Do not buy a timeshare at all, but if you do, don't buy it from Festiva. You will be locked into an iron-clad deed just like owning a house - and you can't just get out of it. You can't sell it, and you will leave the debt to your children when you pass. It doesn't go away. All around it is a bad deal. You can travel just about anywhere every year for the price (less really) of what you end up paying between your mortgage and your fees for the next 30 years. You can go to any travel website and book someone else's unused timeshare for a week for 1/2 the cost of what the poor owner has paid and can't even use due to the scams the resorts are running. Why would you ever buy one when you can just do this? Festiva is considered one of the worst out there. They are rude when you call, they pull no punches. They want your money and will go to ruthless lengths to get it. Late fees, interest, collections fees, negative credit marks. They are upside down with these things, so getting your $ is their #1 priority. If you are trying to get out of your timeshare, you should also be wary of the companies claiming to take them off of your hands. They too are out to make a buck and will take advantage of your desperation. Be very careful, or you could end up being ripped off - again!. I can only hope that one day there is a class action suit against these companies (especially Festiva) handled by someone who really knows the industry and can stop this senseless robbing of people who lose their way for a couple of hours and end up in a mess as one of my family members has?. We are still trying to find a way out for them/. Very difficult?. You can buy all the dinners, cruises, tv's, computers, vacations, etc, . and still come out cheaper than buying one of these things". Trust me on this/. Don't do it, just say NO!

Michael Flowers was extremely unprofessional with my complaint. He could not make me see eye to eye with him and could not satisfy my needs. He was rude and sarcastic with me. For a manager I was really shocked with his attitude. I will never use Festiva Resorts and I will spread the word!

My husband and I bought a timeshare from Festiva Resorts in Branson, Missori. We absolutly LOVED it. We could not go the first year so we let one of our dear friends and family(4 adults over 50) go in our place...THEY loved it. Then the next year we evacuated to Stormy Pointe Village in Branson for a hurricaine...LOVED it! While we were there the salesman wanted us to change to a point system which, of course, sounded DIVINE; we did, and the trouble started. First they paid us with 'bonus points' for our equity, which we thought was good because we wanted to go on a cruise and would need extra points. 3 months later we recieved a letter saying we must pay a maintenance fee on those points or we will loose them...so we lost them because we were at Christmas time and only had 2 weeks to pay it. Then when I recieved the maintence bill it was for double the amount that we had previously paid; I called to inquire and they said that it was because I had requested more points...they told me I had to have more points to get equal to what we had in the begining. This was my first ever vacation timeshare and will be my last...I am VERY UNHAPPY!!! We can't afford to use them, so on our off years we just go on a different vacation and ours is ON THE MARKET!!!

We bought into in the late 90's and were very pleased with our timeshare. Each year we were able to use our points and take a vacation. Then received information telling us that we had been sold and sold and sold. I think we are now Equivest/Peppertree. The maintenance fees and special assessments are too high we are unable to make these payments. I believe that the Festiva company wants to suck every dime they can from us until we give up and either pay more money to them or give them our timeshare. We decided to just give up and give them our points but they will not accept it until the maintenance fees and special assessment are paid in full and give them and addition $100 dollars to give it to them. We do not have this kind of money, but we wanted out so we borrowed it and called them back within 24 hours to pay up and WHAM they want to hit us with another $9.57 cents this may seem a small amount to you but when you are handing over $1000.00 PLUS dollars you don't have it is big. This just shows you how money hungry they really are. Listen to me they do not care about you and your family enjoying time off and a good vacation all they care about is money, money, money. Please do not I repeat DO NOT buy into Festiva you will regret it. Also every time I call Festiva I am talked to and treated like a low life. These have to be the rudest people around. Today I had the displeasure of speaking to Ryan Brown in Finance and he talked to me like I was nothing but a piece of dirt. He was hateful rude and really a ***. People you can take a nice vacation anywhere and even rent these units online you do not need to buy into their garbage about how nice they make your vacation experience. Run when you see the word FESTIVA.

Several years ago we made the mistake of purchasing a timeshare at Stormy Point village in Branson Mo.Evidently this resort is no longer managed by Festiva, and they are now giving us a run around and are of no help in answering our questions, nor do they return our telephone calls.
Also, all the promises that were made those years ago, i.e being able to rent our week in case we cannot use it, can no longer be done, unless we join another club, for a fee of course.Another alternative now is to bank the week, and when we want to use it, there is another $159.00 fee on top of our already high maintenance fee.
If anyone is reading this, DO NOT BUY A TIMESHARE, it will be the worst place for your hard earned money.
Especially do NOT buy from Festiva/