NOTICES

In recent years a business model has emerged whereby Timeshare owners are targeted with promises of being able to cancel their contract and relieve themselves of paying annual association/maintenance fees. These businesses have become prolific in current markets.

Many of these “Exit Companies” present owners with misleading information, often using scare tactics and false advertising, in order to convince unsuspecting owners to sign up for services that require large upfront fees. Often these fees are exorbitant (e.g. thousands of dollars); often they are unable to deliver what was promised and ultimately those funds are wasted.

We strongly encourage our owners/members to avoid such businesses. Among the red flags of Exit and Resale scams for timeshare owners to be aware of are:

• A company requests an upfront fee, or the wire transfer of money for a “service,” “tax” or other “requirement” for the sale or transfer to be completed;
• A company promises to modify, cancel or transfer an owner’s timeshare for a large upfront fee;
• A company advises you to STOP all communications with the Resort while they work on cancelling your contract
• A company advises you to stop making payments toward any Resort account(s)
• Calls or emails claiming to have an “interested buyer” for a timeshare;
• Caller claiming to be a representative of ARDA or ARDA-ROC.
  • Fact: ARDA and ARDA-ROC only respond to inquiries from owners after an inbound request – there are absolutely no unsolicited calls, emails or communications;
• If an offer sounds too good to be true, it likely is.

If transitioning away from Vacation Ownership is a goal, we recommend our owners contact Southwind Management Corporation directly so we can assist in better explaining your benefits and advise of any available options.