Solve your orange lake resort Timeshare Problems

At TimeshareRelease we receive cries for help from hundreds of Timeshare owners and "Holiday Points Club" members every week - and we have published a selection of the issues reported to us specifically by Orange Lake Resort below.

If you'd like to see reports from Timeshare owners with other groups, please see: Customer Comments

Monday 29th June 2015 11:01 Mr & Mrs M - Orange Lake Country Club

Presentation took place on resort property – asked if I would like to look round resort and then taken back to office where hard sell began. When it was obvious that we would not buy a new property, we were offered one of the older villas at a lower price, still not interested and then he reduced price again and we accepted.
Finance was arranged in house.
The reason we bought this week was that we were assured of in house resale or rental would be available when/if required. Exclusivity of resort stressed. Maintenance fees rising yearly. Now on fixed income and not travelling abroad as often as we get older.
Exchange company is RCI – finding it increasingly difficult to get fair exchange when or where required. We have never used the villa since purchase – have always banked with RCI. Properties available now badly in need of upgrading.
Resort no longer exclusive to owners. Can find online or through Travel Agents such as Virgin and Thompson.
Contract length – 2061 ( we will be 110 years old!!!)

Friday 8th May 2015 08:26 Mr & Mrs B - Orange Lakes - GHoliday Inn Vacation

The in perpetuity of the agreement was not explained, The maintenance charges are increasing annually. There is the addtion of membership fees annually also.

Unavailability of getting RCI exchanges in UK locations - they are always fully booked.

The sales team exaggerated grossly - we were told the location of Orange Lake was on the fringes of Disney World and other resort locations - this is rubbish.

We have lost money by paying people to sell the property and they trued to press gang us into buying additional weeks - which we refused.

We have had very unsupportive responses from the resort staff and lots of mis leading information.

27th February 2015 15:18 - Mrs Lillian B, County Durham - RCI / Orange Lakes Florida

"Disgusted. Feel like I've being taken to the cleaners."

26th February 2015 21:25 - Mr Anthony W, Surrey - RCI / Orange Lakes, Florida

"I have never achieved any of our first three choices - even two years in advance"

9th February 2015 16:17 - Mr Jonathan G, West Midlands - Orange Lake, Florida

"I never get an exchange resort of the standard of my actual timeshare. I have always assumed this is because I tend not to try to exchange until 6-12 months before travelling but now I think perhaps the best resorts are creamed off however early you exchange. I have occasionally completely 'lost' a week through trying to book late and finding nothing available. I know I was mis-sold the original timeshare and now I can't get rid of it but then I'm hit by the high RCI costs and the poor availability. I would love to get rid of it..."

2nd January 2015 12:19 - Mr Mike B, Northumberland - RCI / Orange Lake Orlando

"I also would like to know about claiming compensation from RCI. I find it just about impossible to get any exchange and never what I want. I would love to get out of timeshare but do not know how to go about it, because there are so many scams and rip-off merchants. Just received my maintenance bill which again has increased considerably. Can this be legal?"

19th December 2014 23:18 - Mr E K - Orange Lake Resort, Florida

"We were mislead and missold Orange Lake Time Share 5 years back. We were told whenever we want to return it we can do it with one month notice. This was untrue and we are paying a Loan and Yearly fees. We would like to get rid of it and get money back. We paid, around £12000. Please help, thanks."

14th December 2014 14:26 - Mr Stevie C - RCI / Orange Lake, Florida

"In last 5 yrs only used twice as always told no availability. Last holiday I had to use normal travel agent to book."

25th October 2014 16:55 - Mrs Jean F - Oasis lakes Florida

“I would like to know if I have any options to be released from this.”

2nd September 2014 16:49 - Mr Dean B - Orange Lake Resort

"Looking to just give back our timeshare, doesn't work for us anymore."

25th August 2014 11:40 - Mrs Sarah F - Holiday Inn Club Resorts

"Purchased with Holiday Inn Club in Florida in October 2012, they are affiliated with RCI, and since then have experienced difficulty in getting availability anywhere we would actually choose to go. We were sold on the fact that we could use our points against HI hotel nights, however it turns out that the exchange value is very low, so no longer sure that this is the best option for us.”

24th July 2014 18:11 - Mrs Sharon B - RCI / Orange Lake Country Club

"I have been with RCI since 1987. We used to always exchange with them week for a week. NOW they have changed this without even asking us. NOW we have points which now limits us to using as an exchange. As my week is only worth 21 points. We used to exchange to parts of USA now we can't. Stuck with this now and very disappointed."

14th July 2014 11:06 - Mr Danny B, West Yorkshire - Orange Lake Country Club USA

"Would like information regarding getting rid of my timeshare due to high maintenance fees"

8th June 2014 18:18 - Mrs Susan A - RCI/Orange Lake, Florida

"Not using timeshare."

6th June 2014 23:30 - Miss Victoria L - Holiday Inn Club Orange Lake

"I've had this timeshare for years now and have never been able to use it."

19th May 2014 21:38 - Mrs Victoria H, Hampshire - Holiday Inn Club Vacation Orange Lake Resort

"I was completely mis-sold. Never used resort again as its cheaper to get a package holiday than it is to use timeshare due to maintenance fees and then booking fees! How can I get out?"

Tuesday 18th August 2015 11:27 Mr C - Orange Lakes

After buying theme park tickets we went on a tour of several timeshare locations and we like Orange Lakes, this was in Sept 1993.
After several hours we decided to purchase one week unit on the understanding it was easily exchangeable, maintenance would only go up in line with inflation and it would pass to my children as a valuable asset.
In 1999 we exchanged that week as part of a deposit for weeks 46/47 (Thanks giving) but now the maintenance is too high to make it viable.
The children do not want it, we are unable to exchange to where we want to go, it has become a liability

Friday 17th July 2015 06:29 Mr & Mrs L - Orange Lakes/Blue Green/Parkway

We were informed at the time of sale the properties would increase in value because they were near Disney, which has not been the case. We were informed they could easily be re-sold which was untrue. The companies made it sound it was easy to exchange our weeks with no problems but in fact we have found we were unable to do this most of the time. Even our destination choice we changed because we were unable to book where we wanted to go. We have even stopped using the timeshare, because we were unable to book anything albeit we couldn't get our destination choice or dates. We were informed maintenance fees would increase with inflation but they have increased much more than inflation. We both feel we were mis-sold these timeshares due to pressure of sales and the time we had to conduct the sales.
We do not want these timeshares to be handed over to our children as the timeshares are a liability and our children would not be able to pay any money for them.

Wednesday 8th July 2015 11:00 Mr. H. - Dona Lola, Kinloch Rannoch & Orange Lake

I purchased timeshare units at Dona Lola, Kinloch Rannoch and Orange Lake (USA) in 1981 for family vacations. Following my wife's death in 2006 and my children having other interests, I have no use for these units. I am concerned about the ongoing contractual liability for these units, which will fall against my estate and will be a liability for my children in perpetuity.

Monday 29th June 2015 11:01 Mr & Mrs M - Orange Lake Country Club

Presentation took place on resort property – asked if I would like to look round resort and then taken back to office where hard sell began. When it was obvious that we would not buy a new property, we were offered one of the older villas at a lower price, still not interested and then he reduced price again and we accepted.
Finance was arranged in house.
The reason we bought this week was that we were assured of in house resale or rental would be available when/if required. Exclusivity of resort stressed. Maintenance fees rising yearly. Now on fixed income and not travelling abroad as often as we get older.
Exchange company is RCI – finding it increasingly difficult to get fair exchange when or where required. We have never used the villa since purchase – have always banked with RCI. Properties available now badly in need of upgrading.
Resort no longer exclusive to owners. Can find online or through Travel Agents such as Virgin and Thompson.
Contract length – 2061 ( we will be 110 years old!!!)

Friday 8th May 2015 08:26 Mr & Mrs B - Orange Lakes - GHoliday Inn Vacation

The in perpetuity of the agreement was not explained, The maintenance charges are increasing annually. There is the addtion of membership fees annually also.

Unavailability of getting RCI exchanges in UK locations - they are always fully booked.

The sales team exaggerated grossly - we were told the location of Orange Lake was on the fringes of Disney World and other resort locations - this is rubbish.

We have lost money by paying people to sell the property and they trued to press gang us into buying additional weeks - which we refused.

We have had very unsupportive responses from the resort staff and lots of mis leading information.

27th February 2015 15:18 - Mrs Lillian B, County Durham - RCI / Orange Lakes Florida

"Disgusted. Feel like I've being taken to the cleaners."

26th February 2015 21:25 - Mr Anthony W, Surrey - RCI / Orange Lakes, Florida

"I have never achieved any of our first three choices - even two years in advance"

9th February 2015 16:17 - Mr Jonathan G, West Midlands - Orange Lake, Florida

"I never get an exchange resort of the standard of my actual timeshare. I have always assumed this is because I tend not to try to exchange until 6-12 months before travelling but now I think perhaps the best resorts are creamed off however early you exchange. I have occasionally completely 'lost' a week through trying to book late and finding nothing available. I know I was mis-sold the original timeshare and now I can't get rid of it but then I'm hit by the high RCI costs and the poor availability. I would love to get rid of it..."

2nd January 2015 12:19 - Mr Mike B, Northumberland - RCI / Orange Lake Orlando

"I also would like to know about claiming compensation from RCI. I find it just about impossible to get any exchange and never what I want. I would love to get out of timeshare but do not know how to go about it, because there are so many scams and rip-off merchants. Just received my maintenance bill which again has increased considerably. Can this be legal?"

19th December 2014 23:18 - Mr E K - Orange Lake Resort, Florida

"We were mislead and missold Orange Lake Time Share 5 years back. We were told whenever we want to return it we can do it with one month notice. This was untrue and we are paying a Loan and Yearly fees. We would like to get rid of it and get money back. We paid, around £12000. Please help, thanks."

14th December 2014 14:26 - Mr Stevie C - RCI / Orange Lake, Florida

"In last 5 yrs only used twice as always told no availability. Last holiday I had to use normal travel agent to book."

25th October 2014 16:55 - Mrs Jean F - Oasis lakes Florida

“I would like to know if I have any options to be released from this.” 

2nd September 2014 16:49 - Mr Dean B - Orange Lake Resort

"Looking to just give back our timeshare, doesn't work for us anymore."

15th August 2014 11:40 - Mrs Sarah F - Holiday Inn Club Resorts

"Purchased with Holiday Inn Club in Florida in October 2012, they are affiliated with RCI, and since then have experienced difficulty in getting availability anywhere we would actually choose to go. We were sold on the fact that we could use our points against HI hotel nights, however it turns out that the exchange value is very low, so no longer sure that this is the best option for us.”

24th July 2014 18:11 - Mrs Sharon B - RCI / Orange Lake Country Club

"I have been with RCI since 1987. We used to always exchange with them week for a week. NOW they have changed this without even asking us. NOW we have points which now limits us to using as an exchange. As my week is only worth 21 points. We used to exchange to parts of USA now we can't. Stuck with this now and very disappointed."

14th July 2014 11:06 - Mr Danny B, West Yorkshire - Orange Lake Country Club USA

"Would like information regarding getting rid of my timeshare due to high maintenance fees"

8th June 2014 18:18 - Mrs Susan A - RCI/Orange Lake, Florida

"Not using timeshare."

6th June 2014 23:30 - Miss Victoria L - Holiday Inn Club Orange Lake

"I've had this timeshare for years now and have never been able to use it."

19th May 2014 21:38 - Mrs Victoria H, Hampshire - Holiday Inn Club Vacation Orange Lake Resort

"I was completely mis-sold. Never used resort again as its cheaper to get a package holiday than it is to use timeshare due to maintenance fees and then booking fees! How can I get out?"

28th April 2014 17:40 - Mrs C - Orange Lake, Orlando

"No longer interested in the type of holiday as children grown up. Exchanges have been very disappointing."

23rd April 2014 10:31 - Mr Paul C - Orange Lake, Florida, USA

“We no longer need our time share and would like to get rid of it, can you help?”

20th April 2014 16:52 - Mrs Victoria G, Cumbria - RCI / Orange Lake Resort

"Desperate to stop paying. They are refusing to buy back although told us they would do this when discussed, we have no evidence sadly. Tried companies to sell, but they did nothing and no one wants to buy it. Can you just stop paying? I asked them to repossess it and they won't really answer that."

3rd April 2014 20:26 - Mr Brian S, Ayrshire - Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orange Lake

"We were talked in to upgrading our units - now finding it hard to meet payments."

2nd April 2014 22:41 - Mr John H - Orange Lake / Holiday Inn Club Vacations

"Where do I start? Bought 2 timeshares and was told if we ever wanted to sell on that Orange Lake would have first option to buy them back. Unfortunately NOBODY wants to buy them back. Would that be mis-sold? Because I bought mine as an investment. Only thing they forgot to tell me was, THEY WERE NOT AN INVESTMENT, because while everything connected to time shares have went up in price, our wages have gone down... The family have grown up, and the wife and I are left with a costly yearly maintenance. I think RCI need to change their strategy and look at the real world. I could go on..."

8th March 2014 10:19 - Mr Beresford - Orange Lake

“Lack of availability in Europe when using affiliated company RCI.”

26th February 2014 12:44 - Mr Jeffrey S, County Durham - Orange Lakes, Orlando

"We have tried to sell our Timeshare through Global Resort Management, this has been going on for two years but we have heard nothing from them. Starting to think that they don’t want us to sell!"

22nd February 2014 00:19 - Mrs Joyce O, Kent - Orange Lake

“Bought my timeshare about 8 yrs. ago. I have never used it and the maintenance is becoming unaffordable. I wanted to give it up but was told I had to pay to do that.”

13th February 2014 - Mrs Caroline H, Northants - Orange Lake, Florida / RCI

"I've had a Gold Crown 2 bed resort since around 1996 - never stayed there but was duped into paying through the nose for this white elephant. I work in a school and can only take holidays in term time and can never get a reasonable exchange, especially now the 'weeks' have been changed to another scheme. I haven't used the exchange for several years and I might just as well get hundreds of pounds every year and burn it!"

1st February 2014 22:47 - Ms Julie S, London - Orange Lake Country Club

“Husband and I bought 2 weeks in 1993, we divorced and he left me with the mortgage and maintenance fees. I paid off the mortgage but never use it, got 9 weeks banked and can't give it away but no longer can afford to keep it.”

21st January 2014 15:18 - Mr Ian L - Orange Lake, Orlando

“The timeshare was bought by myself and wife. We are no longer together and we wish to finalise all our joint expenses of which this is one.”

13th January 2014 20:24 - Mr Peter - Orange Lake, Florida

“Recently retired, never able to exchange when requested and due to ill health need to get out of time share maintenance fees.”

10th January 2014 23:41 - Mrs Rachel G, Bristol - Orange lake, Florida

“Hi we have been left timeshare in our late friends will, we have timeshare of our own and want to get rid of all of it. My husband has spinal stenosis and cannot fly and we are on a low income and cannot afford to pay maintenance fees or mortgage fee can you help please.”

7th December 2014 22:49 - Mrs Mary G, Kinross-shire - Orange Lake, Kissimmee Florida

“Maintenance fees have increased so much.”

7th December 2014 12:01 - Dr Bryony P - Holiday Inn Orange Lake, Florida

“Paid 2014 maintenance fees, due 97,000 points in Jan but have not booked 2014's week so would have to use the points. Bought in 2010, never really used it. Total regret at the huge cost. How do I get rid of it?!”

30th November 2014 13:07 - Mr Robert L, Kent - Orange Lake, Orlando

“Week 14 2 bed/8, wish to get rid of!”