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10-02-2008 12:43 PM
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Joined: 10 Feb 2008
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| Hi, I have received a letter from Club Seasons Holidays, claiming that I have "won" a fee membership until 2069, for a payment of £367 per year I can have a 1 week holiday in any of their resorts every year - has anyone else heard about this or is it a scam. Any replies appreciated.
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Willself
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10-02-2008 03:09 PM
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Joined: 16 Jul 2007
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For that kind of money you could rent a 2 bed sleep 6 unit at most timeshare resorts, certainly ones like the Canaries, Mainland Spain, Portugal etc.
Seasons do have a number of resort locations in the UK. But i found them expen sive..All require you to take a Timeshare Presentation.If you just want to try before you buy,experience tells me!! you should look on e-bay, under self catering holidays..and Good Luck!!
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chiefengineer
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10-02-2008 04:59 PM
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| Hello,
Check this out before you commit any of your hard-earned cash...
http://www.blagger.com/db4/company_id/6260/companyname/Club-Seasons-.co.uk.html
Jeremy
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My Latest Review: Aug 2008 Nairn Holiday Park (10/10)
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Seasons Holidays
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19-02-2008 06:43 PM
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Joined: 19 Feb 2008
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| Seasons Holidays plc
We would like to set the record straight regarding a number of postings on this website by consumers who have not provided sufficient information and background to a number of promotions we have hosted on the web recently, nor have they actually enjoyed a holiday at one of our holiday resorts or put our money back guarantee offer to the test. We are sorry if some participants are disappointed, but it is also important that other participants are in possession of all the facts so they can make their own judgement, rather than relying on unsubstantiated rants. More than 500,000 UK households already own timeshare and a recent independent survey based on thousands of responses showed that the vast majority of UK timeshare owners are satisfied or very satisfied with their timeshare experience.
Visitors to this site are reminded that the details contained within user comments are uncorroborated and as such should not be read as fact but as the opinion of the person who left the comment.
Here are the facts.
Seasons Holidays are one of Europe's leading resort developers, with six luxury resorts in the British Isles and three in Europe. Each year Seasons arranges holidays for more than 75,000 customers. We offer both timeshare on a flexible, multi-destination basis, and also freehold luxury holiday homes and fractional ownership. During the last 12 months, we have built and sold more than120 brand new luxury holiday residences in Scotland the Lake District and Cornwall.
We have been operating since 1996 and we are an English registered company. We work closely with our home authority trading standards office to ensure offers are clear. We are proud of the quality and value that we offer our customers and the valuable year round employment we are bringing to rural communities, without forcing up the price of local residential property for first time buyers. It is more selfish to buy an outright residential home for holidays, then leave it empty for most of the year and then take down provisions for a few weeks each year. All of our property offers encourage multiple use of holiday properties.
For the last 5 years our marketing has been structured around opt-in marketing for our products and we have indeed been offering the chance for consumers to win a Clubseasons timeshare membership worth £3750, excluding annual management fees which are paid by all co-owners and these are currently £367 per week. We are surprised to see comments on this website that we have in some way tried to hide these facts, since these facts were included very clearly in original offer page. The management fees include all bed linen, utility charges and VAT, as well as all the usual services required to maintain a portfolio of very nice residences and facilities. We offer a money back guarantee to winners who are not entirely satisfied upon returning from their first 7 night holiday.
Yes it is possible that some people may have had bad experience of timeshare in the past, when the trade was young and inexperienced. Our industry has by and large developed into a responsible and ethical group and most problems these days relate to non-property based discount travel clubs which have been set up to get around laws and code of ethics that our industry has adopted. We are members for the Organisation for Timeshare in Europe (www.ote-info.com).
Our marketing is based on an opt-in basis without compulsory sales presentations and we are glad that the resort experiences sell themselves. We have generated opt in lists of more than 400,000 consumers over the last few years offering the incentive of the chance to win a timeshare (excluding annual management fees) as a means to attract consumers who may have wondered how to find out about resorts. Yes consumers are required to pay annual management fees for their share of the collective costs of running the resorts in the portfolio but anyone who has won a prize should note that more than 1000 clients have purchased the prizes on offer for more than £4000 per membership excluding annual management fees. We have given away nearly a 1000 memberships worth £3750 over the last 24 months: non winners have been offered the chance to enjoy a low cost inspection break in the UK or overseas without obligation to find out more about Seasons timeshare. In fact some of the winners have also gone on to purchase more weeks from us, others have decided to walk away from ownership without penalty and that is fine no product will meet the needs and aspirations of every client. We let the resort experience do the selling; we are a commercial organisation and of course we will always encourage customers to purchase more, and there is nothing to be ashamed about in being enthusiastic about a rapidly growing, asset based club that will definitely save members money on better quality holidays for whatever period they choose to remain within the club. We are truly unique in being able to offer to customers six very sought after destinations within the British Isles and even more overseas. I am pleased to say that more than 50 % of our sales last year were existing owners who have owned for 2 years or more deciding to purchase more, so it is clear that what we offer is very attractive to some consumers.
For further information about Seasons Holidays please visit our website www.seasonsholidays.com.
The telephone number for Seasons featured on this website is not correct, should anyone wish to speak to the marketing department, the telephone number is 01727 899959.
If you book a holiday for this August for example in Scoltand or the Lake District or the Algarve, if you really dont like it we offer a refund of the management fee and end the membership. If this happens we lose and you win. We prefer win win. Ie you go on holiday and retain membership and hopefully one day you might want to buy more perhaps you might not that is your choice. I am not aware of any tour operator offering holidays this summer with money back guarantee if not entirely satisfied!
Anyway good luck with your decision.
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