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Re: Alert to Timeshare Scam (by R P.):

johnb2353 wrote:

Lance, I did not speak with a desk clerk. I went to the woman at a management level who was responsible for taking back timeshare deeds. She told me I would have to be placed on a "waiting list." And over time, I found out many other owners were told the same thing. The waiting list was as long as Manhattan itself. I really don't believe there was a waiting list. If you look at The Manhattan Club forum here, you will see it it full of similarly frustrated owners. Of course, there are other timeshares that are similarly bad. But The Manhattan Club is expensive, and my goal was to get out before paying another huge maintenance fee this year for a timeshare that never had time available. So I called my attorney and said, "Get me out before the next fee is due. They will not cooperate with me." In a matter of weeks, I was out.

You evidently owned a floating week and not a fixed week. With floating weeks (especially for timeshares that are in popular locations such as NYC) you have to make your reservations up to a year in advance. Owning such a floating week in such a popular location is not for the last minute vacation planner. IF (and I say IF) an attorney took your case and was successful in getting you out of your contract then the Manhatta Club evidently had someone waiting in the wings they could sell it to. NYC is a very expensive city for rental accomodations.