are so good, they don't even cover the cost of my room to travel? This is the entire reason I purchased to travel for cheap, but that has all been a lie since the day I signed the contract.
Reviewed June 24, 2021
I feel scammed into signing up with Wyndham. The nightmare began in 2018 when I entered a drawing at a local craft fair for a vacation prize. Me being me did it for the heck of it as I never get lucky and win anything. About a month later I received a call that I had won a "fly away" Package with 4 airfare tickets and a dinner gift card and I would have to attend the presentation to receive. I went in knowing or "thinking" I would not purchase as I did not have the money to "invest" in timeshare as I was only 27 years old.
In sitting down with the salesperson he convinced me the money I would be "saving" and "I could cancel when I wanted." I was with my mother and we specifically stated we could not afford a monthly payment, at this time the sales rep stated "who says there is a monthly payment." He convinced me that I could have a package deal that would not be a monthly payment and would be a one time annual fee of $1700 and with this I would be a perks member, get quarterly party weekends for $250 and would receive 21 days of vacation time per year.
The timeshare membership was a points timeshare so I did not even realize I was locked in to a timeshare, I believed this was a membership. The sales rep convinced me that this deal was a good deal and was only good for that day. Because I was in a place where I wanted to travel more and was trying to be open minded I accepted this "wonderful opportunity." I never heard from the sales rep again to check in/follow up or anything. WHAT I DID NOT KNOW was that I was now obligated to a Mortgage of $250 per month plus monthly maintenance fees of $65 (at the time) Sooo this is more than my car payment that I did not agree to or know I was purchasing-remember we said we could not do a monthly payment.
I filled out a credit application not knowing it was for a mortgage loan, I thought it was to qualify for the "package deal" not to open another loan. This is a debt that is now in my name that I did not agree to or know of what was actually happening otherwise I would have never even sat there for an additional 3 hours after the 90 min presentation listening and signing paperwork. The best part is when I found out that my package that I am now obligated to paying $330 per month plus an $ 8 processing fee to process my payment (not sure how this is even legal) is only equal to about a 5-7 day vacation I about lost it as I was "supposed to be saving money."
As many people have said "If I had known I would have never done it," exactly this is why they scam you and you are the one stuck with a mortgage that you did not anticipate and the lines become clear when it's too late. Save the time and energy. DO NOT ATTEND A PRESENTATION, THERE ARE MUCH BETTER WAYS TO VACATION THAN BEING STUCK WITH A DEBT. Thank you Wyndham for being the first to affect my credit, as I have always had great credit until you scammed me into a mortgage that I now cannot pay, why would they care, it's not their credit. As far as they are concerned you signed the contract... There are many class action lawsuits on this company for these reasons, and I will be taking my complaint to the BBB.
Reviewed June 21, 2021
More than 10 years ago I made the mistake of buying a Wyndham timeshare. My ex-wife and I were enticed with free hotel room stays to attend a timeshare presentation. They make it sound like the best thing ever and get you all excited about going on vacation and how it's so great for your kids and how if you can use it you can just rent it out to help pay for your timeshare and there's no way you can lose. They also tell you, you can use your points for rental cars, hotel rooms, cruises, flights, and more.
First off, the hotel vouchers were impossible to use. It was supposed to be 5 nights but you can only use them 1 at a time during the week. We went to book our first trip and absolutely nothing was available that we wanted to do. You have to plan a year ahead. We tried to book hotel rooms...nothing was ever available. The only time we ever used it was for a car rental and we still had to pay $300 for the rental car. This is the biggest scam ever. DO NOT make the mistake I did. Now I'm divorced and still tied to my ex through this horrible Wyndham timeshare. Worst mistake of my life.
Reviewed June 19, 2021
Bought 15 years ago and are "founding members" now. A lot of good that does us. We spend tens of thousands of dollars each year in maintenance fees and WyndSham keeps changing their policies/rules to make it more and more difficult to use the DEEDED POINTS WE PAY AN ARM AND A LEG FOR. Their latest "update?" No guests allowed at any of their popular resorts over weekends or around/on holidays. Do they notify their owners? Nope. Just post it on their website, then they can point to their site when they cancel reservations on owners without warning.
We were sold millions of points with the promise that we could rent anything unused to not only cover our maintenance fees, but to make a bit of a profit. Well then Wyndham came out with their own "rental" program and decided all those owners were their competition. Corporate greed at its worst. Totally disgusted by Wyndham. DO NOT BUY INTO THEIR LIES!!!
Reviewed June 18, 2021
Attention potential Wyndham timeshare buyers – if you are coerced into buying a timeshare, you can legally cancel your contract, but they won’t tell you about that. Our first experience with Wyndham was when we received a call offering us a discounted trip to Las Vegas if we were to attend one of their sales presentations. This presentation was MUCH longer than the promised 90-minutes; we spent over 3 hours there! Throughout the entire meeting, we were continually told about all the alleged benefits of Wyndham ownership; we could travel when and where we pleased, that this would be a real estate investment that we could rent out to pay for the maintenance fees, and that we could pass this on to our children for them to benefit from in the future.
When we asked for the night to sleep on our decision, we were told that we had to decide immediately or that the price would no longer be honored, so we reluctantly purchased. Nothing that we were told has turned out to be true! There is never availability at the places you want to go and there are so many fees just to travel, which is on top of mortgage payments and annual maintenance fees that are constantly on the rise. Plus, we are continually coerced into attending additional sales presentations where we are pressured into upgrades that are supposed to solve our issues. None of this is true! Had we been told at any of these meetings that we had a legal cancellation period, we would have taken advantage, but this was always kept from us. This company is terrible and unethical!
Reviewed June 4, 2021
In 2015, I was under the age of 25 when I signed the timeshare. Since my mom was with me they convinced her to sign with me. This was on purpose as she is the primary on the account while I am the one who paid for the timeshare. Fast forward to November 2020, I want to cancel my timeshare, and they will let me. However, I will get no money. This is crazy, but I just want out because the maintenance fees increase every year. They have gone up over $30 a month since 2015.
Now, when they say I can cancel it, they tell me it will take at least 4 months. I say, "Okay, and while you are working on this, I am requesting my money in interest back as authorized in the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)." They then tell my mother (who did not request to invoke the SCRA) that she does not qualify. Of course, she does not because she was not in the military and did not send the request, I did. So I tell them they replied to the wrong person, I get the run around from the “CARE” team, the managers, and even the Twitter account.
Since no one could answer my questions, I get a lawyer involved. When I do, they tell me no one in the entire Wyndham company can talk to me but a lawyer. So I asked them for the lawyers' information, and no one can give it to me even though my lawyer could not get it and asked me for it. To get any help, my attorney and I had to send a letter saying I am no longer using an attorney. I do that in February 2021 and get some help.
Fast forward to April 2021, I have not heard back from Wyndham. I reached back out, they tell me that the letter does not mean anything, and they still cannot help me. Therefore, I reach out to the Wyndham Twitter account again, and then I get some help. However, I have not heard anything since then, and I am still being charged the monthly maintenance fee and cannot use the timeshare. Additionally, I tried to reach out via Twitter again, as that seems to be the only way to get someone to help me, and they blocked me. Therefore, I am trying to get help from the Consumer affairs/Federal trade commission. This issue has been a nightmare. I just want to be done with Wyndham.
Reviewed May 27, 2021
I attended a presentation with Wyndham because I was offered free attraction tickets to events in Gatlinburg, TN. When I arrived at their presentation, I was paired with both a senior member of their sales staff and a trainee, both of whom were very pushy. They continuously told me that this was the type of purchase that would allow me to leave a legacy, have financial freedom, and that because I owned a travel business myself, I could rent this out and make a significant profit. I finally gave in because I believed it would benefit my business and was explicitly told MULTIPLE TIMES that this was not a timeshare.
I have taken seven different trips within the United States and tried to use this for my hotel stays. There has not been a single time where that has been possible! When I called Wyndham for assistance, I was told that I would have to pay MORE money to book, even though I can see availability online through other travel sites! This company has lied to me from the beginning!
Reviewed May 26, 2021
After getting our contract with this headache of a company we couldn't even get into the online platform to book a vacation for months. That’s just the beginning! After finally being able to log in we saw that we had been completely lied to about our points and what it would take just to book a room. After that we found that we couldn't even book a room with them at all even if our dates were flexible. We literally have never used this thing and they will not release us from our contract. On top of that they continually increase our maintenance fees (Something they never mentioned when we signed the contract) which is getting way too much for something we don't use. We just want to be out from under this financial burden that we can't even utilize.
Reviewed May 20, 2021
An absolute nightmare and lie. We are not sure how these people sleep at night. They are no help whatsoever. Since the moment that we got into this debt we have had money problems, personal problems, we have had to pay a debt with another. The timeshare has been paid on time, while maxing out a credit card and struggling with other payments. We had trouble booking reservations on dates that we wanted or had designated for vacationing. It turned into, practically having to ask permission to the hotel dates to then schedule our vacation dates at work. Which at the end we had to do while having to go to work on "our vacation". It has caused us stress, anxiety and relationship differences.
Our emotions were played with when we were told they could sell it for us, then told us we could not use the points meanwhile it was on a "resale process". That we had to continue to pay monthly for them to sell it and us not ruin my husbands credit. Then were told that we had to pay them additional money to have them sell it. They said the process could take a little over a year, so during that time we had to continue to pay it, without using any points, plus pay them for the resell, meanwhile during that "resale time" if it took longer than a year we would also continue losing points and more money.
This would continue to negatively impact our lives due to all of the financial situations we have had. We won't be able to buy a home or an additional car at any point. Something that we considered some kind of a blessing is a burden. Loss of sleep, anxiety, stress and situations thinking about the money being spent and not getting anything out of it. This company has no empathy at all for our situation and has lied and mislead us throughout the whole process.
Reviewed May 20, 2021
In August 2018, we were visiting one of the Wyndham properties in Nashville when we were approached & asked to attend an owner update meeting. We eventually gave in because we were promised that it would be brief. At the presentation, we were pressured & bullied into this purchase for hours! At one point, we were surrounded by members of the Wyndham sales staff, all of whom were pushing us to decide right away. We really felt that we had no choice! We soon learned that everything that they told us to entice us to make a purchase was untrue! These resorts are not exclusive, the RCI exchange is not 'included,' and the maintenance fees continue to rise every year.
In 2020 I called Wyndham to take my ex-husband off the contract. This should have been a simple, clerical transaction, yet they tricked me into an additional contract that had over $25,000 in debt! When I noticed the amount deducted from my charge card I was shocked! No matter how many times I have called they will not help me. They just keep telling me that my only option is to pay off the debt faster. What kind of company is this?
Reviewed May 20, 2021
My husband and I were married in Vegas. We were approached by a Wyndham associate about a free tour of Elvis’s penthouse suite at the Wyndham for a preview of their program. We went through the same song and dance everyone else did and of course then trying to get the most $$ deposit and when you said it’s too expensive they always come back with another option of which we bought into. We lost $1500 and tried to book stays and the locations were horrible and NEVER available when we wanted our stay. DO NOT buy into this timeshare scam!
Reviewed May 19, 2021
In 2007, we received a call from Wyndham offering us a gift card for attending a meeting at their office in Colorado Springs. While we were told over the phone that this would only take an hour of our time, we were forced to stay in that room for over 5 hours! During this meeting, we were led to believe that this was an investment that we would be making in our family’s future that would allow us to have an asset to pass on to our children, that we could rent if we were unable to travel due to our military commitments, or that could be sold at a profit if we were ever wanting to no longer be owners.
When we returned home, we were excited about the idea of being able to travel as a family and utilize this purchase. We quickly learned that this was not as simple as we had been led to believe. The reservation system is not user friendly, the number of points that we were sold are useless to actually book anything, and any timeframe that we would want to use is never available! In the nearly 15 years that we have been “owners”, we have only been able to use this twice. Both times we were subjected to “owner meetings” where we were put through this same sales presentation. When we expressed our frustration with our experience, we were told that we need to purchase more points to alleviate the problems. This is not the case at all! Now we just owe more and more money on something that is impossible to use. This company is the worst!
Reviewed May 18, 2021
My wife and I were visiting San Antonio, TX when we were approached by a Wyndham representative and asked if we wanted to attend a sales presentation about vacation opportunities. The gifts offered were very enticing, so we accepted. When we arrived at the resort, there was a presentation followed by a tour of the property. We were then seated with a saleswoman who started pressuring us into purchasing this package that was quite expensive. I told her that her offer, even at half the price, was more than we were going to spend and that we would like to leave.
Instead of allowing us to do so, they told us that we needed to speak to yet another person about our “free gifts” which was really just ANOTHER pitch about some “special weekend pricing”. After 5 hours, I finally gave in and agreed, especially because I believed that this was an asset that would retain its value and that the resorts were exclusive. None of this was true! You can book rooms at these resorts all over the internet! Do not fall for their games!
Reviewed May 15, 2021
Wyndham is one of the largest Resort/Hotel/Motel chains in the world. Since we are members we have To support where our money goes, besides, they have some of the nicest places we have ever stayed. Also, they have locations in almost every place we have traveled or wanted to travel.
Reviewed May 11, 2021
I wanted to book on specific dates and was locked out. The way they tried to upgrade the vacation packages were with some of high pressure sales tactic employed and were led to believe what we are getting is the best deal on the planet. They also stated that the timeshare will be passed to our children. So far we have invested $165000 to them and still owes them about $129,000. Look, we are 76 years old and we cannot afford the mortgage of $2500 and maintenance fee of $460 monthly. My wife was recently laid off and we cannot afford to pay them this sum of money. We just wanted to get out of this predicament and get rid of the timeshare.
Reviewed May 9, 2021
I am a disabled veteran and have service connected disabilities. I am unable to travel for long periods of time. We purchased our timeshare contract in August of 2019 and to this day have not even used it. The tactics they used trying to get us to sign the contract have to be illegal in some sort of way. They promised us the world and it was all lies! We have never used this because we can not afford it and will never use it or continue to pay for this. Every time we contact the timeshare they are relentless in their pursuit to be the worst company ever and never assist in any form at all. We just want to move on with our lives and be out of this contract.
Reviewed April 28, 2021
I am truly appalled at the condition of this hotel. The customer service from the hostess was ridiculous. The room reeked of cigarette smoke. There are holes in the walls that were poorly patched. The entrance is covered in garbage and debris. The floors in the elevators are filthy and missing tiles. The nightstand has fluid all over it that was never cleaned. I’m in the traveling Healthcare industry so I spend about 8 months a year in hotels. Cross Wyndham off my list. Never again. Ramada by Wyndham. 1901 Palm Beach Lakes. West Palm Beach FL 33409. Myself and my crew will be checking out as soon as possible. Disgusting filth.
Reviewed April 26, 2021
My husband and I purchased Wyndham back in 2016 on my son’s 1st birthday. We were invited to attend a 90 minute meeting with Wyndham. It turned out to be the WHOLE ENTIRE day. It was hot and tiresome, but the amenities and the salesperson was very attentive and even told us we could use this for last minute trips and could pass it on to our children in the future, that it was a good investments. A few years down the line, this turned into a nightmare. The last time we used our points, it was back in 2018 and the room was so outdated. We were very displease and when we arrived we were told to go to a desk. When we arrived at the desk, we were told to join another meeting to discuss the new projects that was happening. That meeting took up our whole day. Talk about fool me once shame on me, fool me twice we sure were the fools.
So, we ended up upgrading. Fast forward to trying to book a trip, we couldn’t because everything was BOOKED! Fast forward 2020 I find out my contract that was upgraded was cancelled. I called and asked them about it and they couldn’t explain to me why this occurred. I asked them, if we owed any money to them. They said no, so I asked for a letter, so if they tried to come for me in the future I have a letter stating that I don’t owe anything. A few months go by and I get a letter indicating that our old contract was reinstated! How?! Now, we were furious. So, I called them up and had to explain all over my issues and they offered the resale program. We were in the resale program for a few months and heard nothing.
So, when asked how much was owed on it, we were told $4000. Now, it makes sense to pay it off and get rid of it. We exited the resale program, because prior to all of this I did communicate with the resale program to ask about what’s happening and we were told that they were turning things over to a Florida Sales team and that we would have to sign another contract. Sounds fishy, right? I thought so too and at this point I just want out. When I called the financial department to pay off $4000 I was told we owed $13,000! How?! Now, we are furious. We tried to re-enter the resale program just to be denied, because it was only for certain people that qualify. Now, I’m back at the drawing board. We are thinking of paying off the $13,000 and getting rid of it completely. I don’t want ANYTHING to do with Wyndham anymore. I will pay whatever it cost to go into a hotel with NO strings attached. My husband and I have learned our lesson entirely.
Reviewed April 16, 2021
Similar to others, we purchased while at a resort and after 1/2 a day of high pressure sales I was talked into it. Since that point 3 years ago we have been on 3 fairly short vacations because we don't have enough points to do much more. On 2 of the trips they pushed us into going to the update meeting and we expressed our dissatisfaction which stole 3-4 hours of a day on both trips as they tried to talk us into purchasing more points to get to our "minimum level of satisfaction." I told the last representative that if he were to do the math he would realize the monthly dues are simply a savings account where we deposit our money to have a hotel room at one of their resorts and what I paid for was simply gravy money that Wyndham now has. If someone really wants to buy into this line of bull, they should purchase points from one of the many sites selling them for pennies because that is all they are worth.
We paid somewhere around $15K for 105,000 points and the maintenance fees are about $75/mo. We are now selling that 105,000 for $300 through a broker simply to stop paying the $75. Yes, they tell you 85% of their customers are happy and feel there is good value, I think there are 75% of those that are struggling with the idea they are going to walk away from the points with basically nothing. Eventually, you have to stop throwing good money at bad. I am embarrassed that I spent money purchasing this in the first place but, I am going to suck it up and hope some people read these types of reviews before being suckered in the way I was.
Reviewed April 12, 2021
We arrived later than we expected but associate was great. She got us checked in quickly as it was late and we had been driving 750 miles. The room had 2 queen beds that were very comfortable. We had trouble turning on the tv so I called the desk and she helped me figure out what I was doing wrong. Very nice young lady. Room was very clean, bathroom was clean and we were very satisfied. Because of covid, everyone was wearing a mask and just to be safe we did wipe things down but that was just my issue as I could see and smell that the room was very clean. Definitely recommend.
Reviewed April 9, 2021
We've owned since 2012 and have NEVER traveled despite numerous attempts to arrange this. This is in complete contrast to what the sales representatives sold us on, and we feel it fair they cancel our contracts due to misinformation on the sales side. We received an unsolicited call from Wyndham for free accommodations and meals in New Orleans if we attended this sales presentation. My wife had been experiencing a lot of stress at work so we thought we’d go.
During the presentation, we were told that we could reserve accommodations in countless resorts all around the world and they would be paid for in our membership. That we would have more points than we could use for accommodations, meals, and even airfare. However, from nearly the very beginning we started to see the problems with what we were sold. We tried several times to make a reservation but everywhere we wanted had no availability. We have never been able to use our points and they continue to expire while our maintenance fees continue to go up! We feel we were not truthfully sold our membership and it has in fact been a nightmare since 2012. The only suitable outcome is for Wyndham to cancel these contracts based on false information given when we signed up.
Reviewed April 9, 2021
Purchased with this company a few years ago and have had nothing but problems since! We have been lied to completely and taken advantage of. There was never any mention AT ALL of the consistently increasing fees and pressure by salesman that is to the point of harassment. However, when we need something resolved there is never anyone who can assist. I feel almost as if I have been robbed and am consistently anxious when dealing with this company as they are so full of lies and deceit. Please help me with exposing these crooks! Thank you!
Reviewed April 7, 2021
I continue to be extremely disappointed with my experiences with Wyndham. I've never had any trouble with reservations or resorts. But every single visit I am pressured into attending an "owner update" meeting. This last visit - I was told that I needed to meet with someone to set up a new Voyager account and that any future reservations would require me to use/access a new website that would require some kind of setup to link my existing account to my "new" Voyager account. Being the gullible person that I am - I agreed. Of course, they required a $35 deposit to ensure that I showed up. Well, I showed up at my assigned time only to find the sales people had no idea what the Voyager program was - or at least that was their response.
I was immediately ushered into a private room and a "new" salesman entered the room. After strongly objecting to another "owner update" - he completely ignored what I was saying. He started the high pressure thing (that they are apparently so known for) pressuring me into purchasing more points that would bring me up to the VIP level - and it would mean "no money down" and my payments would be combined into 1 payment (instead of paying one payment for mortgage and one payment for maintenance fees) - and after 10 years I could say goodbye to all my debts to Wyndham. Of course, that sounded too good to be true.
The salesman said lots of things that didn't add up - and got very frustrated when I questioned those things. When I asked for exactly what this "upgrade" would get me - he walked back on several things and I realized that my first understanding of what he was telling me was completely wrong - once again. More lies. Same formula every time. I hope that anyone considering a purchase of a Wyndham timeshare could have all the facts. The vacations are nice, but be aware of the enormous amount of lies that you will hear and be prepared to either choose to listen to these "owner update" high pressure meetings OR to firmly say no to them no matter what lies they tell you. If you do that - owning a Wyndham timeshare can be a positive thing.
Reviewed April 6, 2021
We have had this membership since 2015. It is going on 6 years now and we have only been able to go on 3 trips using our membership. We initially went to the presentation because we were approached by someone offering us a free gift. Very persuasive so we decided to attend. From that point on, we should have known this company was bad for business. The presentation was much longer than we were told it would be. The salesman there use some very high pressure tactics to get us to sign. We were never given ANY time to look over things and discuss it amongst each other.
We have always been told we did not have enough points, we would need to upgrade to a higher level to go anywhere we wanted to go. However, in the beginning we were told out point package would allow us to travel basically anywhere at anytime, turns out that is NOT TRUE at all. Everything is always completely booked and we never have time to plan vacations around our job. We feel trapped....this can not be right!
Reviewed April 6, 2021
In March of 2018 I was on a trip when I was approached by a Wyndham rep in the lobby of the hotel. They offered the opportunity to attend a sales presentation over breakfast, which I accepted. At this presentation, I was told the benefits of being owners with Wyndham. The sales staff told me that I would be buying real estate that would increase in value and be a good investment. They pressured me for hours into making a purchase; only showing me what the monthly payment would be. The maintenance fees or actual cost of the purchase was never shown to me in detail. Imagine my surprise when I learned of how much this would cost me long term! Now, I can no longer travel or use this at all and do not foresee a time when I would feel comfortable doing so again. It is ridiculous to me that such a large company would misrepresent people in such a way and be unwilling to help clients in these situations.
Reviewed March 31, 2021
We just wasted 3 hours in Panama City beach. During the presentation, we were told that we would have 84,000 points total, and through their sister company owned by then, RCI, it would be 6100 points for a two bedroom for any of their resorts. I did the math, and that would get us close to 14 nights, and thought the initial purchase of 15,000 plus $69 per month for maintenance was worth it. We said yes, we got the welcome package, and we went to the room to sign on video. They started out by saying it was recorded, and we were ok to continue. The finance person showed an example of a one week vacation for 77,000 points. I told the finance guy: "Wait, I thought it was 6100 per night for a two bedroom place." He said he never heard of that.
I went out of the room where the sales people were and said we were leaving, that I was told 6100 points per night per room anywhere in the US, and from the example he gave, I'm not sure if I could get a weeks vacation where I wanted to go. I told them that I was told 6100 points per night for a 2 bedroom, and the contract guy had no idea what I was talking about. They did not say a word. Had they been telling the truth, they would have mentioned it, instead, silence as we walked away. After I left, I found a Wyndham timeshare for sale, with the same maintenance fee, for $3500, instead of the $16,000 they quoted.
Reviewed March 16, 2021
During the past weekend, March 12-14, I stayed at the property of Cypress Palms. When arrived to the property it was dirty. Pillows out of place, soaps used and the floors were filthy. There were no bed sheets to a property which was not what I had booked. I did the booking over the phone to make sure I had a full kitchen. Once called to the front desk they simply said that they could not do anything since there was no one else working at the property. Had to wait until the next day around 8pm to receive bed sheets. They always said they would contact me, and still 2 days after we left no one has. Worst service ever. It’s very easy for them once they have your money you are trapped.
Reviewed March 16, 2021
After purchasing a four day stay at Glacier Canyon in Wisconsin Dells I was talked into doing 'The Presentation'. I was gifted a free week's stay at one of "thousands" of resorts. I let them know I just need one local to the Dells. "No Problem" I'm told only to find when I go on line it's next to impossible to find a resort that won't run me $1,000 to book and then across the country or overseas. I've tried to resolve my issue with the marketing team that provided me the certificate and get a run-around over and over. When I find out who the managers are they tell me they'll call me back but I've tried every day for over a week with no luck and no call-backs. The resort is 2hrs, 40 min. from my house and I'm so close to getting in the car and paying them a visit. Lesson learned, the certificates are worthless! Don't waste 3 hours of your life in these presentations.
Reviewed March 14, 2021
This has been the worst experience imaginable. Everything about this timeshare has been a farce. The representatives continuously lie and promise improvements in quality, etc with upgrades, and there is never any improvement. We have owned since the early 2000s, made several upgrades, hoping to enjoy some level of satisfaction, but we, now, realize that we've been sold a crappy bill of goods! Owning a timeshare is considered a mortgage, but Wyndham is so dishonest that there is no option to view statements, tax information, etc online. Why are they hiding information, we wonder?!? There is no transparency and no effort to inform owners. The was a huge mistake for us. #DishonestBusinessPractices
Reviewed March 8, 2021
I have multiple contracts and upgrades with Wyndham, and each of them was a mistake. Wyndham promises that all of your concerns will be answered by upgrading to a higher status, but this is a lie and nothing ever changed. The timeshare was a wasted investment, and if I would have known the truth I wouldn't have purchased. The pressure combined with the lies are the reasons behind my unhappiness, and I stopped paying until my account is cancelled.
Reviewed March 2, 2021
I have had the exact same experience as Nainan of Lutz, FL. To date I have not been able to book a getaway because of Covid and Wyndham is not willing to give me a refund. When I tried to book I found out that I would be staying in a hotel and not a resort and would not have access to the resort at all which is very disappointing. They should make that clear from the start. When I asked to speak to a supervisor they said no one was available to help me. I guess I will chalk this up to a lesson learned but I want everyone else to be aware and steer clear. Don’t waste your money.
Reviewed March 2, 2021
We are currently seeking a cancellation for our account, but we thought it was important to discuss our experience with Wyndham. The fees have increased drastically each year, and although we spend thousands as members you are required to pay for multiple fees that are not discussed. We have also discovered that in order to book a vacation, you have to book a year or more in advance. We wouldn't have purchased if this was discussed, but instead we were sold on the idea of vacationing any time of the year. We recommend not doing business with Wyndham because nothing that they promised has came true.
Reviewed March 2, 2021
Purchasing this has been the worst mistake of my life and getting out of it isn’t going to be easy. I’ve had nothing but problems since signing up with Wyndham. I’ve not once been able to book anything close to what I want to book or when I want to book. They high pressure sell you on more points at every turn. The bonus week RCI vouchers are an absolute joke! And you earn “Wyndham reward points” to get a free weekend out of a Super 8 or Days inn!
I’ve spoken with Wyndham multiple times to book and then multiple more times because of the inability to actually book anything I want. The websites are difficult to use. The customer service terrible. No one actually listens or helps you in any way really. This place has put me in tears too many times to count. I’ve had 2 occasions in the last month that I’ve been contacted by Wyndham, acting as though they were concerned and wanted to make sure I was getting what I need from my ownership! I told them all from the beginning I was unhappy with my my ownership, with Wyndham, and I DO NOT want to pay a dime more for the crap service I’ve gotten so far.
Not a single person, phone or in person, has bothered to fully hear me out, address any issues, or help me actually book a vacation of value! I’ve told them upfront I didn’t want to pay a dime more since I’m already so unhappy with anything I’ve done with them so far, they have been a cause of grief through an already trying year, and I am completely dissatisfied with Wyndham as a whole! They all continued to try to sell me anyways, no matter how firm I was, and when I finally get frustrated and start crying or yelling, they tell me then maybe a timeshare isn’t for me! But not any assistance or apology of any kind.
When I ask for a manager, supervisor or anyone that can do more, I’m then directed to their customer care line...where you sit on hold and have yet another person tell you how wrong you are and how great Wyndham is and again offer no assistance of any kind. I’ve hung up on this company more times than I ever have in my life! Everyone talks in circles and never ever addresses anything you actually need! And getting out of a timeshare is extremely difficult it seems, so of course that threat means nothing to them! I guess the only way to get any customer service is to double your monthly payment for vacations you can’t even take, to people that only care about your wallet! Worst Mistake Ever!
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2021
We have been lied to about every detail regarding timeshare, and recently we were told our account would be canceled as a result of their negligence. After six months of not hearing from Wyndham we received an email that the account had been reinstated. We did not ask for this to be reinstated. And once again they lied to us about details regarding the account, We will not pay a company that cannot complete the task they are obligated to do. Wyndham is a horrible company and we will be seeking a full refund after this stunt.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2021
Was just told by the Club Wyndham people that Canadians can no longer rent out extra points on the Extra Vacations plan. This was a "modification" of the agreement I was told. This is not a modification, this is a cancellation. When we purchased the extra points in Vegas we told the person we did not use all of our points at that time. They told us no problem, we could rent them out. So we agreed.
Now with Covid they don't help out Canadians that can't travel, in fact they rub our noses in it by sending us great places to go visit in the States and elsewhere. We lose our points because we can't use them and then when we try to rent them out they tell us that program is cancelled. So now we are paying maintenance fees on a place we can't get to and we paid a high initial amount to "upgrade" because of a program we can no longer use. Wyndham's suggestion for us, sign over the contract to them and we don't have to pay anymore. Thanks a lot. We paid a lot to begin with and then faithfully paid fees for years only to have them say they will basically give us nothing in return.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2021
We became involved with Hilton Grand Vacations when we received an offer for a 3-night stay in Las Vegas if we attended a two-hour presentation during our stay. Upon arrival, we first discovered that the Hilton Grand Vacations hotel where we were staying was far from the strip and had no casino of its own. We arrived at the presentation where they began by telling us about all the money that we would save as owners and all the locations that we could visit. We were told that this would be a tax deduction and would be a property that we could sell or even loan out to friends and family. After several hours of intense sales pressure and meeting with countless reps, we finally gave in. However, we started receiving bills a few months later for fees that were never disclosed to us. How is this customer service?
When we tried to book rooms for some family members, we learned that there was only a difference of $16 between what we would pay as owners and what we would pay as the general public. What exactly are we paying for? Plus, we continually get charged with a myriad of different fees! There is even a fee to allow your family member to use your membership! To make matters worse, we learned that we cannot actually claim this on our taxes. Avoid this company!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2021
Houston Ice storm booked online showed up at the hotel no power, did not even get out of the car and they still ran my card. Online said they would not run your card until at the hotel but that a bunch of **
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2021
Upon arrival after check in sent to the “Wyndham“ greet check. Highly pressured to book a meeting the following day to listen to a short update on timeshare benefits. If not booked at this they call your room repeatedly till you book.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2021
We were on vacation in Florida in 2019 when the concierge at the hotel offered is a 3-day stay at our destination of choice for $159 and our time at a two-hour presentation upon arrival. We thought this seemed like a great value so we booked a trip to Myrtle Beach. When we arrived at the presentation, we were first shown a 45-minute presentation on the excitement of ownership with Hilton Grand Vacations. Then we were given a tour of the condos and amenities, before seated with a sales representative that spoke with us about all the pros of being an owner.
Ultimately, we decided to make this purchase because we were told that this was a real estate investment that would increase in value and could be passed on to our children. We also left with a Hilton AMEX since we were not given time to find a way to finance this purchase. Since that day, we have learned that there are maintenance fees associated with this purchase and we cannot in fact rent this out for a profit. How are we supposed to afford this??

Reviewed Feb. 10, 2021
The Staff manipulated us and conned us into signing up for credit cards without our consent. My fiance and I are not pleased with how they did this to us, opening up credit cards without our consent. They opened up two cards with a $6,000 credit on both and paid the down payment with these cards. This is very unprofessional and an unlawful act committed by Wyndham. WE have tried reaching out to Wyndham multiple times but have only been able to reach a very rude Wyndham Representative named Grant ** who has told us due to lack of evidence our case is closed. Yes when providing evidence he Hangs up to call us two hours later. We requested a new person to speak to and he responded with he is only person we can speak to and he has deemed our case closed. Manipulation within company started from the beginning process to the end.
We have attempted to reach out in order to discuss our issues with the timeshare contract and membership. We were finally able to speak with an owner cares representative last week over the phone and he was very rude to us. He told us that we would never be able to exit our timeshare contract and he actually ended up hanging up on us halfway through the call. This is not a very professional way to handle a customer.
What we were trying to discuss with him was the fact that we tried to immediately rescind the timeshare contract once we had actually been able to look at the flash drive given to us. We were able to then see that the monthly fee was $800. The is close to what our actual mortgage payment is. We were lied to and not given ample time to read through the contract and rushed through a legal process.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2021
Wyndham is a corrupt company! We spun a wheel and won a free week's vacation with them but in order to receive what we had won we had to attend a "90 minute presentation". During this presentation we were told all about how great buying a timeshare with Wyndham is. We told them upfront we were not interested but were told we had to hear everything in their orientation to receive the week so we stayed. We heard all about how you can rent out your points, will save money compared to staying in hotels, and then we could stay in the largest room possible anytime we wanted at no extra cost. After hearing all of this we declined again but still couldn't leave.
After 5 hours of listening to them and hearing so much information that we couldn't process it anymore they got us to sign a contract. When I went to book our first vacation in February of 2019 I ran into a major issue. There was no availability anywhere near Clearwater Beach of any reservations, not even a weekend trip. I then decided to book in Daytona Beach where it was going to cost me 74,000 points for one day. This is when I realized that everything they told us was a complete lie. When we tried to cancel our timeshare that is when we learned that we only had 10 days to cancel after purchasing which was never mentioned before.
If anything we were under the impression that we could cancel our timeshare at any point if we were unhappy. When we reached out to Wyndham directly about this, Rosa ** reached out to us to set a call to listen to our complaints. That was back in July and we have never heard back from her. Their internal employees are just as manipulative as their sales representatives. Stay away from this company because it is all one huge scam! We are done with Wyndham and will not pay them another dime.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2021
We have sent letters and also tried to reach Wyndham via electronic correspondence as well as certified mail with respect to wanting assistance on exiting our timeshare membership. It has been a struggle to try and use all of our points that we have and have relayed that to Wyndham. We’ve lost points every year because we couldn’t use them. We have never used the points in RCI and many have expired as well as more to expire soon even though we paid to move them into RCI from Wyndham so that we wouldn't lose the points that we couldn't use in that specific year. The never-ending bills are a constant reminder that this purchase was not a good decision. It adds so much stress to our lives. I am partially retired and my husband would like to retire as well, however this is keeping him from doing so…. We can’t resell the timeshare. Our son does not even want it.
We were under the assumption that we could have more options when we travel. Nothing is ever available. We never realized we would be harassed over the phone day and night about upgrading as well as salespeople hunting you down at the resorts to pressure you into going to the half hour meetings and being pressured for four hours. Literally! We are always stressed on vacation because of the update meetings that we are pressured to attend, even when you specifically tell them upon arrival that you do not want to be bothered. When at the meetings we are pressured and the staff is very rude if you do not want to buy.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2021
After arriving home from our vaca and signing the contract we learned that the booking process was very difficult. The open availability that was promised to us was non-existent. We found that all of the locations we wanted were not available. There did not seem to be anything that would accommodate our family which made this entire experience extremely frustrating.
Not only have we experienced the lack of availability, but we have also received harassing phone calls urging us to attend upgrade presentations. Wyndham talked us into applying for a credit card to assist with the down payment and we are now responsible for making that payment on top of the mortgage payment, maintenance fee payments, and any other hidden fees we may be required to pay. The total purchase price at the time of purchase does not reflect what we have paid. We are becoming concerned about the increasing fees because my income has decreased by 10% due to Covid-19. My wife has been furloughed from her job as well....
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2021
They will show you beautiful Suites and Packages that sound Grand. The points are worthless. Do the math. You're spending $100's of thousand. We bought an entry level package 200,000 Thousand Points!! Could get anything like what they showed us and it wasn't anywhere in the world. It wasn't Immediately available. 200,000 points gets a less than mediocre room for at best 3 days. Ends up being the most expensive waste of time and the most expensive vacation with the smallest amount of return EVVVVER!
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2021
We are in our 60's and have several bad experiences with Wyndham. I was forced to retire and my fiancé have health problems and was forced to retire. We explained to Wyndham in Fairfield Glade in Tenn. That we could not afford our timeshares after paying 17yrs on them. They told us that they wouldn't do anything to help us other than telling us if we purchased more points we could lower our payments from 26 % down to 4% interest with Sun trust bank. They told us with our credit that there would be no problem qualifying. Told us to wait at least 2 weeks before contacting Sun trust bank to allow the paperwork to catch up. When we contacted Sun trust they told this was just a sales ploy by the selling agent and they would only lend money with other collateral, basically told us our Wyndham was basically worthless.
In 2019 we visited Wyndham in Destin Fla told them we could not afford our contracts. We were in there office for 7 hours bombarded with sales pressure. Finally the 2nd tier sales person told us a way to make money of our points by using a timeshare broker he knew. The sales person told us that we could rent our points for 12 to 14.50 per thousand points. Only problem they would only work with clients with a certain amount of points. He told us we needed to buy more points.
Make along story short we bought more points so we would not lose all the money we had invested for 12 years. We called the Timeshare broker. He recommended and they told us the most you could rent out the points was 2 to 4 thousand per 1 thousand points. This was no where enough to pay for what we owed. These sales people have no empathy or conscious about lying and taking advantage of long time owners. I will do every thing I can do to spread the truth about this corrupt Time share sales company. Sugar flows freely from their mouths and will tell you anything to sell you their worthless timeshares.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2021
Steer clear of Wyndham Resorts. They lie to you, promise you the impossible and scare you into thinking you can't get out of the contract. They have ruined my credit but I will not give them a single dime. They tried to get me to settle with them and get out of my contract, if I paid them $16,589. I will not listen to anything they have to say and if they need to reach me they have to do it by mail. They are crooks and should be stopped. I can't believe we can't back at this company for ripping people off. We need to band together and challenge these crooks to cancel our contracts.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2021
We firmly believe that we were targeted due to our age, and our trusting nature. We were lied to countless times regarding the timeshare process, and we kept upgrading our points because that is what the representatives told us to do. The upgrades never solved any of our problems, and my late wife would spend hours trying to figure out this timeshare. Wyndham took advantage of us many times, but we will not be silenced regarding the treatment we endured.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2021
We have had a horrible experience with Wyndham, and probably the worst customer service by any company we have associated with. Wyndham has consistently lied to us about various things including handicap accessible rooms, lying about the points I have currently to encourage additional purchases and placing a down payment on a credit card without permission. Due to these experiences, we are requesting our termination, but we also want to warn others regarding their practices.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2021
This membership is far from what I was told it would be. There aren't resorts available in the areas I'm interested in, therefore I am forced to settle and book in some other area. Another thing is, I have to plan my vacations around the availability the resort has, not the time I would actually like to vacation. The times I have stayed at a resort, they were RCI affiliated so the Wyndham membership is useless. I have thrown away way too much money into this membership and refuse to throw away another penny.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2021
Hotel staff are dishonest. Will bill your credit card and tell you it is a pre-auth, but not true. Now, after 30 days, what will management tell me now. First they pre-authorized for $1700. When I became upset at the $1700, they pre-authorized for $57. But really the $57 was not a pre-auth and went directly into their pocket, as I did not even stay there.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2021
Terms were not explained to me and I was not told that maintenance fees were going to rise annually. My credit rating has been affected by this timeshare, and my debts keep rising. This has caused me great financial harm. I was told since I was already a Start Island owner that by becoming a Wyndham owner it would give me VIP status which in turn was supposed to provide me with a bigger window to make reservations. They could sense my hesitation and worry so they told me that my credit score placed me as an “A” level which apparently qualified me for a “good deal” of 146K points yearly along with lots of other “incentives”.
In 2017 I attend an owner update meeting. I met with 5 people, including the senior manager. The visit lasted 5 hours which resulted in me writing a letter to corporate. They told me they would fax my letter but I never got a copy of that... I wrote the letter because I was told that there were issues with my PIC and that my VIP benefits were being removed. In 2019 I met with Christine ** and Jennifer ** in Atlantic City. They were supposed to help me with my 2017 deal, explain what a “WAM” was, assist with my unease, and reduce my payments. It resulted in a 7-hour visit over 2 days. Nothing was resolved. It only resulted in more points, a trade for the 2015 loan, and a huge down payment on a Wyndham Vacation Credit Club with higher mortgage payments. I tried calling with no response, no returned calls so I emailed for assistance and got no reply and I finally opened a claim with Wyndham, which was denied.
I have been lied to and ignored throughout this whole process. Along with the sales representative complaints, when I did use the timeshare I have found rooms poorly maintained when I have vacationed. The rooms were not ready when promised. Not enough towels were provided, and the towels did not appear to be clean. Sheets and blankets were missing from the beds, and rooms were not cleaned; dust was visible on surfaces. I also have had increasing problems finding availability even being a VIP owner. Most of the times I have called, nothing has been available when and where I wanted.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2021
I don't know what to do at this point. I feel completely suffocated by this company. They do nothing when you bring issue to their attention. I was in communication with Juan and Julianne at Wyndham and they denied my plea to get out of my ownership. I was told by sales reps that I would have no issue whatsoever in renting out my timeshare in order to cover all fees/dues. This was a LIE! The rental options are just a scam to get more money and never actually rent it out for you. I will not pay another dime to a company unwilling to think of their owners especially in the midst of every thing in the world right now. I feel completely taken advantage of. They will not stop until they have all of my money.
I no longer have any use for my ownership and will not be traveling the same as I once wanted to. I spoke with case specialists Juan and Julianne in Wyndham's Owner Care department, and they told me that I hand insufficient evidence to be able to process a termination. EVERY SINGLE stay I have had, I have been harassed by sales reps who lied about being able to cover the rising costs of owning this thing by renting it out. Well that doesn't work and I am convinced that Wyndham is determined to keep me jailed in this membership for the rest of my life.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2021
We feel like time and money were stolen from us... we were lied to in order for the Wyndham sales rep to make money. We were lied to by multiple reps multiple times. We paid every month on a product for 8 years which we estimate to $40,000.00 dollars plus. We could only use Wyndham one single time during this period and had to pay other agencies to set up vacations.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2021
We have only been able to use this timeshare ONCE for 5 days. It is useless and we no longer wish to keep it. We are not in the proper health to be traveling and with everything going on in the world, it is not smart to. We have reached out to Worldmark about this before and they didn't offer much assistance, nor did they seem to care.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2021
This is an absolute nightmare. My wife and I were pressured into buying a timeshare at Wyndham. We were unable to leave until we signed the contract. 3 different salesman pressured us into making the decision. Offering us deal after deal. Placing us in different rooms, each one further and further from the exit. We finally signed the contract in order to leave. After getting back home we tried cancelling it. (They had told us we had 30 days to cancel). The customer support said that we hadn’t had it long enough and they were unable to cancel it. Then COVID-19 hit.
We tried cancelling it again since the country was shut down and we were unable to use it, not that we wanted it in the first place, they again refused saying they would put an extension on our trial period. Then my wife and I lost our jobs due to COVID-19. They still refused to let us cancel our trial and are threatening us with collections agencies if we don’t pay for something we did not want and have never used. We’ve paid several hundred dollars trying to get them to cancel and they still refuse to be the least bit decent. We’ve contacted the banks they used for the timeshare, contacted Wyndham themselves, no one is willing to help us. All we want is to cancel the timeshare that we didn’t want and them to remove the rest of the balance.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021
My daughter took me to Myrtle Beach after my husband passed away April 19, 2019. She was trying to get me out of my house and get things off of my mind. The condo we stayed at had a lady giving out coupons if we'd sit in for a presentation. I had no intention of buying a timeshare and kept telling the salesgirl I couldn't afford it. She wouldn't take no for an answer. She pushed and pushed me with lower and lower costs and after over 3.5 hours, we'd had enough. I agreed only because they told me it was an investment for my daughter and her family and what a nice gift to leave them. It has been anything but that. Many of the perks they raved about were not true. They NEVER can give me a room because they are apparently always booked. The one trip I had booked, THEY canceled on ME.
It's been so hard to talk to anyone at the timeshare and I've even been kicked off of my online account several times. I've brought all of this to the attention of the timeshare and was put in touch with someone named Yesim. I gave her the details of all of my issues and I still have yet to hear back from her. There is no value here...not in customer service, not in properties, not in anything. They sell you like it's the Ritz Carlton...but it's nothing but a scam. I am disappointed to have not received the assistance I feel is deserved. At this point, I've never used it and want to move forward in cancelling my contract.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2020
Wyndham took advantage of us and lied to us completely. Wyndham never told us the fees would go up 4% yearly...this was never implied. They told us this would be a good investment because we would be able to rent our unit which never occured or explained fully. They never told us when we pass our children would still need to pay on this timeshare.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2020
We have gotten virtually zero return on value with our Wyndham timeshare. It is always difficult to book anything, there are always hidden fees or the fees rise with no clear reason. Looking back, they practically harassed us into buying our timeshare. We said no many times, but they would just keep getting supposedly a higher manager that could work a better deal for us. Four hours later and we got suckered in. The first year already started to show red flags. The Wyndham sales rep told us that we wouldn't see an increase in the monthly fee by more than $10 a month.
After the first year alone, our monthly payment on fees increased by about $50. Customer Service is underwhelming and a joke. Our salesman said we could call him anytime. We have made attempts to do so. Never a word. Customer Service will only have scripted answers prepared for you. Never have we had so much trouble with one company. One day of vacation and we are taken advantage of, lied to and pressured into buying this timeshare, and it has become one of the costliest mistakes we have ever made. Even one one of the other sales reps said ssais our timeshare was a terrible plan.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2020
Wyndham Vacation Resorts selling Club Wyndham Timeshare condos use many deceptive marketing practices. The headache of dealing with multiple levels of management is not worth it, just don't buy their packages or Timeshare condos. Here is my experience even before listening to their condo selling pitch. I received a call b/c I had a Wyndham credit card. CC acct rep said, if I just listened to the vacation offer, I would get 500 Rewards points. I accepted the offer. Call transferred to a salesperson who made an offer of 4 days/3nights at a resort in a city of my choice. Price looked good. I agreed to buy for $189. Then she said if I buy another package it will be only $159, and I bought it, and I would get some 6000 points once I have used the packages and listened to the Timeshare pitch at the resort. Here's where the deception begins:
1. To claim your first 500 points you have to wait for an email with a code from their sales contractor. If you did not go into their website and use that code in a given time, you would lose those points. I was very watchful. That email never came. I called them back, now you deal with a different set of people after several phone menus, everyone claimed ignorance or not my job. I elevated my complaint to higher level, and if I recall right called the corporate office, which finally got me in touch with the right people and credited the points.
2. During the sales pitch for the 4D/3N package, they never mentioned that the accommodation will not be at the condo they would be selling, but at a hotel - which does not have to meet any category or class level, and may not be even near the condos being sold!
3. Further, the hotel where your stay gets booked has resort fees, parking, and room taxes, which are not covered in the package you bought. Ha ha, you missed the fine print in the long email contract of the 4D/3N offer they sent you!
4. Sorry, the breakfast is not included either - and it depends on the hotel they gave you. You can't make your own either b/c it's the hotel room, not a Timeshare condo they want to sell you.
5. Once you agreed to the city and resort, there are charges for changing your plans. In our case COVID was a good and legit reason so we had change plans repeatedly, so we did not have to pay the change fees.
6. I was overloaded with repeated emails hotel booking confirmation, but nowhere in the email it said where do we have to go to listen to the Timeshare condo pitch. So we called the given phone number. The rep tells us that we have to pay the hotel room tax before you go there, and wanted CC to charge the tax, and warned us not to go there before paying the room tax. So I looked at the latest email, it said "...the room tax ($0)...is not included in your payment", yet they wanted me to pay the room tax of some $32, and hotel would charge parking $12.50 per day for 4 days! Due to COVID they had removed the resort fee. Thank you.
The bottom-line: If I had known what's in store with these packages, I would not have bought them. Just not worth the headache. I will be sure to write again, after I go through their Timeshare condo pitch and see how that is. I will write more.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2020
Wyndham is the most corrupt company I have ever dealt with. My wife and I were completely lied to about everything that was a Wyndham timeshare. So many promises were made and not one of them was true so we decided to get rid of our timeshare. We stopped our automatic payments so we could decide what steps we wanted to take next because we had no idea how to even get rid of it and we weren’t going to ask Wyndham because they had already lied to us so much we knew not to trust them. We then received a letter telling us that our Wyndham contract had been terminated and we were ecstatic. We called Wyndham to confirm this and that is when we were told that it was a mistake on their end and our contract is not being cancelled. At this time my wife was also yelled at by the Wyndham representative and hung up on.
We find every bit of that interaction completely unprofessional. Whether it was a mistake or not, once they sent that to us as owners who are indeed trying to cancel their contract, they should be held accountable. We are being held accountable for a contract we signed under false information so why shouldn’t they? When we reached out to the CEO of Wyndham Michael Brown himself about this issue he showed us no attention. We did not expect to get a direct response from him but we did expect some kind of response from someone within that terrible company. We will not stop fighting Wyndham until they are held accountable and we have our contract cancelled and money returned.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2020
We took a weeks vacation using a family member timeshare. We received a call every day of the vacation to try to have us come to a one consultation which ended being a three hour sales pitch. We sit with about four sale people listening to the great things they Promise us. They made it sound like what they were offering unheard of and we would be crazy not to buy it so we did. Since we have experienced nothing but inability to book, suites too small for our family, financial hardship, increasing maintenance fees we were never told about, and being harassed every single time we go on vacation with a new sales pitch. This company is full of liars and you cannot trust anything they tell you. We won’t stop fighting Wyndham until they cancel our contract.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2020
This year (2020) was the third and final year of our Limited Edition program with Wyndham through which we would terminate our timeshare ownership after 20 years of being VIP owners. After traveling from our home in Michigan to Florida in March, Wyndham cancelled our reservations and we had to return home. After that we heard nothing. During the summer we realized that, in our mid-70s with Covid19 continuing, we would not feel comfortable to travel and stay in a resort. We began making calls and writing letters requesting that Wyndham consider extending our 549,000 points into 2021 so that we could reschedule our vacation.
We could not get an answer until Dec. 1st, at which time we were told "NO"! We were also reminded that we could not have a "guest reservation", meaning that no one else could use our points. Considering the magnitude of this worldwide pandemic, we are extremely disappointed that Wyndham has refused to accommodate us in any way and we basically lost an entire year of the Limited Edition program. It has left us with a very negative attitude toward Wyndham. We have cancelled our Wyndham (Barclays) credit card and will never stay in a Wyndham owned facility again.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2020
When we stayed at the Disney World property, we were asked to attend a short tour of the facilities. When the representatives started to discuss with us the benefits of Wyndham ownership, we told her that we already owned a timeshare, were extremely dissatisfied, and had no interest in purchasing another. We were told by Wyndham employees that they would refer us to a timeshare cancellation attorney to help us resolve our issues with our prior timeshare. This was our main reason for purchasing with Wyndham, however the alleged attorney that they referred us to was actually a total scam. Be careful of your interactions with this company.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2020
We had 3 different sales representatives telling us how great being a Wyndham timeshare owner is while putting a great deal of pressure on us. They asked a lot of questions about how we liked to vacation, how often we did, and what our dream trip would be. We explained how Tahiti has always been a dream and was on our bucket list. Our attitude towards not purchasing changed once they told us they had countless resorts even in Tahiti that we could easily access. Once we were told Tahiti was an option at a better price we decided to purchase.
Now that we were owners and could take vacations anywhere we wanted at any time we decided to try and book a vacation. We quickly learned that we could never get the weeks we wanted even if we tried to make reservations as quickly as our points were available. When we were ready to book our Tahiti trip we were very upset to learn that Wyndham does not have one resort there. This is when we realized that everything told to us during that presentation was a lie and that we had just signed a contract under false information.
When we reached out to Wyndham about this directly, they told us that there are locations in Tahiti and that we just simply could not find them and that they were not going to cancel our contract because we could not prove they lied to us. This company is terrible and does not care about anything but money. If you are thinking about purchasing anything with them, DON’T DO IT. We are doing everything we can to get our contract cancelled and our money back!
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2020
When we first visited a Wyndham property, we were offered free tickets to an event in exchange for attending one of their sales presentations. We were kept in that meeting for more than six hours! We left thinking that what we purchased was a great investment in our future and that we could refinance this to get a better interest rate. This is not an investment! When we attempted to refinance, we were told by the bank that this was untrue as it had no real value. Please be very careful in your dealings with this company! We wish we had been more careful and had insisted on time to review all of the documents that we were rushed into signing.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2020
We have been lied to by representatives of this company. We have been harassed by representatives of this company. We have been ignored, brushed off, and are just met with a poor response from their customer service each time. While it comes to mind, one good example of their poor practice is when we were on vacation in San Antonio. Got to the welcome desk, they asked us to go to a sales presentation. We say no. They start calling our room the minute we settle in. We unplug the phone. Next morning, we receive a knock at the door from someone enticing us with a free breakfast if we hear his sales pitch out. Once we went to meet this guy, there wasn’t even breakfast. Just the pitch.
No matter what we have tried, we just cannot get a clear and honest discussion about our frustrations. We contacted Owner Care and they kept saying they “should have” done this or that when I listed off all of the various events. The lady acknowledged that the representatives did wrong in many of those examples. Yet when we conclude the call, she just says that there is nothing she can do. So they acknowledge that there was wrongdoing, yet there is nothing being done to promote any accountability. Each attempt to contact someone else about this was pointless too. They just kept saying since I had that first conversation with Owner Care, that was it, they weren’t going to consider anything else. Just very disappointed in how this company has responded to our circumstances.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2020
We originally visited a Wyndham property on a free stay in exchange for attending a presentation. This presentation went on for several hours until we finally said yes to an offer because we felt that this would help us travel more and that it was within our budget. This was nowhere near the truth! Every time we have tried to use this, we have been unsuccessful. We also learned that not only were we paying more per month than we had originally been told, but they also signed us up for a credit card without our knowledge to charge part of the cost. Be very careful about accepting any free vacations from this company!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2020
After 5 years of being a Wyndham owner and ZERO vacations later, we want our money back. For five years we have attempted to utilize this timeshare the way we were promised and it is impossible. Easy booking, luxurious vacations, and open availability are all promises that were made to us by Daniel ** our sales representative and are all lies. We have put way too much money into these false promises and we will not continue to do so. We have read so many reviews on countless websites and now know that we are not the only ones Wyndham has done this to. When we reached out to Wyndham directly on 3 separate occasions we were ignored every time. This terrible customer service and contract based on false information should be cancelled, it is the least they can do!
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2020
I was convinced by a representative named Thomas from Wyndham hotels to sign up for a timeshare presentation that essentially granted me and my fiancée a discounted trip as long as we attend the Timeshare presentation. Thomas expressed that we had the option to stay at any of their locations 3 stars or higher, as long as we took advantage of the deal over the phone during the conversation. We Paid the 200$ non refundable deposit (after a week), trusting that I was given all of the information needed by a reliable company. We did not book at first, to give us time to decide on the perfect resort location. Once we decided on a location, we were informed that we are only allowed to stay at a select few hotels, and would have to pay more to stay at any of the hotels me and my wife selected.
This happened to us 3 times, leading us to believe that the packaged me and my wife were sold, is not the same package we originally agreed to. I calmly asked for a refund due to false advertisement, and was denied. Unfortunately, Wyndham hotels did not provide us with the product that was advertised over the phone, me and my family will no longer use Wyndham Vacations.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2020
We have not enjoyed being Wyndham owners. Your are constantly pushed to purchase more points and nothing is ever as they say it is. They explain their timeshares as great investments and an opportunity to vacation anywhere you would like to at a moment's notice. We were told we would always have luxurious accommodations and a relaxing experience. Instead, every time we are even capable of booking a vacation there is something wrong with our room. In Bonnet Creek it was the cabinets as well as the Presidential Reserve perks not being provided. On our last trip to Nashville we had no air conditioning and the room was around 80 degrees. It took the technician almost an hour to arrive to fix it. We had to call the front desk 3 separate times before he ever showed up and again our Presidential Reserve perks were not provided.
We pay Wyndham a great deal of money for the experience they promised us and it fall short consistently. We have realized that this is not at all what was sold to us and we will not continue to pay for it. We even reached out to Wyndham about this and they ignored us. We will not stop fighting Wyndham until our ownership is cancelled and the money they have stolen is returned. They are a lying corrupt company and you cannot trust anything they tell you!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2020
We have been consistent paying customers to Wyndham since May 2015. But we have NEVER truly felt like Wyndham has offered consistency or transparency to my family. We have been able to take a total of ONE TRIP with this timeshare company, through no fault of our own. There are so many better vacation alternatives that we could've used in the last (5) five years but instead we were sucked into a misleading "deal" that we've hardly been able to use because of how difficult they've made it unless you dish out more and more and more money for additional points. There is NEVER availability to stay unless you book years in advance. Well that is ridiculous! I do not know what we will be doing or where we will be in 3 years!
To add to that now my husband is dealing with a medical condition and we are limited on travel. But I doubt they would care. We are paying for nothing and are locked into this endless contract with rising fees. Folks do not get yourselves involved with conniving companies such as Wyndham! WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2020
We have been owners for a couple of years now and must say we do not have one positive thing to say about this company. In simple words, they are corrupt and will lie about everything they are selling to you. They will tell you everything they think you want to hear in order to get a check. When we have been able to use our timeshare we are constantly harassed while we are there to attend meetings. If you don't want to attend they will call your room constantly as well as sending employees to knock on your door. I'm not sure about you, but when we go on vacation we go to relax and the constant harassment really gets in the way.
We had to reach out to Wyndham 3 times before we were ever acknowledged. We had a representative set a call with us and inquire on all our issues. She told us that she would get back to us with a decision on cancelling our contract and we never heard back from her which we find completely unacceptable. We have been going back and forth with Wyndham since April and we will not give up. We will not pay another penny to this terrible company and won't stop until we are free of this nightmare!
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2020
I purchased 2 cabins on Princess cruise line through Wyndham RCI. The cruise line canceled the cruise, NOT ME. Wyndham then said I would not get my money back because it was a certificate. After months and months of waiting, one room was put into a certificate and the other, WYNDHAM RCI says was canceled by me??? Now I have to reschedule at a time when no one knows what the cruise lines will do next year. I now have 3 days to make a reservation with the 1 certificate. The other is gone. So WYNDHAM RCI will have stolen $7,998.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2020
Wyndham is a corrupt company that lied to me to get my money. I was under the impression that by signing the contract I would pay a set monthly fee until my purchase price was paid in full. Never once was I informed that this was not true and that my maintenance fees would increase annually. Booking was never supposed to be an issue and I was told I could go anywhere in the world I wanted at any time.
I quickly learned that this is simply not true because the availability of any desirable location is completely booked. My timeshare has only been used on time for a weekend trip and it wasn’t even me who went. I have never used this money draining timeshare and I never will. I even reached out to Wyndham directly and spoke with Michael ** in the Owner Care Department. After one conversation with him he denied me any type of resolution to my issues. Of course, this did not sit well with me so I reached out to Mr. ** again just to be simply ignored. I am done paying a company who has no intention of admitting when it is wrong and correcting it. They used false information to get me to sign a contract with them and will not even acknowledge it or me. They have TERRIBLE customer service and I highly recommend to anyone who reads this to STAY AWAY!
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2020
We have been members for well over 20 years and it is now time for us to part ways with Wyndham. We have had difficulty using our membership and payments continue to go up. We have recently reached out to cancel this membership and were denied because of our account being overdue. This is disparaging, being that we have put so much into this membership and company. We recall being informed in 2014 that we had 1 million points and that we could sell back contract number ** with Wyndham Vacation Resort Pathways. We just want to rid ourselves of this completely. Like I said, it’s time. The membership is very difficult to use and payments continue to increase.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020
I have only had terrible experiences in every one of my interactions with Wyndham and their employees. Since the beginning, I have experienced issues with trying to use my membership to book vacation stays. When I mentioned this to your representatives, they told me that I simply did not have the right type of membership and were very quick to help me correct this, with an additional cost, of course. However, this did not help anything, now I just have a larger bill and still cannot use what I was sold. I am tired of trying to use this and want to be let out of this obligation. My attempts to resolve this with your company directly have remained ignored. Do not believe them!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2020
Wyndham lies to us about what we are purchasing. They told us we could do all these great things and take all these great vacations but all of it is a lie. No matter how many points you buy it is either never available or you never have enough. The entire Wyndham timeshare organization is a scam. When we tried to resolve this with them they only wanted to offer minimal points back. We do not want points. We do not want Wyndham.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2020
This company has repeatedly shown they are not for their people or their customers. Only their money. I reached out to cancel but never heard back from my sales rep because he left and the company tells me "tough luck". I do the right things and this company still blames its people. We are stuck in debt for a lifetime because our sales rep left and no one informed me or got back to me.
We purchased with Wyndham in 2019 and have never used it. I reached out to the timeshare to request a cancellation based on the company’s sales processes. None of what they sold was true and they took advantage of my wife and me. I suffer from PTSD, chronic migraines, anxiety, depression as I’m a disabled veteran. The sales people keep you in a meeting for hours on end with high pressure, pushy sales. They back you into a corner and it was all a lie. I mentioned this to Owner Cares, Grant ** and he had no care for me as an owner. He is not for owners and their truth. He denied to help us saying “you were not under duress” during the presentation. How can someone know what I am going through? What I have been through? He told me I was not suffering from anything. There is no humanity here.
Also, I tried to communicate with my sales rep several times within our cancellation window about my ownership and canceling and he NEVER called me back. Grant finally told me he’s no longer with the company so there’s nothing they can do for me. LIKE IT’S MY FAULT our sales rep is gone. I did my duty to attempt to reach out but I AM STUCK WITH THIS because he happens to no longer be here. WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT. I stand by us deserving a cancellation and full refund but I will NEVER work with Grant ** again. He is inhumane and he blames people for things out of their hands. We want to hear from someone higher up, please.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2020
The entire Wyndham organization is a scam. They use untactical sales pressure tactics and lies to force people to buy and then of course never deliver on anything they promise. When trying to speak with them about the issues they treat you even worse and try to make you feel stupid. I spoke with one of their representatives named Heather and she was terrible. They offer no help and only want to take your money. We are so fed up and want nothing more to do with this company. We have called, emailed and written letters as to many of our complaints, however nothing has been done.
One representative called one day, and I flat out told him that if Wyndham was the last company on earth I wouldn't buy from them. I told them I was going to try and sell my timeshare and the representative told me "Good Luck". After looking into trying to sell we found that there are many people in the same boat as us, that they have been trying to reason with Wyndham for years to no avail. We just want out. They should not be allowed to do business anywhere.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2020
Wyndham made promises that they had no intention of keeping. This company treats their Owners like idiots and constantly pressuring, bullying and harassing them trying to squeeze every last dime out of you until there is nothing left to squeeze.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2020
The rooms need a good cleaning and the nasty carpet needs to go. We are currently here, it’s after 1am and so noisy we can’t sleep. The jerks above us is out on the patio smoking weed, partying. You hear other neighbors open and close the patio doors at all hours. Took forever for security to answer the phones. They advertise a shuttle service to the parks. Universal leaves at 11:20, the park is at capacity @ 10-11. They pick up at 5 which doesn’t make sense since the parks close on weekends at 10pm.
Our TV doesn’t work, you get the impression they don’t take the steps like Disney does regarding cleaning for COVID. You're charged for housekeeping per day. You can tell it’s an assembly line people going and coming. Sales reps words, Wesley ** - YOU picked the place. He talked to us like a child. Wyndham pays “take a break” a marketing firm to bring people in you are not to blame Wyndham.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2020
First off, if I could give them a zero rating I would!!! When we signed up for the presentation we were told that we would be out of the building in no more than 120 minutes. Well that didn't happen, they don't care about your time or schedule. And we told them as soon as we walked in the door that we had no plans to buy anything. We missed a pre-scheduled concert because of this company. Told them we had to leave and they promised $100 if we stayed. Decided to stay and then it got ugly after that. Bet I told them 25 times we had to leave.
Once they finally 'believed' we had no plans to buy the product, then the rude and ugly behavior came out of them. Of course they said they never said they would give us $100, only if bought their product. That didn't go well with myself or husband. Needless to say words were said and we probably will never be allowed back on their property! No loss to us. What they forget is when someone is unhappy they tell 10 friends and those friends share the experience with another 10 friends. Hope no one else goes through what we had to endure.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2020
Well, for the 2nd time in 5 weeks, I have been delayed multiple hours in checking in. All the front desk can say is, "Housekeeping knows you are here." As an owner for 13 years, you would expect some service or benefits. But, noooo. As I write this, it is approaching 5 pm. Rest assured, if you aren’t out by check out time, they are ready to beat you with a cane (exaggeration intended). Once you purchase, and choose not to sit through the “60 minute” presentation that they promise is only 60 minutes, you get treated poorly. If you are looking to becoming an owner at Wyndham, you are crazy. If you do, you are stuck with it. Don’t listen to the lies by the salesman that you can sell it. Wish someone would have told me 13 years ago.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2020
I have been trying to terminate my membership with Wyndham since we’ve had this membership. It was only about a week later when we called to cancel it and were told there was nothing that could be done and that we were stuck with it. The sales rep even agreed with my husband’s statement that “we would have to die to get out of it”. We will no longer pay because we want this cancelled immediately.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2020
Years ago I got involve in this timeshare thing which I regret dearly. I was persuaded by my wife which she thought would be ideal to be part of not knowing how much of a big scam it is. Do not believe everything they tell you. It’s all lies. Trust me. I’m paying the price right now. Fees are outrageous. They go up constantly without you knowing about it. Once you sign into it you will not be able to get out of it. You are hold hostage. STAY AWAY...
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2020
The Wyndham Rewards cards - especially the new iterations - are superb for Wyndham Resorts and hotels, and WorldMark time share owners. Purchases and fees for these organizations can be greatly offset (even completely!) by using these cards within their systems. (They are good for use elsewhere, but other rewards cards may be better for use outside of the Wyndham Resorts, hotels, and WorldMark time shares.) We use our card for all recurring maintenance fees, reservation fees, and housekeeping fees. The rewards given are very high (x4 to x6 for all costs). And, except for to very top tier card, they are free of any annual fees. Also, the Barclay's Bank processing is clear and accurate and their online app is very easy to use.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2020
We have had ZERO return on our investment with our timeshare purchase from Wyndham. The sales rep told us this would “solve our travel issues” but since we purchased back in 2019 we have yet to find any time to book a trip when and where we want to go… EVER! To make matters worse the maintenance fees keep growing and we keep getting more and more sales calls to pressure us to buy more points. Why am I paying to maintain something I never use? Why would I want more points when the points I already own are useless? The credit card interest is high and is hindering us from buying a new home. We were told to go to the bank and refinance for a lower interest rate. When we tried this the bank wouldn’t even loan us the money.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2020
We were told that by buying this timeshare that we would be able to vacation whenever we wanted in these beautiful facilities, but that was all a lie. There is never anything available when or where we want to go. We have been brainwashed into meetings that have taken our vacations from us. We can not enjoy a family vacation due to the meetings and harassment from Wyndham. Wyndham has turned our life into a nightmare. We are supposed to be living "Golden Years" but because of Wyndham we have very little quality of life left.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2020
HUGE pressure during the sale pitting my wife and sales gal against me to make the sale. Ours was around $15,000, semi annual every other year in Kona. But NONE of the promises from the sales pitch were true. Telling us that the points will roll over automatically if not used, that we can book any associated hotel literally while you are in the parking lot and use points towards it. Never being told that we can ONLY use the points on every odd year. Took our Money with Nothing but broken promises to show for it. VERY disappointed and dissatisfied. Not user friendly. That's for sure. My last conversation I was handed through 4 different people before they told me I can't make it work for a weekend in October 3 weeks away.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2020
We attended a presentation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in August of 2019. After spending six long hours of our vacation eating, touring condos, and sitting through sales pitches we declined their offer. That is when they offered us a “trial membership” that we could have for two years and then decide if we wanted to buy as members. We left that day thinking we did something awesome and were really excited.
We took our first vacation in February of 2020 with one of our friends. At check in we were told we would have to attend another meeting but it was not a sales pitch since we just started our “trial membership”. We attended the meeting and that was when we were informed we had to buy a membership or lose out on the “amazing discount”. We politely declined their offer but our sales representative Alexis ** acted very confused and disappointed. She proceeded to ask what Wyndham could do to change our minds. This was when we directly asked her if we could cancel our membership at any time if we wanted to, for whatever reason. She then informed us that we could cancel and walk away with no penalty at any time. So we decided to go ahead and become members.
Since February, we have come to realize that everything promised to us is a complete lie. You cannot give your membership back at any time like we were promised and if you try to they basically laugh at you. Also everything else they promise during the presentation like vacationing anywhere in the world at any time, being an investment for your family, and never having issues with booking are all a lie. We have already wasted too much time and money on something we have not even been able to use. We want out of this terrible burden and to be free of Wyndham forever!
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2020
I booked an until in Hawaii on the Big Island and had to cancel with Wyndham Extra Vacations due to Covid-19. I was told that my $200 deposit would be returned by check in 72 hours. After a week I called again and was told it would be 2 to 4 weeks. After a month I was again put off and told they had a wrong phone number (which had nothing to do with a return of my deposit). Three month later I am still waiting for the return of my deposit and now considering legal action. I would never deal with this company as they have not been honest with me.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2020
We said no to the first saleslady. So she brought her boss and we told her NO we cannot afford it. A 3rd man came in and we said we do not travel enough. This is our first trip in 11 years. Then a 4th came, now it's been almost 5 hours and we are feeling pressured. We wanted to leave and caved in. Now that is 2 bad marks against you: Wyndham lied and said it was not a timeshare and your company did not listen to our financial needs. But we were free to get on with our vacation and excited as it has been so long. When we got off the cruise we tried to cancel and they told us it was too late. We were stuck. We do not want to have anything with Wyndham. I look at anything that comes in from Wyndham and it makes me angry and now I want to get rid of my anger and you guys have a way to do this and should help us as it was your mistake and pressure that got us in this problem.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2020
My wife and I got suckered in to a timeshare presentation. Upon arrival when I was asked why I was there, I stated because it's not a timeshare presentation. The high pressure salesman told me that it what it was and he's talking to manager to try to get us our prizes for showing up and fill out incident report so this doesn't happen again. Well for 3.5 hours he was our best friend, then goes on to what we would be approved for, I said again, "I'm not interested and it sounds great for a couple with money but I'm not interested." He said ok. A 2nd person came over, and said we qualify for the hero's package, now went from 400 a month to 250, I politely declined, then a 3rd person came over to have us take a (survey) then tried persuading us to buy.
I finally got a lil pissed. Lady felt it and let us out of there with our promised gift. Let me tell you gift was not worth it. Our new found best friend Chris (high pressure sales person) wanted nothing to do with us, it was concerning how a person can befriend you for 3.5 hours then flip a switch when he realizes you really aren't going to buy his product. I'm sure someone with money and travels 3 times a year this is a great deal but this place doesn't care if you can afford it or not, want it or not. My advice is not to do it unless you have money. Don't accept any free stuff to sit for some presentation. It will ruin your day. The sales people were worse than a used cars salesman.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2020
I have been an owner for almost a decade and this was the first time I felt conned by the sales team. I usually going in understanding the process but this time after five hours and exhausting discussion, I believe that I missed a key thing regarding the payment. They indicated an increase of $200 and instead when I reviewed it was actually a $400 and not within my budget. I am disappointed because I didn’t agree to what I was locked into. I take responsibility for aspects because I should have come back since I was late for an appointment and had been there for 5 hours with no food or water offered. Just really felt that I was taken advantage of. Sadly I was open to increasing my points. Just wanted them to be honest and not lie about the numbers. Now I need to figure out how to cancel this because I can’t afford it at all. So disappointed.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2020
Our timeshare was purchased in 2015. We have only been able to use it 2 times in the past 5 years....all the while we were still paying for it even with it going unused. One of reasons is their “points” system. Our points are always “too low” to book when and where we try to book. We are very disappointed with this purchase and would not recommend to any looking to vacation.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2020
I was offered a 2 night/3 day stay @ Glacier Canyon Lodge, Wisconsin Dells, WI if my husband & I took a 120 minute Wyndham timeshare tour. My husband and I did it and did receive the 30,000 points toward hotel stay and Joe stayed under the time limit promise. Joe ** did an amazing job presenting the company. We didn’t purchase, but we did enjoy the tour and appreciate their honesty and that they did not use high pressure sales tactics or bullying. And we look forward to using our 30,000 points over the next four years to get free or cheaper hotel rooms!
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2020
We stayed at their Atlantic city resort this week. After check in we were ushered to another counter to sign up for our feedback meeting. They offered us $100 to give them feedback. This turned out to be a sales presentation for their vacation club points. I was offered 400k pts a yr for over $100k plus 000s in annual maintenance. I told the agent I can buy 500k IHG points for $2500. They said but that isn't owning and only for one yr. Ok I do it for maybe 10 yrs and would cost less than what their maintenance cost is. Starting telling me all the way to get the maintenance paid with their credit card, bonus etc. From reading other reviews this is all lies.
Finally was offered a foreclosure. 126k pts annually for $19k+ [original cost $40k] plus reg fees plus $1080 per yr maintenance. We ended up talking about other things and left in 1 hr 42 minutes. After leaving I read a lot of reviews online. One of which said if interested buy thru eBay. I went there and looked and saw 126k pts for the AC resort for $10.50. Yes ten & half bucks plus the $1080 maintenance. I might have brought that if for say 10 yrs but like Scientology, the commitment is forever.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2020
I stayed at Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham North Charleston (07/10/20-07/11/20) en route to visit family. It was "the worst" hotel experience in my entire life! The floor was filthy, feet blackened walking from bed to bathroom; towels dirty and grey; pillows unwashed & found pubic hairs in the sheets. In sum, it was the worst hotel experience of my life. I will "never" ever recommend a Wyndham hotel to anyone ever again, gross. I literally slept in my clothes because I was so grossed out about it. ** After spending a sleepless night in the hotel room at Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham in North Charleston, South Carolina, I summarily went to the front desk in the morning and wrote up my complaint. "No Managers" were available at the time!? Why "NOT"? Why were NO managers available???
In my entire, life I have never stayed in a more disgusting hotel room such as this one. It was filthy and gross. On my trip to visit family, I also stayed at a Radisson and a Best Western and they were wonderful and clean and welcoming. This hotel was the exact opposite. There were people smoking marijuana in the parking lot. It was more of a poor apartment complex than a hotel. Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham is "NOT" fit for the public. If Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham was bulldozed, burned down, and rebuilt it may be an improvement--maybe?!?
Furthermore, I should also note, there was no water in the pool and there were frogs living in the pool and croaking happily. Well, at least the frogs were happy?! What hotel has frogs living in their pool?!? There was no complimentary breakfast whatsoever. (And while I understand, COVID-19 virus is happening, there is no excuse for this. Other hotels I stayed at on my trip, a Best Western and Radisson, had take away breakfast!) In sum, it was the worst hotel of my life! Really, it was. I have to think hard when it was I stayed in a worse hotel. I should be given a full refund with explanation in regard to how dirty this hotel, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, truly was and why it allowed guests to stay in a room so dirty?!?
No guest should have the experience I had at this hotel, ever. Honestly, I stayed at your hotel because of the "name of Wyndham" because "Wyndham Hotels" was supposed to mean something. I had stayed at Wyndham hotels in the past and they were excellent such as the Wyndham Resort in Orlando, Florida. Now, however, because of my experience with Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, the Wyndham name means "garbage" and "trash" to me.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2020
We have tried and tried to receive help from your company and received no useful help. We have sent multiple letters expressing our concerns on how we feel like we have been absolutely taken advantage of but no one seems to want to help us. During the sales presentation, we were told this is such a wonderful investment and how wonderful being a part of Wyndham is but this has been one of the WORST experiences of our lives and we feel like Wyndham has trapped us and will not let us go. We have been trying to get out of this for TWO YEARS. Wyndham has put a huge weight on our shoulders and we are only asking to be let out of this nightmare.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2020
After quite a long time as owners with Wyndham, we have come to regret ever making the decision to even look into timeshares. We’ve been through so many pushy, disingenuous salespeople with Wyndham that we are under the impression that Wyndham either purposefully hires people with those attitudes or trains people to have those attitudes. Either way, we were routinely advertised to falsely and had been given false understanding of Wyndham's obligations to us and our obligations to them as a timeshare company. The initial purchase of timeshare was made in late summer or early fall of 1988 at Sapphire Valley. It was for a week of use in the fall season and for a specific type of unit at Sapphire Valley.
The presentation probably took 3 to 4 hours and I decided to go ahead and make the purchase that day. I had heard about this through some mailing that I received and I thought that it was what I wanted based on how the information was relayed to me where I could have a scheduled time each year to get away. My wife and I talked over the next several days about how we needed to reach out and get this albatross off of our necks. Timeshare has been nothing but a nuisance to us and has robbed us of so much money that could have been spent on very good vacations. Knowing that timeshare doesn’t sell on the third party market for very much and that it take years is such a slap in the face to the enormity of money we have spent on these contracts. It hasn’t been worth that much to us and it isn’t worth that much to anyone else either.
Reviewed July 24, 2020
I absolutely would not recommend buying a Wyndham timeshare… Exaggerations, misleading sales representatives, and an emptying bank account. To briefly summarize: We were constantly pushed by the salespeople to upgrade. The few times that we actually did use our timeshare we were pressured into attending meetings. Meetings that were pressuring us into upgrading our contracts/membership. We are supposed to be on vacation and having a good time and it is annoying to have to attend meetings where they just pressure you into more, more, more. All they care about is money. They don’t care about their customers. We were promised that we could use our points for certain things if we upgraded. Nope, not true. I could go on but I will just leave it at this for now.
Reviewed July 22, 2020
The 90-minute meeting turned into 4 ½ hours. As we got our lunch, which by the way, was awful--dry chicken, cold green beans, and macaroni and cheese--we were directed to a room, then to a particular table, and were joined by a sales representative, Billy Rogers. Billy did everything he could to ingratiate himself to us as we ate and were “treated” to a presentation by another member of the Wyndham staff, who extolled the glories of vacation ownership at Wyndham. During our table talk, I referred to the Wyndham timeshares, and Billy corrected me, saying (repeatedly during the afternoon) that it was a vacation ownership, not a timeshare.
After the lunch, I was ready to leave. Billy walked out with us, and directed us to his cubicle. I stated clearly that we had no interest, and did not want to waste his time. He kept talking, asking us about our children and grandchildren, what places around the world we would like go on vacation, which vacations we would like to share with our family. As he persisted, I finally mentioned Hawaii (which I considered outlandish) and he said that he could make that happen. I heard that as bluster.
In retrospect, I think my wife and I were drawn in by Billy’s impoverished background and unpolished style. He spoke at length during lunch about growing up on an Indian reservation, and the two of us--a pastor and a therapist--felt it would be unkind to walk out on him. I don’t feel so kindly toward Billy now. Several times over the next few hours, he would ask us where we’d like to go, and then he would respond with some outlandish promise, while standing up halfway and peering over the top of his cubicle as if someone might be listening, and this was a secret between the three of us. Even at the time, it was ridiculous, even cartoonish.
I said repeatedly that we were not going to do this, and Billy said that he wanted to take us across the street to show us a property. It was a beachfront, top floor property with a scenic view of the ocean. The message: this is what we could look forward to with a Wyndham membership. We went back to his office, and Billy showed us different types of ownerships. As I recall, one cost $45,000, and another cost $100,000. I told him that the suite he had showed us was nice, but this was not something we could do. Then Billy asked us if there was one vacation that, more than any other, we really wanted to take.
I had mentioned to Billy that I would be retiring in the fall, and that we were downsizing, selling our home, and would be buying a condo. Now I added that our 50th anniversary was in August, and we were anticipating a long-dreamed of trip to Alaska. His eyes lit up, and he leaped out of his chair and left, bringing back with him someone who was obviously his superior. Connor was smooth and polished, an exact opposite of Billy. Connor told us that Wyndham had an arrangement with Norwegian Cruise Lines, and that Alaska was one of their destinations. He wanted to know if we would consider joining Wyndham if he could make the Alaskan cruise possible.
I responded that, as I had told Billy, we were in a transitional stage of our lives, we would be purchasing a new home, and could not do anything that might impact our credit report. I said that we had worked hard to raise our credit score. Connor asked, “Do you know what it is?” I had recently checked our score, so I knew exactly what it was. I hesitated because I was unsure whether I wanted to share such personal information. Finally, once I told him what it was, Billy sputtered and the two of them said almost in unison that there would be no problem.
I repeated that we could not afford the memberships Billy had shown us, and Connor left to see what he could offer us. The counter offer was a membership for $17,000. Again, I said that we could not do that, then Connor came back once again, saying that the $17,000 membership would buy us 105,000 points, 145,000 bonus points, and that this would bring us within 600 points of a Norwegian cruise to Alaska. He said we could rent the 600 points.
I knew that an Alaskan cruise for the two of us would cost in the neighborhood of $10,000, and for the first time (after at least three hours) I thought this might not be such a bad idea. They had been badgering us with promises of all the great perks that were available only if we bought the membership that day, especially emphasizing what a great deal “Last Call” would be. I asked Connor if we left, talked it over and came back the next day, would Last Call and other perks be part of the deal, and he emphatically said NO. He also told me that with Last Call, we could do as much with our membership as our friend with over a million points could do with his.
That was a lie, but the lie that angers me the most, and has caused considerable angst for my wife and me, was the lie that we “almost” had enough points to take the cruise to Alaska, a trip we had looked forward to and saved toward for years. Our down payment to Wyndham of $3,595 is the money we had saved for our 50th anniversary celebration. My anger is deepened by the fact that I told Connor about our anniversary, and that we would have to use those funds if we purchased the membership.
Our next stop was a Wyndham resort in Pompano Beach. I called the number on the Wyndham website for cruises, and when I made inquiry about arrangements for a cruise to Alaska, the representative told me that Alaska cruises required over 700,000 points, and that we might have almost enough for a 3-day cruise to the Bahamas.
Soon after we left Myrtle Beach, I was having some unsettling feelings, but it was during the call at Pompano Beach that I fully realized we had been conned. I felt like a fool, but more than anything, I was--and am--sickened by the loss of our anniversary cruise, and the financial impact of a virtually worthless Wyndham membership at a time when we are moving into retirement.
At the age of 71, after buying numerous cars and five homes over five decades, I know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of salesmanship. But my wife and I have never experienced such an environment of high pressure, almost hypnotizing tactics, and blatant lies that we were subjected to by Billy and Connor, and others on the fringe.
Reviewed July 22, 2020
It was mass chaos from the beginning. We were offered free gifts to attend a meeting where a bus shuttled us to a different location. We didn't think the trade-off of the free gifts for 90 minutes of our time was a bad deal. However, upon entering the meeting room is where all the confusion began. There were a lot of people there. Some of the sales associates were unsure of what they were doing. We were passed onto different sales associates 5 times! After spending over 5 hours of our day of vacation in a tireless meeting where we were all but held against our will (we had no way to leave except for the shuttle bus), our brains were in overload. We were frustrated, exhausted, disappointed in having lost a day of vacation.
In the end, we were brought into a small room when Dawn began to "read" through the contract. She highlighted a few points the sales associates had gone over as she quickly scrolled through the contract. She threw so much information at us so fast we couldn't keep up. I remember asking on our way out, "What do we do if we decided against this purchase?" They told us there would be no problem that we had 5 days after we got home from vacation to look over everything. They also said, that even if we decided further down the road that we didn't want it, that Wyndham would want first dibs in purchasing it back because their timeshares were in such high demand.
After we got home, we called to cancel and were told we were 5 days too late! We were shocked! How could that be? That is not what we were told! And then to top it off, they told us there was no such buyback program! Due to our lack of trust in Wyndham, because of their untrustworthy practices and wishy-washy responses to us, we have no desire to utilize their resorts.
Reviewed July 20, 2020
We were on vacation in Sevierville, Tennessee when we were approached by one of Wyndham's sales employees pressuring us to come to a meeting in exchange for an incentive. We attended the presentation and they made it sound like we would be in the best resorts and be able to travel worldwide whenever we wanted. They also made it sound like it was so affordable but we soon found out that it was all one big lie and what they showed us is not what we purchased. They also failed to tell us about the increasing fees and that this would be passed along to our children upon our deaths. This has been nothing but a strain on our family and we are not receiving what we were promised. Because of Wyndham, it almost cost us our marriage. We are requesting to walk away from this and a refund of the money we have paid. We have been lied to and cannot bear this weight on our shoulders any longer.
Reviewed July 19, 2020
There are so many reasons this has not been a pleasant experience for us as promised. We originally purchase in April of 2017 and upgraded in December of 2017. At the upgrade, were hoping it would be a better experience than the first time because we knew we were taken advantage of and the salesman at the upgrade, said we did as well so they were going to fix everything and show us we could trust Wyndham to do it right the second time around. The salespeople (many of them) and their managers convinced us this time we would get what we deserved and the benefits would be real. They also said we would have one certain person (Bernadina) we could call for personal assistance anytime we needed help. I think they meant to say we could call, but could never reach her or get called back by her.
This is the most untrustworthy company we have ever dealt with. We were told we would have easy booking privileges, being owners. When we first purchased, we were told we could start using our points right away, well after 48 hours because they had to get us in the system. We were leaving the next day to go visit family in Utah and then Arizona, and they said by the time we got there we could use them. Well, we got there and we were told we had to wait 6 months (Nov. 1st). We soon found out it’s all about needing more points, them trying to push more points, and never having enough points!
The meetings were crazy, like a shark frenzy. So much going on all around us it was hard to focus on any one thing, and there were too many people talking to us at one time. We think because we were asked to give Wyndham another chance to prove they were worthy of our investment, we caved in. Do not trust Wyndham. We were told our costs would increase so slightly, we might not notice. Well, they doubled! The freebies and the Kindles were not worth what you took from us! We were manipulated and lied to! We think you know all the tactics because we heard it all around us, we weren’t the only people these things were being said to. The only thing we are looking for out of this now is to get canceled and get our money back. Every time we call to speak to someone they say our account is in the process of cancelling but it never does! This has been going on for YEARS! We are tired of the lies!
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Reviewed July 18, 2020
The Hotels are always clean in or out of the room...The staff is second to none..Never had any problems during the past 5 years...The food is great and the locations are very good in the states and cities we have traveled.
Reviewed July 18, 2020
This company is quite possibly the worst, ethically deprived, company I think I've ever dealt with. I was in Vegas with my BF who happens to be a man. They asked if we wanted to do a presentation while we were inside our hotel (Luxor) and we said, "Why not." We had to use a credit card to secure our spot and if we didn't show, we'd lose the $35.
We showed up the next morning, breakfast was hard pancakes, potatoes, and fake eggs. We watched a presentation that went on for more than 2 hours (they promised us this would only be 1.5 hrs), and then they had everyone meet with a rep. I told Tarek I was married so he said I had to lie and pretend I wasn't in order for this to work. First red flag but he was so sweet and young, I didn't think he was a scammer. Then I said it didn't seem like this would work financially, I have three kids so it's a lot of money per month.
We travel about four times a yr, so he kept saying they had places in all the cities I go to, so I was very excited. He ran my credit, said I was approved for 40K points at $300 a month. My service wasn't working, so I couldn't google the company or text my husband or do anything. I made an excuse to use the bathroom and he followed me and said I could leave my phone w/ my friend.
I tried to back out of the deal, then comes the mean cop, dustin Durbin who berates us and tells us how stupid we are if we don't decide right now. I said, "Let me consult w/ my father (since I couldn't mention my husband)" and he said if I walked out the door, the offer was over and I could legally never attend another timeshare meeting or offer. I said, "No thanks," and then nice manager cop shows up. He butters me and convinces my friend that this is a good idea. We can use it, share it, rent it out to people and make money off of it. it all seemed fantastic. I sign, I'm happy, then I go to the mall where I have service and my phone and read all the horrible reviews. 40K points won't take me across the street so my $300 monthly is for nothing and the maintenance fees would just go up and up
I immediately try to find a way out of the contract. The sales contract guy said I had 6 months to change my mind, thankfully I the internet is unmatched. You have 10-14 days, depending on which location you signed. They're betting on the fact that you're on vacation and won't review the contract until you go home, and by then, it's too late
I sent them a rescission letter and canceled the contract immediately, in Vegas, during my vacation. The sticky thing is, they don't say whether it's 10-14 business days or just days. I followed the info I found online to a T, and got it cancelled. Two months later, my friend, who gave them zero info except his name, got a hard pull on his credit and a credit card in his name. We cut them up, called the company and complained, and threatened a lawsuit. Don't sign a contract with them. If you do, you have 10 days, at best, to change your mind. The info is usually buried in the contract, opt for a written on, not one on a stupid cheap Kindle. You've been warned.
Reviewed July 17, 2020
As we went there, we came late so a lady did a one on one presentation for us. Honestly as soon I saw the numbers, I said that's out of our budget. We are not planning to buy anything as we already have enough bills to pay. So then they offered additional 12k credits on top plus a 350$ vacation package to Mexico. Honestly I felt like we should sign anything. But they were so pushy telling us this is the best deal. That we ended up signing up for it. It’s been less than a week. I really want to cancel this ownership with Wyndham. Does anyone had experience with cancelling?
Reviewed July 15, 2020
We have not been allowed to take vacations where and when we chose as explained to us in the sales meeting. The lack of availability is a big issue and contradicts the promises your salespeople made to us. We have used this timeshare only once, for 2 nights in February 2019. On that vacation, representatives hounded us to attend an update meeting. They even slipped brochures under our door. It became clear that Wyndham just wanted more and more money from us, and never intended to let us just enjoy ourselves on vacation. It felt as though we were playing hide-and-seek to just avoid the Wyndham salespeople.
We thought we were going on vacation to relax, but Wyndham tried to get us to upgrade from the moment we arrived. We also have not been able to reach anyone for our questions and concerns. We have left many messages but no one ever responds! Another problem we have encountered is all the hidden fees we were not told about, which came up when we checked into the hotel. We also were not told that upon check-in, we would be required to pay more money in deposits! They even withheld our room key until we agreed to attend another sales meeting! We did not pay all this money to vacation to be on some business trip!
The idea of being able to take affordable vacations with our family for next to nothing and to have our travel provided was very appealing. But then came the real world. It was extremely difficult to find any availability. We finally settled on a place that was not our first choice, not our second choice, but just a place we found available. Only to be told our package was just a start-up package and didn’t cover any travel!
I have served three years in the U.S. Army. This so-called “great financial decision” for our family has been nothing but a financial disaster in every respect. When we called to sell back our ownership as instructed, we were told our account didn’t qualify for the ovations program! Because of all the misrepresentations and deceptions on the part of the Wyndham staff, we no longer feel bound by the agreement. Wyndham has not honored its end of the bargain.
Reviewed July 15, 2020
We purchased our timeshare in Branson, MO in August of 2018 for just under $20,000.00 and we have never been able to successfully book one vacation! We have to take small vacations and use hotels with all out of pocket cost. We find it amazing that we can book where and when we want with regular hotels but not with the one we are “owners” with! The representatives told us that the timeshare would be easy to use and that we would be able to use it whenever we wanted. We were told that the timeshare could be handed down to our children at no cost to them. They could use it anytime they wanted as long as they had our number.
The presentation lasted over 3 hours instead of the 1 ½ hours we were told about. The representatives were a little pushy so we told them we needed to think about it, but we were made to feel as though we had to make the purchase right then to secure the offer. They told us they had several other couples interested in our deal and it would not be available later. We have tried several times to book a room at different locations. We waited and tried again at different times and different locations. The site always said there was nothing available, no matter what date we asked for. We never got to use a single day of the timeshare because we absolutely cannot find any availability anywhere.
Reviewed July 15, 2020
We have invested more than $25,000 in this timeshare "investment" but have not been able to enjoy them in the ways we were promised during the presentations. Wyndham's staff kept pressuring us to sign up not caring if it would put us in a predicament for financial hardship or not. They never asked us questions about how this would affect our lives. They only pushed the contracts in front of us and told us promises Wyndham can never fully fill. We wrote a letter to Wyndham and they will not respond. Dealing with Wyndham has been one of the worst experiences in our lives. James has leukemia and being owners with Wyndham is just making things worse for us.
Reviewed July 14, 2020
Wyndham will never stop selling points and promising a brighter horizon. I have been trapped in a presentation for nearly 7 hours on my last stay Glacier Canyon (Wi Dells) and they still can't explain the product correctly. They also promise a vacation any time, but in reality you have to book 10 to 13 months in advance. In today's world, Who can look that far in the future? Wyndham is a horrible company and no one should ever sign up with them.
Reviewed July 13, 2020
Wyndham controls when we travel, and how far in advance we have to book the rooms. There is always a salesman harassing us to buy more point, and it ruins the vacation. When we purchased the contract we had four people talking non-stop, and we just wanted to leave. All the things that they said we would enjoy has been a lie, and this company is not worth doing business with.
Club Wyndham Company Information
- Company Name:
- Club Wyndham
- Year Founded:
- 1966
- Address:
- 6277 Sea Harbor Dr.
- City:
- Orlando
- State/Province:
- FL
- Postal Code:
- 32821
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.wyndhamvacationresorts.com
