An Expert Shares: Safe Hands Transfers and Timeshare Scams

When I first started in this business, I immediately experienced the sort of scams plaguing the timeshare industry. It was during my first weekend, while I was handling a Pueblo Bonito timeshare membership being transferred. I asked the girl at the front desk to make several copies of the contract, when she said "Oh, that is a great resort." I asked if she owned a timeshare, to which she replied "Oh no, my boyfriend and I just went online, and we rented a place for fifty bucks a night." At that moment, I realized I was in a much-needed industry. People don’t really need timeshares, and they are getting scammed big time.



In the years since, I have seen countless such cases of owners being ripped off. All the customers that come to Safe Hands Transfers are suspicious, and understandably so; they have been scammed by their timeshare company, listing companies, and in some cases even by other owners and lawyers who gave bad advice. So when these people come to me, I pay close attention to what THEY tell me.



A weeks ago, I met a man from Columbia who owed $6,300 in annual membership fees. This man had acquired over a million points, yet he couldn’t use them because his emphysema reduced travel. He was therefore paying over $500 per month for something he doesn’t use. After desperately searching for a way out of the contract, he looked us up on the BBB website. He also did his own rental market research, and a few days later I found myself speaking to him.



Based on his own research, he found that he would be spending more if he used up his points, instead of just renting a vacation condo through Expedia or any of the numerous travel sites online. Worse, he found out his resort had an equivalent batch of points for less than $5 on eBay. And even at that amount, it attracted no bids. He determined for himself the zero, if not negative, value of his timeshare. A value that continues to drop year after year.



Through the years, I have met people who have done their homework. Thanks to them, the matter has been brought to the higher authorities, through complaints to Senators, state Attorney Generals and the Federal Trade Commission. Intelligent and educated people now agree that there is no reason to own a timeshare. And purchasing a timeshare today means shelling out money for an expensive lie.



Whether people own a timeshare in Punta Cana with a real expiration date, or a lifetime contract with Ultimate Escapes or any timeshare company, they need not be chained by their timeshare obligations any longer. Safe Hands Transfers has been helping hundreds of timeshare owners every week, thousands every month!



Every single timeshare owner that Safe Hands Transfers, LLC meets with has the opportunity and is encouraged to do their due diligence. We are there to help and to guide. We have the research tools (thanks, Google and others!) and we travel the country to meet people F2F, face to face, so they can ask all the questions and we can answer all their concerns. There are too many dangers and scams out there in the timeshare industry. Safe Hands Transfers is not a scam: we are the answer.



Avoid being a timeshare victim. Find out more at Safe Hands Transfers today and wave goodbye to your timeshare worries. You can also check out Safe Hands Transfers Blog