Wyndham WorldwideReviews of wyndhamworldwide.com

Our family has fallen victim to Wyndham’s shady sales practices. We were maliciously lied to and misled about what we were buying from the beginning. For several hours the sales representatives lied to us about what Wyndham timeshares entail. Unfortunately for us, it was all smoke and mirrors. The truth is that once you sign the contract with these crooks you end up stuck with an atrocious amount of debt, fees, and very little availability. Don’t trust a word they say, especially when it relates to it being an “investment”, it’s far from it. There are several fees you have to pay to use the timeshare and they never tell you about this at the presentation. They opened a credit card without asking for my permission or even mentioning it. They supposedly gifted us 3 “fantasy vacations” that never panned out, all lies to convince us to buy. They didn’t tell us that the maintenance fees would always increase and you’re responsible for paying them even if you don’t use the timeshare! It's nearly impossible to book a reservation and they outright lied about international properties we would have access to. Another one of the lies they told was that we would easily rent the unit to other people to make a profit in the years we don’t travel. We thoroughly regret ever getting involved with Wyndham. They are a horrible company and what’s worse is that it’s impossible to cancel the timeshare. You do have a short window to cancel after your purchase, but just like all the other things they failed to mention, this was another. Once they have you locked in, you’re stuck with it. Wyndham timeshares are a terrible product, save yourself the money and headaches and avoid them at all costs. They should be investigated and fined for what they are doing to people.

I bought 486,000 Wyndham points on the second hand market because it was getting harder to find availability in Pagosa Springs on online booking platforms. The value is good and have we booked in Pagosa Springs with little problem . Its always better to book a few months in advance . I am able to book 6 months with my membership. The maintenance is good and their crew is helpful . Watch out for some of the staff in the office behind the big open counter . They will do anything to sell you overpriced memberships and ignore your needs . They also pretend to give you updated information on your timeshare , but they really aren't knowledgeable and a bit pushy .

My fiasco started in April 2022; shady Wyndham employees were lurking in the lobby as I arrived at Excalibur. It was only minutes when they were already attempting to get my attention. They went on to entice me with discounted Cirque du Soleil tickets in exchange for my attendance at a presentation. This grew to become a decision I sorely regret. As an owner myself, I can affirm that there are no benefits, only encumbrances! They painted a picture of grandeur and leisure; in fact, I was hostage to the sales team for the next four hours. I held them at bay for a long time, at one point, one of them even told me I would “be a loser” if I left without taking advantage of this MONEY PIT. Wyndham employees BULLIED me into a horrendous contract. A member of Senior Management went as far as to suggest that I take out a loan from an IRA to pay for the Wyndham timeshare. Unbelievable! Regardless of the price tag, THIS HAS ZERO VALUE! You cannot refinance, and you cannot give it away, check out the $1 postings on eBay! Maybe I should be talking about Excalibur too! Why are they allowing this activity to go on, on their property? Are they getting a cut too? They are damaging their clientele! I only attended the presentation that led me here because of a couple of discounted tickets; I could have bought my whole family tickets two times over with the amount I have paid to Wyndham. The ONLY reason I am stuck now with this RIDICULOUS contract and astronomical bills is due to the misconceptions and corrupted tactics that I was exposed to by these self-centered con artists. Watch out! These people are afraid to approach no one! Anyone in their path is liable to become their next victim! Stay away from Wyndham Vacation Ownership!

As we write this review of Wyndham Vacation Resorts, we are wondering how they keep getting away with what seems to be a pattern of them “hiding”. We were victim to their oppressive sales tactics when we were approached in San Antonio, Texas. A young man said we would receive incentives for attending a tour of a nearby Wyndham property. We went, naïve to what was to come and have regretted it ever since. When we clearly stated that we were not interested in Timeshare; we were met with “but this is NOT Timeshare”. This was and continues to be a blatant lie, echoed by the employees located in at least San Antonio, TX. Here are the talking points that clearly point to this as a Timeshare, as it is the same story told repeatedly in BBB reviews. You could pass this down to our children equates to your children would be forced to inherit the timeshare payments. We could vacation anywhere at any time is code for; availably is scarce unless booking close to a year in advance and even then, you’d be lucky to find something available. It is affordable with easy monthly payments. Unless you are cash solvent you WILL be stuck with mortgage payments (the only fixed cost for 10 years). The exchange fees, maintenance fees, special assessments, etc. all fluctuate and never in your favor. If the staff were honest with the information provided, there is no way we would have been conned into paying for this worthless debt.  There must be something illegal here, someone needs to take accountability for these ridiculous practices.

SCAM! Club Wyndham overbooks their resorts, so you never know if you will have a suite to stay in. You could fly across the the country and they will strand you. Absolute joke.

Wyndham Resorts sales practices is high pressure, do not believe anything different. We were roped into attending one of these presentations while in Las Vegas when they offered us a free WEEK stay at any Wyndham Resort. All we had to do was give them a $30 deposit and 90-minutes of our time. We arrived as instructed at the resort, and they put us in a noisy room full of our fellow victims. Hostage is a better term because we all had our Drivers Licenses confiscated “for security purposes”, more on that later. Once we were one on one with a member of the Sales Team, the pressure mounted. The following statements were what made us agree to buy from them, but they turned out to be completely dishonest… “Book anywhere in the world at any time.”   “You will OWN the property.” “This is a rentable, real estate income source.” Now, back to “for security purposes”, you need security if you are attending a Timeshare presentation. Why? They are stealing your personal information proactively to get ahold of your financial information, by running your credit scores based on the information stolen from your Drivers’ License. We would know, they did a HARD credit score pull on us, without our knowledge. They might not have been caught if they had not told us that they were doing a “soft” credit pull, also without our knowledge until after the fact. These scammers hit us with more lies like, “if you aren’t satisfied with the product, we could simply make a phone call and cancel our contract”. Meanwhile, they never disclosed that there is a limited number of days that you have to cancel the contract.

We sent the Wyndham CEO a letter, with specific names and details about the outright fraud that has taken place, only to receive an email requesting a phone call. We are both in our mid-60s, I am a fully disabled Veteran and my wife had to retire early due to health concerns, significantly diminishing our household income. Now, in addition to not being able to afford a product that was misrepresented in terms of value and cost, we have realized there are no VIP benefits to be had. We are 5 years into a contract that will be double in price because of the interest rate they couldn’t be bothered to disclose. Wyndham will even lie to existing Owners stating that they are REQUIRED to go to meetings, here’s a hint, you are NOT required to do anything. This is where they pretend that there is something, new, exciting, or needed. The only need is theirs, a need to drain your bank account further. Google them, and read the reviews, regardless of size, glitz, glamor, and golf, timeshare holds no actual value. Finally, we believe that our research has yielded enough evidence that the omissions such as truth in lending and other addendums should nullify our contract. We signed our contract digitally and were given a thumb drive…the Public Offerings Statement is simply not there. So, now we join ranks of people who discovered after the fact that the “benefits” are lies. Google reveals that Wyndham is NOT associated with Disney resorts and theme parks or Norwegian Cruise Line. Statements, made by Wyndham employees about the ability to resell the timeshare were also NOT truthful. The reality of the matter is that timeshares are practically worthless, made further worthless by Wyndham’s disreputable point system. There are no deeds. There is no physical address. There is no market for timeshares as no one wants them. Wyndham – respond to our letter IN WRITING, we don’t trust anything that is verbalized by anyone in your company.

Club Wyndham, Wyndham Vacations, and WorldMark the Club are all the same company with the same hard-core sales tactics that leave you with the impression that you are being held hostage. What is crazy is that they speak in absolutes, as if we don’t have any rights while on their properties. Our “awakening” initially occurred when we were told we had to attend a mandatory meeting where our Id’s were collected at the Bonnet Creek property, in Orlando, Florida in April of 2022. We had been owners for 4 months and this was our first “owners update”. During this update, they opened new credit cards on us without our prior authorization for the down payment to upgrade because we didn’t have the money. Each time we travel, there is always another high-pressure sales presentation. I don’t know why they bother to even call them updates, because there are no updates to give – besides giving them more money. This deceitful activity repeating itself was the final straw for us. When the staff told us they had signed us up for a Wyndham Earners VISA card to cover a down payment for another upgrade that we never agreed to (for the second time), we knew this company had very unethical practices. The pressure from the sales staff is disturbing, and at this point, EMPLOYEES are the main reason we want out of our timeshare contract.  What kind of company, in this economy is randomly running people’s credit and opening cards without their authorization? Wyndham that’s who! How is this even legal?