Wyndham Hotels & ResortsReviews of microtelinn.com

Upgrading my contract with Wyndham has been one of the worst mistakes I have ever made. I had been an owner for 18 years prior to upgrading. The first 18 years of owning Wyndham, I was only able to go to New Orleans. I decided to purchase a second timeshare so I could book across the U.S and travel abroad. When I conveyed that I wanted to further investigate the Wyndham properties outside of the U.S. and get back to them, my Wyndham sales rep stated that if I did not proceed with the timeshare purchase, I would NOT be eligible for the 2 show tickets that I was promised for attending the presentation. I ended up purchasing a 2nd timeshare only after being promised several quality Wyndham properties outside of the U.S. with booking simplicity. I have found the process to be anything but simple. I had filed a complaint with Better Business Bureau in the past against Wyndham due to 1 of my 3 payments by check on 1/1/21 being falsely determined as delinquent. It is the company’s responsibility to cash checks in a timely manner, not the client’s responsibility! And If Wyndham finds it necessary to engage in these types of nefarious business practices and intentionally delay the processing of payments to generate additional income at exorbitant rates, then this company needs to be investigated! I write this negative review to give insight to others to show that upgrading, purchasing, or even showing up for a presentation to receive something for “free” is not worth your precious time or money. Stay away from Wyndham!

Wyndham is such a joke! Their salespeople are lying vultures that will tell you anything to make a buck. It’s like they have no conscience. My wife and I went to a presentation since we were offered a free 2-night vacation in exchange. While there, we dealt with 3 different vultures that really turned up the charm when we mentioned our grandchildren. All of a sudden, they pushed really hard on selling us “memories”. They have no problem with guilting you into a purchase and using children to their advantage. When they are done using your family against you, the lies start! We did like the exclusivity that was offered and the extra income potential we’d have by renting out our points. Too bad it wasn’t true. When we were fooled in to upgrading, they said our payments would not go up, but they did…significantly. No one told us about the cancellation period either, so we are stuck with this. To make matters worse, when you finally get to book a vacation, there are more vultures trying to pull you in to another presentation and when you decline, they start calling your room! If you sign up with Wyndham, be prepared to have the least relaxing vacation you have ever taken.

What a scam! Wyndham swindled me out of THOUSANDS of dollars! Their salespeople are so good at deceiving you and lying to make a buck. I have owned this timeshare since 2016 and have been disappointed the entire time. One major selling point was being able to travel anywhere, any time. That simply isn’t true. There is never any availability. What’s worse is that I have paid so much for this timeshare yet, if you go online through any travel website, there is availability and for FAR less money! I have never been able to take a vacation and with the amount I have spent, I could have traveled the country for a month!

Do yourself a favor and don’t buy a timeshare from Wyndham. We have had too many headaches dealing with them! The “short” presentation ended up being 5 hours long. All those hours wasted while we sat there being lied to. The sales staff are shady liars! These are some of the things we were told that are not true that were omitted all together: LIE: This is a great investment. We found out timeshares have no actual value. OMISSION: 14.99% interest rate. We never knew the true loan cost, just the monthly payment. LIE: We’d be able to sell the timeshare at any time. No one will buy it! Even eBay has listings for under $5.00 with no bites. OMISSION: There was a cancellation period that they obviously did not want us knowing about. LIE: There is availability everywhere! In reality, it is very difficult to make reservations and the website is not user friendly. OMISSION: Maintenance fees. We were not told that we’d owe these fees even after the mortgage is paid off, let alone that they increase annually at shocking rates. This purchase has been the worst financial pit that we have ever been in! There has been no payoff for the thousands that we have dumped in to Wyndham’s lap.

Please, anyone reading this, do yourself a favor and stay away from WorldMark. Doing business with them was one of the worst decisions my husband and I have EVER made. Their salespeople lie to get you to buy a timeshare. They said it wasn't a timeshare. They’ll tell you anything you want to hear. We were told that this purchase would be a financial investment in vacation real estate with the ability to write it off on our taxes…but there is no monetary value or tax benefit! Their salespeople also told us we could use the timeshare for a few years and get out whenever we wanted. They neglected to tell us there is no cancellation plan, no buyback plan, NOTHING. When they tell you that Maintenance fees will not go up, that’s a lie too. What’s worse is that they pressure you in to buying with fake promos and “one time only” deals. Every time an offer was declined, they offered a better deal, the only catch being that if we left the presentation, it would never be offered again. We have been so disappointed by this purchase that we wouldn’t recommend this to an enemy, let alone a friend!

Dealing with WorldMark is horrible, plain and simple! My husband and I have been owners for more than a decade and have not been able to take many vacations because of the total lack of availability. The sales staff lies and always tries to rope you in to buying more points. When we have talked about the difficult time we had with making reservations, the answer is to either book more than a year in advance or buy more points and boy, do they push to sell you MORE POINTS! Unfortunately, more points doesn’t solve the availability problem. It just means you pay even more to have the exact same issue! That’s not to mention the maintenance fees that go up EVERY year. With the amount we have spent on this timeshare, we could have traveled the world for a year!

Beware of WorldMark. This company preyed on the fact that I am a veteran by saying it qualified me for special offers. The sales staff keeps you in a presentation for HOURS but once they have you in their clutches and you say yes to making a purchase, they fly through everything and hide all the important details of the contract. There were so many lies and facts that had been withheld. Just know that if you buy a timeshare with WorldMark, you will be paying more than what was discussed. The interest rates are high, the maintenance fees were not brought up at all nor the fact that they go up EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Don’t think that this does not affect you if you’re already an owner. Even after you have spent tens of thousands of dollars, they invite you to “owner updates” that are really sales presentations and they will grind and grind you down and make you feel like what you own is worthless, so you keep spending money. You’ll hear all about why you need to buy more points for HOURS. Save yourself the day and don’t show up, it’s NOT mandatory as they claim! Learn from me and do NOT do business with WorldMark!!

Wyndham is so good at sucking people in. Right off the bat, we were offered free tickets to Disney just for going to their timeshare presentation. We should have just paid for Disney tickets; it would have ended up costing us less, in fact, we could have taken the family to Disney once a month for a whole year. We went to the presentation and the one hour that we agreed to turned into SIX. Six straight hours of lies and pushy salespeople. Every time we said “no”, they pushed harder. We were given so much information all at once that it became almost a blur. They probably do that so it will be harder to catch their lies. We were told we would be “deed holders” with exclusive rights to “our” property. This was also supposed to be an investment with equity in Wyndham real estate. Or so they said. None of that is true. They also purposely left out a lot of details too. The extreme difficulty to book a vacation, the maintenance fee increases, and more. Then you’ll get invited to “owner update meetings”. DO NOT fall for this! It’s another sales presentation to make you spend more money by upgrading. Save yourself the disappointment and just stay away from these scammers.