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
Yeah… I always felt like I shouldn’t have fallen for Wyndham… It sounded so good at the time, but it’s a money pit.
Joined April 2022 w/limited membership. Was “upgraded” to full membership in Hawaii in September 2023. Please contact me regarding class action.
Have Wyndham timeshare and would like to join the class action.
We had a similar case with holiday inn club vacations. Still fighting them and have never stayed at one of the properties. scam, scam scam!
Please include us.
I pay for Wyndham timeshare since October 1, 2022 until the present. Every month I pay more and more. I can’t booking any vacation that I want because it never is available. I think that my wife and myself were deceived by Wyndham. How you can help us?
I pay for Wyndham timeshare since October 1, 2022 until the present. Every month I pay more and more. I can’t booking any vacation that I want because it never is available. I think that my wife and myself were deceived by Wyndham. How you can help us?
Information for lawsuit for Wyndham. I have timeshare.
PLEASE ADD US!!!! They have received a lot of hard earned money from us and we didn’t get to use the timeshare to justify the amount of $ they received from us. On top of that, they got us to resign promising to assist with facilitating bookings, etc. LIES, ALL LIES, and they are still trying to get money from us. They work in conjunction with that credit card they ENCOURAGE AND PUSH ON YOU FOR “POINTS BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH A POINT SYSTEM”. SCAM FROM BEGINNING TO END!!!!
I refused to purchase the time share from Wyndham and walked out on the presentation after about four hours. However, I received a credit card that I didn’t request. And furthermore, I didn’t receive one of the gifts they promised. After about a year of trying to get that 3 day 2 night Wyndham stay that was promised. I was told by a manager (I have his name and cell) that I have to attend another presentation. In order to attend I needed to commit to 4 hours. However, if I paid to stay in one of their properties I would only have to commit to 90 minutes.
As I stated I walked out after 4 hours but my husband stayed. And all the paperwork was placed in his name. They had him thinking that this was an investment and he could make money by renting it out. He signed the contract. However, we canceled it within the allotted time frame. He also received that credit card that we didn’t ask for. I’m still trying to figure out how they were able to put a credit card in our name without informing us. I took notes regarding the dates, time and people I spoke to trying to at least get my gift that was promised.
We were victims of Wyndham of deceptive sales practices, hiding pertinent timeshare details and including a maintenance fees in its contracts. Our purchase was April 2 of this year at National Harbor