Timeshare, Vacation Clubs and Scams

In this episode of Level Up Law, we delve into the shady practices of timeshare sellers that could leave you regretting your vacation investment. Learn about the 11 crucial things timeshare sellers aren't telling you, from misleading contracts to misrepresented accommodations and services.
Timeshare sellers are prohibited from making written or oral statements that shall:
1. make misleading or deceptive representations with respect to the contents of the contract or the purchaser’s rights, privileges, or benefits under it
2. misrepresent the amount of time or period of time the accommodations and facilities are available to a purchaser
3. misrepresent or deceptively represent the location of the offered accommodations and facilities
4. misrepresent the size, nature, extent, qualities, or characteristics of the offered accommodations and facilities
5. misrepresent the nature or extent of services incident to the accommodations and facilities
6. fail to honor and comply with all provisions of the contract with the purchaser
7. misrepresent the conditions under which a purchaser may exchange his rights to an accommodation in one location for rights to an accommodation in another location
8. include in a contract a provision purporting to waive a right or benefit provided for purchasers pursuant to this chapter, or seek or solicit such a waiver during the effective period of these rules
9. use a promotional device including, but not limited to, sweepstakes, lodging certificates, gift awards, premiums, or discounts, without disclosing fully that the promotional device is used for the purpose of soliciting the sale of vacation time sharing plans
10. use a promotional device as described in item (1) to obtain the names and addresses of prospective purchasers without fully and prominently disclosing that names and addresses are acquired for the purpose of soliciting the sale of the vacation time sharing plans
11. do any other act of fraud, misrepresentation, or failure to make a disclosure of a material fact
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