5 You have won a PRIZE! (I did...with Cybertraveluk.....Huh! Some prize! Read on..)

"Holiday Clubs" (the new Timeshare scam!)

You get a phone call informing you that you have been awarded a prize. These can vary from free holidays, TV's, PC's, Cash etc. Alternatively, you could be on holiday and "win" a prize on a scratch-card (usually a "free" holiday)

You may have "won" a holiday - check to see if you have to pay for flights (often as dear as the same holiday elsewhere) or may not get the dates or airport you want. If you are on holiday and are taken to an office or holiday complex, you may not know how to get back to your resort!

In order to receive your prize you need to agree to attend a "presentation" OR give out personal details. By the way - read on and you will hear how my "prize" PC was a worthless out-of-date spec. PC for which I would have had to pay out £69 for packaging, insurance etc!

Other prizes are often "free" holidays - usually anything BUT free by the time you have paid for a flight etc. Or else you can't get a flight, or a date you want within the stipulated time for taking-up the offer.

Holiday "Club" scams have taken over from Timeshare scams - Timeshare gives you a "cooling-off" period...not so with Holiday Clubs.

<Click here to Read about my experience with Meridian Marketing (possibly now called Skyway) and Cybertravel UK. >

<Click here to Read BBC Report on Holiday Clubs as posted on the Timeshare Consumers Association Web Site.>

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