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A class action lawsuit accuses Wyndham of falsely representing the value and benefit of vacation timeshares.
Plaintiffs David J. Kriens Sr. and Brenda L. Kriens say they have been Wyndham timeshare owners since July 2015, and have paid more than $80,000 to Wyndham.
The Kriens say that Wyndham has created a “highly organized and fraudulent scheme” to sell timeshares to prospective owners.
Allegedly, the company misrepresents the timeshares in order to entice customers to purchase them, but does not disclose certain prohibitive limitations about the purchases.
The Wyndham class action lawsuit says that Wyndham’s timeshare business is driven by the sale of Vacation Ownership Interests (VOIs). Allegedly, these interests are represented by “points” in Wyndham’s business model.
The Kreins say that purchasers enter into a contract, agreeing to pay a certain amount of money for a certain number of points. These points can then allegedly be used to stay at several resorts owned or operated by Wyndham or an affiliate.
To stay at a resort affiliated with Wyndham, customers reportedly must use the points. The Wyndham vacation class action says that the number of points required to stay at a resort is based on a number of factors.
The Wyndham class action states that some locations and dates of vacation require more points to book, while to book during other times and at other locations uses fewer points.
The Kreins’ Wyndham class action lawsuit says that this much is represented to prospective customers, but representatives for the company do not accurately represent certain limitations of the system.
Allegedly, representatives do not warn customers that they are in competition with other point holders to have access to vacation timeshare spaces.
Additionally, the vacation class action lawsuit says that the company restricts the availability of reservations by using the spaces for marketing and rental income.
The Wyndham false advertising class action lawsuit claims that Wyndham knowingly misrepresents the rentals to plaintiffs in the interest of increasing its profits.
The Kriens call Wyndham and affiliates “sophisticated parties with superior knowledge of complex real estate and business transactions as to each and every [customer.]”
Allegedly, the company was under “continuous duty” to disclose the stipulations and limitations of the contracts, but failed to do so. The customers say they had no choice but to rely on the company’s representations of its products, and were financially injured by it.
This Wyndham class action lawsuit is not the only one of its kind — a separate Wyndham class action lawsuit takes issue with similar points.
The Kreins are represented by Donald S. Hackett III.
The Wyndham Vacation Timeshare Class Action Lawsuit is David J. Kriens Sr., et al. v. Wyndham Destinations Inc., et al., Case No. 6:19-cv-01650-RBD-EJK, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida at Orlando.
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102 thoughts onWyndham Class Action Alleges Fraudulent Timeshare Scheme
How do I go about being added to this lawsuit? They did the exact same thing to my husband and I. To include opening a credit card through Commenity in my name without my consent!
Add me, I purchased an additional Time share to reach Silver VIP.
Now Wyndham has taken away my VIP status.
I found out this year (June 2022) that there was a credit card that I did not apply for in the account name of Wyndham. My husband and I did sit for a sales presentation in Oxon Hill, Maryland on their timeshares in August 2018, but we decided not to buy the property while we were still at the Wyndham Club. The representative took our driver’s licenses and said we could be approved for a credit card if we wanted to put the down payment on the timeshare, but we did not purchase the property. I found out about the credit card and that I had a balance of $4,699 when refinancing for my house this year. The account is closed with a balance of $5,000 limit and the account name is ADS/Comenity/Wyndham, Account type is Charge Card, Date Opened 8/11/2018; Status Closed/Never Late, Status updated August 2018; Balance updated 8/25/2018; balance $4,699; Credit limit $5,000; monthly payment $0; Recent payment 0. I asked the Experian credit bureau to investigate this fraud and they did not do anything about it. I would like this fraudulent account on my credit report to be eliminated.
We have been with Shell Vacation Club SVC since 2009 and have paid over $38,000.00 for points and paying over $4,000 a year for maintenance.
Now that Wyndham owns Shell, We have been told that eventually there will be no more inventory through SVC and have to switch our points to Wyndham for a hefty fee. This is ridiculous and so frustrating. I am so over this and need to be a part of the is lawsuit.
I would like to be added to this lawsuit!
Please add us to the class action suit