TIME SHARE RENTAL SCAM

We have had a good relationship with Red Week for about 5 years but last year we did not get what we agreed on from J.k. Luxury vacations. They said they had a 2 bedroom 2 bath ocean front condo at north myrtle beach north towers at the grove that sleeps 8. When we called down there they said it was a 2bed room that sleeps 6. We called the people at J.K. Luxury they did not care that they had lied to us. We also found out that they were not the owners but they were hired by the owner to rent their condos we even talked to the owner but they didn't care either as neither did red week not sure we trust them anymore or their owners

You need to send your post to Redweek via email ..... scroll down to the bottom of the page and click 'contact Redweek'. Unless you report incidences like this to Redweek, they have no way knowing.

We have had a good relationship with red week and its owners for about 5 years but last year we did not get what was agreed on from J.K. Luxury vacations . They said they had a 2 bedroom 2 bath ocean front condo at cherry grove towers at the grove that sleeps 8. When we called down there they said that it was a 2 bedroom that sleeps 6 (there was 7 of us). We called the people at J.K. Luxury vacations but they did care that they lied to us . We also found out that they were not the owners but they were hired by the owners to rent the condo for them. We talked to the owners who didn't care either. We notified red week who offered no help not sure that we trust red week when they allow renters to misrepresent themselves and lie about what they have.

Redweek is an advertising site. They don't verify the info in the ads. As a renter you need to do your due diligence to verify the info in the advertisement. When you call the resort to verify that your name has been added to a reservation you can also double check the view category and the maximum occupancy.

If this happened last year, just wondering why you are getting around to publishing the details now?

Anyway, thanks for the warning about J.K. Luxury vacations. But really this could happen with anyone you rent from so it is always best to verify everything directly with the resort.

Thank for your smart answer I guess this means that you don't care if people use your site to cheat people we paid $15.00 a year and they pay hundreds so I can see who you care the most about

It was not meant as a smart answer. Renting from an owner or a timeshare rental brokerage requires some additional steps if you want to protect yourself from problems like you encountered. Redweek offer advice in the resource column above: http://www.redweek.com/resources/stay-safe If you want something that is 100% secure and guaranteed, you should rent directly from a national chain of hotels/resorts and even then you probably still want to do some due diligence and read the reviews to make sure you are getting what you think you are getting.

I certainly don't work for redweek and personally think it is a step above craigslist in terms of having less inacurate postings and misrepresentations (but certainly not immune to either) but it does not claim to be anything other than an advertising site that one can pay to advertise and one must pay to contact advertisers.

And let this be a warning to those who use redweek, not all postings listed are 100% accurate. There is a possibility that someone is hoping to scam or deceive members by paying to place an advertisement. There are other owners who don't know or understand their timeshare ownership or membership usage. There are steps you can and should take to verify all of the important details in an ad. If you don't want to do this you are taking your chances or should look elsewhere for your rentals.

berry4 wrote:

Thank for your smart answer I guess this means that you don't care if people use your site to cheat people we paid $15.00 a year and they pay hundreds so I can see who you care the most about

Who are you posting the above message to? Redweek forum members are not Redweek employees ... they are merely timeshare owners or former timeshare owners that try to give advice on the subject of timesharing.

It's not Redeek's responsibility to monitor all ads on their site ..... that's up to renters to verify info.

berry4 wrote:

We have had a good relationship with red week and its owners for about 5 years but last year we did not get what was agreed on from J.K. Luxury vacations . They said they had a 2 bedroom 2 bath ocean front condo at cherry grove towers at the grove that sleeps 8. When we called down there they said that it was a 2 bedroom that sleeps 6 (there was 7 of us). We called the people at J.K. Luxury vacations but they did care that they lied to us . We also found out that they were not the owners but they were hired by the owners to rent the condo for them. We talked to the owners who didn't care either. We notified red week who offered no help not sure that we trust red week when they allow renters to misrepresent themselves and lie about what they have.

What you should have done was to contact the resort concerning the sleeping arrangements BEFORE you sent any money to the rental entity. Many people hire rental entities to rent their timeshares ..... that's nothing new.