I have been studying the impact hotel chains have on the indigenous cultures of the world following development in isolated regions. It is from my years of study that I am able to speak as an expert in the field of resort developments and their impact on the indigenous cultures in the various regions of development. I started a project to help bring light to this sad story of white-washing, annihilation of cultures for the comfort level of the tourists, and overall ecological damage. The project title is Keep International Vacation... read full review »

I'm posting this on behalf of my sister-in-law who just returned from a season in Puerto Vallarta, and has a horror story which could be a useful warning as to what is going on in the beautiful resort town. My sister-in-law has been staying for years in Puerto Vallarta and rented apartments for the few months she would be there. The winter of 2008/09 she decided to look into longer-term housing, and found an ad in the Mano-a-mano for a real estate agent to take care of finding her a place: Carlos Mondavi. Mondavi claimed to be a... read full review »

Dear Sir or Madam: My husband and I were on our honeymoon on a cruise ship through Royal Caribbean called the “Grandeur of the Seas”. The last port we stopped in was Cozumel, MX. I have purchased jewelry out of the country before a few years ago in Puerto Vallarta, MX and the jewelry was genuine, and not fake. My husband and I purchased rings from NOVIA DEL MAR (they sold jewelry & souvenirs). We were told my husband’s ring was “white gold” and could be resized. I was told my ring was “yellow gold and... read full review »

MÉXICO, DISTRITO FEDERAL A 30 DE MAYO DE 2010. A QUIEN Folio: MI NICK ES BRENDA Y VIVO EN LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, DF Y ENCARECIDAMENTE QUE LEAN MI CASO QUE Quisiera ES MARZO DE 2010 comenzo Y MAYO DE CONCLUYO EN 2010. CUIDADO PARA QUE SE ANDEN CON Y NO CAIGAN EN LAS NI CHANTAJES sentimentales ESTUPIDECES QUE COMETAN hice YO POR AMOR, POR QUERER CREER EN ALGUIEN, Y POR AHORA HASTA SIEMPRE HABIA pués Sonadora TENIDO EXPERIENCIAS POR INTERNET Y BELLAS ME Sucedió A MI, AMI! ! LA MUJER MAS CUIDADOSA Y SELECTIVA EN... read full review »

My daughter needed extensive dental work that included a number of crowns, extractions, root canals, as well as fillings. To have it fixed in Pennsylvania where we live our first quote was from $10, 000 to $15, 000. Our second quote was $8, 000. My husband and I are a young couple with two children, with house payments and medical bills we did not have that type of money laying around. We were very concerned to get my daughter April's teeth still fixed so we began exploring options that were cheaper. I began searching online and... read full review »

TWO MONTHS AGO!! i made a withdraw and i havent seen the money!!! My Bank (woldwide and respected bank HSBC) and PKR throws the fault to each other... but the bank tells me why dont they give a proof of deposit and "THEY CANT GIVE IT" just like that... Also i ask a pkr shop order AND HAVENT SEEN IT THEY ARE EXCELENT TO CHARGE THE MONEY FOR THE CARDS, BUT AT THE TIME TO PAY!! THEY GIVE SCUSES AND SPINS TO EXPLINATIONS... I DONT TRUST THEM ANYMORE!!! I THINK THIS IS A FRAUD!!! PLEASEEEEEEEEE DONT PUT MONEY IN THERE!!! CAN ANYBODY STOP THEM! read full review »

El Cid Vacations Club Fraud I am very frustrated because the way El Cid has treated my husband and me; we bought a timeshare with them. Our sales person was a man named Rui Veloso I don't know if it's his real name because of all the lies he told us. Maybe his name is also untrue as everything he presented to us when selling us this membership that is worth nothing. Has no resale value and have lied to hundreds of people. I know this by reading countless of complaints against this company on the internet. I warn all the... read full review »

I take my employees on company trips and I was scammed into buying a program with El Cid in Mazatlan, Mexico a few years ago. Here's my story... I had already ordered a package from Carnival Vacation Rewards. I have used that program to take 20+ of my employees on two cruises. No problems with them... ever. When I was in Mazatlan, however, I was approached by a shyster salesman for them, and I told him about taking my emloyees on trips. He told me I got ripped off with Carnival, and proceeded to tell me (us really. My wife, and... read full review »

This company is a fraud, they just want to get your money! This started with a phone call I received from this marketing company couple months ago, and now they are still calling me trying to get money from me for their travel package... They claimed that I won a trip for four (two adults and two kids) in Cancun Mexico, but later they told me that I still needed to pay them a "small" amount of money in order to get the deal. The deal is worth 6000 usd dollars, and I only need to pay them 450 usd upfront, and some... read full review »

I had paid to have lap band placed. Planned for out of state in mexico related to costs. $30, 000 here and $6, 000 there. Any ways the first time I had the procedure the band slipped the very next day and had to have removed. Several thousands of dollars to have removed. THEN they promise to redo the lap band related to the slippage, so went back and immediately after the procedure it slipped. They refused to remove the band unless I paid cash. I couldn't even keep down my own salivia. DO NOT GO TO MEXICO OR HAVE Dr. Sergio Verboonen PLACE A LAP BAND!!! Sheri Doble or AKA Sheri Burke schedules for this poor doctor read full review »

I DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE ANYMORE THE PRODUCTS ENERGY SLIM THE INVOICE ID IS 55335293 I DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE ANYMORE THE PRODUCTS OFFICIAL CLEANSE THE INVOICE ID IS 55335066 dO NOT SEND THE PRODUCTS ANY MORE. I want to cancel them read full review »

Hi ...Sierra approached me in January to sell my Sandos Timeshare...it took a little while but I was paid out of escrow this last Mon. I had a one bedroom...they gave me 16, 000 which I thought was a pretty good price. I have a friend from Calif...he sold his Velas to Sierra and has been paid. Not sure about the other stuff here, but my experience was okay...took a little longer than they said..Diane read full review »

The staff at this hotel sold me a vacation package for $2000. When I returned home and contacted the second-party agency offering the travel services, ICE Platinum Rewards, I discovered the rates and particulars given to me by the salesperson in Cancun were in conflict with what the agent working for ICE described. She told me many of the rates and claims he made were simply not true. I called and emailed Krystal to complain, and even filed a dispute with my credit card company, a total of 8 attempts to contact. The only reply I received... read full review »

MMCinemas, which have recently aqcuired Cinemex have these "special guest cards" in 3 levels, and I am at the highest one, which is Premium. One of their promotions is that on your birthday, you get a free pass for 2 persons for any movie on that day (which for me is April 19th) plus a free medium combo, that is med popcorn & soda plus a hot dog. But as soon as I got to the place, they eneded up that I can only get the free pass for myself and no combo. So my dad had to pay for his ticket! In their own website they... read full review »

Euromillion Promo Winner!!! Attn: Winner, We are pleased to inform you that one of the best things that can happen to any Internet user is to be rewarded for spending money and time on the Internet. You may not have known that over one million people daily surf the Internet on regular basis for one reason or the other. These Internet users including yourself, pay access fees to various Internet Service Providers (ISP) all over the world who in turn remit surplus funds to the numerous World Wide Internet Technology Companies (WWITC) for the... read full review »

My parents tried to sell their timeshare and they were also scammed by this Arturo Zarate and Scott Alvarez into wiring funds to be held in escrow. If you were given the option to send your money via a check and were provided the address of "Mexic Sales 2163 Lima Loop, Laredo, TX 78045, this property comes back to a Sergio Cuevas and I have reported this to numerous people. Send letters, emails, etc. I too am very angry that my parents, who are very elderly and sick were trying to go about this the right way and feel into the sickness of others. I will not give up on this and will continue to hound these crooks and stop them from stealing! read full review »

Mexico Research Chemical Company is a cheat and a scam. Beware and don't waste your money on them.They stopped communicating with me as soon as money was paid. Magdalena and Carlos Rojas are a cheat and a scam! read full review »

WE purchased an opal necklace and earings on 2/10 at Market 28 Opalo. They told us that the ourchase would be $680 in American dollars. when we received the bill it was $803.50. read full review »

I sold for them, I ASSUREBURNED, COPELLA IS A MAFIA THEIF, YOU IF YOU BOUGHT YOU GOT BURNED... ANTHONY COPELLA IS A LITTLE MAN AND A BIG FRAUD, HIS KIDS ARE AS BIG A FRAUDS AS HIM, HIS CRACK HEAD SON, HIS DAUGHTER WITHTHE WORST FEAK BREASTS IN MEXICO ARE ALL THE SAME.. HIS DAUGTER HAS A STORE THAT SELLS NOTHING BUT KNOCK OFFS IN THE MARINA AND HIS HIS SON IS A JUNKIE THAT RAIPS YOUNG MEXICAN GIRLS AND BOYS, AND THEY HAVE BETTER MORALS THAN THE PARENTS, , ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS KNOCKED OFF BY THE MEXICAN... read full review »

While on vacation in Playa Del Carmen in January 10, 2010, I purchased a diamond ring for $3100 US. On Feb 28 I noticed that one of the small diamonds had fallen out. A day later before I could contact Diamond's International, another small diamond fell out. I contacted the company by phone on March 1st to complain and was told they would call me back within 24 hours. They did call back about 22 hours later. I advised the representative that I was unhappy with the quality of the item and I wanted to return the ring for a full refund... read full review »

Carey Lowe misrepresented to us in Oct. 2009 that we could rent out discounted Premier Pueblo Bonito Timeshares to others. The ability to rent Premier timeshares is forbidden by Premier's Terms & Conditions. The salesperson lied to us about this ability. A major part of our presentation was on the subject of an income opportunity of being able to rent out discounted Premier timeshares for a profit. All this information was buried in the back of a 33 page booklet that we received after the documents were signed. We were required to... read full review »

my husband and I purchased a membership in Belaire Golf and Spa in Puerto Vallarta in 2008, preconstruction. Everything looked good on paper, it sounded like a good deal and we were promised $2000 per each week per year to rent our weeks. Our first check was supposed to show up on Jan 2009. They were supposed to finish the constuction in July 2009. The company was supposed to be trading with Registy Collection. We were supposed to be able to exchange for no fee!! with anything RCI owned. And much more lies. This company is a fraud. They are... read full review »

As others wrote, we were approached in the Cancun airport by a ID carrying rep. working out of the Information Booth. For my $40 US they gave me a chance for "discount tours" at Xel-ha and snorkeling if I went on a 90 min. presentation. Long story short, it was 8 hours long, we had to ask for food as we skipped breakfast at our all inclusive. These people will not take "No" for an answer and ply you with alcohol to wear you down. They will promise you all sort of things "Yacht Ride" "Mexican Fiesta" things which... read full review »

I live in Mexico, have a Mexican Credit Card and even having NOT used any service offered by PCTOOLS ever, I've been charged twice on my credit card for 40usd. The first time that has happend was on Jan 29th 2009. To close that issue I went to my bank and claimed on internet fraud, the money was replaced back a few days later but my surprise was a few minutes ago when I just review my Credit card charges of the month and found out another charge from "WWW.PCTOOLS.COM 18007645783" for $40 usd. That is when I look for my files and... read full review »

Grupo Mayan uses persuasive sales reps that simply lie to you about the details of your timeshare. They prey on naive and honest people. They tell you they will rent out your timeshare for free so it looks like you will not ever be out any money. They make promises about selling existing timeshares for you. Then they act like nothing wrong or immoral has been done read full review »

BEWARE of this company!! They are frauds who do almost anything to get you to buy their Travel club/Timeshare. We purchased a travel membership at Hacienda Tres Rios in Playas del Carmen, 30 miles south of Cancun. After over 6 hours of high pressures sales tactics, we signed the contract with Hacienda Tres Rios. We bought 2 weeks per year in a 2 bedroom condo. The models were we shown were beautiful, the resort was gorgeous and the breakfast we were given by one of the restaurants on-site was excellent. They offered us alcoholic drinks but we... read full review »

THIS IS A NOTICE FOR EVERY KRYSTAL INTERNATIONAL VACATION CLUB MEMBER THAT WAS MISREPRESENTED AND LIED TO, PLEASE CHECK THE LINK BELOW AND WITNESS HOW A GROUP OF INVESTIGATORS RECORDED THE SALES PRESENTATION. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSyNxntXFdQ WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE COMMENT TO THIS VIDEO ON WWW.YOUTUBE.COM AND JOIN WITH US TO EXPOSE IT ON TV STATIONS. read full review »

I bought tickets to this park at my hotel lobby concierge. When I got to Xcaret ticket counter with my paid voucher. They took the voucher to a back counter and left me standing at the ticket counter for 10 minutes. It was a 1 hour ferry ride and 10 minute $10 taxi ride to get there and I was concenred about why they were not admitting us. When I left the park that evening, I asked the exit person if our wrist bracelets were all we needed to enter again the next day at the advertised 1/2 price. I was told that was fine. The next day... read full review »

My family and I went to Puerto Vallarta on vacation a year ago on January 2009. The first night we stayed in Hotel Rositas next to el malecon, it was okay. About mid day I went by a stand, a guy offered me a free weeks vacation if I went and took a tour at a Hotel, which he said that I would be paying the same amount as I was in the Hotel I was staying at. So my family and I went to get the tour. We got to the hotel and the valet guys took our truck. We made our way into the Villa Del Palmar Flamingo in Puerto Vallarta. The lobby was very nice... read full review »

My family and I went to Puerto Vallarta on vacation a year ago on January 2009. The first night we stayed in Hotel Rositas next to el malecon, it was okay. About mid day I went by a stand, a guy offered me a free weeks vacation if I went and took a tour at a Hotel, which he said that I would be paying the same amount as I was in the Hotel I was staying at. So my family and I went to get the tour. We got to the hotel and the valet guys took our truck. We made our way into the Villa Del Palmar Flamingo in Puerto Vallarta. The lobby was very nice... read full review »

THE SITE POWERLEVEL.COM ARE SCAMMERS AND FRAUDULENTS!!! I PAID TO HIMS WITH PAYPAL FOR A ITEM ON GAME AND HIMS DIDNT PAID NOTHING!! HIMS JUST SAY THE SELLER IS OFFLINE, SO I TALK WITH THE MANAGER OF THEPOWERLEVEL.COM AND I TRY TO CHANGE MY ORDER FOR A DIFERENT ITEM, BUT NOW HIMS DIDNT ANSWER I SENT TO THIS SCAMMER MY COPY OF MY DRIVER LICENCE AND ID AND HIMS JUST SAY THE ITEM IS NOT AVALIABLE FOR THE MOMENT COME LATER, I ALREADY WAIT 1 MONTH AND HIMS CONTINUE SAYING THE SAME SHTT...ITEM NOT AVALIABLE!!! SO DONT TRUST THIS SCAMMERS FRAUDULENTS!!! read full review »

i pierre bedard and chantalk janveau booked a a all incluisive pkg with meal drinks shuttle to n from airport on njanuary 14 2010 i was in my lobby waiting for shuttle it was suppose to b at 18;40pm i was down in hotel lobby 30 before after realizing it was 7'15 pm n my flight was leaving at 21;45 no one made us aware or picked us up i add to pay over 300pesso to get to airport only to find out r flith was delayed over to hour i got my hotel security to call emenrgency number out of service i was scared dissapointed being in a foreingn... read full review »

Ray Goldberg, from South Africa and a australian citizen, through many different companies is defrauding all over the world, selling tire recycling plants that never are installed or if any luck, are shipped incomplete and do not ever work at all. Please never do any business with this guy read full review »

I decided to surprise my husband on his last birthday with a cruise. We set sail on Carnival's Fantasy on Sept 24, 2009. While on the cruise, we were woo'd, so to speak, by the ship's professional shopper, Martin. He went on and on about Diamonds International, how you could upgrade diamonds and that they had a diamond that no one else had called the Crown of Light. We have been married for seven years and talked about upgrading my diamond for some time. We went in WHEN Martin was there on Saturday, the 26th. After being there... read full review »

On top of the "Special Assessment" Raintree wants to charge all owners, they now want to charge the following: RVC’s Club Regina Puerto Vallarta Gym facilities per person, per day: USD $7 Tennis court day time (per hour): USD $20 Tennis court lighted (per hour): USD $25 We spend 10 to 12 weeks here every year and work out every day. They want to charge us [for 2] $14/day. When we bought, and we have paid them a lot of $$, the gym and tennis courts were part of the amenities. I am pissed Bruce Wallace read full review »

Another warning to perspective Boutique Resort La Jolla, Mazatlan time share purchasers: DO NOT BUY. Based on my experience, you cannot trust that they will honor their written contract In Dec, 2008, we purchased a contract for 4 weeks per year in a two bedroom unit for 50 years. A written addendum included the 4 weeks per year in a two bedroom unit for 50 years, as well as other valuable incentives to buy. In Dec, 2009 when we contacted their office about not being able to make reservations for the 4 weeks, we were informed that... read full review »

Mi tarjeta de credito tiene un cargo por 81.85 US dolars por un concepto desconocido.Al parecer aprovecharon los datos de mi cuenta proporcionados para un servicio solicitado de caracteristicas y costo muy diferentes. He tratado de investigar que me cobran y ni siquiera puedo accesar a su sitio por no estar registrado.Recomiendo mucho cuidado pues el engaño se produce con ofertas de bajo costo y en el transcurso de las operaciones mañosamente alteran los datos. read full review »

Your story is all too familiar! We experienced the same sales scam. Your first step is to google PROFECO. They are a Mexican gov't office that handles all these timeshare scams. Then contact your nearest Mexican embassy and tell them how this hotel has left a bad taste of the country in your mouth and will never go back or recommend anyone to visit. Insist that they contact the hotel and help you cancel your contract. Continue to email/write the hotel detailing all avenues you plan on pursuing...even though they don't respond. It i... read full review »

I just discoverd 4 years later that a tubal reversal that was done on me in jan06 was not performed correctly. I have pictures of the sutures that were used and so you can only guess how the rest of my tubes looks. You see the white piece sticking out. Thats the sutures used read full review »