IN THE CANARIES 310,000 PEOPLE ENJOY TIMESHARE

Timeshare allocations in the Canaries generated almost 10,000 jobs and about 220 million euros in the year 2007, with a total of 310,000 people enjoying said allocation.

Incentive Leisure Group in the dock for alleged fraud

The holiday club marketing firm Incentive Leisure Group has been taken to court for 36 counts of fraud. The firm denies having deceitfully stated that those people who paid some thousands of pounds to join Designer Way Vacation Club could recover up to 130% of their money through a cashback scheme.

Exchange networks: what are they and how do they work?

Exchange networks are companies specialized in exchanging the use of the condominium property owners´ vacations (legally known as `timesharing´). Among said networks we should mention the companies RCI and Interval International, although lots of companies have their own vacation exchange schemes. In this article we would like to make a summary for those ones who are `timeshare´ owners of about how these companies operate

OPC: Outer Person Capters

Within the timeshare trade there are some `characters´ who are especially annoying for holidaymakers. The OPC -Outer Person Capters, are boys and girls who against the local regulations and under the promise of a gift try to send potential clients to hotels trading timesharing. Under the commitment of attending a talk or meeting they will try to persuade them to visit the sales room.