anyone heard of club lacosta - !!!!!! (merged)

Girlpants_3

This may help you ellawood

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=138239

ellawood

thanks girlpants : we are not going to go to anything now I hate be made to feel I have to sign up for any thing :mad: :mad:

hnm26

I got sucked into this too last year, same old story but we got letter through the post. We got two actually but we couldn`t make the first presentation............ Anyway we ended up getting the stupid trial membership and going to tenerife for a week to sunningdale village. We got shipped off to paradise for the full member upgrade and we are now on points althought they are still waiting for the £5000 for it. It seemed the only option(ever tryed fitting 5 weeks in 34 months)to go for really.It wasn`t all bad tho we had a pretty good time and the resorts are immaculate in my opinon and we did have a few problems which they were more than happy to help us out with.

wayyny

Twopints wrote:

Club La Costa (CLC) are indeed a timeshare or "Holiday Ownership" company.

I am a member (since 1999), previously via a fixed week at one of their resorts in Spain, now on a points basis. I must say, for me it works OK. I have always been able to book the locations I want at the times I want.

I know, however, that many people feel they were conned into buying unwanted or overpriced timeshares.

I think they have various sales offices in the UK and they have, er, interesting sales techniques.

My advice would be to take the freebie or whatever is offered (these can be difficult to claim and subject to all sorts of conditions) as long as you are able to resist the sales pitch. IF you actually are interested in the product then buy it through a reseller NOT direct from Club La Costa. If it is points they are selling (often in the guise of a 3 year trial membership) you can get them at 10-20 % of the CLC price on the 2nd hand market. There is a CLCmembers (completely indepedent of CLC) website if you are at all interested.

Oh, the 36 month thing means that they are not subject to a lot of the timeshare laws and regulations that were brought in to regulate the industry, but that only apply to contract of 3 years or more. :rolleyes:

PM me if you have any specific questions.

:mad: joined this club in 04 paid them £3600.00.asked all the questions ,reply yes ,yes,yes.cost to me replacement holidays £4,400=+3,600.make your own mind up.£8,000

nurse_sue

caimed id won a holiday yeah right who in their right mind goes to teneriffe these days timeshare alley got chased through streets by touts there never been back in 14 yrs
timeshare be great if marketed ethically

glen5213

Do Not Touch Them With A 10ft Bargepole