Incentive Leisure Group has been the leading marketer of Designer Way Vacation Club (DWVC) since early 2000. During nearly a decade of selling this fabulous product we have surveyed in excess of 50,000 holiday makers.
These surveys assist us to more fully understand the customer. We communicate this data to DWVC who, over the years, have been able to improve upon the product through this knowledge.
Our surveys are sectional, covering all types of holiday makers. One category is for owners of timeshare, who, we were pleased to discover, found DWVC more attractive than their timeshare. DWVC is far more flexible than timeshare and solves many of the problems that timeshare owners experience with lack of availability and the costs associated to its use.
Consider a comparison between DWVC and a typical timeshare:
1. Subscription Fees
DWVC’s Annual Subscription Fee is £75.00 and has not been increased since the year 2000, with no plans to increase it in the foreseeable future.
Timeshare has an annual, and ever increasing, maintenance fee of from £200 to over £2000. Recent studies indicate a 150% increase in fees over the past 8 years. Additionally there are fees required in order to join and use the option of an exchange program.
2. Legal Ramifications
DWVC does not repossess the membership when a member falls on hard times, nor do they force members to pay fees under threat of County Court Judgment. If a member falls behind, his usage is merely suspended until he wishes to re-subscribe.
Timeshares have in the past been repossessed when the owners have stumbled upon hard times and been unable to pay maintenance fees. Although the latest trend is the practice of non- repossession and forcing the client, through threatened court action to continue to pay regardless of financial capability or product usage.
3. Transfer of ownership
DWVC’s transfer fee to change title of membership from one individual to another is £70.00, it has never increased and there are no future plans to increase it.
Timeshares initially charged a reasonable administration fee of between £25 and £70 to transfer and re-issue new certificates. Today we are aware of transfer fees on simple timeshares of £1300 and ranging to over £2000 on timeshare points schemes.
We are aware of at least one developer’s management company whose fees are higher if they discover that the member used a commercial entity to assist them in transfer of ownership.
4. Non-usage
DWVC is a “Pay as you go” system, as is every Travel Agency; if you don’t use anything, you don’t pay for it.
Timeshare forces you to pay maintenance fees (and in some cases exchange membership) regardless of usage; even if you stay home, don’t holiday and do not use your timeshare, you pay every year.
5. Availability
DWVC has a mass of unrestricted, available inventory, with over one million holiday weeks at the time of this writing; all live and on line for members to search, choose and book from the comfort of their home.
Our survey respondents indicated extreme disappointment with the timeshare exchange programmes, stating overwhelmingly that they seldom received a satisfactory selection and rarely, if ever achieved their first choice destination, unless they were returning to their home resort. A high degree of dissatisfaction was also voiced regarding loss of exchange fees when owners tried to retrieve their own weeks following an unsuccessful exchange attempt.
6. Choice
DWVC offers a choice of every conceivable type of holiday accommodation; apartments and hotel rooms of all sizes and from 3 to 5 star; Villas of up to 7 bedrooms, plus boats, cruises and every offer available from all reputable travel agencies; and, of course, timeshare apartments too.
However of very good quality, timeshare limits the owner to self catering timeshare apartments.
7. Financial Viability
DWVC is so cost effective that they include a “double the difference” price guarantee. If a member finds a lower price for the same accommodation, anywhere,
DWVC will pay the client double the difference. This confidence comes from their cost effective buying power to secure unused inventory and pass it on to the consumer without a profit element added on. Thereby, members are fully assured of the lowest possible price.
Timeshare is far from cost effective and is even considered by many to be an onerous acquisition due to its ever increasing associated fees.
If you would like to hear more on how Incentive Leisure Group product could solve your problems, give you a great part exchage for your timeshare and the oportunity to claim upto 100% of your money back call FREE
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