A unit of US hotel group Wyndham Worldwide is being sued in London’s High Court next week by four timeshare customers who claim they have been improperly denied access to premium properties in the exchange pool.
The claimants, part of a timeshare exchange club, allege that Wyndham Worldwide unit Kettering-based RCI Europe is selling off the best timeshares, despite having said it would make them available for exchange.
The case is scheduled to start on Monday. The four claimants in the case are test claimants in a class action lawsuit brought by law firm Edwin Coe. In total, there are 487 claimants in the action. Each claimant is seeking around £5,000 in damages.
A further 9,000 members of a UK timeshare action group may also be affected by the judgment.
“All timeshare owners want when entering an exchange system is a simple, transparent and effective way of swapping their right to use a property for the right to holiday at another residence of similar quality, within a reasonable timeframe,” said David Greene, the solicitor bringing the action.
“RCI, despite boasts of its large property exchange pool, seems to consistently thwart this reasonable expectation.”
David & Barbara Abbott and others v RCI Europe Chancery
