BEWARE OF MAYAN RESORTS TIMESHARE
 

Be careful when you travel in Mexico, particularly of timeshare presentations. My wife and I got sucked in at Puerto Vallarta, thinking that we would grab a few freebies for sitting in a timeshare presentation. But the Mayan Palace and Mayan Resorts will tell you lies to spend thousands of dollars. Beware -- and never buy from them!

For more information, check out:

http://www.mayanresorts.info/

If you do end up going to the presentations (which may take up to four hours!), make sure that you don't believe anything they say -- particularly when it comes to possible income from timeshares. It's all a hoax, and I want to make sure you don't get deceived.

Hi, We just got back from Grand Mayan in Acapulco. I agree with your comment because we also spent almost 4 hours and felt so pressured to buy. I'm glad we didn't. Btw, Grand Mayan is very very beautiful but you can't buy timeshare at GM. You have to own at Mayan Place first, then upgrade later on, which I think will cost an extra bundle.

I stayed at the Mayan Palace south of Cancun for a few days last month. My friend has a timeshare there and booked it before she talked to me. I'm not big on huge, concrete resorts and there is no swimmable beach there. Anyway, once they found out I owned a condo in Playa they left us completely alone. Never talked to another salesman all week.

Always a good reminder. Thanks. I have never attended a timeshare presentation though I vacation frequently in PV, so get asked ALL the time. I just don't think there is anything they could give me that would make it worth my time and aggravation.

Nope. But the "I already own here full time" seemed to do the trick. Although they must have been asking themselves why, if I already live here, I would be at the Mayan Palace at all. I asked myself the same question over and over and over again. Yuck.

As I found out when I hooked up with a pair of ladies from Scotland and we were walking around south-side PV... timeshare is only for Americans and Canadians, so being from UK/Europe could be another plausible excuse.

When ever they ask me "Hey Amigo! Where you From"? I smile & say Zihutanejo! They usually just smile & wave then knowing I am not a customer.

If you have lots of $$$ and you don't know what to do with it, you're just way to nice or just plain stupid then Mayan Palace is the place for you. Please stay away from these presentations. They tell you there's no obligation and it's only 90 mins of your time and they promise you all these great tour deals and sometimes USD cash but it's not worth wasting 4hrs of your vacation. These sales people can not take NO for an answer and the girl we dealt with had the nerve to threaten us about stayin in a Mexico jail (believe me we have no idea what made her say that)They will start off at around $110k and work they way down to try to make it affordable for you. Trust me, this place isn't that great and the resort we stayed in was a million times better than this place in every way.

Thanks to imprison. We were scammed by the Mayan Palace too. Checked out:

http://www.mayanresorts.info/

Sounds like alot of good info to help us get out of our contract and get our hard-earned money back.

By the way ly5 what was that good resort you stayed at in Mexico? I like Mexico and am trying not to let this bad experience with the Mayan Palace turn me off the country entirely.

Suze you said "so being from UK/Europe could be another plausible excuse." Explain this please

I would also suggest that everyone just say NO and keep on walking when these scumbags approach...remember there is no such thing as a free lunch

I had the horrible experience of taking in a "90 minute"Mayan Presentation!(lets say it was "life changing). I was lucky-I went with another couple that had already bought at another resort and they go me out of there before it was too late!!!! How do these people make money???

I think Suze meant that if you feel a need to get out of going to a timeshare, rather than just saying no, you can tell them you live in the UK.

I don't think anyone is forced to go to these and don't really feel a lot of sympathy for anyone who does, as they are just doing it because they are trying to get something free and have sold their time for that offer. I have been asked many times in PV to go to timeshare presentations and I just say no, and mean it. Why is that so hard. Anyone who sells themselves and their time for a free breakfast or anything else deserves what they get. They know they are going to a timeshare presentation and are just cheap. I can't even imagine selling an hour of your vacation to get a free breakfast (although it's always much more time) which is worth a couple dollars, but people do it.

Sometimes it's not so obvious. Our first time in PDC we walked into a place that advertised itself as a car rental. They even had us fill out papers that looked like real rental agreements. The next morning instead of getting us a car they took us to the Mayan Palace! Never did get the car....

My husband and I had a terrible, and very educating, exp. with MP last year. They caught us getting off the ferry from Cozumel and convinced us there was a "new hotel" close by and that if we went on a tour they would pay for our ferry tickets and give us $50. Well - needless to say we were sucked in to the Mayan Palace nightmare that many of you have described.

First - it is NOT a "good investment" and second - when they tell you you cannot rescind your offer - that is ILLEGAL!!! My husband is a lawyer and, after we bought (so naive we were) we did some research on the internet and learned that Mexican law requires a period (I think 5 days)during which you have the right to your mind. We also found websites on the internet where people were selling their MP timeshares left and right for half of what we paid.

After a very confrontational visit the next day, we terminated our contract. W learned a lot - but we also wasted 2 days of our vacation.

Mayan Palace sales tactics are hardcore and they will tell you anything you want to hear to get you into the contract and keep you in contract with them. Most of the scams being committed at MP by the Sales representative is that they don’t let their buyers know they have a 5 days cooling period if they wish to cancel; instead, they repeatedly tell they buyers once the contract is being sign there is no cancellation period. I recommend you to read this article about the Mayan Palace Timeshare sales tactics:

http://www.timesharescam.com/blog/51...imeshare-scam/