I received a call from Destination Services, also called Global Destination Services. The sales person is Tanya Edwards Rivera. She said they are located at 411 Lincoln Highway, Sacramento. She said that they would rent out my timeshare to the Meinhardt Engineering Group for a Convention in Mexico and all I need to do is pay them for the reservation fee of $199 per reservation. They take your credit card number and charge it to different companies--Divas and Beyond, Catered World Wide Web, Gater Web Hosting -- and others, saying its a way to avoid international exchange fees. They say that Premier Exchange, another company located in New York and in Orange California, will be reserving the actual timeshare once they get the reservation fees. They say they are booking for a convention for the Meinhardt Engineering group at the Hyatt Regency in Cancun, Mexico. They will pay $3600 per week plus $750 maintenance fee. THEY ARE VERY CONVINCING AND PERSISTENT. They call daily to give you updates--with invoice numbers etc. They e-mail a verification agreement in microsoft word and say a formal contract will come in the mail with the check to you at which point they ask that you sign and return the contract. BEWARE, they are pretty convincing. I have disputed all the charges and changed my credit card number.
What was the name of the representative who called you? What email was the rental agreement document sent from? Did you authorize any thing with your timeshare company to go ahead with the rental?
Over the past month, I have received phone calls from a company who goes by the name Destination Services, LLC. The web site destinationservicesllc.net listed on the BBB for NE California is under construction. The web site destinationservices.com given to me by the caller is for a company that does business as HOTELBEDS.COM out of the country of Spain.
Meinhardtgroup.com leads to an international company that is in the construction and design business for buildings with offices everywhere BUT the USA. They seem to be based in Australia. I received no reply from them when I sent a feedback message from their web site and the email address listed in their privacy policy screen failed.
I expect to report the people masquerading as Destination Services, LLC in Sacramento to the Federal Do Not Call list.
I received a call from Destination Services, also called Global Destination Services. The sales person is Tanya Edwards Rivera. She said they are located at 411 Lincoln Highway, Sacramento. She said that they would rent out my timeshare to the Meinhardt Engineering Group for a Convention in Mexico and all I need to do is pay them for the reservation fee of $199 per reservation. They take your credit card number and charge it to different companies--Divas and Beyond, Catered World Wide Web, Gater Web Hosting -- and others, saying its a way to avoid international exchange fees. They say that Premier Exchange, another company located in New York and in Orange California, will be reserving the actual timeshare once they get the reservation fees. They say they are booking for a convention for the Meinhardt Engineering group at the Hyatt Regency in Cancun, Mexico. They will pay $3600 per week plus $750 maintenance fee. THEY ARE VERY CONVINCING AND PERSISTENT. They call daily to give you updates--with invoice numbers etc. They e-mail a verification agreement in microsoft word and say a formal contract will come in the mail with the check to you at which point they ask that you sign and return the contract. BEWARE, they are pretty convincing. I have disputed all the charges and changed my credit card number.
We received a call from a representative for Destination Service, LLC on Aug. 17, 2012. The lady was very convincing about wanting to rent our unused timeshare points for a convention that is supposed to be taking place in Cancun. The rooms needed are for an engineering group call Meinhardt Group. The accomodations are to be at the Marriot Hotel. The representative quoted that they would pay $3,600 p/week plus reimbursment of $750 for maintenance fees. We questioned her on the telephone about the possibilty of this being a scam and she offered to let me speak with her supervisor. Even after I continued to question her about this seeming "too good to be true" she emailed us with the same offer in print. It contained links to several web sights for our reference and a copy of the rental agreement. The same lady called us at least 3 more times that day wanting to know if we had reviewed the information and was ready to respond. Very persistant. We are so glad we did a little research and found the complaints above. Thank all of you for your comments and warnings - you saved us from a SCAM.