Get out of Westgate Resorts

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Re: Get out of Westgate Resorts (by Brent T.):

Hi Guys who had dealt with Westgate and was able to “exit the time share”/ give the deed back to them and pay a mandatory $900 feedback fee. Can you give me some instructions how to proceed to that? Who to call? What do I inquire about?

I purchased the Westgate resort timeshare a year ago and paid it off. Due to high increasing yearly maintenance fee; promised lot, but did less; my agent could not be contacted for questions or anything (You contact me any time. I will answer your questions.); lied about timeshare is an investment and save vacationers hundreds to thousands of dollars; give almost no option for owners to opt out... made me to get out as soon as I can.

I called Westgate Legacy’s program and talked one of the Representatives. She said that due to supplies and demands, my timeshare can not be taken back now. She asked me to call back months later to check if they accept the time share back. I read owners’ comments and appeared to me that anyone wants to give up their deed back. Westgate will accept right away. Again, my condition is my timeshare was paid off; Maintenance fee was paid up to date; I am willing to pay the penalty fee to get out of the timeshare, but they would not let me. PLEASE ADVISE!

ken1193 wrote:
alexv69 wrote:
...I have noticed recently that Westgate's Legacy Program (which is their department referenced above for deedbacks) has begun publicly posting more policies and transparency in their program do's and don't ... which must be an attempt to look better in the public eye.

I don't believe that Westgate cares one bit about "looking better in the public eye". Accepting "deedbacks" (and collecting the mandatory $900 deedback fee) is simply easier (and more profitable) for Westgate than having to conduct foreclosures. Moreover, with Wyndham and Diamond having both instituted "deedback" programs, Westgate is now (probably reluctantly) basically just catching up and keeping up with the current practices of their competitor second tier "chains".