We purchased a timeshare at the Grand Mayan and "traded in" our other timeshares because we did not want the continued rising maintenance fees.
The contracts we signed stated a cost of $655/property for each transfer. We had 2 contracts, one for a Raintree property and another for our 3 Shell properties that were supposed to be treated as one for these purposes. When contacted by Laurie at Travel Around the World, the price to transfer the properties increased two-fold and we were told that each property would be handled separately... 4 transfers vs. 2.
When I balked at that, she then offered to "sell me back" my properties for $13,000! Why would I buy them back when I didn't want to keep them in the first place? She then proceeded to tell me that they were so busy that it would be to my benefit to buy them back because I'd still be responsible for the maintenance fees, etc. Until they were transferred which could take a VERY LONG TIME. When I balked at the $13,000 she offered to sell them back to me for as little as $2,650. At the moment while in a state of shock over this whole ordeal, I paid the requested amount which I then disputed with my credit card company.
Based on the fact that TATW did NOTHING for the $2,650 that I paid, I won the dispute and the charge was reversed. I have since received 2 phone calls from them and fully expect that they might try to sue me. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it... But a word to the wise: DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD!
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