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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311 thoughts onWyndham class action alleges timeshare contracts include unenforceable arbitration clause
I think there are a lot of people that would love to be part of the Class Action.
We had nothing but problem after problem with the sales team in Bonnet Creek. Raised the issues all the way up to the top people in corporate, which wasn’t seen until the BBB was involved. I had written a 6 page complaint document with names and interactions of all of the people that had lied and were part of the Wyndham Vacation Resort Scam. That had been sent to the BBB and Michael Brown 2 Wyndham.
The Wyndham Vacation Resorts Sales team is nothing more than a bunch of slimy con-artists. They do nothing more than lie to all the people that come through the doors. The lies and deception that the aggressive sales team gives is a huge joke. All of the sales team at all locations tell the same story about a previous customer. I mean all the way down to the names and occupation of that previous customer being the same. They scam people into believing they are getting something good. You can almost never get into where you want to, they have been cancelling stays on owners at the last minute.
I would like to join – scammed by whyndham
I would like to join the lawsuit
I was scammed in December of 2023 , in Las Vegas .
I want out too
Big scam!
I have Wyndham Timeshares/Owner how do I get on the class action. My timeshares were purchased in Nevada.
I just did a time sharing too. They make you do so much stuff and have these ridiculous qualifications: then if you don’t go to the meeting they hit you with the charges
I would like to join the Wyndham lawsuit.
We are owners and every year we are confronted with sitting through a required 1 hour that usually runs into 2 hours. They are very high pressure, demeaning and rude trying to get us to invest more money!! Every year!!!!
It is not required to go to the updates.
They tell you this to sale more points.
I filled out a survey and received a call and the Wyndham representative informed me of this. She said just tell them no.
I have been scammed by Wyndham and want out.