Wijaya
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Geo Holiday - Think twice before you buy this Fairfield timeshare
In May 2004, we bought our Fairfield timeshare from Geo Holiday.
At that time, we actually were not sure whether we should buy this timeshare or not, the advertising seemed interesting, yet the reason we bought was because the salesperson said to us that we could resell the timeshare after 2 years at the same price to them (Geo Holiday). We thought it was such a nice offer. We could try it, and then, if this didn’t fit our vacation style, we could resell it after 2 years (it sounded too good to be true to be able to sell at the same price… which we should have been aware of something fishy was going on).
We should have been awaken by the fact that in the agreement there wasn’t any statement saying that Geo Holiday would buy back the timeshare after 2 years. However, we mistakenly trusted them…
After 2 years, we found out that we didn’t really like a timeshare. I will explain the reasons later. So, we decided to sell the timeshare. We phoned Geo Holiday, yet they said that they didn’t buy any timeshare. So, basically they lied to us when they said 2 years ago that they would purchase our timeshare at the same price. Then we contacted one of the biggest timeshare brokers. And amazingly, THE PRICE SUITABLE FOR OUR TIMESHARE WAS ALMOST HALF OF OUR PURCHASED PRICE! We purchased biannual 105,000 points Fairfield timeshare for $14,081. And the broker said that our timeshare worth only $8,000. (Because we were confused of the price, we postponed the decision to sell). Should we know that it wouldn’t sell easily, we wouldn’t have bought it in the first place. That’s why, beware customers! Don’t be tricked by their lies! First, you’re probably better buy from people like us (be a second hand timeshare owner and receive almost 50% off)… And secondly, think first whether a timeshare is suitable for you… Because some people, like us, don’t feel happy with a timeshare.
Then there was another difficulty in selling our Fairfield timeshare. Actually this difficulty was also the advantage of our Fairfield timeshare, if only it suited us. The timeshare we purchased wasn’t tied to any particular resort. If we used it, that meant we could use it for various resorts in various places, which was an amazing feature. However, to sell such a timeshare isn’t easy, because usually the broker will ask us the particular resort attached to the timeshare, and we just can’t answer such a question, because there isn’t any. (Lately some timeshare brokers make a new search category for multi location timeshare. It helps better, although unfortunately there are too many timeshares to choose from this category, and it might be confusing if you don’t really familiar with Geo Holiday).
Last week, on January 30th, 2008, I tried to contact Geo Holiday to remind them of their promise to buy our timeshare. However, the manager didn’t give a positive response. And I even said to her that I would write about this in bad business bureau, and surprisingly, she said it’s ok. So, last week I wrote my comments about Geo Holiday in bad business bureau. And now I add to this website (with some additional information). I hope fewer consumers will face such a trouble like what we currently have.
Now, the reasons why we would like to sell our timeshare:
1. We are the type of travelers who don’t like to stay for the whole week in one spot. Usually using timeshare means we have to stay for the whole week in one resort. When we purchased Fairfield timeshare, they told us that we could use the points for just a few days, instead of the whole week. However, somehow, we received different response when we tried to book for just a few days. Anyway, I forgot when we exactly called and which resort was it, but I remembered very clearly that the resort wanted us to stay for the whole week. OK. Even if we can stay for a few days, a timeshare is still not suitable for us, because of our travel preference. We like to explore one whole area and stay few nights here and few nights there within the area. For example, last year we went to British Columbia/Alberta region. We stayed two nights in Vancouver, one night in Vancouver Island, a few nights in Jasper, and a few nights in Banff. Of course we cannot use our timeshare, because timeshare resorts aren’t available in all places. Or two years ago, we went to Hong Kong for one week. Although one week in Hong Kong was actually a very short period, yet, we traveled to Guangzhou, Shenzen, and Macao as well, during the same week. (We couldn’t use any timeshare as well for this vacation). If you are such a traveler like us, then a timeshare is certainly not suitable.
2. We are type of travelers who decide first where to go, then try to find an accommodation there. If you like to use timeshare, it is better to do the other way around. Find the available resort first, and then plan the vacation. People like us will most probably get disappointed, because again resorts are not everywhere and combined with last minute booking, the resort might have fully booked.
3. We are the last minute travelers. Of course there are last minute resorts available, however we just have to change our plan of destination, which we usually don’t.
We actually had ever used the timeshare once. At that time, we had spent too much money on our planned vacation, but we felt bad about not using our timeshare. So, we searched for a near location: a resort near Montreal (we lived in Toronto back then). It was a very nice resort. The resort was like a loft. The bedroom was upstairs; the living room had a high ceiling with a television, a fireplace, and a sofa bed. There was a kitchen, complete with utensils, and a bathroom. It was nice. Unfortunately, because the location was close to my husband’s Montreal office, he ended up working for half of the week.
Hopefully this report will help those consumers who currently thinking about buying Fairfield timeshare from Geo Holiday. It wasn’t a bad timeshare, I think, if you aren’t like us. What you need to do is just think twice before you buy this timeshare.
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