Has Anyone heard of Seasons Holidays??

by **anjcoop** on Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:16 pm

Have won the �3750 membership fee for this holiday club, but i need to pay approx �350 each year as a maintenence charge??

Am a bit suspicious, but has anyone esle heard of it??

www.seasonsholidays.com/clubseasons

by **Fred 2** on Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:00 pm

There are very mixed messages out there about Seasons. Some like, some find them very unreliable.

I would just say that everyone (practically) "wins" the basic membership. It is to get you in. It isn't really worth anything very much - it's only Seasons who say that it is worth �3750 after all. It is however a very basic membership - used to be called "Green for go" membership because it only gives access to green weeks. If you want to make real use of it you would need to upgrade and I am sure that this is what they hope you will do. I am sure that you can find better deals on the internet without getting stuck with something that you may not want after a few years. You are of course stuck with a non-cancellable contract to pay the maintenance for ever and a day because no-one will buy the membership off you.

by **Willself** on Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:11 pm

If you want to aquire a week of timeshare..Why not look on e-bay. under the same heading.
The secret with timeshare is to buy a low season week..even a studio. Then bank it with dialanexchange.com
Who always give a week for week exchange ..regardless of when you holiday!
Plus as part of the exchange package you can take a 2 bed. sleep.6. unit.
That means your low maintenance costs....gives you a terrific bargain..because if you did it the other way around. It would certainly cost you a small fortune.
Another option might be to rent a weeks timeshare at your chosen Holiday Destination!! Here again such weeks can be found on E-Bay!!

by **kai1329** on Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:01 am

I had a letter yesterday, i had to walk to the general post office to get it, as i needed to sign for it. For a couple of minites i really thought i had one something good....then came home and made the call, looked on the website to find the membership is open to anyone, i think if you join there will be regrets ! jill

by **Dane** on Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:23 pm

I feel the same as Kai 1329 and have now decided not to go ahead

by **pages** on Sat May 24, 2008 6:21 pm

I got a letter today I had to go out off my way to the main post office on my way to work and sign for it, It said congratulations i had won this month`s daily Internet/Grand Prize the value of �3750,
I have never heard of Seasons Holiday But I though i`d won a holiday wow Now i`m finding out it just another time share

by **roland butter** on Sun May 25, 2008 3:57 pm

I am a very satisfied Seasons member and own two red weeks.
My suggestion to you would be to go on the offered holiday as if you find that it is not for you, you will get your money back.
On the plus side - Seasons is a british company. They bank with Nat West. Their solicitors are English as are their trustees. If you do decide that it is for you then you will get a property deed just like with your house deeds.
If you feel that you have been pressured or change your mind, you have 14 days to cancel without penalty.
If you have a choice of venue I suggest that you try to go to either Brunston Castle in Scotland or Clowance in Cornwall. Laugharne is being slowly refurbished. Bude is very small and hard to get into. Whitbarrow is really only for those into outdoor things such as walking and mountain biking.
On the minus side, you will have to find annual maintainance fees but this will be the case with every company and they are not exorbitant.
Sometimes at peak periods, it can be difficult to get what you want so you do need to book as early as you can.
If I can help further then come back to me.

by **Fred 2** on Sun May 25, 2008 4:05 pm

RB - clearly these weeks memberships are given away to get you to join. What can you actually do with them in practical terms, what would it cost to upgrade to something which gives flexibility and what is the maintenance cost per red week?

by **roland butter** on Sun May 25, 2008 4:25 pm

You are right when you say that the green weeks are the carrot.
You can choose to use them but will have a very limited choice of weeks (mainly in the winter months).
The best thing to do with one is probably to input the details into Dial an Exchange which then gives you the right to deposit your week and hopefully exchange it for another somewhere in the world. This will also let you purchase bonus weeks from DaE which are very cheap and exceedingly good value. (I returned from Scotland yesterday having had a great week in a 3 bed sleeps 8 for �200)
The maintainance cost will vary with size of the unit you purchase but as an idea a 3 bed sleeps 8 for 2008 is currently �412.
I bought some years ago so cannot give an idea of current costs but sometimes there are deals to be had.

by **spooky** on Fri May 30, 2008 7:30 pm

I to have received a letter from seasons holidays.I phoned them up and quoted the prize draw number for the �3750 value.Then she asked me to pay �350 for maintenance costs,then she said i would get a discount so instead of paying �350 i would pay �275.What a joke eh.
You could have yourself a lovely holiday with that money.Nothing in this world is free especially internet prize draws.