Wyndham timeshare class action overview:
- Who: Plaintiffs Carol and Donald Yorks and Taya and Connor Fissix filed a class action lawsuit against Wyndham Vacation Resorts.
- Why: The plaintiffs accuse Wyndham of deceptive sales practices, hiding pertinent timeshare details and including an unenforceable arbitration requirement in its contracts.
- Where: The Wyndham class action was filed in federal court in Florida.
A new class action lawsuit claims Wyndham Vacation Resorts employs deceptive sales practices, hides pertinent timeshare details and includes an unenforceable Wyndham arbitration requirement in its contracts.
Wyndham timeshare purchasers must book up to 13 months in advance, the timeshares have limited or no resale value and desired locations are often unavailable, the Wyndham class action says.
The class seeks damages and voided contracts, claiming Wyndham committed fraud to gain customer commitment.
Traditional timeshare sales involve purchasing a portion of a property for a specific week of occupancy, which can be traded, the class action alleges. In the Wyndham timeshare program, consumers purchase points that become currency to stay at resorts across the world.
“Fundamental to the Wyndham sales and marketing pitch is that purchasers will have a dizzying array of choices and will be able to stay at their desired property wherever it might be,” the Wyndham class action says.
“Purchasers buy points so they can travel to their desired location, whether it is Scotland, Colorado, Hawaii or some other place. In fact, desired destinations are not available at the desired time and have to be booked sometimes as much as a year in advance, assuming they are even available. The sales pitch is false and misleading.”
Wyndham previously faced timeshare lawsuits
The proposed Wyndham classes include those who purchased their Wyndham timeshares in South Carolina, Maryland and Nevada with unenforceable arbitration clauses in their contracts.
The lawsuit included reference to several prior Wyndham cases where the arbitration clause was ruled unenforceable.
For example, a 2020 class action lawsuit claimed Wyndham aggressively marketed its timeshares and unfairly profited from customers by requiring them to assign their timeshare interest to a trust from which Wyndham benefits.
Have you purchased a Wyndham timeshare? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Howard B. Prossnitz of the Law Offices of Howard B. Prossnitz PLLC.
The Wyndham timeshare class action lawsuit is Yorks, et al. v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc., Case No. 6:24-cv-00575, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Orlando Division.
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602 thoughts onWyndham class action alleges timeshare contracts include unenforceable arbitration clause
I am fighting to exit my timeshare with Worldmark by Wyndham for the same thing. Lies, deceit, and pressured sales tactics. How do we join a class action lawsuit?
I went for what I thought was a nice weekend getaway at a great price. In the meeting, they forced me to attend I felt like I was interrogated as if I were in a police station. It’s abusive, and they still signed me up for something that I didn’t agree to. Now, Barclays is suing me. These people are vultures!
We have been deceived & lied to at every encounter with Wyndham employees. We are in our 70’s and in poor health. We are eligible for pathways on part of our points and certified exit for the remainder. We have been trying to exit for over a year. At each turn we are asked for more money and put off. We have been threatened & told that if we put anything negative on social media, that this process will take even longer. Our loans have been paid for years and up to date on fees as of a year ago. We feel trapped and continue to shell out money to try to get out of this timeshare. We will be asking Gotimesharefree for help ask for help, will update progress here.
How can we can in on this lawsuit. We were excited about our timeshare purchase in July only to be told in September by another sales representative that we would be penalized for early payoff. To avoid this we were told to get a new contract that would allow early payoff. This contract we later found out was more expensive and the sales rep use my Barclays credit card as down payment.
Report to gotimesharefree ( @ Hotmail) asap. Service is free. They get %30 from your check if they’re able to secure a refund
After my husband died on 01/21/21. They found out I had insurance money they started pressuring me to get more and more. Every time I went to stay at a resort I Had to go to an owner meeting for just an hour. The next time was at Branson, MO were I was kept for over six hours without my medicine for my diabetes and pain meds for a chronic back pain issues plus no food. I showed them my budget that showed I couldn’t afford it EVER . There was no let up with at least three men. I asked everyone if I had time to cancel and was told no each year. They always put it on a flash drive and didn’t care I had no way to view the paperwork. I also went to NY City were once again I was pressured again after a shouting. match with a female representative .I got back home I finally looked lat all the paperwork and found that
there was a five day cancellation clause which would have let cancel.
You still can cancel. You’ll need the help of a non profit legal team like Gotimesharefree (at) (hotmail) (com) . They’ll help you exit no matter how long or the condition of your contract. I was successful with them after falling for a few scam exit companies. GTF doesn’t charge you upfront
These guys are so manipulative and they lie and hide details. Just had an experience at Wyndham Nashville where at the last minute when we were reviewing the final paperwork (they tried to sell us more points for reasons that they lied about) they told us we were buying in Atlanta instead of Nashville, this was the first mention of it – we ran out. I don’t understand why there are not more lawsuits agains these guys!!
The Wyndham timeshare experience has been less than optimal: high pressure sales tactics, phone calls as much as 3 per day, and the other items listed above. Brings in the thought that the whole industry is suspect.
Definitely need out, have been bullied, called stupid and have had to take what we can in order to use points. Not what was promised.
How can I be part of this as well! Was was supposed to be an hour, We were held against our will for over 6. they forced us to miss the free shuttle they provided their guests the salesman had to personally drive us back to our hotel.. making me almost late to the wedding I was in. We said no for 5 hours straight but they did everything on their power to get us to say yes, deceiving prices and promises. Telling us we can rent out the rooms and making a profit, that it’s easy to give back if we wanted.
Same here. Duped into getting more points that I can’t use unless I go through RCI exchange and downs more money. Now I also get harassed by companies asking if I want to get out or rent out my “weeks”.
Same for me, they kept me and my family for more than 6 hours they did everything they could to make us buy something, we were promised a two night stay in Orlando if we attended the sales presentation, we did, we said no multiple times, they made us talk to 7 different people, they all promised something “additional” to make us buy it. They kept us there for about 6-7 hours and we were so tired and mentally exhausted that we ended up buying a discovery packet. We diced to use the 2 nights that they promised for attending the presentation and when we got there at checkout they told us that we must attend another sales presentation, we declined and they stated that if we didn’t, we would have to pay for the stay and that it was worth more $1,000.00. We had to attend the presentation, where they held us again for more 5 hours. At this presentation they even promised my honeymoon would be on them. When I tried to book something for my honeymoon, they’re hotels are not the luxury destinations that they promised, they were mostly motels looking and 1 or 2 decent hotels. They even treated me so poorly where I stayed, and guess what? They made me go to another presentation!!!!! Mandatory!!!!!
I would like info for this Class Action as well. Wyndham is definitely a scam.
Same here. I want to be part of this too. Owned DEEDED PROPERTY here for over 25 years…and faithfully stayed here every year. YET.. there was NO notification…letter or any communication that it’s closing. They pulled the rug out from under us. Its unfair and SNEAKY to have to find out online by the media..and it’s ridiculous!!!!!