I read here that Bluegreen Resortsrents rooms to the public. We just did a tour of one of their Myrtle Beach resorts on 6/6/08, and the salemantold us all of the guests that we saw were owners and they do not rent to the public.
We could not afford their vacation packages, but they kept offering us different deals until we gave in. I thought it was great that considering you would always have a place to go on vacation, but now I am scared!!!
Do they or don't they, and how can I find out for sure because we bought into their sales pitch!!
You stay at a partner hotel off the grounds of the resort. You can upgrade to stay at the actual resort for an additional $50. The 3 days 2 nights package is not a scam. All they want you to do is take a tour of their resort. THATS ITS.
2. Written by Forewarned is Forearmed, on 15-07-2008 18:08
Wendy: Forewarned is Forearmed. You've already done your homework. Now, listen to your instincts and get hubby to either agree to cancel the visit and bite the $50 fee; Or, have hubby agree "in writing" to you to "not" sign anything or "coax" you into signing anything at the Presentation. If during the presentation, he should start to weaken, just pull out the written agreement and smile.
Should you chose to still go ... enjoy the freebie stay and be comforted knowing that you just defended the family from making a big mistake. You're one of the smart ones out there. Wish we had done some advance research before attending our presentation. It would have saved us alot of anxiety. Thankfully, we cancelled our Bluegreen contract within the alloted time (someone above was looking out for us). Fortunately, the contracted hotel we stayed in (Holiday Inn...not the Resort) had a computer with Internet access available for guests. That evening, after the presentation, we did some online research and quickly realized that we had made a mistake. At least we are out of the contract. However, after 20 days of Bluegreen receiving our cancellation letter, we're starting to become concerned whether we'll get our refund of over $1,200 back.
For two highly educated and supposedly intelligent people, we were pretty stupid and reckless the day we signed our contract. We never imagined ourselves ever being sucked in ... hook, line and sinker. What a real lesson in humility. We gotta hand it to Bluegreen ... their sales force must be doing something right when they can get two "ultra-conservative, skeptical people like ourselves to sign on the dotted line. My hats off to their sales force... Bonuses for everyone!
In March 2008 we toured the Myrtle Beach Bluegreen sales pitch thing. First there was the most incrediblly rude saleswoman I have ever met in my life. Then they offered us the WONERFUL SAMPLERS PACKAGE. I thought ok well we spend that on a vacation rental so just paying in advance. I was never told that we couldnt not travel May through August and then bamm...I call to make a reservation and they have no availabilities and we can travel anytime this year...WELL ITS ONLY GOOD FOR A YEAR!!!!! SCAM ALERT. I own a timeshare through another company and havent dealt with near the drama I have dealt with this SAMPLER. They are asking you to buy in something they should at least make it good and easy through that period if they want you to buy....IDIOTS...IF YOU ARE EVER OFFERED A FREE WEEKEND TURN AND RUN LIKE ***!!!!
Run and run fast from any attempt to sell you a time share w/BlueGreen. We were sold 6000pts. 5 yrs ago after 90 minutes of what seemed like the most wonderful thing in the world! We were so impressed, we bought on the spot, paid $10,000 CASH, signed on the dotted line and were happy w/the purchase for about a week - until we started reading the materials about the resorts, thenumber of points required to ever book any of these resorts. We bought primarily because of the resort called Shorline Towers in Gulfl Shores AL where we vacation every year anyway! When I first called to try to book Shoreline, 11 months out as recommended - there wwere no vacancies! I kept called, questioning and was finally told by an incredibly nice telephone operator that bluegreen didn't actually "own" shoreline towers, just a few of the units and they were always booked by the same owners a year in advance. When I tried to contactg the salesman that sold us this property, Dennis Green is his name by the way, he never returned our phone calls. We've made several visits back to the resort for the owners meetings, always with these types of complaints and all we ever get is more pressure to buy more points because it is agreed that 6000 will not get you into any resort, any where, anytime! This company operates on lies and disception, is totally disreputable and if there is a class action law suit anywhere, we're on board! Now, we own $10,000 worth of nothing and it costs uf almostg $700 each year in maintenance fees and club dues! I don't know about the rest of you but $700 having to be paid out each year in October hurts and has diminished our ability to enjoy vacations anywhere! That money would go along way toward a vacation each year for our family! Needless to say, we hate Bluegreen, regret the day we ever walked in the doors and are embarassed that two otherwise intelligent, educated individuals were so "suckered" into something so stupid! Tell everyone you know to stay the *** away from BlueGreen or any other time share operations.!
Shawn, we were told by the girl at bass pro we would receive 2 nights at big cedar. now we find out, NOT. If you are going on July 23, maybe we can sit together and chat and ignore this bunch of liars for 1 1/2 hours!
We were never told by the sales people we couldnt use the sampler package in June,july or august.But after you pay the money.$940 for 9000 points.You find that they've had you to initial and sign a paper stating that.They tell you this is when your first and last payment is due, itinial down the paper and sign at the bottom. later is when you realize what you have really initialed and signed is you have to vacation off season if you want to use the points.The high pressure sales starts with you have to do it today for this deal.
HAHA Bass Pro Shop! You really need to read the fine print first BEFORE signing! The sales guy told us that we could cancel anytime but acutally you have up to 30 days to cancel or you are out of the money you spent. Also, while you do have up to a year to use it, you have to book your stay by a certain time or you have to pay a 50 dollar booking fee. We were not aware of any of this and my fiance called them and boy was she pissed! From what she tells me, the sales lady at Blue Green was doing everything and then some to keep us from cancelling. They waived our booking fee, and documented to receive additional compensation when we arrive. From what I read and understand you do NOT stay at the actual resort because the resort is for owners and their guests. You stay at a partnered hotel. Now, let me preface this with we have not gone for our "stay" yet. It will be later in July. We endured some rough road blocks during the planning stages of our wedding so we have very little for a honeymoon. We thought this would be a nice little getaway and I plan on STICKING to my, "NO" answer the whole tour. If it runs longer than what we were told, I'm leaving anyway :D I will update when we come back!
you do not buy a timeshare in the way you are thinking you buy points that can be used at over 40 resorts (around 60 if you count select connections)
go with an open mind some of these complaints are laughable and do not refect how Bluegreen Vacation Club works i have made 4 reservations this year all when I wanted them and all for the resorts I wanted and all in peak season
You stay in a hotel the resort accom is for owners
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