An ex-police inspector is leading a project organised by RDO (Resort Development Organisation) to warn consumers about the dangers of bogus discount travel membership clubs - more commonly known as holiday clubs - and fraudulent resale companies.

The project aims to draw attention to unscrupulous companies that deliberately deceive consumers and pressurise them into signing up to membership of a holiday club or a resale scheme. Read more

Members of the public should be on their guard if contacted by a UK based resale company called Holiday Group Sales Ltd.

By using the OTE  logo, the company is inferring that it is a member of OTE (now called RDO) the European trade body for timeshare, whose members sign up to a code of ethics that protects consumers’ rights. This company is not, and never has been, an approved member of either OTE or RDO and is breaking the law by including the OTE/RDO logo on its documentation.
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For most of the world’s 6.7 million Timeshare owners, the purchase of a Timeshare unit represents a wise investment in their future holidays. Read more

The industry trade body for the vacation ownership industry, RDO (Resort Development Organisation), is advising consumers who have purchased a membership from the Incentive Leisure Group (UK) to check with their local Trading Standards office or their solicitor to establish whether they have been defrauded.
 
This advice follows a recent court case in the UK, brought by West Berkshire Trading Standards, during which the Incentive Leisure Group pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fraud.  The offences admitted by the company concerned the likely value of the cashback scheme and claims that it was run by an independent lawyer.

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You can be safe in the knowledge that timeshare is a well established and popular way of taking holidays.

Whether you own a fixed or floating week or have purchased points, you can be safe in the knowledge that timeshare is a well established, popular and highly successful way of taking holidays. Read more

The OFT is appealing for complaints from timeshare owners who have received unsolicited approaches by scammers claiming to be resale agents and promising a 'guaranteed buyer' and a high price for their unwanted timeshare. The OFT is aware that many owners have already lost hundreds of pounds to bogus timeshare resale companies with some having also been conned into paying thousands of pounds to obtain bogus holiday club membership on the basis of false promises. Read more

The Organisation for Timeshare in Europe (OTE) increased spending on its Enforcement Project in Spain last year to €130,000. This project has logged a series of key successes over the past year. Read more