Tag Archives: Gran Canaria

Timeshare claims, do they really think TUI can be made responsible?

Not a day goes by without consumers asking us about claims, and of course their own possibility to claim. Most of the times they ask because they have been on the phone with yet again another company promising the moon … Continue reading

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Canteras Real Estate, the dubious offer for a timeshare resale

A dubious timeshare resale company has been brought to our attention, by the name of Canteras Real Estate. This company, Canteras Real Estate is cold calling timeshare owners and offer them a guaranteed resale of their timeshare membership. The strange … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS! UPDATE ON VOYAGER TRAVEL / LIFESTYLE HOLIDAYS COURT CASE!

The long awaited news has finally arrived! We know it has taken for more than 2 years and this has surely taken a lot of our patience and the patience of the victims, but it seems to have finally paid … Continue reading

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Orbit Travel mentioned in report published by the Swedish Consumer Office

The Swedish ECC Office, “Konsument Europa” has published lately a report about the complaints received so far in the year 2015. They have done a summary of the issues about which they received most complaints, which are, Flights, Car Rental, … Continue reading

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Das Image von Gran Canaria ernsthaft in Frage gestellt im Deutschen Fernsehen

Das ZDF mit dem Programm Hallo Deutschland war auf Gran Canaria und hat einen Bericht erstellt über alles mögliche das schief gehen kann in einem Urlaub. Unter anderem berichteten sie über den fragwürdigen Urlaubsclub, dessen Mitgliedschaften im Club Puerto Atlantico … Continue reading

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Het imago van Gran Canaria ernstig beschadigd op de Duitse Televisie

Het tweede grootste TV station in Duitsland, de ZDF, heeft een reportage gemaakt op Gran Canaria voor hun programma “Hallo Duitsland” over wat er allemaal mis kan gaan op vakantie op dit eiland. Een gedeelte van de reportage is gewijd … Continue reading

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The image of Gran Canaria badly damaged on the German Television

The second mayor TV Station in Germany, the ZDF, went to Gran Canaria for their holiday program called “Hello Germany” to film all things that can go wrong on your Holidays to the island. Among these “holiday nightmares” they included … Continue reading

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La imagen de Gran Canaria seriamente dañada en la TV Alemana

La segunda cadena de TV alemana, ZDF, en su programa ‘Hallo Deutschland’, se desplazó a Gran Canaria para hacer un reportaje sobre la isla y las cosas que pueden ir mal durante las vacaciones. Entre otros asuntos, aparece un reportaje … Continue reading

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Opfer von Orbit Travel erstattet Anzeige bei der Polizei in Deutschland wegen mutmaßlichen Betruges

Ein deutscher Konsument, der bei einer Verkaufsveranstaltung in Arguineguín das Produkt von Orbit Travel kaufte, hat nun Anzeige gegen Orbit Travel bei der Polizei in Deutschland wegen mutmaßlichen Betruges erstattet. Als der Konsument vom Urlaub nach Hause kam und genauer … Continue reading

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Victim of Orbit Travel reports alleged fraud to the police in Germany

A German consumer who recently bought the product of Orbit Travel after sitting through a lengthy sales presentation in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, has reported alleged fraud to the German Police. Once he went home and carefully analysed what happened on … Continue reading

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Canary Islands: Noticias 7 Article: “Disappointed Timeshare consumers can get their money back”

An article in German which was published in the Noticias 7 news board from the canary Islands this week, which does not only apply to German timeshare owners, so we have translated the text below. You can access the original … Continue reading

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Orbit Travel, the latest Holiday club linked the Voyager Travel group.

Although it has been some time now since we last posted an article about the holiday company Voyager Travel and Lifestyle Holidays, there certainly have been some changes. After the Gran Canaria police raids in the offices from Voyager Travel … Continue reading

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The return of the cold call campaign from Sunline Direct

A company, which was mentioned in 2013 on this blog, has recently “re-appeared” after being very quiet for more than 6 months. This company is Sunline Direct. We already placed a warning on this blog about this so called fly … Continue reading

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La police espagnole a démantelé une nouvelle bande d’escrocs à Gran Canaria

Le 10 Octobre 2014, la police a arrêté le responsable  de la fraude qui a escroqué des propriétaires de multipropriété de semaines en temps partagé. Les délinquants se faisaient passer pour des employés des sociétés suivantes: – Immobilière Immo Andaluz, … Continue reading

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Latest News! New fraudulent scheme wound down in Gran Canaria!

  On the 10th of October 2014 the police has arrested the main responsible s of a fraud committed against Timeshare owners. These criminals were acting as the (fake) employees of the following companies: – Inmobiliaria Inmo Andaluz,  – Agencia … Continue reading

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Voyager Travel & Go Compass: Die beiden Urlaubsclubs unter der Lupe – Canaria Journalen

Foto from original article in Canarian Journalen In der Norwegischen Presse, im Canarian Journalen, wurde gerade ein sehr interessanter Artikel über die beiden Urlaubsclubs Voyager Travel & Go Compass veröffentlicht. Der Artikel im Canarian Journalen wurde auf norwegisch verfasst und … Continue reading

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Voyager Travel & Go Compass: The Holiday Clubs under the spotlight – Canarian Journalen

Picture taken from the original article in the Canarian Journalen A very interesting article has been published in the Canarian Journalen about the Holiday Clubs Voyager Travel & Go Compass. The article written in Norwegian for the Canarian Journalen can … Continue reading

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Operation Voyager; die internationale Presse berichtet über den Betrugsfall auf Gran Canaria.

Bild von artikel http://goo.gl/vqH7v7 Bei der Europäischen Verbraucherzentrale (ECC) in Norwegen sind 140 Beschwerden über Voyager Travel eingegangen. Die mutmassliche Bande von Kriminellen ist weiterhin aktiv.  Am 8. Februar 2014, dem vergangenen Samstag, wurde im Norwegischen Wirtschaftsmagazin “Dine Penger” ein Artikel … Continue reading

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Operation Voyager und das propagandistische Vorgehen der Angeklagten.

Bild von  Eugen Kaiser in digital zeitung eldiario.es  http://bit.ly/1bucDtT Eugen Friedrich Kaiser, der Hauptangeklagte des mutmasslichen Riesenbetruges, der im Süden Gran Canarias aufgedeckt wurde, hielt am 4. Februar 2014 im Süden Gran Canarias in Begleitung seiner Anwälte eine Pressekonferenz ab und … Continue reading

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Operation Voyager and the propaganda campaign of the accused

Picture of  Eugen Kaiser taken from the article in the digital newspaper eldiario.es  http://bit.ly/1bucDtT The main accused in the alleged macro fraud which happened in the South of Gran Canaria; Eugen Friedrich Kaiser, together with his two lawyers, held a … Continue reading

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