Club Mahindra Membership is My Biggest Financial Mistake

March 27, 2018 | Author: Lifeatsea | Category: Interest, Hotel, Fee, Discounting, Hotel And Accommodation
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Club Mahindra Membership is my biggestFinancial Mistake by HEM AN T B ENI W AL in F AM IL Y F IN ANC ES L AS T UPD A TE D ON: 1 2/ 1 2/ 20 13 Upfront I am accepting that buying Club Mahindra Membership was my biggest financial mistake. Readers may be thinking “biggest is a comparative word – that means there must be few more”. � Yes Why not. I am also a human and allowed to make some mistakes. Each day one takes 4-5 financial decisions and if not more, there is a fair chance that few of them will prove to be wrong. Sometime money involved can be small for eg going for new released movie. If your family likes the movie – than fine. But what if opposite happens? (If decision was wrong – cost Rs 1500-2000 if tickets bought in Royale or Rs 500-1000 if bought tickets for Executive class and additional loss of Rs 200-300 if buying Pepsi or eatables – even choosing large or small Pepsi is a financial decision – impact Rs 100 on budget) Let me also share that one decision which is blunder for one person can be a small mistake for other & for third person it may also prove to be right – again financial planner’s favorite line “it depends on person to person”. So why I am saying Club Mahindra Membership is MY biggest mistake (in short) – because:  Amount & time involved is huge.  It doesn’t suite my type of person, who doesn’t want to sit & enjoy – I want to explore the places in & around the city that I am visiting.  It was mis-sold – lots of things were hidden & misrepresented.  I am frugal when it comes to food on a trip & they charge me bomb for that  There is big difference between what Club Mahindra promise, what people expect & what they deliver. Club Mahindra Holidays Membership Features If you want to know about membership features, check their website….. Club Mahindra Membership Fees Before looking at the Club Mahindra Holidays Membership Fees we have to understand – criteria on what this fee is based on. First is type of Rooms  Studio Apartment – is a room for 3 adults or 2 adults & 2 kids.  1 Bed Room (BR) – room for 4 adults  2 BR – room for 6 adults Second is Type of Seasons Club Mahindra has divided 52 weeks in 4 Seasons/Colors. (Check Season chart here)  Purple: This is period like New Year, summer holidays or Diwali holidays.  Red: Its second best category which covers all major long holidays & peak season for a particular location.  White: Normal Season  Blue: It’s off season Membership is also divided in these categories where you can utilize holiday in your season or lower. So Purple Members can have holidays in any season but white can only go for White & Blue. Holiday in higher season is also possible but there are limitations like bookings can only be made 15 days in advance & you can jump only one season so White can think of going in red but not in purple. Club Mahindra Membership Fees (2013-2014) Source Just to share that lot of existing members are willing to sell their membership at 30-40% discounts. Club Mahindra Membership Annual Subscription Fees (ASF) Club Mahindra Claims their membership is Inflation Free but other than one time fees members have to pay annual subscription fees (irrespective of usage), depending on type of room they own. They charge ASF on type on rooms so Studio will pay lowest ASF & 2 Bed Room will pay highest. But at the time of booking you can choose any room so I am having Studio but can book 2 BR & pay 50% less ASF. (You people will be feeling pity about me & I am feeling same for people who have bought 1 BR & 2 BR) This fees is not fixed – it increase every year according to urban inflation numbers. ASF Charges in 2011-2012 (in bracket 2010-2011) – including service tax  Studio Rs 9,681 (Rs 8,994)  1 BR Rs 13,593 (Rs 12,629)  2 BR Rs 19,069 (Rs 17,717) Club Mahindra Membership Cancellation Policy They have a very transparent membership cancellation policy that there is 10 days free-look period – where the whole amount can be refunded but I was not allowed to use that. After 10 days you can cancel the membership but there will be no refund – sounds similar to our favorite endowment plans. But after that if you want you can sell your membership in open market – but there are no buyers. Check sites like Quikr or Olx and you will find lot of sellers but no buyers. In last financial year there were 4000 membership cancellation – I assume that as they don’t have proper cancellation policy, these are the people who have not paid Annual Subscription Fees (ASF) & there membership was automatically cancelled. 44% members are not utilizing their holidays Club Mahindra Holidays can advertise “Happy Families” but truth is 44% of members are not availing their holidays. Why? First & biggest reason is there is a gap between number of members & inventory (number of units) available in the resorts. They proudly say that there membership is increased by 26% Compounded annualized growth rate but their Inventory was not able to keep pace & just grown by 22%. Gap was 9% in 2005, which has now grown to 26%. (You can check the below table – Club Mahindra Members Vs Inventory) Second, Club Mahindra gives resorts on rental to nonmembers, even in the peak season. So members compete with nonmembers. Their annual report show earning of Rs 15 Cr from rental they have received from nonmembers. If I assume Rs 4000 per night room rent – it turns to 3% of the total available inventory. Third, when there is big gap in available inventory & some competition from nonmembers; few people will definitely be disappointed because they will not get what they desire. Club Mahindra expect that people should plan there holidays 6 months in advance – I think I can do it but it’s not possible for people who are in jobs. Their annual report shows that occupancy was at 77% & if we adjust even 2% that was utilsed by nonmembers so member occupancy is at 75%. If we compare that with number of members, it turns out to be 44%. (check below graph – Club Mahindra Yearly Membership Unutilised) My Mistakes – from which you should learn They say “Learning from your mistakes is smart. Then came THE SUNDAY & I saw advertisement in local newspaper. My mind stopped working something similar to when people see emotional ads of child plans. his membership will seize. Even we spent one night in some other hotel because we thought rather than going back to resort to sleep let’s directly go from Nanital to Ranikhet. Just after my sisters marriage we were having some cash in our account & coincidentally we were also planning to buy LCD TV.I don’t think I again have to tell you that Club Mahindra charges Annual Subscription Fees (ASF) irrespective of you go for holidays or not. learning from the mistakes of others is wise. There are lot of bitter experience with Club Mahindra – starting from purchasing to doing bookings to services in resorts to checkouts but I must appreciate they have good properties. When I go to some place I try to explore other good places which are close to that city – I don’t like sitting on pool side throughout the day. If member don’t pay ASF. 31st Dec 2010 I visited Jim Corbett – I had bookings for 4 nights. You won’t believe we spent very little time in resort – we were more interested in visiting Nanital & Ranikhet. In addition they don’t allow members to accumulate more than 3 years (21 days) holidays. where Club Mahindra also shared about FREE Sony Bravia TV. In next 5 days we finished all formalities & were part of Club Mahindra roller coaster rides.” But learning from own mistake is really expensive…. I believed on brand Mahindra. My Story I am passionate about traveling – I bought Club Mahindra Red Studio in Feb 2008. limited . I have not analysed my requirement: I am passionate about traveling but they have resorts at limited locations. I called up the number & executive reached my door step in 2 hours. � I have not researched the product before buying: I have not researched the product & matching it with my requirement. It took me 7 months in conversion & that too after lot of threatening calls & what not. 11:11 AM awesome post. I can choose any type of room & that too with lower ASF. please share your views in comment section. I agreed for the things that were not documented – I was interested in Red Studio because that was most flexible in usage as I can go in Red. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. After buying the product I started searching about how existing members feel about it & I was shocked. 2012. REPLY LINK  Varun July 10. dates and once . 2012. There are lot more things to share about Club Mahindra Membership but I will try to share that in comment section. But that was too late. 2015. If you are member of any such time share resort or planning to buy one or approached by someone.  Sumant July 17. But the executive said FREE TV is only available with 1 BR so first you buy White 1 BR & we can later convert it in Red Studio. information that was shared by executive & my gut feeling. White or Blue & even purple if there is some chance in last 15 days (purple weeks were not available at that time for purchase). I totally agree … this is number one chor company … even after paying the membership fees and booking well in advance I havent got those bookings confirmed. 9:42 PM Thanks Sumant – Must share it with your friends. will help a lot of people. resorts. 6:01 PM Hi. Everytime I have been asked to change my plans. 10:27 AM I would like to sell my Club Mahindra membership (Red. When I asked for cancellation .Studio) valid for 15 years. was even asked to change my birth date to celebrate it as there were no rooms available in the resort even in the blue season. 2016.in REPLY LINK  Amit Sharma October 18. REPLY LINK . apart from this i have around 18 unused days left from previous 2-3 years. them write back to me personally on gunjbabe@gmail. they just gave me a figure of 20% returns. Cheaters with an extortionist attitude. 9385374268 REPLY LINK  gunjan December 21. 2016. Anyone interested may please mail at ilina_bhattacharya@yahoo. 7:37 PM please send me the final price of your 15 years membeship REPLY LINK  Ram Parthasarathy December 8. 12:09 PM i am interested in selling my club mahindra membership.co. 10:12 AM I want to sell my 2 bed red at 40% less proportionate to available no of years. share your price offer too. thankyou in advance . if someone is genuinely interested . Pathetic !!!! REPLY LINK  Bhatt July 4.com. it is valid upto 2031. 2016. 2016. Kindly share the related details and expected price. 3:25 PM please share your email id. R Chandrasekaran December 22. 11:01 PM I am interested t0 buy pl. REPLY LINK . 2017. gunjan REPLY LINK  j srinivas January 18. if any body interested to sell please send me the detail to srinivasjale@gmail. 2016. 2016. thankyou and regards. 12:00 PM 2.5L for 22 years and 21 days of credit + RCI. send me the details and price REPLY LINK  gun December 23. 10:52 PM I am interested in buying the CM membership.com REPLY LINK  Sunil Sathe November 17. 2016. 11:43 AM Hi I am interested to buy in red studio membership. 2016. so that i can share the details. REPLY LINK  Pratik November 22. REPLY LINK  Sakshi December 13. 2016. 5:32 PM Am interested in buying a Club Mahindra Membership – Red Studio Please lemme know @ +91 9603733324 .com REPLY LINK  Sanjeev December 15. as i have total of 4 membership.com REPLY LINK  Archana Pawar saxena December 11. 2:28 PM I am interested in buying. 2016. 2:39 AM Intersted in selling one of my red studio club Mahindra membership. Can you please send the details at sakshicb@yahoo. 6:49 PM Can you mail more details to sreenivas426@gmail. 3:39 PM Please send me details at help. and would let go one ! As i am already using 3 memberships week every year for Gud ! REPLY LINK  Rajeev December 11. Sreenivasa Reddy November 27. 2016.my7bucks@gmail. com as I am interested to buy. 2016. 2016. 2:59 PM my mobile no 9049004007 REPLY LINK  Bhatt November 29. I have bought it just few weeks back REPLY LINK  I WANT TO BUY. 6:21 AM Plz contact me on 9158534666.com REPLY LINK  Rajnish January 27. 2017. 2016. 2017. REPLY LINK  AMIT KUMAR January 8. Thanks for the responses. 2017. No holidays taken any one want to buy? . 11:52 AM Hi I paid only 1 lakh balance is due. GIVE DETAILS January 25. 5:10 PM I WANT TO BUY CM MEMBERSHIP +RCI SEND DETAILS akseey@gmail. REPLY LINK  Rajesh December 19. 2016. 12:20 AM The membership is now sold. Hemant is feeling that taking a Club Mahindra membership is his mistake because his requirement is slightly different from the Club Mahindra offering. Coorg. 11000/. For calculation purposes.and Cost of holiday will be Rs.(actual is slightly lesser). An interest rate of 10% per year (if the money was invested) and also assuming that ASF goes up by 10% every year. 5:13 PM I do not agree with most of the views below. 8000 for a non member booking. I have visited Goa. Call 9999746568 REPLY LINK o Amit Sidham August 25. 2012. And at Rs. c. 10k as ASF in 1st year. So at the end of the year.41L. In the above case. Lets begin with What you pay Vs What you get? Let say a member takes a white studio apartment. 26125/-. 8k per night he will avail benefits worth Rs. Studio apartment rent per night as of now is Rs. 56000/-. Ooty and Yercaud resorts of Club Mahindra and the experience has been very good and I feel that it is not just ‘Value for Money’ but infact ‘Significantly More Value For Money’ Following explanation would clarify the same- 1. ASF will go to Rs. interest in 1st year on the one time fees at 10% will be Rs. Member will pay an ASF of Rs. 24138/-. he will have to pay Rs. 2. 10000/. b. 61600/-.61 L as one time membership fee (full down payment with 5% discount. So that the interest is calculated on the amount for the full year. Assuming that the room rent also increase by 10% per year. the value of the members payment that is balance with Club Mahindra is Rs. as per 2011-12 fees) and approx Rs. 2. A worst case scenario that the holiday is availed only at the end of every year. (261252+26125+10000-56000) Interest on this in 2nd year will be Rs. So net balance value . I am taking following assumptions- a. Availability was an issue earlier due to lack of transparency. I also thought like most of the people earlier. According to Hemant occupancy has been at 75% which means 25% of the inventory is currently going unutilized. After that he will not spend but save every time he goes for a Club Mahindra holiday.15L. People would come in thousands but the theatre capacity is only for a few hundred. No need to plan months in advance. 1. 19487 and avail a holiday of Rs. Recently Club Mahindra has also started good last minute deals. I have done booking even 2-3 weeks before my travel dates and got the same. 90k. But now the availability status is very transparent and the member can check the available inventory on the portal.5L. 3. For booking a room that is available in the next 15 days. Year Value Holiday of your Utilization Payment Interest ASF Net Balance to be recovered 1 261252 26125 10000 56000 241377 2 241377 24138 11000 61600 214915 3 214915 21491 12100 67760 180746 4 180746 18075 13310 74536 137595 5 137595 13760 14641 81990 84006 6 84006 8401 16105 90189 18323 7 18323 1832 17716 99207 -61336 2.per night of stay at the resort. And this saving will go on increasing and in the 25th year he will save more than Rs. But this situation is similar to watching a movie at a theatre on Saturday evening.09L.will be Rs. But an . I think this is a boon to those who cannot plan in advance. What can happen is that there could be many members applying for the same dates (eg – during vacations or extended weekends) and hence there is a scarcity at that time. trying to cover maximum spots during a holiday and coming to the hotel only to sleep and freshen up. 2. a saving of almost Rs. I think that people will anyways plan atleast that much in advance to get the best deals on airfare or confirm rail/road bookings. In 8th year he will pay ASF of Rs. So the point of gap between members and inventory does not hold valid. 750/. 4. the member gets a voucher worth Rs. By this calculation the member will break even in 7 years. bread etc to make your own breakfast. dance. Beacause of the kitchenette facility. To give you a small example – At home we always ensure that we give milk. you end up saving a huge amount on your food bills. My parents don’t like outside food much and while travelling alongwith them this kitchenette comes as a boon as they really enjoy the taste of fresh food the way it is prepared at home. crafts and painting classes. So.experience with Club Mahindra has changed my definition of a holiday completely. They also offer 25% discount on food (a –la-carte) to members. but also plan in such a way that I am able to spend a good amount of time at the resort as well. The biggest advantage while holidaying with Club Mahindra that I have experienced is ‘Baby-care. magic show etc wherein you can enjoy not only with your family but also get an opportunity to come together with other guests staying at the resort. group games. Club Mahindra not only has the ‘Infant –friendly’ attitude but they are fully equipped to deliver on the same.their food.’ Those who have small children will know how painful can the experience be when travelling with them. and as a result we can never enjoy the holiday and sometimes even feel it would have been a better idea to stay at home itself. whether they will stay properly. Most of these activities are complementary and even the chargeable ones come at a nominal cost. 4. until and unless that is what you want. library. while I plan my holiday I not only devote time for site seeing. In the evening there are cultural programs. As the resorts have a host of activities for the entire family right from – indoor and outdoor games. hoping that they don’t get bored. no premium charged on the same. Everybody agrees that Club Mahindra properties are excellent. The rooms at most of their resorts are equipped with a kitchenette and resorts also have a general store where you can buy ‘Heat and Eat’ or ‘Ready to Eat’ packaged meals or noodles. All this is sold at MRP. 5. Most of the time goes in worrying about them. adventure activities. in a properly washed and sterilized bottle to our daughter. karaoke. which you would incur if staying at any other hotel or resort. salad decoration. Infact there is so much at the resort that you will hardly get time to sit lazing around the pool. Food is expensive as compared to ordinary hotels but economical as compared to 5 star hotels of similar standards. pottery and the list goes on. There is no second opinion about it. their mood. What . baby bed. Club Mahindra again proved itself when it came to ‘Baby-food. The Ooty resort also has nice play areas for kids both outdoor and indoor. But during our last trip to Club Mahindra. We were giving her only non spicy and easy to digest food.’ We had not started giving our daughter regular food at that time. while travelling. But at Club Mahindra all our apprehensions about travelling with our small daughter were put to rest. we could wash the bottle properly in the kitchenette. mosquito net etc and all this without any charges. mini swings and slides and a cushioned maze in which the children can crawl and play. My daughter enjoyed immensely over here and my wife and I would always have a hard time taking her away from there. Apart from the bottle sterilizer. Club Mahindra provided us with a special ‘Baby-khichdi’ and every time the small portion that would be required for an infant was prepared fresh and served hot. Then order milk from room service and give to the baby. kept in the room which mentioned all things that were provided by the resort for a baby like – milk warmer.happens when we go outside? We can at best rinse the bottle and not even wash it properly. No. this was also complementary. That’s when I understood why the person had asked me for whom was I ordering the milk. I am travelling to Munnar and Ashtamudi next month and desperately awaiting the Club Mahindra holiday with my family. soft toys. Ooty in Feb 2012. My daughter loved the taste very much. I called room service to order 2 cups of milk and was surprised when the person asked me for whom is it? The delivery boy came with the milk and sugar sachets and when I asked him for the bill to sign. These are in now way small things for parents with small children. but inspite of the willingness to pay any price for it we are not able to get these elsewhere. of resorts including associate and special arrangements are now about 35 and this number is growing. Sufficient enough to last for 25 years of membership without . he smiled and said ‘Milk for the baby is complementary’. We can now travel to any Club Mahindra resort and be assured that we do not have to worry about our 2 year old daughter. The resort provided us with a bottle sterilizer (something that I have not seen at any other hotel/resort and had not even imagined that some hotel could have the same for its guests). Like the milk and the baby equipment. there was a list of other equipments. 6. The outdoor play area has the usual slides and swings and the indoor one is equipped with lots of educational games. There is flexibility even in the apartment size. if the resort at that destination is booked for the desired dates. I had previously accumulated inventory left and so have been able to book 4 resorts this year.8000 per night is in peak season and the same room in off season you get for Rs. But for a Club Mahindra member. so I can book a studio when travelling with only my wife and daughter and can book a 1 BR apt when my Parents/ In-laws/ Relatives/Friends are accompanying us. If 7 nights are not utilized they can be carried forward to the next year. So even if he does not get the hotel/resort of his choice he can go to that destination by booking another hotel for the same dates. A member does not need to book for 7 nights at a stretch. than a honeymoon at a Club Mahindra resort. calculate the rate per night in White season. . He either needs to change his destination or the travel dates. Above this there is an access to 4000+ RCI resorts across the world. Moreover the holiday can also be gifted to someone. What better gift for your Brother/Sister/Cousin/Friend who is getting married.5000/-. then that destination is ruled out for those dates. The flexibility is another advantage.or Rs. 2. Rs. The members guests can avail the holiday even if the member is not accompanying them. you have to book some other resort by paying a huge amount and at the same time your Club Mahindra nights could get lapsed if your accumulated inventory goes beyond 21 nights.4000/. A non member can book any of the hundreds of hotels/resorts that are there at the holiday destination of his choice. REPLY LINK  Common Sense October 3. Have to stick to only Club Mahindra destinations – Resorts are there at most of the tourist spots but not at all the spots. He can break it in 2-3 small holidays. 12:54 PM When you calculate the Interest amount on White membership. 2012. if you want to go to a destination where Club Mahindra is not present. having to visit the same resort a second time. So. I have a White Studio membership. Limitations- 1. 7. In white season a Club Mahindra apartment is available anywhere between Rs. My friend made an online booking in club mahindra and got room for 5k in peak season since they were not full. you would get all better facilities like sterilizer etc etc. Even if a 10% interest rate is assumed.. And if you go to any standard resort. Hence for calculation purpose I have taken an averge of Rs. that FD will give an interest of 26k pa. and gifting holidays… These days you get wonderful offers for abroad trip that works out cheaper than India trip sometimes. REPLY LINK  Amit Sidham October 11.. And after 25 years your amount that you have invested is become a BIG ZERO “0” But when you have put it in interest after 25 years you still have that Rs. And you are traveling only in their resort since you have bought their membership. it works out to be the same. you dont have to be stuck in club mahindra.6L that you had put it in FD.. the room rents will go up every year. 2. By investing 2.!! Which is better now u say. I dont think one can get a 5 Star resort room for 1 week even at current rates. 2012. but if you have the amount in bank FD you can travel in different resorts. Also every year the interest from FD will be fixed (26k if at 10%) but due to inflation. 6:31 PM 1.2. So gift your relatives Abroad trip rather than just gifting rooms to their honeymoon stay or whatever.. You can actually call RCI and become a RCI member and pay the nominal fees and holiday in any affiliated hotel. So one will have to pay over and above the interest earned from FD and over a period of . Give them a paid holiday to Thailand or Malaysia and Genting.6 L in FD and holidaying on the interest amount is practically not possible at a Club Mahindra or equivalent resort. just gifting room or a abroad holiday package?? and RCI. 10k (including taxes) depending on the resort. for a non member booking. 5k to Rs.... 8k. 8:10 AM Sales Pitch I wish you had altered your text before pasting but after working in Marketing for 15 years I can recognise a sales pitch and can call it out. 6:48 PM You won’t get the RCI membership directly… You need to have an Indian vocation ownership if you are a Indian citizenship. If you have not holidayed with Club M. 4. I would strongly recommend that you go once to any of their resorts. No way can they be compared to the luxury. 2016. REPLY LINK  BV December 4. The International holiday packages that are cheaper than India trips are part of group travels in 2 star hotels. You will realize what you have been missing in your holidays till now. 3.. One thing for sure.6 L. privacy and comfort of a Club M holiday.. Itzz double worth Stayed Manhattan’s resorts near to Washington DC. You can take the RCI membership in particular limited countries but you need to have passport of which country you are residing. 2012. 25 years that will be significantly higher than the invested 2. don’t post such non sense if you don’t know the product. I’m not buying Club Mahindra but calling RCI and becoming their member!! REPLY LINK  Syam December 25.. I stayed lotzz of RCI properties through club mahindra membership.it’s worth to take the club . As far as gifting is concerned. I dont have memories of any of the hotels that I have stayed at during my holidays before hoildaying with Club M.. but now more than 70% of my memories (as well as the photos taken during holiday) are of the resort and just 30% of the destination. it is just common sense that one can also gift air tickets alongwith a Club M holiday booking. There are a few more aspects that I desire to point out in addition to the valuable contribution made by all the intelligent readers of the lovely article that has been painstakingly and honestly drafted after thorough analysis by Mr. 2013. that is a fact. Munnar. Club mahindra coorg both Virajpet. 2:30 PM Not all resorts are great. total 31 resorts newly added in Europe itself. Poovar. mahindra membership… Per night cost of the property is nealy 55.total 77 now can you tell me how many companies having these no RESORTS. Pondicheany. you can’t plan so much in advance. Hadgad Amazing and Rajasthan new property in Jaipur amazing… My experience with clubmahindra resorts are amazing and baby care of these resorts are appreciated… REPLY LINK  Shib January 14. but you don’t get a reservation when you want… so whats the point!?! They want us to plan ahead of 6 months (now reduced to 4 months)… but in todays’ fast paced life. for acquiring/building newer properties without borrowing at higher rates from the open market-place.. even railway/airlines tickets don’t open up that advance.. The Mahindras are laughing their way to the bank. The resorts are good.0000/- I stayed 7 night 2 BR Apartments itzz amazing holidays. Ashtamudi... Hemant Beniwal. Goa Varcca . Mahindras are utilizing the funds received from customers like you and me. Madikeri. Kanha. leave being 5 star. they just try to trap innocent customers. Club Mahindra sales team does a lot of mis-selling. 2013. 12:36 PM Well pointed out friends. 1. For one. This .. REPLY LINK  Rajesh Premani May 19. Now clubmahindra take over Europe’s largest resort company holiday club. Cherai. without adding up any kind of mortgage ! WOW !!! Ask a seasoned business-person and he would tell you what I mean. And if we do not get graded services. but we know for a fact that within minutes the bookings are done with especially in the vacation season. Therefore. we are required to bear up with Mahindras for that long a period. the number of passengers are not known to us. no residual value !! What’s happening friends ? Comments. Are they increasing the number of hotel rooms “in proportion” to the newer set of customers acquired by them? Think about it . Moreover.. whether they give service to us or not. For example. and legal recourse is tardy (to say the least). they are in better control of the situation. Wonderful feeling for a business-man. 3. Mahindras would never tell you “how many customers would you be COMPETING with to get the desired accommodation”. Once money exchanges hands. and thus reflects as sales in the P/L Account. most of us have already experienced of being taken for a ride numerous times in our lifetime. where customers are short-changed. we are left at the mercy of of the Principal for offering us service. may I say) future. like 32/25 years. what recourse do we have in case the services fall below expectations? Too long a period.makes them debt-free from day-one. It is similar to the on-line booking of Railway’s IRCTC. In a place like India. (Remember your nearest mobile services salesman in whose hands you have been shortchanged? Or the bank? Or with Credit Card services). please . that would be maintained per customer. and also eliminates any kind of risk associated with mortgages that expensive bank-finance are accompanied with. in a place like India. this money is shown as “revenues earned”.. The time-share concept of Mahindra seeks us to invest upfront for a fairly long period of time. too much upfront money involved. while planning for a vacation for a customer like you. 2. Mahindras will never give you a benchmark on the total rooms. Now let us understand this. where they are able to see sales revenues being moved forward to the Balance Sheet – Assets side. In short. . services to be rendered over a very long period of time (33/25 years). little recourse to customer complaints/consumer court. Since Mahindras have already got “advance revenues” for services that they would be providing in the near (or far. REPLY LINK . you are the owner of the company. Plus this is lifetime so till the time you hold the share. 2:37 PM instead of buying club mahindra membership or keeping your funds in FD go for Club mahindra shares. don’t consider his comments. 12:37 PM very well written Rajesh. REPLY LINK  KC August 5. I am saved. 2013. 2014. I have already attended one of their sessions around 2 years. but my sister-in-laws family is trapped with them. 3:26 PM Amit Sidham is an employee of Club Mahindra Holidays. total earning of 8000 + 100000. You can use this money to go to the resort of club mahindra which will inturn help your company sales grow and you get the same level of holiday. In 5 lakh you could have got 2000 shares and club mahindra gave a dividend of 4/share plus shares got appreciated by 20% (now it is 300). Shares can go down in future but that risk is their on the first day as soon as you take the membership. And highly informative link on the gadbad ghotala going on at Club Mahindra. REPLY LINK  Mukul Tyagi September 14. and was sure that something is fishy…going by the overselling these guys do. 2014. REPLY LINK  jitendra June 14. Simple Simple calculation. But you just forgot to mention one thing above…you Club Mahindra Emp ID no. 5:39 PM If u an advocate of KM .per day for 3 Star to 5 Star hotels. please help the trapped members to get the expected things which are great REPLY LINK  Himanshu March 31. Most of the people do not get the holidays they want. 2014. 1:49 AM Club Mahindra is just to trap the people with false promises and advertisement. Pathetic service and complete non cooperation. . You pay in advance to slog and run behind them like beggars to get the holiday. Enjoy full freedom to chose from thousands of hotels. 5000/. 2015. 2014. Deepak M October 30. Anywhere in India you get room for Rs. REPLY LINK  Raveesh Badoni February 17. 2014. REPLY LINK  deepa January 26. I also had that and I threw that on their face. They do simply do not understand customers. Never buy this product. 10:56 AM Very nice from “Common sense” ! Club Mahindra Membership is useless. 11:50 AM What a wonderful write up. 2015. Now you have below kitty every year to spend on accommodation 2. 2015. Its utter nonsense just a trampoline for activities. REPLY LINK  Shobhit July 5. REPLY LINK .6 lakh = 2600 Total 22600 Enjoy 5 days in a year without any restriction and with full freedom.6 lakh /25 years = 10. You seem to me a sales staff of Club Mahindra. 6:17 PM We can get some club mahindra booking at 2000 only . If you dont truct try this number 09545454565 / 08237230804 there are some advertisement we can google for the same.. 2015. there is no need of this headache. 12:27 AM By the looks of your post. � REPLY LINK  harsha November 4..000 Maintenance charges = 10000 Interest on 2. You call this as experience. I am also a member. 1:53 PM Amit i havr visited their yercaud resort. They are cheating members by taking resorts like yercaud which are just useless and its not owned by club mahinfra either. Never go for Club Mahindra REPLY LINK  subu June 20. i also had a 1br white season since 2008 and this season is next to useless. Club Mahindra is the shittiest thing I have ever invested in. But you are free to choose wherever you want to stay. Its really out of city. i was pursuaded to graduate to studio red . without worrying about ASF. 2013. Just because of references I had to. otherwise. Is it in city? You want to visit Shimla. Food is so expensive. You would hire a cab everyday? You take their Gangtok property. You would take a cab to travel to Gangtok everyday? Or would you prefer staying in Mayfair in Gangtok? Highly rated and really comfortable. With Club Mahindra. you are blocked to that 8000 rupees studio. I got a peep into their arrival sheet lying at the reception and guess what ? 70 % of them were white season holders !! So how did they get in peak season in Shimla when i was refused with white membership ? simple . food is expensive. and you can get better options in that price range. REPLY LINK o desikan narayan October 3. 2016. 12:26 PM Hemant is bang on about club mahindra. they will say booking is full even if you are entitled to the season and then sell your rooms to travel agents who will give any white membership no and everyone makes merry and you are sitting at home with your red season card in front of you ! When i called up to complain they said ” yes sir we are looking into it and get back to you “!!! . or Utitilizing your holidays. Bla bla. which is out of city. Pratik October 28. so i booked for Shimla in peak season ie may and when i reached there. So 7 nights stay is under 40K. I wouldnt pay a penny for this junk. etc. 10:23 PM But your first few lines require just one comment from me. Check out their Shimla/Mashobra resort. 12:17 AM hi im a club mahindra member i have 23 years balance fr white stu intrested please mail REPLY LINK . 2014. 5:15 PM Hi. 2014.if intrested please call 9923021414 REPLY LINK  prabhu August 25. When they call you for upgradation to purple the sales guy says ” sir I will get you any daate anywhere including the december -new year holiday period ” !! this is how they fool you. 2014. Can you share you contact details Might be interested in purchasing your membership Thanks REPLY LINK  mangesh shinde May 1. 8:42 AM Hi.iwant to sell my membership.it is for ten years. I have aalso been trying to sell my red studio membership with 21 days balance also but no takers as eveeryone has wised up !! REPLY LINK  Bobby February 27. 2014.com Thanks REPLY LINK  Parvathi December 16. 1:40 AM Hi I am interested to buy Club M membership white studio. can you please send me your offer at email drmaheen@gmail. I am a Club Mahindra member for last 5 years.com Thanks REPLY LINK  Maheen September 30.co. 3:26 PM Hi I am interested to buy CM membership white studio. REPLY LINK  Ritesh January 1. 4:56 PM Hi Parvathi. 2014. Please send me your offer at email man0178@gmail. 9:32 PM Hi. I have “Red – Studio” membership with balance of 20 years and 12 days holiday balance. Man0178 September 23.in REPLY LINK . 2014. Thanks. 2015. Any one interested in buying it may please contact me with your offer price. I am interested in buying Club Mahindra Studio Red. Please reply with your expectation on my mail id : r2_urfriend@yahoo.  mohan June 16. 3:42 PM Please call me at 9810269034 if you have club mahindra membership for sale REPLY LINK  Anand jain May 8.com or can reach me at 9923694548 REPLY LINK  A K PANDEY November 23. I m interested in white studio. 7:03 PM I want to buy the membership REPLY LINK  Gitesh Agrawal October 3. 2014. 10:51 AM Hi. 2014. 2016. 2015. 10:30 AM how much you want Anand jain delhi 9810417822 REPLY LINK  Jetson Michael October 14.please send me cost details at giteshagr@yahoo. 5:47 PM . 2016. 3:09 AM I am interested in selling my CM membership white studio with 7 days balance and valid till 2039 at a discount. Please send me your proposal. vipin 00974 70485950 REPLY LINK  vishal January 3. 2015. 10:52 AM Please send your lowest offer as I am interested in same. 2015. . 5:21 PM I want to sell my Red Studio membership with 23 days and valid till May2036. 2015.com REPLY LINK  Manoj January 7. REPLY LINK  Vivek Marc h 10. Please contact with your proposal. I am interested in selling my CM membership white studio with 21 days balance and valid till 2034 at a discount. Please contact with your proposal A K PANDEY 9444305169 REPLY LINK  vipin December 24. 2014. 5:45 PM send me your offer @ vishalgargibmt@gmail. com REPLY LINK . 2016.com LINK  Mohame d shah August 4. 6:25 PM Hi I am interested in red studio. 2015. 9:36 PM Send your offer REPLY LINK  Akash Deep Agrawal January 12. 5:24 PM Hi I am interested in buying club mahindra membership. 2015.bharatphoton@hotmail. 2015.Kindly send the best offer to nishachandran84@gmail. 2015.rash@gmail. Regards. Akash – 09718321515.com REPLY LINK  Nisha P March 11. REPLY LINK  Gandhar Jain March 21.com REPLY LINK  Swatesh November 28.. pls tel me ur price contact 9080047470 shahjewells@gmail. 6:24 PM Kindly send your best offer at gg. 1:02 PM Please send your lowest offer for white studio as I am interested in same. REPLY LINK  Harsha July 17. They are Enticing people to become Member. 8:27 AM I have a 2 BR red Asf Paid uptodate incl what is required today Quote a % of the available years plus holidays available as your price I am in chennai I can transfer at Chennai or Bangalore Tel 9385374268 REPLY LINK  Nisha July 18. Just imagine the scene in couple of years. 8:21 PM As it is availability is low in peak season. 2012. They tell me that they would do a robust mapping and let me know if they can book me up if any cancellations come up… It never happened for two years in a row REPLY LINK  Suhel October 10. Is there somebody who can help us get justice by filing a case as they take 60% of the money for a membership which i have never seen. 2014. They are cheats . 11:19 AM . 2015. I never got my holiday when i wanted even after taking a red 1 BR. 12:39 AM Facing a similar situation . Feeling so cheated and miserable. Parthasarathy April 1. 2014. Can we do something about it. . Harsha. I was sure I wouldn’t need this. Many of my friends have opted for this. not only social gatherings but also with a loud Prayers. benefits of membership etc at the end you are forced like hell to swipe your card and therez not much prize which was mentioned in the phone call.seems like amways’ are religious base company digging wealth from deep inside safety pockets with their slogan PRAISE THE LORD and finally disapeared when their loot is over with a silent bye bye prayer hehe…. Dear Hemant. 5:46 PM Ya. 2012.. but since so many are into it. This session is about their properties. one of which is: They pick up mail-ids and phone numbers from Raffle coupons in mall’s etc. 9:56 PM Hi Harsha. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. 2012.Sir. through the Raffle draw. .” REPLY LINK  popo November 12. it reminds me of AMWAY. Very well written article and good points indeed. which I just don’t like. I thought if I was wrong in not going for it but your article makes me feel good that my decision was right. you will be asked to attend a session for 2hrs after which you are promised your prize. Tupperware is a big Multilevel Marketing company & their sales strategy revolves around social gathering or kitty parties � Warren Buffett said “A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. and make bogus calls: “. May be out of context: there are a few things that these businesses try to lure customers through. you are the winner of so and so. Peer pressure plays a big role in purchase & most of the time it leads to mistakes.” If you end up believing in the caller. Regards. We bought their membership in Oct . REPLY LINK  GM Keeda July 17. the moment you are stepping back they will just hand over a roadside gift which is not equivalent to your drive and time spent with them. 3:37 PM I had also visited on 2 similar occasions the country vacation on call mentioning that my no. 11:23 AM I totally agree that Club Mahindra is biggest cheat. 2013. 9:57 PM Hmmm taunting � REPLY LINK  Asmita Singh July 17. when they are not able to even offer a coffee for the couple how they can give gifts and voucher. 2012. Don’t expect anything from them as they will only ask for more and more money. 2012. REPLY LINK o manjunath May 4. was selected among the lot. 11:22 AM LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP! REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. 2012. 10:06 PM Hi Asmita. ############# Dear ABC. Let me share – the last mail that I market them but even that was not replied. They are biggest cheat . 2012.The person committed that he will be providing us holiday before our ecs starts but nothing such happened and we ended up paying around 20K again. They don’t have anyone who is interested in listening to you. Please let me know if someone has ever got refund from them. It has become a nightmare for me as so much money around 73k . I never heard any concrete answer but only filthy excuses. They are big fraud. I talked to talk and get this resolved even with higher management but it’s all waste. You will be shocked to know – for them 10 days is from clearance of cheque rather than document dispatch or received.I have wasted and you feel foolish being cheated by such big company. Please please don’t ever do this mistake to buy their membership. It only wasted my time & money. . I must remind you that my matter of membership upgradation case is 7 Months old(May be its just 7 mths for u but I believe to solve this its a very long period) In this period other then email reminders.If yes How REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17.They finally got our approval that we will continue the membership in March 2012 as I remember.We cancelled the membership and didn’t get any refund. 2008 and cancelled it in March. I called you & your office more than 15 times. I also personally visited your branch thrice. We were not informed about their look up time of 10 Days and their documents came after around 20 days or so. They didn’t cancelled the membership and kept persuading us to continue. you told me this will be done in 2 days. I know you are not going to solve this matter. . Last time when I visited your office on 8th Aug. letter aane wala hoga” You never followed the matter. This is just to inform you that if this is not done before 10th Oct 2008. Club Mahindra: The Happiest Family Holidays(What a Joke). 5:02 PM Country Club…what a Crap. 2013. No.(Rs 2530) Whenever I called your office they told me “sir aapka kam to ho gaya hoga. SBI Bank CHQ No. I know this is not going to make any difference to you bcoz I am not the only one who is in pain. 2013.generally I dont blog or comment in the internet but this is rediculous to have someone compare Mahindra and then sell Country Club as a substitute.. 00000 Rs 2530(08-08-08) I don’t know why you took this amount twice.000000 Rs 2530(23-07-2008) & CITI Bank Card Ref. 12:36 PM better one should go with country club really much much much better REPLY LINK  Sunil November 3.(But I don’t know which 2 days) You told me to deposit differential amount & I believe I deposited it without any hitch. I never expected this from Mahindra Group. But certainly I will be satisfied. REPLY LINK o vivek April 10. I am not having any choice but to take help from Consumer court. They are the biggest cheats around when mis selling. Otherwise please dont invest if you dont know what you are getting into. I am a business men and very calculative when it comes to investing money. If someone doesnt like it. To regards to Mahindra. I have already break even with quality family time I am able to have without worrying what I need to do for booking similar places. Regards to me i have been a member since 2005 then they had only 9 resorts. well it justifies the reasons. suppose Maindra adds in 6 years another 20 resorts and then calculate the value you pay today. REPLY LINK  Amit July 12. The major factor to buy was “meets your expectation” in terms of the facility. Out of the 10 resorts we have visited they have deviated only once to our expectation (3 star to 5 star). 3:26 AM Another loyal Mahindra employee boasting and vouching for his company…furious to see compitetor’s name getting praised by someone!! :D:D My thoughts: Mahindra or Country Vacations: all are same. you might be suprised like I did. Now one can argue we could travel by booking on need basis. Therefore what I see is convinence and hassle free traveling with my kids and family. If you are a person who travels and wants to see places suggest to self plan and dont waste your money on Mahindra. Today I can safely say that its the best India can offer in terms of Holiday membership. Kindly first thing dont compare investing into holiday to a FD it doesnt compare. You need to find your own value (other than money) to buy Mahindra. I dont look at this as a FD versus Investing in Mahindra. rooms. space and other items when one looks while travelling with family. its purely a choice one as a to make while investing in his vacation. If thats the way it is. Can someone try booking online. . 2014. I have utilized around 40 days of holidays.Now they count 40+. Lets check a hypothesis. then I can invest the in Stocks and become a millionare. you would be suprised 50% times you are dissatisfied with value of money when you actually reach the place. Actually I was also attracted by the presentations and the freebies given by Club Mahindra.. i’d strongly suggest pl create a common mail id or a excelsheet where every one can share their suggestions and we’ll try one by one. REPLY LINK  Pratik Baindur July 17. REPLY LINK  siba June 20. But later within 2 days I realized . that I . 11:43 AM A very good and informative post. REPLY LINK o subu June 20. 2015. I sure we can bring this to the notice of media engage couple of guys to publish in every forums if they dont give back our money. 2012. 6:57 PM lets try to join together atleast 20 to 25 members to fight for this corruption. 12:02 AM HAVE WE REACHED AGAINST THEM ANYWHERE SUBU??? ARE U DOING ANYTHING AGAINST THEM…. 2015. REPLY LINK  ASHU November 25. 6:31 PM All the time there is no availability what is the use of this member ship…? You pay ASF .? Its a complete un ethical company . all amount you see your holiday gets lapsed what are the options left for you . 2015. instead they suggested another place. cant plan my holidays on conditions & availability of hotel rooms . I got my refund. 2012. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. even I would want to withdraw my membership. and plan it myself with lots of research. 2015. But I was having no clue about such a deaf organisation. 11:56 AM i also joined another country club membership in 2009. Could you please guide me on how did you withdrew the membership and got the money refunded…would be really helpful REPLY LINK  Dr. � REPLY LINK o Akshay Doshi August 2. I like to experiment with my holidays. but soon i realised my fault when they were not able to manage my vacation at required place. . 2012. Nitin agarwal July 17. 10:13 PM Pratik you are Lucky guy � You won’t believe even I realised this is a mistake in first 5 days – I also took the letter in writing that if I will not be satisfied they will refund my money. 10:57 AM Hi Pratik I bought the membership yesterday…but after reading this blog. So I decided to withdraw my membership within 48 hrs. Thank God . after that i also suggested all my frnds not to get into these membership things. not theirs. i told them that my iw ould have my vacation according to my wissh.could you pl tell me how did you get back the money. MERE 2 LAC RUPE MARE HUE HEI REPLY LINK  subu June 20. 10:17 PM Hi Dr Nitin. 6:51 PM Kuldeep. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. i am also in same problem. 2015. 2012. REPLY LINK o SATYA November 21. 2012. 2014. tthat too after a gap of 11 months. finally i was able to pull my money back after a slight deductions. .Nitin sir. REPLY LINK  KULDIP MEHTA May 20. 10:28 AM dear Dr. 4:33 PM SAB MIL KAR COURT CASE KARTE HAI . I am bit surprised that lot of people have shared that they bought county club membership – I think price is the biggest factor. 12:06 PM Hi Hemant. I almost decided to go but detective in my mind started asking them questions like . Its a hard earned money REPLY LINK  Ramit July 17. send me . Sad to know that! Another important thing…. Thats a good idea atleast 20 to 25 members if we join with a determination i m sure we can demand as a group that will carry a lot of values I could see similar proposals from couple of forums lets join together in this forum to share mailids and idea what are the options we can try one by one. Why can’t I come at any other time slot?…Later the guy made up a story that it is their 25th anniversary celebrations and hence they are calling all winners together which lead me to further suspicion and I googled about their existence in India and if 25th anniversary is true…I could not get any such evidence…. A week later I got a call and the guy said that basis your form you have been selected for a free holiday for 2n3d anywhere in India and for collecting the same I need to come at an address between 4-6 pm on a certain date. 2012. why can’t you send it over the mailing address?.If you happen to visit outlets such as Big Bazaar or Haldiram and you get approached by some one (representing country clubs or likes) for providing your contact details for participating in a lucky draw…Do NOT provide them I had a horrible experience with Country Club only when I casually filled up a small form while having dinner at Haldiram’s with my family.I finally informed him that if you want me to avail the service . the voucher or I can come during weekends to collect the same to which he said sorry he cant do this and had no explanation behind it ! Few days later I again got a call from the same guy saying I am still eligible and they are holding another ‘session’. I appreciate ur decision!!never ever go for country club !!! REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. She followed my advice & saved her money – but she felt bad bcoz I have not explained her why she should not go for it. 2012. � REPLY LINK . 10:24 PM Hi Ramit. 2:21 PM Ramit. i am glad that I did the right thing ! Regards. it was definitely nothing but an eyewash to mis sell the membership to me and after reading Hemant’s experience . Even my sister attended such session in Gurgaon – she was very convinced about the offering. I did not pay much attention to him and simply told him that I am not interested. But luckily she called me and I without even knowing the name of product said runway without looking back. Ramit REPLY LINK o harika July 17. 2012. and then decide if you can plan rest of your holidays in advance as well. 2012. Hence I suggest accept voucher.5 L ). KK July 19. Else just let them know that the membership/resorts are not up to your expectation � REPLY LINK  Hemant Beniwal July 19. enjoy vacation. experience the vacation and then decide whether it suits your expectations and if you can plan early evry time � . REPLY LINK  KK July 20. but I would say not the best as I have recently visited other resorts which are much better. The goal is dont get tricked into buying the membership from them. We had go these voucher for the second time. You would get a free 2 Night stay at one of their premium resorts. 2012. so I really wanted to experience what they want to sell for 1. 2012. Just go through the presentation (wastage of 30 mins) and then say you require time to decide whether you want to buy or not and in meanwhile would visit the resort to check whether they are worth getting the membership or not . Book the resort months in advance. 10:12 PM Hi KK. 10:43 AM Hi Ramit/Hemant. The resort was fine. 9:23 AM Yes. I recently enjoyed the vacation in south India. (the first time we wasted it as we couldnt plan in advance. Good idea – have you tried it. I see no harm in accepting the winning voucher. 2. 9:40 AM Smart KK – you are enjoying your holidays on our expenses � REPLY LINK  AJ August 27. However I declined being their member because of the cost involved. I was given a 2 hr presentation about the product and the pricing etc. Then the rep reluctantly handed over a voucher to me. 2013. I didn’t accept the offer they provided for membership. So I enquired them about the same. 3:20 PM I attended a session from Mahindra Holidays. REPLY LINK  Padmanabh Kini January 4. 2013. I haven’t received the gift vouchers for 2 nights and 3 days. REPLY LINK . Regards KK REPLY LINK  Hemant Beniwal July 20. but still went to give it a try. I knew there would be some catch. The terms and conditions shocked me. thanks for your time. I will have to pay some taxes (1000 per night!). I was surprised that I was not given any voucher. It’s only waste of time. – 1. 2:19 PM Sir. I will have to inform them 2 months in advance. 3. Then the representative said no problem. 2012. I also got a similar call (from some other company) and I had gone to get the voucher. The holiday cannot be taken on a weekend. Strictly weekday. When I reached their office. There is no harm in that. Syamala September 15. They give vouchers so u can have first hand experience of there resorts/hotels as well as for spending your time with them. 2014. by sharing your views . But after collecting it I came to know that you can only go in off season and choice of resorts are only 3. Syamala REPLY LINK  Ajith December 9. REPLY LINK . I went to Hydrabad for a week and Goa for 4 nights. My experience had been good but same time i never purchased any membership. 2013.7000 fees for that 7 days ( for a gift voucher). REPLY LINK  hanish May 31. But its not a bad deal. even i have attended country club presentation twice and availed vouchers.They collect lot of money on Mentainance and every year they increase there Mentainance charges. They keep busy making new members than satisfy old members. But in remote places. Also you have to pay Rs. 2013. I have attended the meeting and collected the voucher. 12:52 PM Nice that you have come out with facts. So I ignored the holiday plan. I agree on one think is that they got good properties . 5:30 PM Hello all. what i understand is that they wanted to buy and build properties and that’s why they want new members. I totally agree to your comments on them C M. 12:44 PM Country club is cheat. And moreover they always make members dispoint by not providing the desire resort on vacation . But still they can’t satisfy Member. They should stope providing new memberships because they were un able to satisfy old members that is because there are not having SPACE . its was same offer as Mahandra culb.i received an the fee details that you have shown above. i agreed to attend the seminar .. if you want enjoy your vacation. 11:29 PM I normally check reviews before buying any product or offer. 8 hours they are just bagging money around 3 lakes.i was approached in a mall in Chennai by Club Mahindra salesperson around 3 years back for the membership. and i have to lesson all that 8 hours.as you have said it is like endowment plan .i found it a bad deal especially the annual maintenance fees irrespective of usage.000 rs i consider good deal i pay. bub i over looked conditions .. 6:21 PM dear when i travel through GULF air and i book the ticket through VISA card. pay for it direct. yes i got my resort booked i stay there . kailash July 5. 2012. and not use these offers REPLY LINK  roshan shetty November 10. 2014.once taken ur stuck with a bad deal for life!! REPLY LINK  Rahee May 12. Checked this too and the answer was a BIG NO to their products as it was 1) bonded 2) misuse of our trust creating frustration 3) thirdly not my types!! . nothing is free in this word. 11:51 AM hi hemant!!thanks for the analytical article. i swear they bug my head. 2014. I go with the philosophy that nothing comes for free and dirth cheap.the way normally they tend to sell you. i got call from goa to have 5 days stay in resort just for 15. this airline company gave all my details to third party. i recommend never ever accept these offers. Thanks Hemant and all others for your review. Appreciate!! Hope this thanks bring in some relief you did to others and bad for them as they deserve it. REPLY LINK o Punit July 20, 2012, 11:01 AM I have received many such calls in past. Out here in Pune, these folks stand in parking slots at Malls and Multiplex and they ask for your name and number. They say that there is no parking fee but you just need to provide your name and number. You feel that this may be the mall authority (you don’t think through in detail as you are rushing for your movie or something). And then a few days later they call you in exact same fashion and request you to come to some office. I have been lucky to stay away from this so far since it all sounded too easy and too fishy to be really true. REPLY LINK o manjunath May 4, 2013, 3:41 PM same story with just happened today and before I could read this I decided to dropout REPLY LINK o Ankit July 31, 2014, 1:13 PM Absolutely. Never ever fill those details. They are just capturing details. No doubt they will be giving you those 3n2d stay for sure but you will have to pay for taxes and food. End of the day it is only helping them. REPLY LINK  Ramanand July 17, 2012, 12:46 PM Yeah…when they say ‘come and bring your cheque book with you’, that’s your cue right there…say thanks and wish him a good day! Also, your point about name/address solicitors for lucky draw in malls, please realize that even if it were a genuine lucky draw, what is the actual transaction thats happening? You are giving your name/address/other info definitely to him, while he has no obligation to give you anything. On a purely deal basis, you are giving up something for sure, with no surety of receiving anything in return. A sort of gamble. Are you a gambler? REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17, 2012, 10:29 PM Hi Ramanand, Insurance companies have a selling concept which they call “venue sale” – they call on random number from telphone directory & announce you winner. They share that you have won Rs 1 Lakh Accidental Insurance – people think ONE LAKH Insurance but premium for this product is just Rs 50. In the evening they convince these people to buy ulips. � REPLY LINK  Pravin July 17, 2012, 12:51 PM Dear Shashank I am also club mahindra member. I am fully agree with lot of issues you have mentioned. as you are financial expert you hv analysed it well. I hv not thought on those financial aspects but definitely getting a proper booking is a headache in club mahindra. it is not possible to book that much well in advance as I am in business. food is very expensive. but properties are very beautiful. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17, 2012, 10:33 PM Hi Praveen, Even I agree properties are nice & well maintained – even interiors are very good. But they are still not able to deliver the overall promise they have made. Even this month I went to Kumbhalgarh – next month booked for Nawalgarh � REPLY LINK  sreekar July 17, 2012, 12:57 PM I was about to buy the Mahindra Club Memerbership within few weeks !!! Now i have to re-think my decision thanks for the information � REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17, 2012, 10:37 PM Hi Sreekar, Don’t depend just on my review – check your requirement & match with club mahindra membership. REPLY LINK o Bhushan July 18, 2012, 8:29 AM “have to rethink” ??? I hope you have decided now not to buy this � I was also given a offer in last week of March to buy this before price shoots up. I searched for ‘review of mahindra holidays’ in google and found so many stories of people getting cheated, that I didn’t even think about buying any of these memberships. It saved me lot of money and peace of mind. Another point. After reading the reviews, I got so disgusted with Mahindras that I have since sold all the M&M and Tech mahindra shares I had bought. They may or may not be ethical, but if one of their group companies is unethical, I do not want to be associated with others as well. Trust me, I love Mahindra scorpio that my friends own, but I will not buy it simply because of mahindra holidays. Love to keep away from them. REPLY LINK  Hemant Beniwal July 19, 2012, 10:15 PM Hi Bhushan, I think we should not make opinion about all their products on basis on one bad experience. People are having pathetic experience with HDFC Online term plan but I still feel they are awesome when it comes Home Loan, MF & Bank. REPLY LINK  jairaj November 3, 2013, 3:52 AM Call up bloomberg . I was smart. It is an insult on our intelligence to get swindled by corporate thugs who are always a threat to our hard earned money. but too many of you got cheated. Thanks again. It turned against him. But nevertheless. lol. Its definitely better to keep our options open – even on short notice one can plan his . who spoke in my mother tongue (kannada) was sent by the club to try and cheat me. I have been a frequent visitor to Big Bazaar for my grocery shopping and I have come across innumerable types of guys who sell these time share holiday plans. Touring is not only about a stay in a five star. rather than spend all that money on those time share holiday plans. so I was damn sure I didnt want to involve with these thugs. a cheapo by name Ramesh Mahindra. 1:05 PM Thank you and Ramit and Hemant for those vaulable advice. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. they should refund your hard earned money. and stopped the cheque. 2012. or cnbc tv18. I would rather book a tour package every year. Imagine the frustration of the sales guy. 10:41 PM Hi Sameer. it is about your freedom. REPLY LINK  Sameer July 17. 2012. I think you guys should put up a PIL for refund in the consumer court. I needed to look at the brochure. they would gladly take up your cases. which I kept. as I grew up in Mumbai. If they cant give it to you. taking week long holidays once a year. since I dont speak kannada. But now looking at your experiences. A sales guy from club mahindra. Besides. I am also an avid traveller. lol. our firm had bad business experience with one of the directors of the M-seal division. 1:09 PM Hi Hemant. 1:20 PM Hi Hemant. the advertisement of Sterling Holidays is appearing on top. Unfortunately timeshare members don’t have this liberty � REPLY LINK  Mohan July 17. 2012. I am sure many people like me. I was missold. Moreover. Is there a way to exit now ? REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. who have not subscribed for such offers. 2012. will ever think again. as I am viewing this webpage. REPLY LINK  Harshavardhan Bhusari July 17. Thanks for the eye opener on Club Mahindra. On a lighter note. holidays – that too with wide choices. A link . they are also offering a LCD tv – Free. Not many people share their ‘mistakes’. Myself too a victim of country vacations limited. 10:42 PM No Idea. 2012. 10:49 PM Hi Harshvardhan. Today only we had same meeting for 2 n and 3 day gift package n almost 2 hr session as most of the people had. Thanks I searched and saw the review REPLY LINK  niraj July 17. Definitely I learned a lot from this mistake & it is actually helping me in improving my personal financial life � REPLY LINK  sheetal April 2. 2012. 2012. 1:28 PM . We agreed for the 10% payment for membership and one holiday. 2014. 9:10 PM Hello hemant. to ‘Club Mahindra Holidays’ is appearing as well. Then to decide for membership. of total 9 nights in a year. “Not many people share their ‘mistakes’” that doesn’t mean they don’t do mistake. I find this genuinely hilarious and can’t stop smiling. There is no harm if people can learn from my mistake rather than doing their own & learning the expensive way. Understand the business compulsions � REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 17. and you can have a good 3. when there are lot many sites offering dicounted vouchers. REPLY LINK  KK July 17.course meal for two in Rs 500 – 700. Thank fully we didnt get convinced by them on WHY to buy this membership. 2:03 PM I do agree with the points you have mentioned for not buying these memberships. not for those who want to explore new places everytime. 2012. Even if some one spends EXTRA amount in renewing their RCI membersip. nowadays certain chances of anyone to get trapped by such products. and tasted the North . Also we studied that the number of resorts they have are not enough for 25 yr long duration. Knowledgeable case article. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. 2012. even then the number of places would be limited. I recently enjoyed the trip in one of the places in south India. Dont go in for Buffet (which are quite expesive). only suitable for those having kids who want to just RELAX and think about visiting same places again and again. One point I disagree is about food: The food is really cheap. 10:16 PM Thanks Niraj. These are the things available in the market wherever to utilise the someones long savings & get misleaded by the promotions. We have twice been offerred free holidays (one of which we were able to redeem recently with planning been done 4-5 months earlier). only go for a-la-carte. 2:16 PM Hi Hemanth. 2012.. My biggest financial blunder falls in the same line as ur’s. giving a feeling that you are having the meal some where in North itself. 1:48 PM Yeah thats True � REPLY LINK  harika July 17.. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. I have tried a-la-carte – servicing is very slow. 2012.in a way club mahindra is more genuine than country club.name a place they say that they have a property before u take the membership but later i came to know that they have properties mainly in metro cities.they mean that when ever i feel like spending a vac cation in a forest i must go to bandipur where ever i am .i realized later when i was to book a holiday that all the promises that they made were crap. 10:21 PM Hi KK. I was listening to interview of Club Mahindra CEO he was sharing that internationally people prefer going to same resort every year but Indians want something new every year � REPLY LINK  KK July 20.when i asked for a booking in ranthambore cc staff were suggesting me to go to bandipur as that is the only property they own in a wild life sanctuary(so. Indian food prepared in proper manner.i took a membership in country vacations. 2012. 2012.. and the options they give for me ( hotels tied up with country club) were c rated & i would get that at a cheper rate than qouted by them if i book it through some travel agents like expedia..can anyone suggest if there is any way in which i can get atleast a part of money back??it was a good lesson & an eye opener for me…i wish more & more people know about this & would not do this mistake…country vacations a big fake company…i wish there was a supervising body to check such service providers.. My father is receiving from country club an account statement stating that he has to pay AMF for country club.000). My father was also trapped in an exhibition!! REPLY LINK  Sanjay Thorat October 30. They say you can only sell it and they are not helping us to sell also.i fought with management siting all the false promises but they never came to my help in any sense & i contacted akosha but they too were of no help to me. in india). 12:18 PM I too am victim of Country Vacations mis-selling. now every year they are sending remainders to pay AMF from 2004 to till this year. . they said when we purchased country vacations u can use country club for 3 years free and he did not use it also.. He purchased country vacations and where did this country club membership came we did not know. Even my father did this blunder of purchasing from country vacations and he did not know how to use it. 6:15 PM Hi. 90. Thanks god that I bought it only for 5 years (Rs. 2012.i feel people who know the reality should spread the news to save some others from falling into their trap… REPLY LINK o subaprasanna July 17.i lost 75k through this. he bought it in 2003 and till now he has not used even single vacation. Regards. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. atleast club mahindra has good property. other’s are really in soup. And why they denied the full payment. 3:28 PM We also had the same experience. People should go to Consumer court. who have not brought the membership but love to use club Mahindra’s property. but we did not got the full payment back. REPLY LINK . Sanjay REPLY LINK  Naxit Parekh July 17. there are many more. This is how they missell: 1. They call couple for the discussion. 2. Can you share what was your refund amount – in %. Member’s can make some group and dirctly sale their un used time and get money. luckly we used the 10 days period to cancel the deal. They play loud music during sales discussion which creates a hypnotizing effect. 3. 2012. 2012. In India time sharing Facility also need some kind of regulatory boady like SEBI and it should be brought under mis repesantation of product. 10:24 PM Hi Naxit. Regard. as there are more chances of fooling one of them and making them emotional. They lie very confidently in a hypnotizing environment. I tried doing booking 2-3 times but due to their pathetic service couls not book any. 4:37 PM Hello Hemant. the benifites of the utilities depends from person to person. It is totally waste of money and since last two years I did not optfor any vacations through them because they hardly have any hotels under their umbrella. I believed in the name ‘bajaj’ and thought it must be good deal. I also got a membership in one of the holiday provider: Bajaj Highland Holidays and it is totally waste of my money. 10:26 PM Hi Jaywant. Never heard of this company – after reading lots of comment on this post. 5:50 PM I am also a member of Country club. If anyone has got any option please let me know. 2012. As said by Mr Beniwal. REPLY LINK  Amit Shah July 17. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. Jaywant July 17. 2012. I got the membership for 5 years and for 35k. Vacations according to me has to be free . it looks that Club Mahindra is still better. I really feel cheated and really wish to get my money back but unfortunately there are no such possibilities. 2012. One cannot cancel membership for Club Mahindra then it is just impoissible to cancel membership with Bajaj Highland. In Fact My experience is the worst. Agree with you. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. In the first year itself i tried for three times for the availability at different places but all in vain…then i was tired and didn’t ask any time again. 10:31 PM Hi Amit.Gross Cheating and playing with the mentality of people…. 2012. 6:28 PM indeed. . from tensions and boundries. If one has to spend holidaying any where. I think country club has done some blunder – their stock is down by 95% from its high. At least one knows before hand what one is paying.. But this kind of time share concepts are mostly very much constrained. one must do by traditional way of booking an accommodation as per one’s budget. 10:32 PM Hi Sunil.please think 100 times before indulging in to it…. one must not fall prey to such things.According to me this is the most hopeless kinda concept…. REPLY LINK  sunilkumar July 17. 2012.. 2012. You have to be bind by many things before planning vacation with them. Those who are planning to get membership with this kinda concepts. 2012. Thanks for the well analysed and eye-opening article “Club Mahindra Membership is my biggest Financial Mistake”. Really good informative Analysis. has pestered me a No. I am more aware and so will be many of my near and dear ones. 6:40 PM Hi Hemanth. as the co. Regards Vijay REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. REPLY LINK  Vijay July 17. Over the past several years I have toyed with the idea of becoming a member. I am glad this review cleared your doubts � REPLY LINK  Rajendra July 17. REPLY LINK . 2012. Now that I have got the ans. 7:53 PM The truth told. Money saved is money earned. thanks to you. very nicely. 2012. lack of time and so on. 10:34 PM Hi Vijay. and this will be better utilized elsewhere. of times. Look forward to more such articles. but every time something held me back as I did not get the desired transparency/satisfactory ans to some of my Qs or doubts. He told me that they are planning to open a new resort in your city in Mahindra SEZ & as CM member you can avail the facilities same as country club. REPLY LINK  Biswajit Mukherjee July 17. 10:38 PM Hi Biswajit. I too was about to fall into such a trap 6 years ago. Surprising that was 6 years ago. I had foregone it and escaped unhurt (realised after reading your article). as you say. 2012. Really an eye opening story. They said they will not be able to give me the gift. Thanks. My salesman was too smart he combined benefits of club mahindra & country club. God knows how many crores of fallen flat on these misellings. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. Lack of regulators has made the same thing to be repeated over & over. But my good sense prevailed and even after spending nearly 2 hours listening to their crap. 2012.o Hemant Beniwal July 19. 8:31 PM Dear Hemant. 10:35 PM Thanks Rajendra. I refused to listen further because I was disgusted by their poor sales talk. LOL REPLY LINK . 2012. 10:40 PM Rightly Said “life is too short to learn from our own mistakes. 8:43 PM I took lifetime membership of country club in 2003 and so far I have visited their place only twice (in the first month of taking membership)!!! The membership price then was 15K (not too high).” REPLY LINK . REPLY LINK  Ravi July 17. 2012. Do you pay something on yearly basis to Country Club. Great article. Club Mahindra ads used to impress me all the time…! � Very true…life is too short to learn from our own mistakes. 2012. 2012. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. 11:58 PM Oopzz. 2012. 10:39 PM Hi Ashish. Ashish July 17. but I wish I had invested that somewhere else. thanks! REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. 2012. this payment shd be only by credit cards !!! They also claim abt RCI affiliation. 2:29 PM . They have 4 luxury resorts in Goa…So every year u can visit only Goa. 10:44 PM Hi Anna.so after all u too are human !!! My dad also made a smilar mistake with THE ROYAL GOAN BEACH CLUB.Always have the flexibility of planning ur vacation !!! Plan oneself…no such clubs !!! REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19.The best of these 4 resorts is always overbooked…Lot of foreigners ( Non-members)… & as u said annual maintenance charges of the villa ( the one we never stay at) to the tune of 20. but u cannot exchange ur holiday anywhere else unless u r a RCI member…& still u get the resort & destination of ur choice if u book a year in advance � Nw we stopped paying the annual charges & have let our membership lapse…we do get letters form them saying ” we r amongst few priviliged clients who can renew their membership at nominal penalty”…The penalty is almost 10% of the annual maintenance charges…. 2012. I think its clear cheating by these clubs – when they don’t have inventory & they sell membership. Then they expect that members should pay yearly maintenance – what a business � REPLY LINK  Shirish July 18. 1:56 PM hi hemant…. anna July 18. 2012. Over & above.000. Conclusion. so don’t feel sad about it. Assuming that someone has never done any mistakes in his life is again wrong � REPLY LINK o Jagjeet Singh January 17. 2016. but not with you. but not with you. Just one poke and you got a whole lot of dissatisfied customers. Usually success is a public affair and failure a private funeral. but never bothered about it again. It is still “active” since it is for 99 years. Availed of the membership only 2-3 times. please give me a call at +91-8447666442 REPLY LINK . Again Sterling is becoming active they have got some good funding from investors including Rakesh Jhunjunwala – hope members can get some benefit. You may be right “Usually success is a public affair and failure a private funeral. FORTUNATELY I DID NOT FALL FOR IT. If yes. Club Mahindra offered to swith my membership from sterling to theirs with some more payments. Nobody is perfect. 10:53 PM Hi Shirish. Your story is an excellent example of how even a financially erudite person can still make wrong financial decisions. 2012. Cheers! REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. Many thanks for sharing.” but I feel to err is human. Hi Hemant. I fell for similar scheme of sterling holiday resorts several years ago. 12:11 AM do u want to sell this 99 year membership. Such is the travesty of human nature. We both were lured by the presentation and made a CC payment of 10. A Complete Wealth Management Portal!! Thanks again. I had bought Club Mahindra membership way back in 2007/2008. Next day I went to the same office and asked for cancellation.000/- We went home and shared this with the family. I was there every morning back to back 1 week. Amit Dave July 18. 2012. Finally I managed to get the cheque of full amount and now after so many years I feel so good about the fact that I did not continue and cancelled it. I was taken thru the entire presentation and it was a time when I was newly married. I thank my dad who put his experience in my head to cancel the membership. 6:13 PM Thanks Hemant. It is nice to know that along with Insurance and MF’s I also get to know how to save my wealth from getting wasted. I had been to a mall here in mumbai which hosts Club Mahindra office. REPLY LINK . I was asked to go to the main office in Andheri east. 10:59 PM Hi Vandhana..Like the similar I too wasted my money with Country Club the Indias second largest fraud like this.Many follow ups and proofs for the payment made has been shown to them but they never minded and finally my father fed up and forget that money which is hard earned. 12:38 AM Excellent post and wonderful information to share with all. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. 2012..Sad and shame to do the same mistake which my father did.Now I have done the same mistake with Country Club. 2012. REPLY LINK  Sridhar Venkataraman July 19. 2012.Earlier my father also lost amount in IGGI resorts which in Ooty with a link of Sterling resorts mid of 1995 they have close all their resorts due to debt and mismanagement by directors and promoters. Doing same mistake again n again is not good for financial health. 2012. REPLY LINK  Vandhana Karthick July 19.o Hemant Beniwal July 19. 10:55 PM Thanks Amit for Sharing this.. 12:39 PM .. At the outset. . like many other organizations. The food at their owned resorts like Goa and Ashtamudi is simply one of the best and I compare this with the experience of dining at five star restaurants. Kodaikanal. I was influenced into buying it when they signed me in front of a movie theatre (back in 2003) and their marketing folks came over and did a good marketing effort. I think Club Mahindra is upfront about how it works but people forget about it and get shocked when they are asked to pay the annual ASF fee. Yercaud. In other words. That is not the concept of a holiday. Panchgani. There are 2 payments involved. something you pay a premium for. It is important for people to understand the model that they are signing up for. let me put out the full disclosure. Club Mahindra. It takes quite a bit of effort to sell an expensive thing like a holiday. Ashtamudi. Sure.5 lakhs for a Red studio then). needs to sell the holiday concept and they succeeded where Sterling Holidays failed. I am neither speaking on behalf of the Club Mahindra organization nor associated with the organization in any way. The ASF has an inflation component associated with it and a service tax which are both unavoidable. There are good options like a total food package for a day for the whole family that makes it lighter on the wallet but if people don’t want to spend. the cost of food is not going to be cheap and you have to expect to pay a premium dining at those resorts. I have been to their resorts in Goa. is it? There are additional expenses that resorts have to pay for like the water supply (@ Munnar). The customer service at any of their owned or associated resorts is excellent. Coming to the experience in a Mahindra resort. Swamimalai and have been impressed with a few things. I was clearly impressed (it cost me 1. they have the option of cooking themselves. Munnar. The location of their resort like Munnar or Ashtamudi is just amazing. I had to upgrade a couple of years later to a Red 1 BR because of the restrictions with ages of children. I would urge you to compare the rates of 4 or 5 star hotels over a period of time to get a sense of why the ASF is index against inflation. one is the lumpsum payment at the start and another is the ASF you incur every year. I am not paid to do this submission. They have also started to penalize the bookings if they cancel closer to the actual date (i am not sure if they had the strict penalties before). 2012. but I think it was worth the experience for me given the fact that it forced me to take the holidays (which I would not have otherwise). what it takes to keep it as a premium. there are certain things that the management is answerable for. Do you ever complain when there is only so many tickets at a movie theatre and you don’t get a ticket at your intended time? I can understand if people are price conscious but I don’t take people kindly if they are stingy. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. � My first holiday was in Manali Resort – it was not full fledged resort but was decent . I have seen people abuse the Club Mahindra restriction of the number of people in the room by coming to the resort and packing themselves as a big group in a small room. Club Mahindra is a premium experience. 11:35 PM Hi Shridhar. I clearly mentioned in the article that it was MY mistake so I am not blaming anyone else but myself. by all means refuse the membership. Thanks for sharing your positive experience with Club Mahindra but I think I am not that lucky. as a customer. I don’t have the background to comment about the ratio of rooms to memberships but if there is a case that they are selling too many then definitely the organization is answerable. If you don’t intend to pay a premium. Sure. Let me share couple of incidence & it may look that I am “the chosen one”. The primary reason is the customer. Let us come to bookings not being available. It costs more to operate things like a swimming pool if people abuse the rules. Let us not forget. Have you ever thought that the indian customer does a club mahindra like a railway ticket reservation? The booking process did not have a restriction of simultaneous booking (on same days) a year back but they have implemented that now which has opened up some availability. 2012. Then I got a mail that now resort has opened & I can do fresh booking. I fully sympathise with you for the bad experiences that you had at Kumbhalgarh & Sariska. I booked it for September & got the confirmation voucher. . I got a call from CM “We are sorry to inform you but due to some technical mistake. *It took us more than 1hr & 3 calls to get drinking water. Lunch & Dinner were literally stinking. We will try to provide you rooms in some other hotel in that area. (you can check these numbers on their investor page) I am not able to understand why you upgraded to 1 BR & paying more ASF. Even services & food was good. hotel. There is no way I would want to excuse Club Mahindra for those horrible experiences. I am not downplaying those incidents btw.(it happened thrice in 2 days) *Pool was like a dirty village pond. There are always bad apples and we need to get those problems recognized by the Club Mahindra organization. *Other than breakfast. 2:53 PM Hemant. (This was my free week which I got over & above free TV) My Second Holiday was at Kumbhalgarh – it was horrible experience. We are not pigs. You can call me stingy but can we call this a premium experience. REPLY LINK  Sridhar Venkataraman July 20. Complete waste of my money.” Luckily someone checked out one day in advance else they planned to ruin our holidays. My 3rd booking was in Sariska – they cancelled my august booking as resort was close due to heavy rains. I am sharing couple of points that I mentioned in feedback & expected them to take action. Fun Dine was garbage. I found a big human hair in my naan. when they give you flexibility to choose any type of room. I have not had those kind of experiences. we are having more bookings than the inventory. While I was on the way to resort. Selling more membership than available inventory is clear mis-selling/fraud & management should explain their stand. As a culture. If you keep the studio and book the 1 BR you get less than the 7 days commensurate with your one time payment and ASF fee. The reason that I upgraded to 1 BR was to keep the no. Your complaints are valid but many others have just gone overboard in trashing a company based on the perspective that the marketing or sales folks are out to rip everyone. On the people who forego their subscriptions by not paying the ASF fee… it looks silly by losing the whole one time payment by not paying a smaller portion. We can even talk about LIC agents or mutual fund agents who benefit mainly from commissions. only people who are members & who have used the service should comment. It is the prerogative of the company to decide whether they would like to keep the flexibility that way. One thing that I would like people on this forum to do is to comment only after they have used the product. it makes little sense to complain about something they have never used. as any financial guy would know. i’ve visited a few of them & i would rate them . REPLY LINK  molty May 23. it is all in the fine print. There is a lot of income disparities that we have in India that need to be fixed but that is a subject for a different discussion. I’m a white 1 bedroom member. Also. i’m a businessman & therefore i was interested in figures. that is how India works. Anyone does good planning should factor in the one time payment + present value of all ASF payments and see whether it makes sense at the beginning of the contract rather than at the time of payment of ASF. I have not worked out the details but I am sure that they would have factored all payments for your use case. 4:12 PM Sridhar yes you are right. 2014. –I’ll start first with my experience. of days at 7. which the sales executives hard sold to me. Without getting into a relationship. Every company in India pays peanuts to keep good marketing/sales folks and those folks get commissions only at the expense of customers who take the product. which they gave me & no as an after thought i realize they were glamorized & dressed up to appeal nothing else. well so much for all the hype. REPLY LINK  Rayan July 19. A group of . –I AS A MEMBER OF CLUB MAHINDRA DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TO BUY THEIR HOLIDAYS. they are well kept & the staff is pretty courteous but the pleasantries at there. they ultimately control the availability roster & they get to fill available & not available there. I believe only Govt Employes & Bureaucrats have this luxury available to them. i have been receiving their upgrade offers for over 3 months now. By reading this post i recalling the incident of last january. 8:01 PM Hi Hemanth. a club mahindra ex employee told me that they keep the log filled up so they can sell it to non members & only members who come down to haggling & make lots of noise get bookings otherwise he told me like an insurance company we are trained to say no its not available. so we had at times had to drive like 20 odd kilometers to get a decent meal. 2012. nice post. THEY ARE A TYPICAL INDIAN COMPANY WHO KNOWS THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE OUR LAW IS TOO TARDY & LAZY TO CATCH UP WITH SUCH PEOPLE. their booking is just made to look transparent & basically an eye wash. please tell me is it possible in today’s life to foresee that much in the future. CHEAT YOU & TOSS YOU AROUND. they have now marked most of the seasons as red & very little white or blue remain. this is to push white members to upgrade. by the way they present their menu’s i remember when i was staying in Binsar the food they were serving was half cooked most of the times & since that place has been declared a national reserve there are no eateries around Mahindra. –Now the real part where the rubber meets the road (getting a booking) if one is lucky enough one may land a booking that too two months in advance. They ask us to plan our holidays 6 months in advance. close to a 2 or a 3 star property no more. the sex things up there also. THEY SCAM YOU. At the resort their Food is very expensive & just a shade above Garbage. people visited our house & informed me that they’ll provide a part time job for me. that you brought. 2012. They also showed me lots of filled application forms by people and photo copies of commission cheques. There is company Qnet have similar Restorts Packages with the name QVI club. Business mantra is getting money by Do nothing. I know 2 guys for whom this is a full time job – they become member of every new company & then approach their natural (friends & relatives) market. And also %ge based commission. 2012. For a hour he explained me about a product(same as above. Even he used our TV & DVD player for theire repentation). 10:35 AM fully Agree. These MLM guys will do anything to get you onboard. 2012. And its a membership to PANCARD CLUB. if you fool more people and make them join this club(i mean mlm). REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 19. Here you also get a investment option. � REPLY LINK  Ashmi July 20. Means money doubling. REPLY LINK  Ashok November 16. 11:04 PM Hi Rayan. MLM guys are real salesman – it really needs courage to make new members everyday. But I politely refused to join by saying that “I dont have time for part time job!” thank you. Unfortunately I am part of their natural market – sometime they even pressurize my Mon & Grandma that ask Hemant to be member. 3:40 PM . On your own you cant get RCI membership. REPLY LINK . 2012. Finally after 3 months I got 100% refund. visited their main office at Andheri(E)few times. for me best offering by Club Mahindra is the free 3 year membership for RCI. you need to be member of Club Mahindra or Royal Goa Club. I asked for 100% refund but it was declined. All said done. 2014. what do you mean when you say these MLM guys will do anything to get you onboard and what do you know about QNet or QVI Club. But after few days I realized number of verbal commitments were made which were false. I lot lured and took the membership on the spot. I had to fight it out. Request all to document every communication on email when dealing with corporate for any issues. Could you please elaborate? REPLY LINK  Ruchir July 20. RCI memberships saves lot of stay cost if you are a frequent international traveler. Ashmi. Even I happened to visit one of the Club Mahindra presentations way back in 2007 I guess. 12:04 PM Hi All. I had to fight my way out. 3:43 PM You are lucky you got your refund. be it Club Mahinda. It wasn’t easy. REPLY LINK o Nisha O K June 7. Vodafone or any other corporate giant. However i am still fighting for my money back for which they say 60% is non refundable. I escalated issue to higher levels. 2012. I had got a similar experience. There are many such experience but not broght forward. and the executives are like vultures trying to trap the customer only for one time!!. 1:17 PM Hello everyone this ram here from Mumbai I’m interested in buying club mahindra membership if anyone willing to sell there club mahindra membership please contact me on 9594745601 REPLY LINK  dr vikas khanna July 20. Ram July 21.) REPLY LINK  Vivek July 20. It was with Greatindiatravels. 1:52 PM Thanks Hemant for spelling out the things. I asked for Sun Village Or Royal Beach Resort which was near to Beach and accessable. so this is surely not meant for me But they are joking when they say it is inflation free because of the point you made and also if INTEREST OF THE DOWN PAYMENT for so many years is calculated! And hemant it is also following the indian corporate culture by paying least attention to AFTER SALES SERVICES. 2016. I bought 2N/3D for 3000+750 service charge. But hotels in the list were different than the one offered. 2012. 12:08 PM I am not a futuristic and planned traveler. But the one offered was Bela Rosa which is very interior and . I planned it to Goa for 1 month in advance. Yes I have not considered 2. HP pad (which was a new device then. So I did not spend on food for my first 2-3 trips. I spent good 3 hours with them and bargained for Purple Studio – got 20K food vouchers (i don’t smoke/drink). I am a member of club mahindra. 6 free weeks.The amount involved is less so I did not make any fuss about it. I managed to bargin Purple Studio although they were only offering Red – for 2. 1:57 PM Hi Hemant. Say with ASF (i paid 10K and odd this year) I end up paying 12.5 lacs + 10 lacs ASF) .5lacs interest that I would lose over 25 years (have learn’t some financial literacy from you-:)) but one can never spend if one starts counting interest in everything…With 4 star type resorts this is a good bargin. not accesseble. Can any one from the loop recommend the resort operator of this kind having good experience? REPLY LINK  amit July 20. In 2 days every time go out from hotel I had to ask 4 times for road to come back.5 lacs.Any way I was having car with me but it is not a good experience.. Its 50K for 7 days. My analysis – 25 years – 2.). this price is cheap. i bought it in 2006.5 lacs.i think. which is 7200 for day.. be smart about food – take ala carte or just don’t eat there…Agreed they do fib during marketing – but being a finance literate I had kept .One needs to plan out in advance.5 lacs over 25 years (2. 2012. i am regular reader of your website. divide this by 25 yrs. Considering the resorts are amazing (atleast 4 star) .. The comittment at time of booking is not being followed by these operators. REPLY LINK . Coorg. whether you like to travel all 7 days…etc REPLY LINK  Prakash July 21. Dharamshala…. Kodai. 2012.As you said – it depends on your requirement. And with a kid now I can only plan during school holidays which makes it even more expensive since its peak season… People working on jobs (as I do.. Today any long weekend at lonvala costs 4K-5K atleast a night with food (decent hotel). 6:50 AM When I wanted to go to Goa during peak season (Dec/Jan) and I approached them for membership they gave me their story on colors for seasons and I immediately got convinced that this is a very bad decision. Whenever you want to buy something make the toughest of demands and see the skeletons will come tumbling out of the cupboard without a lot of probing and try to get something before paying anything and you will see their attitude change immediately.of course depends on ones financial situation…atleast for me it has been a good experiance so far…touch wood…have visited – Mussorie. Thekddey. Yercaud. that piece of paper that guy was writing on and fought back and got what they had promised…..) would need a 7 day break in a year. Trips have become expensive thanks to inflation. do they assure to get you a decent enough . And one more thing.. Reason give by my friend was that he is moving overseas and hence wants to sell. forget all this crap.726 Rs at the end of 25 years. Atul July 21. you had to do extra-time in company and if you are doctor like me. I clearly told my friend and thanks I did not get into trap. Cheers Atul REPLY LINK  Dr Chirantan July 21. even calling Mahindra club office. 8:06 AM Hi Hemant. your wife gets sick. agent. Based on the data I received I did not go for it. 2012.69. This much they earn from you dear!!! And is it necessary that you will go traveling every year? many vacations you might not get time. His desperation was evident based on the continous followups he was doing. I went back and did lot of research. your child have exams. do you have club mahindra in every place you want to go? Even if there is club mahindra. 2012. 8:40 AM Just put that 25 years fee (8 lakh plus) to fixed deposit at the rate of 9. One of my closed friends tried to sell me the membership few years back.25% with compound interest quarterly you will get 78. ” But learning from own mistake is really expensive…. i really like your words “Learning from your mistakes is smart. 1:11 PM Dear Mr. accommodation as your payment? impossible… By the way who can predict about next 25 years? This is really eye opening. 1) Amount and Time involved is huge: We confirm that the details of the product along with features and the guidance on how to use the same have been provided in detail during the time of presentation. learning from the mistakes of others is wise. please find below our responses. not only this. At this juncture we would like to bring it to your attention that the time involved to . insurance companies. investment planning schemes etc follow these principles…… REPLY LINK  SATPAL July 21. Thanks sir REPLY LINK  Ronnie Ninan July 21. 2012. Thank you for taking your time out to share your thoughts on this page. i think this article will help me allot for future(after marriage & kids) financial decisions. Further to the above posts. Beniwal. 2012. 10:49 AM Sir. 3) It was mis-sold – lots of things were hidden and misrepresented: We would like to inform that we have a strong member on-boarding process. make payments & cancel your holiday online in your member section @ http://www. In terms of ease & time involved in using your membership. 2) It doesn’t suite my type of person. International destinations @ Bangkok/Pattaya/Austria/KL & Desert Resorts @ Kumbalgarh / Nawalgarh. The buffet & alacarte rates are . tours & unique activities based on each location.com anytime. while we have a lot of traditional destinations like beach resorts @ Goa/ Pondy. We also have a full-fledged activity center in all our resorts where we have activities for all age group which includes treks. Hill stations @ Coorg/ Munnar. we also have Jungle resorts @ Corbett/Gir. get alternate holiday options automatically. 2008 and membership kit was dispatched on 10th March. To quote a few examples. Therefore we hope that we have clarified your misconception.clubmahindra. book your holidays. nature lover etc. Keeping the interests of our members in mind we have a variety of resorts at different type of locations/regions. Our resorts are catered to suit all types of persons – fun loving. We also have a strong member on-boarding process during which members are re-confirmed. 2008. We understand from our records that after taking the membership on 20/02/2008. you can now check real time availability. The Welcome letter carrying the product information was dispatched on 26th Feb. our team has contacted you for a Welcome Call on 28/02/2008 during which the entire product information was re-confirmed. 4) I am frugal when it comes to food on a trip and they charge me bomb for that: We have 2 different type of dining choices for our members one of which is fun dining (buffet system) and ala carte (Menu based).confirm a reservation has come down considerably taking into fact that reservation can be 1 day in advance of check-in as you aware subject to availability. who doesn’t want to sit & enjoy: Being a member of Club Mahindra. anywhere. adventurous. you have access to 42 + resorts across India and Abroad. Water-front properties @ Ashtamudi/Poovar. the days are debited accordingly. b) We have a transparent methodology for calculating the Annual Subscription Fee.offered with 25% discounts on regular rates. This fees is not fixed – it will increase every year according to urban inflation numbers a) We would like to inform that the term inflation free is towards the cost which you have invested for the product. For example. depending on type of room they own. which is an exclusive member privilege. You must appreciate the fact that the quality and variety of the food offered at our resorts are audited by the Food. being a member of Red Studio you would . higher or lower. a person who has purchased a product in the 2003 might have bought the product on a lower price as against the person who has purchased the same in the year 2008. However while confirming the bookings according to the rooms/seasons. we have been able to maintain our properties & keep them beautiful as you have repeatedly mentioned. We would also like to state that many of our resorts are accredited to Resort Condominium International (RCI) who has certified our resorts as Gold and Silver Crown accordingly. Club Mahindra Membership Annual Subscription Fees (ASF) Club Mahindra claims their membership is Inflation Free but other than one time fees members have to pay annual subscription fees (irrespective of usage). But at the time of booking you can choose any room so I am having Studio but can book 2 BR and pay 50% less ASF. For example. Safety and Standard authorities. The cost of appreciation is not applied to the product price after it has been purchased. wherein members have an option to travel 1 up higher season from their purchased product and also have access to their respective seasons along with the ones below them. c) We are sure that you aware that ours is a floating inventory. The year on year increase is calculated based on the Whole Sale Price Index & Consumer Price Index as mentioned on the Reserve Bank of India website. This is precisely why unlike other time shares. They charge ASF on type on rooms so Studio will pay lowest ASF and 2 Bedroom will pay highest. 3) Third. it turns out to be 44%. d) Based on holidaying season. Hence the apartment you purchase gives you the flexibility on the number of people with whom would like to holiday with. I don’t think I again have to tell you that Club Mahindra charges Annual Subscription Fees (ASF) irrespective of you go for holidays or not. There annual report show earning of Rs 15 Cr from rental they have received from nonmembers. If we compare that with number of members. Please find below our responses to the above given points. when there is big gap in available inventory & some competition from nonmembers. . So for example a STU member can maximum holiday only in 1*1BR (0r) 1 STU in Red/Purple season where as a 1BR member can holiday in 2*STU (or) 1*2BR in Red/Purple season. his membership will seize. few people will definitely be disappointed because they will not get what they desire. So members compete with nonmembers.be able to enjoy only 5 nights of holiday (approx) in the same season but on a One Bedroom apartment. Hence we urge members who only holiday with their extended families/Friends to purchase bigger apartments. even in the peak season. 1) 44% members are not utilizing their holidays 2) Club Mahindra gives resorts on rental to nonmembers. There annual report shows that occupancy was at 77% & if we adjust even 2% that was utilsed by nonmembers so member occupancy is at 75%. If I assume Rs 4000 per night room rent – it turns to 3% of the total available inventory. If member don’t pay ASF. With regard to concern raised stating that. we restrict the number of apartments based on what the member purchases. In addition they don’t allow members to accumulate more than 3 years (21 days) holidays. Club Mahindra expect that people should plan there holidays 6 months in advance – I think I can do it but it’s not possible for people who are in jobs. there is some trade-off subject to availability of rooms which translates to planning holidays well in advance. any season – own or lower season & also a one-up exchange into a higher season]. Uttrakhand Mussorie Avalon.1) While we have had challenges in the past with inventory growth not matching with the membership growth. By the time they become eligible. we offer our units on payment basis to ensure that rooms do not go un-utilized. we have over the last 6 months added quite a number of new resorts at exotic destinations & I am highlighting a few to put to rest any apprehensions you may have. I am sure as a member who has holidayed with us 5 times already in the last 3 years would agree on our commitment in providing . please be rest assured that we are well on track now. we build our inventory on the basis of eligible members – which basically means most of our members are on a payment plan & their Holiday Start Date varies from 12-15 months. Therefore non-members are not entertained during peak seasons. To re-iterate. we would have added inventory to take care of the increase. 83% resulted in confirmed holidays. These non-members are also potential prospects (as future members) which would only result in additional resorts for our members.4 lakhs active members. Goa Kanatal. Sikkim Kumarakom. Uttrakhand Baiguney. 3) Number of members holidaying: We would like to point out that last year out of the total requests we received. However. any apartment. There are a lot more in the pipeline that we will communicate as they open their doors to greet our members. To elaborate. New Additions: Emerald Palms. while we have close to 1. Only if we find no demand from our members during off-peak season. Kerala Mahabaleshwar. because of the flexible nature of the product [any resort. Maharashtra 2) We take an exception to your statement and would like to state that we follow a member first policy in terms of inventory allocation where first preference is always given only to members. Regards. We also offer you an unique option to cancel a confirmed holiday as close as 15 days from check-in date without losing any of your inventory (Days). we open our bookings as early as 6 Months prior to the check in date. 2012. it also leads to enormous pressure on our room inventory. Last year alone we had proactively provided holidays to close to 9000 members who were inactive for more than 2 years. Ronnie Ninan Thomas Member Relations Club Mahindra REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal July 21. . 4) Planning your holiday 6 months in advance: Being a time share product.com in case you need any further assistance. we are also proactively contacting inactive members & providing holidays. 5) Lapsing the inventory: We also as a policy allow all members to accumulate 3 years of inventory since if members start utilizing more than 3 years of their entitlement within one year. thereby resulting in holiday being refused for other members and in the end again resulting in a vicious circle of days being lapsed for them. Please write back to us at manager@mahindraholidays. I sincerely wish your team help every member with same patience. 10:03 PM Thanks Ronnie for taking out your precious time & replying to most of my points raised. Since the holidaying pattern is generally constant for most families. holidays. However since we understand a lot of members don’t holiday every year consistently. The very fact that close to 1/4th of our inventory goes unoccupied every year stands testament to the fact that we have more than enough rooms available to cater to our members demand. a lot of our members plan & book 6 months in advance in resorts & dates of their choice. We must also mention that members who plan early save close to 40% on their travel cost as well. REPLY LINK o molty May 23. Why club Mahindra membership is available at less than 60% rates on websites like enidhi. when the membership is sold even the moon is promised. a property which your roster shows is overbooked & somehow i will get a reservation 15 days in advance. I am a club Mahindra member from last 3 years. but like insurance companies your sales boys have left by the time you are ready to take your first holiday & with him goes all commitments. 4:29 PM Dear Ronnie Your reply is a typical after sales reply as per the book. I’m a member & i know how much haggling i have to do to get a reservation. SO ITS NOT A WIN-WIN ITS A WIN-ONE SITUATION WHEREIN YOU WIN THIS WAY OR THAT WAY . I may not be satisfied with your answers as I wrote it was MY mistake but I hope this will be helpful for the readers of this post. 2012. 9:08 AM Dear Ronnie. In every mall we can find people from club Mahindra offering free trips. REPLY LINK o Sanjay August 28. I have a white i bedroom so i should be able to trade up by sacrificing 2 days or a smaller accommodation in the red but strangely i can avail of it only 15 days in advance. 2014. please reply to my queries: I got a mail “Gift 3 friends the Club Mahindra experience” & it was 2 nights so 6 nights free to my beloved friends. can you explain why members should suffer from your freebies. who are you guys kidding its BS the only way i see is this: — YOU TAKE THE MONEY & HAVE INVENTED CREATIVE WAYS TO KEEP THE MEMBERS OUT OF THE RESORTS & FINALLY LAPSE THEIR HOLIDAYS ON SOME GROUNDS. . However. the members or the business?” Mr Gupta says that he has not received a reply from the company for some time and so addressed a copy of the letter to Moneylife. as the list of complaints from dissatisfied customers continues to grow. surprising me every time.” Bhupesh Gupta. a letter addressed to Mahindra Holidays managing director Ramesh Ramanathan recently raises the lack of clarity over the business model that this Mahindra group company follows. There is no one reference document to it and the typical timeshare model does not apply in this case. While very little is known about how successful the company has been in redressing the complaints. both tried to describe how “customer centric” the company has been. which raised the issue with the company. “Bits and pieces of information come to light. 4:36 PM MR RONNIE I POST HERE UNDER AN ARTICLE FROM MONEYLIFE———- —— The list of complaints against the Mahindra group company from members is increasing. wrote in his complaint. who has been a member of Club Mahindra Holidays since 2004. Without answering the issue raised directly. I’M A LAWYER BY PROFESSION & I’M COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM OTHER MEMBERS & SOON I’LL SURPRISE YOU WITH A CLASS ACTION REPLY LINK  molty May 23. the explanations by Mr Ramesh and chairman Arun Nanda were not very enlightening. But they are not being addressed appropriately There appears to be little respite for Mahindra Holidays and Resorts. The complaints range from unsatisfactory practices and deficiency in services to unfulfilled promises. 2014. I am surprised why Mahindra Holidays reports resort occupancy levels at the time of quarterly report to shareholders. “Overall people are not very clear on the business model Club Mahindra follows. What significance does this have to its timeshare business? Who will take the hit of this under- utilisation. in list some of them. which was sold to her a few days before during Durga Puja. Many members. Strangely. But while members are allegedly denied facilities. Other complaints refer to lack of proper exit options. there is no explanation as to why members have to go through an excruciating exit mechanism and lose 30-40% of their membership fees in the process. the Mahindra Holidays chairman said were very few. Club Mahindra is said to have experienced a 30% drop in membership sales revenue over the past few months. In one post today. Mr Sandeep said he has failed to encash a free holiday voucher coupon after he was told that there were no rooms available in any of the resorts in any destination. which enables the users to transfer. I am happy to share with you that RCI have awarded the Gold Crown status to 10 of our resorts… more than 25% of our new members sign up through referrals by existing members. Mr Nanda had admitted that an internal check has revealed that the company was lacking in many aspects and that it required some cleansing operations to contain the damage to its membership base.com and http://www.consumercomplaints. Many of the timeshare membership holders have complained that the “flexibility” option. It is very likely that this is the outcome of the numerous complaints of members that appear to go unresolved. Moreover. In one recent note. give . in a recent interview with MoneyControl. However. Devyani Chakraborty says she is still awaiting a refund on cancellation of her membership.” RCI is the largest timeshare vacation network in the world. have led to under-utilisation of the resorts. Consumer review websites like mouthshut. exchange and split their holidays. denoting a high level of delight with the brand. “Our surveys done both internally and independently prove that we have a very happy set of members who rate the experience at our resorts extremely high. after repeated failures. resorts and rooms are used for other events and availed by outsiders. which. which enables only some particular members to avail good reservation dates and facilities.Mr Ramesh says. they accuse the administration of favouritism. up on making reservations. REPLY LINK  Nisha July 18. Pl. inadequate inventory and other unfulfilled promises. 2012. REPLY LINK  shridhar July 21. 3:53 PM I bought membership in oct 11 and has paid 45k till date.. 2014. nor are the staff equipped to deal with such situations. misleading members about offers and not providing proper information about the terms and conditions. 2012. I am yet to get my refund as i havent got holidays when i wanted asked to split or go in a different period etc… get out . 9:08 AM Shridhar. 12:43 AM Please stop… its a big fraud. It appears from inquiries Moneylife made with some members that there is no proper grievance redressal mechanism and neither are members aware of how they can get their complaints resolved. Another repeated mention is that staff members engage in dubious practices like lotteries. get out when you can this is a fraud company…. do u suggest to discontinue REPLY LINK o Siddhant July 23. There are complaints about unsatisfactory services. which leaves many resorts with vacancies. malls and even at toll gates.000 anyway. I fought for 1 year but lost my 50. 5:13 PM Hi Hemant. 2012. I have been approached several times by their marketing folks outside cinema halls. I lost 2. REPLY LINK  Siddhant July 23. I very nearly missed attending their free couple pass once developing cold feet at the last moment (good in hindsight!). judging by the comments. . Both depend on various factors. they will never cancel the membership.5 lac . 2012. 8:58 AM This is a fraud company. given the nature of our work & job. 2012. I say to my friends never try to become member in club mahendra. 6:24 PM club mahendra cheats public very well. You should tweet this article to Anand Mahindra in Twitter..looks like a LOT of disgruntled customers here. this when I did submit the cancellation within 15 days…. I guess the free TV swung it for you � REPLY LINK  pullakandamvijaykumar July 22. I only ask myself 2 things here : 1)Can I afford holiday every year ? 2) Will I be able to take off for 7 days at a stretch from work. REPLY LINK  Mukunth July 21. We really felt conned by it.Food very expensive. I am not a member of the club . The resort is built on a hill so walking around was a pain and my mom who has arthritis had a wait of 20 mins every time for a golf cart buggy to show up. REPLY LINK  shilpi johri July 23. no toiletries besides the liquid soap. well-kept. Thanks for spreading the message. We left behind an expensive set of sunglasses but the resort guys were nice enough to mail it back without cost. And located in the heart of coffee land they served horrid coffee! The Ayurveda massage center was so out of the way you lost motivation to visit it. For a 4 or 5-star facility they are stingy on soap. 2012. We were paying every day for breakfast nobody in the facility felt like informing us there was a complimentary breakfast available at one of the restaurants till we found out at the day of departure.was thinking of joining but now have dropped the idea. 4:09 PM Very well written post Hemant! . this is a fraud company & no one should go with them…… REPLY LINK  harinee July 23. 2012. The location was fantastic. 12:36 PM Hi This is a good post. I had a holiday at a Mahindra resort in Coorg just happened to book online . Of the 3 restaurants only one had decent fare despite the exorbitant prices. REPLY LINK  Urvi July 24. Long waiting period for booking holidays. I am not a member :).we opted for Royal Resorts and Clubs. I have stayed in one of their properties.It is no different. The non- flexibility and planning the vacation 6 months in advance is putting people off. Properties are very well maintained with good food and courteous staff. which is earning them a bad name. Even their selling seems desperate. 6:10 PM All these so called holiday ownership companies are a farce. They have a nice value proposition in terms of quality they should rather not talk about membership. But their membership thing has ‘too many’ conditions and some hidden charges too. They are pushing too hard. Then the processing of documents & previlege cards . The gift voucher gimmick is old now (unless you outsmart them and go for a vacation without buying the membership ). shilpi REPLY LINK  Annapurna Shastri July 23. After hearing a lot of negative reviews about Club Mahindra. 4:11 PM Hi Have any one had such experience with Sterling holidays? I have paid amount for initial deposit for membership. and let people vouch for the experience. 2012.hidden charges and most of their resorts are not conveniently located. 2012. Mahindra resorts provide concessional bookings through other sites anytime of the year. Till today after 5 months they are answering that your file is in chennai office they are processing request & still today no clue on it. I got a good 1 bed room at their Coorg property through an online booking site. Wonderful article. Cheers. So i have asked for cancelaation of membership. 2012. 4:57 PM Hi Hemant. which actually spoil entire plan for vacation. got delayed by two months. 2012. Waste of years of saving. I faced the same thing with Bush Beta properties and this was the same way.100 per person. I think what I learned from that experience was when you want to go for a trip these days you can get 100’s of site that are offering you a good rate for a stay. At the same time. We finally stopped paying and got out of this with not a day of vacation in their properties and no refunds. They always offered us a possible time during weekdays around March and October knowing fully well that these are times when its very difficult to go on vacation. 7:55 PM . REPLY LINK  RK77 July 24. REPLY LINK  Anuraag July 24. The price was good for a December vacation and included free food (Breakfast and Lunch) and travel around the area at about a Rs. Btw Hemant. Try advertising on Quikr and the agents will call u. REPLY LINK  sheela February 3. 2013. taking a hit of abt one lac — atleast we are rid of the nuisance. 12:23 PM I sold mine thru an agent. 2:31 PM RK77. Pl share with me if you have found a way to get rid of your membership and I shall do likewise. very informative and appreciate the time and thought you hv put in yr mail. How does one get out of this arrangement? Are there any agents that help sell such holiday resort memberships? As the number of negative comments is very high it may be possible to approach the central govt to set up rules and regulators to monitor such schemes. when we found tiny white spiders in the bed! And meals at the restaurant were monotonous and unattractive. I sold at a loss. 2014. But I must mention. REPLY LINK o Leila April 19. thanks for starting this discussion. Very informative article and comments that followed. . based on your holding. A recent stay in Goa brought this out. we are also looking for agents who will help us sell our membership — I do feel they have taken in more members than they can service and their standards have fallen sharply. tks. 2012. REPLY LINK  Sanjay Sonar July 25. all of a sudden you become the lucky winner for them. They come to you luring you to participate in their lucky draw. 13750000 for 25 years. 2012. For the Job column if you say ‘No Job’ you will never get a call. 2) Your data goes through an analysis. 15000000. 2012. 7:09 PM Hemant I recently attended the session. REPLY LINK  sunilkumar July 25. 28750000 – around 3 crore for one small studio room and that too for 25 years only. REPLY LINK  GChander July 25. banks etc @ 4-20 rs per contact. I told them that you are selling one small studio room in 3 Lacs to 50 people (assuming 50 weeks in a year). 7:56 AM It is very dangerous to share your details with the guys outside malls. Also. 11:59 PM . but if you put a bigger role like a Senior Manager etc. 550000 for maintenance (from all 11000 x 50) – so Rs. Total you are getting Rs. which means getting Rs. you are getting annually Rs. 1) They sell your contact details to resorts. If 12 friends contribute 5 lacs rupees and built a farm house they can stay one month and that too for life time. I bought club m membership during one of their free coupans meeting in start of this year. 2:00 PM Hi Sir. this probe should end in to a logical conclusion. Please can you tell me what is the process of cancellation. Various government agencies have launched probe against such time share holiday companies. Where did you get the withdrawal form. thirteen in all. 2012. Took around 3 months. you will be some what glad to know. 11:06 AM Hello. 2014. REPLY LINK o mitesh May 12. There were several calls from people at different offices telling there will be no refund but I continued to vehemently argue with them. The only prayer I do the Almighty. After 6 days I got the email docs confirming the conditions etc and soon I realised there were hidden information and it is not worth. AMEN! REPLY LINK  Akhil July 26. and I hope Mahindra Holidays is one among them. My personal experience that their backoffice client service is not that bad but sales people (i think it is just because they need to justify their salary ) are making all wrong claims. Finally I for the whole amounted refunded through a cheque. Penalties and criminal prosecution of such companies. I sent email and written cancellations asap to get the refund in 10 day free look periods. . 12:50 AM Sir. . 2012. You will soon get your money back as I also faced the issue and did the same and got my money back. can you kindly advise me to get my money back. Ravi REPLY LINK  Nwo July 26. Has been 18 months since iv cancelled my white studio. but in vain. and make them aware about what you are doing. Regards. Amit Rastogi 9619053751 REPLY LINK  Ravi December 18. 11:14 PM Hemant. Thanks in advance Mitesh REPLY LINK o amit rastogi December 18. Regards. 10:42 AM Do one thing . 2014. Eagerly waiting for your response. I have too sufferred.If you think you correct and they did false promises then start campaigning against them over social media like on facebook or twitter. 2014. 12:26 PM Dear Hemant. With so many disgruntled voices. 2:30 PM . Can a listed company engage in such business practice ? and get away with it ! Michael REPLY LINK  Goban August 7. That means less business to Cub Mahindra. 2012. REPLY LINK  Michael July 27. 2012. Thanks for sharing your personal experience on Club Mahindra. This is a financial scam with mega proportions and it continues. It is a very sorry state that members loose lakhs of rupees and all they can do is write on some forum. An RTI needs to be filed to check the statistics of how many cancellation/terminations have been there and what is the amount the company has earned. Is there any authority in the country under which such holiday schemes come under. The money paid by existing mis-guided and disgruntled members is being used for advertising on websites (BSE website has one) and full page ads in newspapers (Sunday Mid day) to rope in new members. None of your readers would buy this package now. valid for 25 years. We were given RCI free membership for 2 weeks as promotion. money. As a few of my friends are! For new years we needed to book the coorg destination! Instead I asked an agent and got a deal of 4500 rs a night! After reading your post! I think it’s better to book as a non member than as a member! As you have a variety of resorts. this is for people who like to enjoy the resort as most of the resort is located far from any shopping centers or places of interest. But only thing. 6:32 PM excellent analysis………………………. In one trip you can choose between resorts. 2012. We had taken club mahindra membership about 5 years back. USA for two weeks with RCI membership given to us by Club Mahindra. Until now we have had a wonderful experience with them. and if you really want a Mahendra property! Buy it as a non . 2:00 AM Hemant. 2012. REPLY LINK  Amish September 18. Now we are travelling next to Munnar shortly:) REPLY LINK  rk September 9. So if you travel far to see those places nearby. Children enjoyed in the swimming pool and we have our time relaxing ourselves. They give full fledge kitchen and we can cook some easy meals there and we had ordered room service like some dry items. We visited Goa last year and before that travelled to florida and Maryland. you spend a lot of time.since the last few days I was thinking of becoming a member with club mahendrA. It was great reading your post.. 7:16 PM . was just preparing to subscribe such one. 2012. 10:57 PM vv important article which my eye got stuck onto it at right time. 2012. thank god and all. September 23. REPLY LINK  Venkatesh September 25. 2012. 10:38 PM Was supposed to meet someone from club Mahindra tomorrow. You just saved me a fortune!!! Thanks a ton! REPLY LINK  Debashree September 28. member just for a few days! There is a friend who became a mahendrA member! Since the last 7 years he has been traveling ONLY in club Mahendra resorts. At least i have OPTIONS Amish REPLY LINK  Dr D Basu. 11:05 PM I should have read the reviews before attending their 2 hour session…. If you want to get justice and save people from this kind of fraud. Karma Resorts.. 7:49 AM Excellent article that should prevent others from falling into the trap of Holiday Resort Tricksters and fraudsters.. Hemant has done great service to the society by starting this topic. REPLY LINK  RK77 September 29.. 2012.. Sterling Holiday resorts are all part of this devious plan to mislead people into believing that they can easily have cheap holidays at exotic locations. Hemant. REPLY LINK . 2012. They are persistent as pests.and the reviews here seem to be very logical…. tell lies blithely and literally badger you into signing up for schemes that only benefit them and not the subscriber. Club Mahindra.and Apt. the only thing i can suggest. you should file a complaint with consumer court. they are doing a good job in many cases REPLY LINK  Pintu September 28.at the end of the session the guy was forcing like hell to sign-up for the membership and was threatening as if we committed huge mistake by not agreeing to do so…. 2012. Dhaval October 7. As you rightly said there are no takers in the market so what do you suggest ? REPLY LINK  Amit October 9. 2012. REPLY LINK  Amit October 9. 5:22 PM Dear Amit Sidham. 3:32 PM Excellent Hemant!! I was also thinking on the same lines but I haven’t purchased any membership yet. . However can you be kind enough to suggest what can i do now. 3:16 PM Dear Hemant. You are just too good but unfortunately i found your post now when i am already shit deep in it. 2012. Thanks for sharing your views. I had taken country club membership 4 months back and was cursing myself all this while. But due to your detailed analysis and applying the same analogy i am gaining net 20-25 Lakhs due to my membership stay and due to the freebies i have got over from them including 2 return tickets from Dubai to India over a period of 23 years. 2012. however if you have already entered into one please read Amit Sidham’s post in detail and you would have a huge breath of relief. Hemants analysis is brilliant and would have been worthwhile had i read it before 4 month but now since i was already in this and knowing i cannot come out of it. 5:10 PM Hi Hemant. 2012. 7:20 AM Thanks Amit. So those who are reading and tracking this post one thing is for sure. i just loved the analogy provided by you. Great post and excellent analysis. Have not used for . Thanks a lot for your brilliant analysis. May God Bless U and Your Family Amit Best Regards Amit REPLY LINK o Amit Sidham October 11. to keep your flexibility on u can opt out of all these club memberships. I have huge problems with them. Regards Amit Sidham REPLY LINK  Murali October 11. 2014. BTW. Till now . and some more. 1:50 AM Dear Hemant. * I trusted their salesman words. 5:41 PM the same i feel . branch office and chennai office—mad people buy club mahindra——–mahindras are very sound people but only members are lunatic……. where did you get all these numbers? I wanted to take them to the court after getting all these numbers. 2012. REPLY LINK o KAPIL SOMAIYA February 7. * Their resorts are located at very few locations. There are several reasons * My decision to get the membership was not a thoughtful one. though i am on the vacation every year. they said they will returnn about 16% of what I paid. When I wanted to cancel the membership. more than 4 years now. they refused to give. at least for the once. * Club Mahindra peoples dont motivate theis members o avail the days. Any idea where can I get them? REPLY LINK  Vasudev Ramtekkar October 16. bookings.vasu—-i had been member for 7 years – i have fight every year and atleast 2-3 times a year with all officers at resort. I also feel of committing a grave mistake by Opting for Club Mahindra membership in Year2007. I could not avail even a single day of their hospitality.i have alot to offer against club mahindra and will fight with consumer court . But. * They are just interested in getting more and more money from the pockets of their members. It is hugely annoying. I really feel cheated by becoming a CM member. So I just paid for three installment ( which was the min waiting period to avail the service ) and decided to close . 5:18 PM Truly said. like even if completing your membership payment you will have to around 10k for each year till 25years for maintenance purpose. 2012. why to force your self for 25 yrs for just few options with so many constraints furthermore you might miss any deals which nowadays very common REPLY LINK  Rajest October 23. I also took the CM membership and after a month I came to know that they have so many riders. CM resfused to pay the membership paid so I used it for 3D/4N . REPLY LINK  Vimal prakash October 17.today i just got saved getting into the trap after reading this post. REPLY LINK  popo November 12. economy destabilise is cause by CHOR and its . 2012. 7:00 PM Thnx. somewhat convenice myself. 6:00 PM Time has come and the time is now for all Indians through TFL to eradicate the evil practices of indian businese houses.secondly when you plan to use your membership you might come to know that there is no availability and blab blab…. 2012. despite so much info available on net i didn’t bothered to check it and felt into the trap of club mahindra.35. Thanks Hemant for your untired effort. Should i go for it or look for other options ?? REPLY LINK . 9:41 PM I am planning to buy a membership of Country Club Ltd. let see Mahesh REPLY LINK  tarun khaira November 18. Companies. I am skeptical about their reputation and their resorts.. 2012. In comparison Club Mahindra is more expensive.for taking their Blue plan.000/. We publics are the parents of those CHOR.1. But for this we need a broader knowledge from a place like TFL. It is costing me Rs. 2012. Hoping forward for the brighter future of our india… REPLY LINK  Mahesh November 16. And then we shall be prosper. Stop feeding them. Please Advise. Requested for cancellation. 3:42 PM What a fool I am. They are promising me 7D 6N per year. take 1 day to read agreement and then only take the decision.000 for 5 years of vacations(7D 6N . They will most probably give you memebership at the same cost later once you decide. 90. per year) last year. 2012. Read their agreement in detail and take 1 day to read it. Their club does not provide much and they are far from my home. They had promised me free membership of their clubs but this free membership is of no use. Regards Tarundeep Singh Khaira Advocate Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. 6:37 PM Hi Tarun. Regards. They will definitely convince you. Sanjay Regards. but don’t be lured. I paid Rs. They told me lot of lies to sell this membership. REPLY LINK . I am a member of Country Club/Vacations. Sanjay REPLY LINK  tarun khaira November 19. read the agreement in details. reduce cost to make you buy it right at that moment. 2012. They will tell you that offer is only for today but don’t be hurry. You must take one or more days to read the agreement.o Sanjay Thorat November 19. I would say take whatever they promise you in written. 11:08 PM hi Sanjay Thank a ton for ur thought provoking and genuinely helpful advise.  tarun khaira November 19. 11:12 PM Hi Sanjay. Otherwise they have those floating resorts in Ashtamudi/ Gir forest resorts… all in line much awaited to visited… . or we will lose membership! None of us can travel and enjoy alone ! Not CM mistake though. As in r their resorts worth it ?? Should i think about Club Mahindra. Regards. we are not able to have a vacation with all of us together as children are out of their careers. One thing more. and not to our relatives/ friends who are guest. though its comparatively expensive. then is it a good deal??. as compared with not taking a membership. preference is given to members during peak season. an experience which we will never forget our life. 10:51 AM Ok I am a Club Membership Red Season holder since last 5 years. in case i get all their promises in writing. I see only this part unjustified. 2012. Whenever we want a holiday they always assisted their best to accommodate us. Both were too good. It was a break through experience. 2012. REPLY LINK  Nair November 19. still we have to keep paying this ASF Maintenace about Rs. They gave me RCI membership exchange as offer for 2 years validity.16k. I then experienced Goa and Munnar. So the bad point is that. I exchanged my 2 weeks holidays with RCI and travelled for 2 weeks to florida where they put me to experience 2 different resorts in each week. with good hospitality ratings. Tarundeep Singh Khaira Advocate Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. Now. 6:11 PM Why cant we all Mahindra Club Members who all are suffering rather than getting relaxed on so called holidays come together and get rid of this headack once and for all. now i want to regain it. 2012. 2013. 11:20 PM . REPLY LINK  nitin November 27. 2012.due to non payment of emi my membership was lost. can i get back? REPLY LINK  Anil Ramaiah December 5. 9:32 PM i was a member of club mahindra.membership no..126161. rather than fighting single we can fight collectivly for our right. REPLY LINK o sharan June 14. 2012. 12:27 PM i too have terrible experiences – how to nail them is the point ? REPLY LINK  abhijit banerjeeijit banerjee November 27. it is going to cost you. I find some or the other valid reason for not going for it.mobile phone. 3500/. they have even more streamlined the booking process which is indeed good news. I had booked in both the places about 2 months in advance and it didn’t seem like such a big inconvenience to me at the time. you have to stay in places with more than or equal to 3 star ratings only. Will it be a smart financial decision to buy those? And what would be that “smart price”? Before I make a decision I feel I should consider these facts.these days and I have noticed that the prices have been increasing every year. But. I agree when Hemant says that the wise learn from other’s mistakes. I had stayed as a guest of a Member and I have nothing to complain as far as service or facilities are concerned.Hemant’s article can be a true eye opener. the question is “Will it be a good Financial Decision?” Though. So. 10. so obviously before committing to such a significant amount I did look around for opinions and experiences. you can hardly blame them for lying or mis-selling since there are enough details on the internet about the features of this product.000/. they are absolutely gorgeous. Such a place. I fell it would be very naïve of us to make a decision based only on what a sales executive tells us. He has analyzed very systematically why Club Mahindra (CM) membership doesn’t work for him and probably for others with similar holidaying style. even in off-season. Even to buy a Rs. For that. I feel it would be really good to have a CM membership. I am told. I am just exploring the possibility of “benefitting” from other’s mistakes. So. in India. I have stayed in a couple of CM resorts (Coorg and Munnar) and I have to admit. If you want to holiday every year and want to stay comfortably. It is true that “used” CM memberships are available on various forums at steeply discounted prices. Both the times. Now. I have been a “prospective” CM membership buyer for a long time now (Since 2008!) and every time I decide to finalize the deal. and I found a lot of useful information on Srindhi’s and Bhupesh Blogs. I holiday (or would like to holiday) at least twice in a year and whenever I do. drawbacks and advantages since CM has been around for more than a decade now. 1. I do quite a bit of research. would cost you upwards of Rs. I like to stay in a comfortable and clean place. At today’s price you wouldn’t be too off the mark if you assume that your per night cost will be close to Rs. Even though the executives of CM try to hard sell their product. 4000/- . that the ASF and your Non. 2. Your holiday accommodation requirements vary with passing years. It would be a real pleasure to stay in most of them (Kumbalgarh’s dirty swimming pool notwithstanding!) 4. Since. So. there are bound to be some bad experiences) 4. Can go to “only” 40 (as of now) resorts in 20 years. I find the trade-offs are not very discouraging. (I have created an Excel sheet calculation for the same and can mail it to all those who want it). Now.quite reasonable. you will have to dig into your corpus every time and consequently your corpus keeps shrinking every year. for Rs. For my requirements. If you have school going kids for example. Planning holiday well in advance. . (you don’t have to visit the same place again if you holiday only twice a year like me) 3. I find a white studio with at least 20 years.CM accommodation cost both increase at 8% every year and you have a bought a membership with still 20 years still on board for one Lakh (which let us assume was your “holiday corpus”) you will see that you would have spent about Rs.at an equivalent hotel or resort over the next 20 years. Would certainly welcome comments. the question is at what price to enter the membership.savings are – 1. After a few years you will not be left with any corpus! 3. the cost of that holiday will have to come from the sum of the corpus and the interest. 1. Bear with “not so premium” service at few places. 10084/. CM resorts are beautiful and extremely comfortable.per night at CM (Even after considering that you continue to pay Whole sale price index linked ASF) as against Rs. (In fact I was negotiating a deal recently but it didn’t come through as there was a difference of about 10K between the seller’s and my offer. 5675/. red season should be better and probably 1or 2 BR (depending on number of kids).000/. 4409/. if you assume that you a have a holiday fund which you have invested in a fixed deposit that gives you a return at 9% per annum and you take a holiday after you have accumulated the interest for one full year.2. (which can happen with any hotel or accommodation.) If you assume. 00. The trade offs for this Rs. The type of apartment and season depends on your family size and composition. but you have only one type of accommodation. interest alone will not be sufficient to cover the expenses in most of the cases. ashtamudi and mussorie. these people do sell their rooms to non members instead of providing the rooms to the members….We have visited yercaud... 2012.We rate 10/10 our experience till now. . 12:13 PM Hi..Raghunath June 4. REPLY LINK o Dr..I feel pained to see many of you calling them cheats..which I really cannot comprehend…Regarding food there is no compulsion that one has to eat there only.it reminds me to take a week off in a year to those lovely resorts with courteous staff and well mannered co-members…For me iam happy to have invested in club Mahindra.etc. 2014. 2:11 PM We have a red season studio membership.munnar.As for financial calculations I do not do it much as long as our experience in these resorts were good.etc. all through out the year these people will not have rooms available for their members be it anytime of the year and they indeed go about promising during membership that we will be getting studio rooms to stay in but end up giving us some of their filthy hotel units which are soo small and the quality is soo bloody pathetic that an individual cannot stay in these filthy rooms of theirs and their call center too has a very pathetic way of responding.For a busy doctor like most.Some hiccups are there no doubt. REPLY LINK  Pooja December 9. We are a member of club mahindra and pay about 14000 annually for their soo called maintenance but to be frank it does not seem to be happening.but overall our experience has been too good. com REPLY LINK  Maverick December 11. 8:48 PM Hi Pooja.(can say 50% stay at resort and 50% hulla gulla ) 2) If you can plan your holidays atleast 2 month in advance...(this happen in any 5 start hotel. . My understanding : CM is for you only 1) If you are family – like to stay at resort and like to enjoy the beauty of nature and not hulla gulla of city.dell@gmail. 2013. I am also CM member.you can not compare 5 star and one” dhaba” or 2 start hotel price) 6) Most importantly you like to stay in the property above 3star rating and know the pricing difference for what you get when compared to lesser star. Mail me at sayan. REPLY LINK o SAYAN October 16. SINCERE ADVICE NEVER NEVER TAKE UP A CLUB MAHINDRA MEMBERSHIP……. 3) If you like to travel every year during holiday seasons(like kids holiday’s) 4) If you have patient to get rewarded for your money (Like share market …one should not go to chart and see what is going on in the market daily when he is planning for long term investment) 5) Considering luxury resorts ready to shell out little extra for food and other expenses. if u want to sell the package at a lower price. 4:51 PM Most of the members are telling the true stories. I may consider after a brief review. 2012. only one weekend a year u can travel across. Hope this will help. . i was impressed by the way the sales rep approached me after attending or rather i can say wasting my 2 precious hrs about the add ons of clubmahundra. REPLY LINK  Mathew December 16. being mahindra group why such a pathetic service and a bad name in the market. 10:29 AM Superb discussion.. 2012. I am convinced that this is one club I am better off not joining. If above any of the number coming to “NO” I request not to enter in to agreement as you will be disappointed. however after reading through the variety of views offered. i came to know about their new conditions which they are going to exercise from now on. � REPLY LINK  Colin December 19. cancellation a member have to do one month in advance and finally the members can go to a particuler resort only once in a year. I feel good that my money is saved from the cheaters and frauds like clubmahindra’s. 3:37 PM Great discussion all…I was thinking of signing up. I hope it will be useful for others as well. 2012. a. . Sheela REPLY LINK o Nisha July 18. 12:48 AM please get out they are cheats. and some good option of 5 days Holiday abroad and 7N/3D in CM resort is available. is there a possibility to get out of the CM membership after I paid 3 emi’s and availed atleast one free holidays that they promised. COLIN REPLY LINK  Sheela December 19. I have done the initial payment of 21990. 2012. You wont get holidays when u want REPLY LINK . After watching mix comments from few of the members in above post. after having thought that at least I will be going for Holidays once/twice a year. If you want just book online when u want to take holidays. One thing wanted to ask. 9:56 PM I recently joined CM as a member. and they have asked that 3 emi’s will be deducted from my CC. 2014. i am not able to decide whether to continue with CM or not. Do not book for 25 years its a big scam. Please suggest. Thanks. For some reason.. 5:15 PM Hi Hemant and everyone. 7:32 AM I think there is a free look period. Mukta REPLY LINK o sunilkumar January 1. how much can be the time taken? Please assist. Too Late Now. You can go ahead and cancel the membership immediately. But after reading reviews on this site as well as few others. :-( December 31. it will be a nightmare)??? And if yes. This article is a real eye opener. 2012. 2013. I have chosen Red + Studio membership with all the 5 offers (which include one internation trip.. I found the offers gud (except few painful things like maintenance fees and extra charges etc. . I couldn’t think of anything else but to become their member.) I have already paid 33K as part of the down payment..) If I decide to withdraw the membership. I am repenting. � I subscribed for the membership yesterday and I checked the reviews today.. 24K discount on down payment etc. But unfortunately I tried to open my eyes quite late. when the CM representative was at my house. how much will be the amount refunded back? Will there be any refund (if not. Couple who have all the time and will to enjoy good life.Ashtamudi holidays inducted us back to CM. 2:12 AM Ooppss ……..Mehra January 7. REPLY LINK  jatin January 1. Was about to buy one. 2013.Anand Mahindra but it was diverted to the MD.Every where it .CM holidays are mainly beneficial to families or Retd. Now I have dropped my idea .we enjoyed at 11 resorts including Gangtak/Baiguney.I too had been lured by their agent but after two weeks of no communication.Thekkady/Kodaikanal/Munnar bought from RCI. 2013.Since last three years. 1:23 PM I have gone through all the comments but feel differently. 8:17 AM What’s club mahindra membership fees in 2013 ? REPLY LINK  Capt. REPLY LINK  Soni January 7. Thanks for the info. 2013.decided to write to Mr.promptly got a call from the corporate office by the MD himself assuring complete refund in 24 hrs plus offered free holidays for 4 nts any where with 4000/free food vouchers. Moreover whenever i want to travel & request for a destination for certain dates…its NEVER available…nd booked…so you have to compromise on the destination & date of travel as per the availability… REPLY LINK .In BKK/PATTAYA.Activities.yes i was also given false promises by the executive… he asked me to write a reference of a lady who he knows & in turn can get a cash redemption for the same.Again celebrated my Birthday at thekkady last year.our wedding anniversary was highlighted in the Dinning hall without our knowledge with Candle lights and Songs by the staff.We have no complaints about CM.That is what we appreciated. REPLY LINK  sabitha January 12. i.Rooms/Staff except these resorts are far from the city center.we got very bad experience as the hotels were far from the city and taxis were expensive and Thai food was not palatable specially for my wife being a veg.Sorry.One should not get dismayed by all these comments. 2013... He also said that you could give the apartment on rent & earn through it .so travel is a problem & so is site seeing.The Gen MGR along with other executives came to wish us with flowers and a cake and invited us for special dinner. was fantastic experience.This holiday was a disaster but on our complaint to CM.food.immediately.special dinner was arranged.At Gangtak.unforgetable moments with CM.Car was arranged and special packed B`fast was given with blankets.We planned to visit Nathula pass in Gangtak.but away from cities. 10:32 AM Hi I took am a member & now regret.In fact we had decided to celebrate our Golden jubilee in ooty.e if you are not able to utilize your holiday that year… I agree that the resorts are beautiful.they refunded our Red season days in to our account back.. I’ve been through similar experiences which I have outlined in my blog too. I was quite turned off by the hard selling that the executive was trying to do and I told him upfront that I take time to research thoroughly before I make a purchase and I walked off when they refused to give me time. REPLY LINK  Amit Shah January 20. This also makes me believe that they use similar techniques to dupe customers. Thank you Amit REPLY LINK . lets see how it works out… will keep you guys posted. that means CM is a rotten organization. After reading this blog and the comments made by various users I have come to a conclusion that I took the right decision. while some of the presentation made sense to me. an eye-opener to many… I share a lot of same thoughts. 12:33 PM Hi After numerous invites. However. 3:01 PM A great article. 2013. my wife was impressed by the presentation. How can they expect people to link with them for 25 years and live with this rot? I am filing a consumer court complaint against them very soon. I attended a presentation at Club Mahindra at Chembur mall yesterday. Shib January 14. 2013. Next morning I called my friend is already member and he also it is waste of money and time to go with Club Mahindra. PLEASE HELP GUYS…. When I said I will think and come back. 10:40 PM My parents have just purchased the 1. They ask you to decide before you leave conference room. but the sales manager says 15% which is paid is non-refundable due to the discount offer offered to them. 12:34 PM Club Mahindra does too much hard selling and that irritates. We have officially complaint today. 2013. They are very upset cause they were thinking that paying the above amount was a good bet. Good bye. Anyway that is their business model. Rohit January 26. They are soft spoken till they finish their presentation. Reasons were simple and logical. They said Thank you Sir. My experience with club Mahindra was people with self respect should not go to club Mahindra office to have presentations. Let them run like that. I have never seen such impolite company any ware. 2013. After asking them about any other charges applicable.28 Lac CM cheapest package on 25th Jan 2013.What should I do????? (Especially Mr. REPLY LINK . They (CM) said no. I told my parents about the annual maintenance which was quite evident. then they start too much hard selling every minute. Hemant) REPLY LINK  Raja Kumar January 27. When I checked the info doc they provided. 2013. REPLY LINK  vinod shah February 7. 2013. and compare with availability on website in 3-4 thousands per day what is benefit REPLY LINK  Manjunath Hireholi February 22. 2013. OFFER: Club membership package for next 30 yrs for 2-4 people for 2 weeks vacation every year . 9:49 AM if u consider nt on money invested and amc charges. vinod February 3. 12:40 AM Hi All. I have the best offer and also an opportunity for you guys. 10:41 PM hi what is benefit is u consider interst on your deposits and availability on website across the board of holiday i mean room s are available on meagre amount u can buy for 2 -3 k why spend lakh for that . you will earn Rs. my name is arun rathnam and i have been a club mahindra member since 2009. who will also like this package and buy it. 7. Shrinidhi hande potraying a totally negative picture of club mahindra (also here by Mr. 2013. 5:14 PM hi.net/2007/02/never-go-for-club-mahindra-membership. shrinidhi with some explanations . REPLY LINK  arun Rathnam February 23. i read this blog by Mr.5 Lakh OPPORTUNITY: Once you buy this package you will get an ID with which when you refer your friends. India. Hemant )and i would like to share my experiences (http://www. 30000 as BV Commission and 5 eVoucher Points For more details you can reach out to me at: Cell: +91 9845700000 Thanks. 95000 as retail commission and Rs. the club mahindra management has responded to Mr.enidhi. on the onset let me clarify that i am just a member. neither am i mouthpeice nor have i been paid in cash or in kind to create this blog by anybody. access to over 2000+ exotic resorts across the globe at just Rs.html) BTW before i begin. Manjunath Bangalore. (http://www.enidhi.net/2008/04/club-mahindra-holidays-ipo.html) first, lets understand the concept of timeshare holidays. It is something like this…..as an individual ur bargaining power is quite limited. therefore in timeshare holidays u agree to holiday with a certain timeshare company, the company gets a substancial number of individuals and hence provides services which would otherwise be prohibitive in costing at a reduced price. it is a buyer-seller relationship, and like other buyer-seller relationships has its share of ups and downs. the buyer expects the moon while the seller is selling just his product!! the disadvantages of a timeshare holiday membership are 1. u have a long term relationship with one particular seller (in this case club mahindra), therefore its one based on trust that club mhaindra will maintain its standards for the full 25 years. 2. since its a group of individuals who have paid, u will have a fair amount of competition in booking ur holiday dates for a particular resort. 3. u have monopolised a particular seller so even if he increases his charges later on u cant do anything as u have agreed for a partnership for a long period (25 years) now, what are ur expectations with a holiday….let me tell u my expectations and why i chose club mahindra…. 1. i want to take a holiday twice a year, my dates are flexible, 2. but i would like to live luxuriously in a resort when i take a holiday. 3. i would also like to treat my family members, near and dear and friends to a good time when they come with me. i have taken a one bedroom apartment, white season. i paid approx about 3.5 lacs for the membership with a free holiday (3 days bonus, not part of the 7 days), Rs2000/- food coupons and a sony bravia LCD tv (26 inches). after that i am getting 7 days a year with an annual maintanence fee ranging from Rs 12000 in the first year to Rs 15000/- in the 4th year. The ASF is based on parameters of inflation index published by the indian govt from time to time. Q1: often people tell me you can put the money u paid to club mahindra in a fixed deposit and holiday on the interest alone without even paying any annual membership fee. answer: my calcualtions are this. any resorts of the standard of club mahindra costs approx 4000-6000 today. lets fix it at the lower cost Rs 4000 for a day. what i am getting in club mahindra is a 7 day holiday for 4 adults ie 7 days at Rs4000 a room, 2 rooms for 4 adults = Rs 56000/-. if i assume i put 3.5 lacs in a FD i will get approx 31500 (assuming 9% interest), so it means a yearly outlay of 24500/- (this figure will only increase as interest rates hovers around 8-9% but inflation causes the hotel rooms to get costlier) so in a way what i can say is instead of putting the money i earmarked for holidays in the bank and earn interest as money, i have put it in deposit with club mahindra where i am paid in holidays ( rather than in cash). its a different way of looking at the same scenario when i see it from a members side a 56000/- holiday is costing me the ASF that i pay ie 15000/-….which saves me 41000/- in the first year. The margin of saving does increase every year as rooms get costlier every year while interest recieved on money invested remains constant. therefore i feel its a good deal. in my opinion club mahindra gets approx around 10 lacs profit from each membership but thats beside the point. a company has to make a decent profit from them to be sustainable. if they are not making good profits then i would be worried that theirs resort standards would drop after the inital period and will not be sustained for 25 years Q2: Why choose a resort at all, why not a nice hotel room?? answer: if u are asking this question, then definately club mahindra is not for u. it is for those people who want to enjoy resort type luxurious stay for some days every year. if u feel u dont mind staying in a normal hotel and spend money on other aspects of ur holiday, then CM is not for u. so please be clear what u want before commiting to a CM membership, because this is a long term commitment. if u decide u want to opt out inbetween u will definately end up on the losing side. Q2. a room is never available in the resot of my choice. this is a constant worry/ complaint often voiced. answer: i book my holidays approx 2-3 months in advance i have never had a problem with availability. i dont know about last minute deals but i know this, availability is there for resorts in about 2 weeks from any date if u are not specific about resort (places near to ur residence like say places around delhi or places around mumbai, or bangalore etc). i guess thats ok considering u are planning an off- the-cuff holiday. i am not talking about peak season like new year or diwali or christmas in this. Q3: Marketing people offer the moon when they talk to you Answer: This is silly, how can u believe anything that is not given in writing. whatever is the contract everything is mentioned clearly in writing. please read everything carefully before commiting. i didnt have a problem with this as i believed whats written, not whats said!! Q5: not all resorts are good answer: i agree that not all resorts are of the same standard. varca beach goa, munnar etc are really big and nice. in general the ones in north india are smaller than the ones in south india which are really well spaced. but all resorts have a different theme and look. eg jim corbett has the jungle look with a lake in the background. poovar and astamudi are situated in the backwaters. munnar and massorie have a whole hill spaced as the resort. so each resort is definately different and worth seeing Q6: season classification This is quite a good feature offered in most time share holidays. ie ur payment is based on the time u want to take ur holiday. so if u want the “peak” season u pay more. this also ensures that the particular season members will be given preferance on their respective season. (Eg. u cant choose the blue season and expect to go to goa during the new year period.) Q7: Food availability and cost The quality of food is really good. The buffet rivals any 5 star restaurant and is very nice. but the cost is quite high. on the upside a lot of restaurants are available in the near vicinity of most CM resorts so u dont have to eat in CM all the time. The combo they offer (breakfast, lunch and dinner at a reduced price) is good but still the cost is high. I hope they offer better economic food variety Q9: lots of complaints and disgruntled customers if u browse the net, u will find diverse opinion with many people saying a CM membership is not at all cost effective. I feel it all depends on what u want. if u are sure of what u want and u feel u fit the customer profile of a CM membership u will I hope this blog has helped u decide whether a CM membership is worth it or not. club mahindra comes in between. but thats just my opinion. use most of the apps and software with it. 2:18 PM Thanks Arun for sharing this – hope this will help readers. therefore i dont fit the customer profile of a HTC one or a samsung SIII. I would definately recommend a CM membership as i have had quite a good time with them. REPLY LINK  Sujit March 3. in my opinion buying a high end phone just to gel with a percieved “high end” crowd is a waste of money. in whatever u buy. i will definately be unhappy if i buy either one. u cannot have the best for the cheapest cost. 2013. Your analogy of “Smart Phone” clarifies my point “CM is MY mistake”. have fun with it. it just means i should never have bought either one!! in the end if u want everything according to ur specifications it will never happen. My family and relatives who i have taken along with me to the resorts are all happy with what is offered. when u pay 20000-30000 for a high end phone how many users actually access the internet. the best will be the costliest and the cheapest will be the least quality. others disagree. i will feel they are a waste of good earned money. For eg. some will agree. It doesnt mean these phones are bad. its value for money if u want a luxurious resort based holiday. 7:33 AM . Please be sure of what u want out of ur holiday before u commit hastily for a 25 year timeshare and regret in leisure!! REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal February 25. 2013. i went through lot of discussions above and also gone through the membership details it thinks its not good to go for club mahindra…. Before that let me tell you my background I am basically a Mechanical Engineer & CFP and now I earn my leaving as a Value Investor. 25 % in accommodation 45% in travel 25% in food 10% in miscellaneous… like a bit shopping.... 2013. Hi All. you visit place not resorts….. medicines etc…. i think self plan and self research is the best way to enjoy…… REPLY LINK  Sachin S March 4. 60 % in accommodation 20% in travel 20% in food bullshit…. When you visit places. . its…. They said when you plan holidays its like you spend…. Let me share my views about Club Mahindra and how I purchased my membership. 4:08 PM Hi Thanks a lot for such a wonderful post. for next 25 years how can you think about investing 3-5 lacs for others property. From enidhi.in) I came along a very interesting website enidhy. While analyzing the company and doing my homework (Google. not only that long back I had attended companies marketing presentation and rejected the idea of Buying Membership from Company after doing lot of calculations.net where I got a very good analysis of Club Mahindra Membership from members prospective. So according to me it’s a fantastic business model in long term. The most interesting fact about the business is that the members are giving you money to create the assets and as well as to maintain the same (after 25 years Club Mahindra can use same inventory to sell further memberships. they on their own are going to compete to maintain occupancy in Club’s resorts. Compare this with any other hotel Industry where the hotel is required to borrow and pay interest to build the capacity and then to worry about maintaining occupancy in it. and for some reason if they don’t use it the members are at loss and not the company. Etc As there is no developed second sell market for timeshare so they are selling it at distressed price It is like selling of a second hand Car. most of them had become pray of Club Mahindra Sales team and are now unable to use the Membership mostly for following reasons 1) Do not get the time for Holiday 2) Need to plan in advance of 4 to 6 months to get the bookings of popular resorts.) and not only that.So as an Investor I first started analyzing the Business of Club Mahindra and I found it very interesting. 3) Resorts are not in city and food is very costly at resort. Then I realized that buying such a second sell membership dose makes a very good seance as these are available at 40 to 50% discount to new membership price and in most of the cases accumulated inventory of Days is also available for immediate .co.net I realized that there are lot of members who want to sell membership most of them had bought the membership without carefully analyzing their needs. BUT …………The Market knows this so Mahindra Holidays and Resorts Ltd was quoting at a stiff valuation of close to 24 P/E (in June 2012) In stock market the most important factor is the price what you are paying for the business and as a Value Investor I decided to keep this stock on my radar and wait for fall in the same. 5) These resorts are very child friendly and have good and safe facilities to keep children occupied. 2) Maintenance and service at resort is quite good. I realized that in second sell you pay 40% of price for 80 to 90% of period.com and also on enidhy.com . 3) You do visit some different places which you will not otherwise visit. It is not as 5 star hotels but certainly with the standard of 3 to 4 star hotels. And using second sell membership is not like using a used car as it doesn’t depreciate only you get less no of years compared to new one. Over a period of time only annual maintenance component of my cost (which is 40%) is going to inflate with inflation so probably it will be further cheaper for me few years down the line. I bought this membership in June 2012 and till date I visited following resorts 1) Goa verkha – 2 times 2) Coorg . When I analyzed my needs I realized that my children are of age 2 and 7 years and they will come with me for holidays only for next 8 to 10 years ( I don’t think this generation will travel with parents once they are 16) so for next 10 years I need to take vacations when they have holidays so I decided to buy Red Studio Mmebership.( 55% discount in price for 92% period compare to new membership) and after doing calculations for PMT considering interest @ 10% on 175000/. And after giving couple of offers and bargain I made a deal of one Red Studio Membership with 23 years left (only 2 years used) for Rs 175000/.(Including annual Maintenance Charges) and my cost further goes down if I travel in white or blue season so I found it worth at this price.my per Red Studio day cost works out to be Rs 4200/. olx.net websites.utilization. 4) It is not compulsory to buy food over their and In Studio apartments you get small cooking facility like Microwave or so which comes very handy when you are traveling with children. AND I BECAME A MEMBER OF CLUB MAHINDRA. I found lot of sell postings for various types of Memberships on quikr. When I discussed with my friends who are existing members I realized that Membership has got following advantages 1) Locations of most of Resorts are outstanding. 2013. 2013. I was one such person that went for the free voucher only but when they started explaining their product. Their online resort booking facility is fantastic and very transparent I found it very convenient as I plan my holidays well in advance and anyway you can cancel your booking 16 days in advance without any loss. something told me that I should compare their offers with other similar offers. However. before it was too late for me to fall prey to them. 50-60% discount is awesome – your value investing strategies are working here � REPLY LINK  Mani March 9. One month back I bought one more membership for my Mother which is Red Studio with 16 years remaining and 21 accumulated days for Rs135000/- I am a happy member of Club Mahindra and I am waiting for share price of Mahindra Holidays and Resorts to come down to enter the Stock…………… REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal March 6. 8:06 PM Please do not fall prey to calls from Club Mahindra reps saying that you will be given free voucher. 3) Austria – Inns burg 4) Sherwood Mahabaleshwar – 2 times After visiting these resorts I never regretted my decision to buy the membership in fact I am very happy with the Membership. I will subscribe to Club Mahindra once I get a feeling of how . 6:50 AM Hi Sachin. I openly made that comment and told them that you are going to give me a free voucher and let me experience your place. I started to convince myself that I should subscribe. 2013. i have been able to utilise these free vouchers for a 3 day holiday. 4:35 PM this is a clear case of muddling up issues. and u also want it under no obligation…. “give me 1 apple.isnt that asking for a bit too much?? (just my opinion). try asking an apple vendor on the street. If they are behaving like a cheat even with the voucher. But they come with a catch.. do a down payment for the membership and then avail the voucher…. Not even a thanks. Hearing that a new sales person approached and started narrating the same story that the first one did. My response was the same. I only thank god now that I did not fall prey to their sales pitch and become a member.. club mahindra does give free vouchers. Till now I have not received any voucher that they said as already dispatched through email. I can imagine how well they can keep their promises to their subscribers! So please do not fall prey into the hands of Club Mahindra guys! You will be better off doing your holiday plan at the point of incidence.. REPLY LINK o arun rathnam March 10.”……i hope u get a positive reply!! best of luck . the catch is needed as a room in any club mahindra resort sells for 4000-6000 a night. u want a holiday worth 12-18000 for just attending an event and listening to a presentation…. they said they have already sent it through email.5 hour long hard sell and said bye. they wrapped up a 2. What more was needed. It will also give me some time to compare your product with others.at the end of the holiday u will just say “i dont find the resort impressive” and walk off…. i will taste it at home and if i like it i will come back tomorrow and buy a dozen. the place is and the service is. I believed them and walked out hoping that the voucher would have reached and I can definitely make an attempt and subscribe. When I prompted innocently for the voucher. from others who were tricked into this shit. REPLY LINK  Shib March 11. “give me 1 apple. REPLY LINK  Ravi Singh March 15. Current members like me are having a tough time to get accommodation on desired dates even after paying a hefty membership and each year additional annual subscription fees. 4:09 AM buy it second hand on olx it retails for 70% discount. it should stop tricking people that they have won a free holiday voucher.”… To which the apple vendor denies straight away. All I can say is. 2:25 PM I am a members of CM since 2011 and have availed holidays in Jim Corbett and Goa (Varca beach). 2013. in short CM doesn’t follow ethical practices. 6:40 PM try asking an apple vendor on the street. Club Mahindra doesn’t. full of natural . etc and they charge you without letting you know. at the end of the holiday u will just say “i dont find the resort impressive” and walk off…. 2013. like asking for a credit-card authorization. i will taste it at home and if i like it i will come back tomorrow and buy a dozen. they have Excellent propertis. If CM feels it can’t give something under “no obligation”. 2013. hence the article here to enlighten everyone. yes I will because as a customer I do not find it worth enough to invest (read “trap”) my money for 25 years. They try to trap you with tricks. REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3.. They do not let you know the cancellation charges or the timelines. a cheque. I do not understand if they charge 2.000 which is equalent to +/. which I was not aware that there is yearly ASF factor of 10. This is a foolish decision i have taken. 2013. I am planning to buy another Red Studio from 2nd hand market. 10. Had I been properly informed (like Sachin S). 3:58 PM Joing to the club mahindra membership is my biggest mistake. .000. Also. One more thing which I want to point out is. Just take the intrest factor + add the ASF charges they charge ie. Its all depend upon your Personal preference and needs.000 extra payment every year. I could have never wasted extra money and would have bought from 2nd hand market. we get atleast 25. You can spend a good holiday for lesser amount anywhere in India. But I regret paying in full around 368000 in one shot in 2011 for Red Studio. The fact is their agents hiding lot of factors which we come to know during the month of march. I booked in 6 months advance. CM Goa Resort (Varca beach) is the most sought after Resort (by CM members) for vacations and I had no problem in getting reservation even in peak season (5th Jan 2012) but yes. if we keep it in FD yearly. Ine of them is ASF. I completely Agree with Sachin S.500 @ 10% intrest on the principal amount. REPLY LINK  Vijay March 22. if I forget the extra amount I paid for new membership (instead of buying from 2nd hand market). environment. But since I go vacations twice an year (with one of my close friend and his family).= 35.65 lacs for 25 years at once.. Anyways. It has been a quite good and satisfying experience for me. If they are not then they should do their business with honesty & inform the costs involved at first instance before the person could sign the application … I think. -If you holiday for australia/newzealand you would end-up paying 2. Will you calculate interest on it? -On everything interest is not calculated.. public should aware about club mahindra that they are froud. I don’t agree about the interest accruable on the product. Similarly. REPLY LINK  Sanjeev March 25. It’ s a never ending debate……. . I feel that club mahindra is just cheating the public and are into froud business. This is bullshit. From reading the above post I think this is a case of buying a product without getting full information about the product. 2013. leisure travel in this era is a must. you should not calculate interest on it.. 4:09 PM Dear Hemant.5-3 lacs for 15- 20 days of trip. infact they should refund the full money with bank intrest applicable to that much period. I asked club mahindra cancel & refund the money… which now they saying that there is no refund policy. I am also a club mahindra member from past two years. will you calculate interest on how much you have spend on your education or your children education. 000. I was not aware & when I got the first invoice for ASF charges it was nothing less than a surprise. if we keep it in FD yearly. Why they have to hide the info. You cannot compare one thing to the other. Tension free. 9:42 AM Hemant. Clubmahindra agent did not inform me anything about ASF charges. As you say about complete info.it’s just not so…. Its not that hyundai i-20 is a poor product but if your requirement is of honda jazz and you buy i-20 before having proper info and then claim that i-20 is poor…i don’t know what to say… At many places you are right…but if you say club mahindra is fraud…. we get atleast 25. Still your principal amount of 2. I felt I am cheated. sanjeev REPLY LINK  Vijay March 27. If you know for what you are spending then there is no issue of intrest income. If ASF needs to paid then they should have informed in the first instance. Just take the intrest factor + add the ASF charges they charge ie.000 which is equalent to +/.= 35. 2. not wise investment.. I dont agree your comment. 2013. I also traveled Europe holidays. I felt so bad that why I become the member. In that way. REPLY LINK .65 lacs for 25 years at once. 10. In that way I cannot compare the facilities that I got during my travel to Europe to Club mahindra facilities. but I know what is going to be my expenses.500 @ 10% intrest on the principal amount.65Lcs secured in your hand. By looking about the prepayment of whole amount. 6:25 PM Hi Vijay. there will soon come a time. the principal amount will get exhausted by 8th year itself. 4:14 AM why dont you guys at club mahindra explain things to the public before you steal their hard earned money. I called this guy only to know ( a lie) there is no cancellation policy.5 Lakhs in 25th yea (all calculations at 10% inflation).5 k. forget 25 years. above Rs. 2013. when you sales guys would be bashed up on the road the moment someone notices your ID. REPLY LINK  Sheejo March 29. After reading above comments. Tauheed) while I was still asking questions. I got to know there is . just like killing a cockroach. Regards REPLY LINK  jairaj November 3. I realise this promo is for everyone) and the moment I gave my cc to the rep (Mr. 42k in year 2 and 3. Your calculations of a decent holiday for 1 week at 35k hold valid at today’s rate. etc (Now. 3. I enrolled to cluba Mahindra in a Travel Mart in BKC. 1 lakh from 13th year onwards and approx Rs. Mumbai this Januray 2013. But have you factored inflation in the cost of your holidays for next 25 years? It will become 38. I was told all good things about Club Mahindra including a promo 2 weeks free international stay. 4:47 PM They denied my refund too. He did not even gave me a day to think and next day morning when I realised my blunder. It will be considered normal for CM sales guys to get beaten up. he swiped my card.o Amit Sidham March 29. 2013. 2013. Factoring inflation. I paid a total of 33. not only me even most of the readers will agree this who knows the value of money. It would be interesting if someone from Clud Mahindra responded to your post. They force you to become their members (sometime even .. 6:41 PM Hi Amit I can talk about today!! I dont know about what is going to be next 1 year.. Let this & above messages reach one and every individual who might get trapped by Mahindra. REPLY LINK  Sumanth April 1. they say they cannot refund anything instead suggested their choice of ONLY ONE resort where I did not wish to go. But yes!!! we can definitely talk about today with absolute value. 2013. Never will i become their member. which you agree!! But I can assure you. 9:44 AM Dear Hemant Thanks buddy for sharing some of your valuable thougts on Club Mahindra. 10day cancellation period. What you are telling about prediction but it is not neccesary that it should should be true or we may not be there too to look what is stored. Feel cheated in a BIG way by a leading brand in the market. 2013. Now.000 so far and did not use any Club Mahindra property. you can have a lovely holiday for 25K with good resorts in India even today. REPLY LINK  Vijay March 30. when I called customer service. I think I’m doing right. We were then approached by ‘well-dressed’ ‘luscious’ ladies and brainwashed to subscribe to the membership. They then even went to the extent of insulting us. However. Based on the information in Hemant’s article and the other comments. I’ve ‘won’ many ‘prizes’ in India from Mahindra and other agencies but I’ve never wasted my time on any of them…. was the concept of time-sharing. I was in the US in 2001 and went to Florida with my wife. We planned to go to Disneyland the next day. 2013. That’s when I lost my temper. collected the 50% discount and walked away laughing! After all. we held our stance of saying ‘no’. Being true Indians. Lakshmi kanthan April 11. 2013. created a ruckus. I dont know like their stratergy. $25 as against $50. REPLY LINK  C. we decided to go. if I remember right). We were asked to attend a 2 hr session which we later realised. At our hotel we were told that we could get the Disneyworld entry tickets at 50% discount (i.e. beg). people would be dying to become their members (I doubt if that can even happen) REPLY LINK  Yogesh April 8. If they are so popular. 8:10 PM Thanks For the Information! you Saved Me… REPLY LINK . Quite a few who attended the session actually paid up. $25 was a good sum 12 yrs ago… Post my return to India.. 4:07 PM I have an interesting experience though not with Mahindra in India. W. 2013.) Which Room type os better(studio. 2013. Studio Purple Rs.live with it lol. 7:56 AM Could u help me about my decision……………….700000/- Which Seoson is better (Purple. After some time they will say you have got selected in a lucky draw organized by them and you will get 5 days/6 nights (numbers may vary) at their resort and when you will reach the said venue they will trap you and will try to convince you to buy their plans ( 3-4 hours hours of our precious time is gone in vain). REPLY LINK . REPLY LINK  Abhishek Singh April 21. Rakesh Kumar April 13. These guys will trap you in some shopping mall or some other place and they will write your name. If you are convinced well and good (you will be trapped) else no prize or lucky draw will be there... 2013. 4:25 PM Club Mahindra!!! The biggest fake on earth….red. 4:15 AM you already entered a very bad season.1 BR) REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3. I have just become a member of CLUB MAHINDRA . address etc.  Kapil Budhdev April 22, 2013, 2:33 AM I got a call from Sterling Holidays Details of Blue (Off season) Studio (3A or 2A+2C) I have paid the Down Payment approx 20k (of the total approx 1,55,000) and the AMC is 3,303 now which will rise as per CPI I have done my R&D 1. 2003 to 2010 was bad phase for them but now they are turning around again. 2. Rakesh JunJunwala and Damani have made investments in company 3. Co’s MD has been changed and within two years loss have significantly reduced 4. Co. bought 3 new properties (so now total 23 resorts) and they have lot of vacant land (means growth opportunity) also they have renovated some of their properties. 5. As far as my personal criterias I can definitely go for vacations n plan them well in advance for next 3 to 5 years 6. I am into free look period i.e. I have a week still to cancel and get 100% as per T&C (now I don’t know about Co’s intention or their history) Can anybody please suggest me about credibility, reliability, Resorts, services of Sterling Holidays Resorts Please Give ur opinions/instances about Sterling Holidays quickly as I have only week to decide Regards Kapil Budhdev REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3, 2013, 4:24 AM it isnt too hard to judge the guys who plan to create assets from “your ” money. they are all the same. Remember, our social life style is different from the western world. Timeshares does not work in India. Club mahindra holidays is available at 60% discount by people who felt they were cheated. check out on quicker.com or olx.in. you definately wont make a mistake of marrying the whole girl just because you loved her nose. Jhunjhunwala keeps selling his shares. REPLY LINK  Nishant Dabholkar April 24, 2013, 1:30 PM I have a No ASF membership from Citrus Check Inns, Its a well known group. The biggest factor tempted me to take these holiday membership is that they dont have Seasonal Barrier like Club Mahindra, Sterling & other company’s have (Red,white,blue). Secondly, they dont even charge ASF. Any Reason, Any Season – they say. Its India’s first company without ASF charges. 34 destinations. 2600 Affiliation. on accumulating, take 75% vouchers instead of your holiday. they dont get lapsed here. 5yrs plan for 1,20,000/- Fragrance 10yrs plan for 2,25,000/- Lemon 15yrs plan for 3,00,000/- Orange. Fellas, go for such company. REPLY LINK  Neeraj May 5, 2013, 1:19 PM I am also victim of Club Mahindra Membership, you only endup paying money in name of membership and maintenance, difficult to find room aligning corporate working and school holidays. this might be good for rich business class who not able to build their own resort due to XYZ reason. REPLY LINK  Shib May 6, 2013, 11:48 AM So many dissatisfied members… why not get together and fight it out, through Consumer court or any other means. I think everyone is waiting for the other person to take the initiative, then either join him or follow him. Someone who knows consumer law should suggest what is the best way to move forward and handle those issues head on. We all have highlighted the problems, lets find a solution now. REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3, 2013, 4:27 AM I have advised similarly elsewhere on this page. I guess it is high time you stopped getting cheated. REPLY LINK  viren May 6, 2013, 11:57 AM Dear All , even i did same mistake, deposit around Rs. 24000/- in Feb- 13 but my dear frds what is the solution to get back ,they are keep on saying next week-2 .Please solve the problem regards, Virender REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3, 2013, 4:30 AM send them a court summon for cheating. it works 100%. and then get some news channel like bloomberg and cnbc tv18 to broadcast the news. i suggest you do it collectively. these guys are a threat to your hard earned money. REPLY LINK  Nandkishor Chaugule May 7, 2013, 3:52 PM Dear Friends, Pancard clubs Limited is a group company of Panoramic Group of Companies. Pancard Clubs Limited is engaged in development & maintenance of Recreation Club and hotels. It’s having 53 pan India Branches, offerings it customers Holiday Option. Please note CM is only and only make sense for you if 1) You are a family man and like luxury. 4) Be clear about your need of vacation and members joined during vacation.g. REPLY LINK  Bhavesh G May 13. 3) You are not greedy to see the complete state within 3 days. Clubs. Life Insurance & Accidental Death claim. time management. 3) Be clear about your financials and understanding of the inflation. school going kids parents can plan well by going for vacation during the their holiday period only. 2:45 PM Guys Following are my understanding before you select CM is meant for you and ready to invest the money.g. Resorts and its affiliations. 2013. The biggest benefit to the applicant is that the unutilized Room Nights do not lapse. 2) You are going for vacation minimum 2 times in 3 years for 10 days of trip. 1) Be clear about resort and hotel. Himarchal trip of 7 days and just running or travelling from one place to other continuously) 4) You can plan well in advance minimum 3 months. 25000. (e. Apart from this the applicant can avail the bundled benefits of mediclaim. Not only this further the applicant can avail discount upto 15% on food & non- alcoholic beverages. (Find the difference first). 2) Be clear about what is time share and your personality suits the same? E. . (e. The unutilized room nights can be surrendered at an estimated value declared by the company from time to time. Kerala trip in 2008 cost me Rs. An applicant can obtain room nights in advance for a specific period which is offered to him at a discounted rate than the prevailing rates at the Group own Hotels.g. ) 5) Understand the increase of inflation. This info available on company’s website. 400 a day (3 meals).g. (RED and PURPLE is the only season to choose) If your trip generally not dependent on kid’s school holidays (Minimum white) If you do not care of any season and free bird. E. What will be the price of same itinerary in year 2015 and 2020 god knows. 2013. Many resorts are available now at various places and locations. a family of 2 + 2 school going kids cannot buy blue or white season as school will not have holidays during that season. 9) You are particular about the crowd in swimming pool. And CM will not allow (generally) booking for upgraded season as that season members are already looking for vacation. This is power of inflation. CM is not for you. If any of the point is coming NO request for big “NO” for enrollment as the person do not belong to time sharing concept and luxury resorts. 7:20 PM . People with family (school going kids) buying blue season is big blunder let it be cheaper price. CM is not meant for you. 8) There was issue of resorts in past but not now. In India you can get a meal in 20Rs. Choice is yours. 6) CM resorts are luxury resorts and not small time lodge or 1 or 2 star small hotel / resort. Today the same itinerary cost me around Rs. 75000 for family of 2 adult and 2 kids for 7 days. 1500 / night hotel during peak season. So if you are a person who can compromise the stay in Rs. And 2000 Rs. Most of the guys fall in trap are of (blue or white season) REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal May 13. Some Advice for purchasing (if you want) if you are family. Infect average utilization rate is 80% for 2012 and 2013. Strict no to youngsters as they will have family if not today after few years and then they will have conflict of school holidays and CM seasons) People fall a trap when they do not see the things in black and white. 7) If you are a person who would see that food bill does not increase more than Rs. (Elders only Blue season. Luxury always comes with price. Very well said. I really appreciate the time you took to explain everything in so much details. I am too a proud member (with family) Red Studio of Club Mahindra and never regret my decision. i would also like to add some more food for thought. one more thing i noticed is most of the complaints against CM come in the initial stage itself when people feel they should have not made a downpayment for the one . 2013. Makes sense – thanks for taking out time & sharing your views. 8:02 PM Dear Bhavesh. thats also a point we have to state in CM’s favour. Even I was having similar feelings but I couldn’t find words to express it myself. Hi Bhavesh.now within the last 4 years they have increased it to 41. later on with 2 kids to juggle we feel maybe we made a mistake with club mahindra. that also increases my choice of resorts. REPLY LINK  Ravi Singh May 13. your message was beautifully summed up and gave a lot of pertinant points. 10:18 AM dear Bhavesh. 2013. REPLY LINK  arun May 14. the one about young couples not choosing blue or white season just to save money was spot on. when i joined 4 years ago the number of resorts covered by the membership was 25 (one for every year of holiday) …. Food bill is equivalent to stay + food that you would normally pay in other 3 star hotels. so please. blood stains on bed sheets and towels – Significant increase in annual maintenance fees linked to inflation – Options limited and have to plan 4-6 months in advance if you want the desired resort and date REPLY LINK  prerna June 11. 2013. then u will have paid a heavy price!! REPLY LINK  Navin May 17. Rs 120 for tea. therefore it is important to reitrate the fact that a CM membership is a 25 year long exodus. time free holiday. It looks like Mahindra is trying to manage the entire resort expenses based on food billings alone – Poor housekeeping and maintenance – sheets torn. when I joined RED season was the highest season after which they launched Purple season. Big upfront membership fees – Management changes rules whenever they feel like ex. They discourage guests from cooking in the room even though it was encouraged earlier. 3:17 PM I have to say that I too made a big mistake taking Mahindra membership.. if u go in for it wanting 1 free holiday. leaking pipes. Take a look at the below points: – Very difficult to come out of the membership. Implemented new rules on carry forward wherein holidays lapse after a point – Food rates very high (close to 5 star) Rs 90 for a roti / chapatti. 5:20 PM . 2013. please spend more time on deciding whether it is really for you or not. 2013. they will pay immediately REPLY LINK  Deepak Shenoy July 10. 2013. A number of people here have commented that the one time payment protects you against inflation. I have been holidaying every year – at least once in Goa and then other spots – and I have not seen ANY serious inflation in high end resort costs around India. 2013. 12:30 PM I again fell for their trap and paid the annual subscription of 10. I totally agree with u all till u become member they will do big promises after that they will start cheating and making u fool and waste ur money i request if u r planning of becoming member don’t be they r big cheaters and will do fraud with u REPLY LINK  sharan June 14. 12:02 AM Great stuff Hemant.000 ! how to get back the money is the point REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3. . 4:37 AM legally through consumer court. sightseeing. Most imp. On an equated basis. That’s Rs 54K cost per year. In places like Ooty choices have gone up and prices have come down. airport transfers. you do get a can of worms. no going away for the next 25 years. 2. at 10% cost of funds. once a customer is caught in their net. pickup-drop). Even thinking non financially. 28. which will include meals. 11:56 AM Excellent observation. this will set you back another Rs. the cost to you is Rs. Food at a resort costs you Rs. and to add to this. Supposedly now the rates are up to 3L+. not all resorts of Club Mahindra are even comparable to a 5-star. I went in 2005 to a great cottage in Fort Aguada Beach Resort in Goa for Rs. bad customer service with nowhere to complain. and the fact that you get cheaper holidays abroad (even after considering airfare+visa). I went to Holiday Inn in 2011 at 6K a night all meals included. Add the Annual Fee (10K) to get to nearly Rs. everything is charged extra (games. 15K. I believe. and it makes even lesser sense. REPLY LINK .5K per day for a family (breakfast. Keeping the 2. is CM feels they are doing a “trap” business. 754. it is a waste: Given the proliferation of resorts. you would be doing yourself a disfavour locking yourself to one agency called Club Mahindra. 50K for six nights – all meals included. non- availability. 9K included). dinner). I went in March 2013 to Goa (Majorda Beach resort) at Rs. 39 K. 60 K for 6 nights (with meal coupons of Rs.61 lakhs in the bank makes a lot more sense. All this is five star hotels in Goa. Absolutely agree that they have diminished their value. sight seeing and all sorts of other things. You can get a far better 5 star (Holiday Inn/Majorda) rates for that price. REPLY LINK o Shib July 10. lunch. ASF increasing every year. 2013. With Club Mahindra. exorbitant food pricing (as observed earlier). Thanks. how I get that paid amount and where I contact. I have holidays left for 23 years. 2:11 AM Read all the comments to this article & liked your analysis the best. 2016. 12:05 PM I have a membership with CM for red season. REPLY LINK  Murugesan July 20. I am ready to transfer my membership at a cheaper cost than the current rate from CM. 2013.Shenoy REPLY LINK  Geetali Chatterjee July 11. We have not used our facilities till now due to some unavoidable circumstances.for white studio category out of total fee 2. REPLY LINK o Anil dattani August 5. 11:00 PM We have taken Club Mahindra membership since 2010 and till now already deposited nearly 1. Now we have decide to cancel our membership and want to stop the rest amount of payment. Please any one suggest me. Mr.65 lakhs.o Don March 7. If anybody is interested to become a member . 9:54 AM . 2013.66000/. 2013. Thanks. Unable to use the holidays. . 2013. Would like to buy a red/purpul season membership if anyone wants to sell at reasonble rates. Regards. would like to sell. 11:51 PM I have red season/ studio membership. started from 2013. contact me on above email or my mobile No. 2014. Raveesh Badoni REPLY LINK  sabitha July 22. 2014. 10:45 AM You may buy my membership I have not availed any benefit of it and I am having Red membership for studio apartment. 10:23 AM . Sending you SMS at your given number. I have not utilised any holidays. REPLY LINK  Bharat Jawale August 13. 14 days balance. 11:16 PM i wt 2 become a member 9830152895 REPLY LINK  Raveesh Badoni September 2. paid ASF for 2013. 2014. 9833187216 REPLY LINK o nimesh September 1. I finally end up adjusting to the dates available with them just bcoz i done want my days to lapse.there are no buyers…. I too want to get rid of Mahindra membership…like all say.. Yes . i really struggle with the bookings every time. When i have paid such a huge amount . I finally end up adjusting to the dates available with them just bcoz i done want my days to lapse. i also was made lot of false promises. I own a red studio but never do i have rooms available whenever i need. 7:07 PM I think lets join together form a group of around 25 to 30 discuss with legal experts or journalists if they can help us . . I’m more pleased with RCI as there have more choice…yes only issue is you have to take a holiday for 1 week which most of the time is not feasible. I own a red studio but never do i have rooms available whenever i need.. while buying this membership. i really struggle with the bookings every time. REPLY LINK o subu June 20. I m sure once we’re a group plan it atleast they will listen as bad reputation might come and it will come to notice of many Let form a common mail id any one can create and share a id / similar discussion which we can re initiate REPLY LINK  sabitha July 22. i guess they should not use such cheap means for business.. 2015. cmon why should i adjust. Having a Club Mahindra Membership for 6 years now.. 10:25 AM Having a Club Mahindra Membership for 6 years now. 2013. i get much better deals & in such lovely locations via make my trip . Being such a reputed company. I too want to get rid of Mahindra membership…like all say.. High time for Mahindras to realize. 2013. and the Sales Manager named Anand was talking as if he has verbal direa. i have read most of the comments above and i am happy that we have saved ourself from enrolling in to this dirty trap. there is better way to make money. while buying this membership. Morever the offer they give or rather promise to attend the session is also bogus. 2013. i also was made lot of false promises. REPLY LINK  Mythily Nair August 1. I’m more pleased with RCI as there have more choice…yes only issue is you have to take a holiday for 1 week which most of the time is not feasible. Being such a reputed company. or yatra & as per my requirement…. i guess they should not use such cheap means for business. I went and attended the 45 min session in which i was not requested but put in such a way that if you dont enroll you are a fool.there are no buyers…. 3:46 PM .. It is just to bring you to them and upfront it was told that they are not sure if I will be able to avail the offer and they themselves do not appreciate it (free 2 days stay). Money can be earned back but a lost name can not. REPLY LINK  Deepak Bhatt July 23.Yes . and he was clear that they dont need all customers as in a day they make 4 to 5 converts and they are happy to fool those inocent ones. I was just contolling myself not to loose. 4:58 PM Guys. but don’t go by what you read. we have never regretted the membership. With two small kids. today 90% buy sell available in internet so share you internet and search best resort and hotel what you need. Hi. 2013. Would like you to take their offer on a free holiday and see how it is. Check it for yourself. We bought our Club Mahindra membership in 2008 and have been to 8 of their properties so far. country club Why not you buy directly online. the holidays at the club resorts have always been fun and relaxing. Guess it is not for everyone. Overall. including Bangkok. club mahindra. 4:41 AM are you a sales person for CM? REPLY LINK  Debasish August 5. 10:18 AM All are use less. Mythily REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3. 2013. . always enjoyed our holidays and have personal care through-out. Blub mahindra. Regards. but this time . 2013. love part is when you enjoy a superb meal at their resort. batter you deposit in bank fd every year you earn 16 to 40 thousand you can enjoy at your won budget. i was happy with the property. the hate part is when you have to call in and reserve a decent holiday. don’t waste your money 2 to 4 luck. and then with a hiatus of about a year club mahindra derby green was opened in the exact same place where the erstwhile dasprakash was situated of course with the touch of club mahindra’s interiors.ooty has been our families favorite last minute holiday destination. i was guest to this property during the 1st year. 3:15 PM We’re members with club mahindra since 2002 and it had been a hate-love relationship. . Free advice buy one get one free Thanks Debasish REPLY LINK  Anil dattani August 5. 2013. 1:47 PM Anil dattani Would like to buy a red/purpul season membership if anyone wants to sell at reasonble rates. REPLY LINK  Jaygee August 5.we fell in love with ooty when we visited club mahindra danish villa untill then we had a very much cliched notion for ooty- danish villa is a place perfect for family holiday unfortunately that was taken up by zest (club mahindra sis concern). the rooms are a big dampner. lousy couches in the room. service. Food. back in 2002 when we decided to become members of club mahindra after being . i am surprised by the way club mahindra has maintained this property. i can actually draw up a hocus focus of photos from then and now of club mahindra derby green. probably we could have made history by sketching this visitor if we could hold our wits oops mickey mouse-tom & jerry have already made big small & medium screens. during peak season resorts are over booked along with the gimmicks of club mahindra. the furniture including the doors are in worst conditions.round it seems that club mahindra has become extremely ambitious and made it a lil more commercial than the niche product it used to be.service was commendable-people are responsive but its like sliting your throat with a silver knife. 1st they offer 2nights 3days gift vouchers via lucky draw so these promotions take up most of the inventory they have for members. quality & taste are all at par. we even had a visitor except that we had to jump on the couch as soon the visitor entered sniffing around for food. the rooms are in shabby condition. the sheets are damp. and peak season is strictly for members. club mahindra has many tricks up its sleeves. being a member i feel has no advantage. now the resorts our most recent trip to ooty derby green club mahindra is capable of throwing nasty surprises at you. Lets start with the check in procedure- calling 39880000 and negotiating a deal for which you’ve already paid up is surely a class to attend to learn negotiating skills-i’d advise for those who wish to become members-that there is no need to pay expensive membership fee and annual subscriptions-instead be smart go online to several travel sites book yourself a holiday at club mahindra or even sometimes some better options at the same price range. the change in quality is visible. and during off peak the resorts are sold outside membership or lucky drawn so when do members get to travel? all we have to do is to call up 39880000 and draw battle lines.Food is great. the complete inventory is never provided to members but also sold outside the membership when club mahindra is an exclusive members only organisation. lifting its black tail. presentation. The problem is with a unruly reservation system where members have no say the online reservation is just an eyewash. the toilets stench. for argument sake club mahindra says that these vouchers are for off peak season. REPLY LINK  Jaygee August 5. during the last couple of weeks i have raised these issues with club mahindra member relations who have infact revealed many facts to me about their process and have agreed that they sell holidays outside member ships but only during off peak they say it optimises the costs and lowers the annual subscription costs. we intended to become members for purple season but the salesman discouraged us and pushed us to become members for the red season telling us that we’d be just throwing money if we take up purple season as it is the highest and red being just one level below will satisfy all our holiday needs. invited to club mahindra munnar it was a pleasure experience. 2013. does it take 10 long years to holiday at a place we wish to and at a time we wish to. my arguement is that over the years the subscription costs have never been lowered but only hiked and that too on a year on year basis also when we have already paid for our subscription along side one lakh twenty thousand members with one time membership fees which when calculated clearly shows that the inventory is already sold and the money paid up the only pending thing in the process is the guest to come and experience the stay for which they have paid. membership with club mahindra makes no meaning and sense. every time we call up for reservations for club mahindra goa to stay during the new years we are turned down saying that it is full and it gets full at least a year before. haggle with their member relations for a decent holiday. however club mahindra throws away this inventory to lucky draws and selling outside memberships. It is extrememly dis heartening to see club mahindra resorts being sold online and by travel agents while we have to fight. but we never realised that we are not welcome for certain resorts during peak season like club mahindra goa for over 10years in our membership we have hardly traveled during red season and never to goa during the new years. 3:38 PM . I asked him why so much a of a privilege for me… and that just means even their online reservation system is rigged and they work to their advantage ! REPLY LINK  Jaygee August 5. lodged a complaint n informed that I was going ahead with a consumer court case… their official came up with a solution that whenever you do not get an accommodation. 5:43 PM some one called nachamai called me and i spoke to her boss Mr. I give a call to him directly or to his Vashi office. 2013. The online reservation is dubious & not transparent. REPLY LINK . its been more than 48hrs since a call back has been promised most unprofessional company i have seen.After voicig out our concerns online like mouthshut & facebook page i got a call from customer greivances redressal and offered me 1BR at goa emerald palms for december during the newyears while online there is no availability-so where did this inventory come from? REPLY LINK  Shib August 5. Gopal who has emailed me. 4:01 PM Same happened to me… I stopped making their EMI payments. 2013. he left his number which he claimed to be his direct number but when i tried calling it just went to ther call centre number and the lady who answered the call promised me a call back from Mr. Gopal which never happened. and they will sort it out. 000/.on travel cancellations due to mis-match of travel bookings. I was interested in Club Mahindra and decided to do little research before I call them. 2013. This year too 45days before holidays we are struggling for booking. 11:40 AM Thanks for this blog. I changed my mind after reading this page. REPLY LINK  Bhavesh G August 17. 2013. 2013. 11:00 PM Avoid becoming members of Club mahindra Kindly cancel our membership & refund our money with interest & harassment done to our family members for 25yrs wrong promises. It appears that they suck really bad. REPLY LINK  Nihar August 6. As advised earlier last year we have lost Rs30. Avtar August 5. 2:24 PM . As advised earlier as per our profile our membership was upgraded to RED from WHITE on company advise to avoid reservations booking hassles. 000.000 Rs. 30000 per person. 3:01 PM Mr. 2013.20. So on and so forth… Roughly after max 8 to 10 years you balance with your paid amount of CM holidays.20. With two kid it is around Rs. So after your trip you are left with 4.000-1. One more post from me… Without any prejudice Calculation : Keeping money in bank and go for vacation or buy CM membership Let us assume you have Red Studio : Cost around 5. With two kids it is around 1. it is not flexible.000.. In account.000.20.00. Bhavesh you are correct with your calculations.:) REPLY LINK o Jaygee September 5. Diwali Vacation 2014 : You decide for 7 day trip to Kerala : + 4start hotel generally charge you around Rs. from your perspective club mahindra may be a good investement-however you’ve not noticed a few aspects of club mahindra 1) it does not have any rating such as 3* or 4* there is no service gaurantee.00. 40000 per person.40.000 or You keep the same in your bank account Summer Vacation 2013 : You decide for 7 day trip to Himachal : + 4 start hotel generally charge you around : Rs.00. YOU get interest (for sake of ease 10% per anum) at the end of year you will have 4. CM expects us to book atleast 3months ahead even railway tickets . 1.40. So after your trip you left with 4. there is no gaurantee of us travelling to a location and on our schedule. God knows what will be the hotel charges in year 2020.000 = 3. After that it is all free holidays for > 15 years only addition is you pay ASF.000Rs. a in the next 5years.a and expected to rise in near future and will increase over the years i definetly expect this to shoot up to 20000/. the probability of travelling abroad with similar budgets and time frame is possible. for CM resorts which require multi modal transport and more than 12 hrs journey by road the expense can be 8k per day if we split 7days holiday as 2days driving range and 5days as mulitmodal our average holiday spend will be 50k (avg) plus 15k annual subscription that comes up to 65k for 2ppl.in the same time frame one can obtain discounted room tariffs along with travel options including flights for a range of hotels starting from 3* to 5* the advantage is that our holiday can be flexible in comparison to CM. let alone the initial membership fees. coax or threaten for good service.keeping in mind that to book rooms with CM we must have a time window of 3months. REPLY LINK .000/.p.75. but when we return from a CM holiday we know the pain to get a decent room.a for 25 years is around 15k which adds upto 3. at this rate YOY average annual subs p. and the best part is when we return from our holiday we know we have a FD of 5lakhs which is fetching us a interest. 5lakhs poorer. F&B & etc for CM resorts in driving range. i’m not a financial expert however i’d like to understand better if we view our investement this way i’m a red studio member my annual subscription is close to 13k p. on the contrary if we deposit this 5lakhs in bank and earn an avg interest of 9% amount 45k plus annual subs 15k(which we save when we dont pay CM) =60k incase we chose to pay CM by EMI then the remainder of 5k+ will be saved in terms of interest paid on funding (in comparison).cannot be purchased 3months before.If we forego CM and chose to spend 65k on holidays in India and abroad(CM charges extra for overseas holidays for per night which is not included in the costings) for 2ppl we can cover several destinations in India or choice of less expensive holiday destinations abroad in a 3* property around the season of our red studio membership which does not entitle us for peak/purple season holiday in CM. in many instances resorts are full either due to holiday rush or gift vouchers. and surely Rs. on an average we spend roughly about 5k per day on CM holidays incl travel. haggle for our time share. 2:37 PM Looks like internet and this type of blogs have become a frustration(any kind :):)) throwing area… You go to any site for better understanding of any item. searched many website and blog i did not find any good comment but only frustration…infect blogs suggested that best builder of pune are also junk..you should not buy flat or what…. i wanted to buy a flat in pune. time share holidays etc will have happy and unhappy customers….you will find negativity only… e. 2013. 9:38 AM Dear Bhavesh..any kind of huge product like flats. 2013. Bhavesh G August 17. unhappy customers are very vocal about their displeasure….. this blog is also looks same…. REPLY LINK . the problem is that happy customers are happy. anyways…wise people are still alive… REPLY LINK o arun Rathnam August 19. they dont usually come back to give their opinion.g.then where to go…. the sales rep had explained be about the features like booking with short notice . I hold a zest membership since 2004 and recently started getting offers for upgrading it to club Mahindra . But when enquired .. new resorts coming up etc . When the product Zest was offered to me . SUDHISH R August 19. 2013. I after attending the session was told to sign some papers and give a cheque of Rs. This was valid for six months. and given a three days two nights free gift coupon for stay in any Club Mahindra Resorts. REPLY LINK  nkvinayak August 30. Positive factors – Resorts are well located and offers comfortable stay . 3:01 PM I was enticed by the Club Mahindra persons through a call to get a gift in a free session of about 2 hours in a private hotel at Solan in the year 2011. 2013. etc but I was never able to book any of the resorts according to my plan. 9:01 PM Hi Hemant I agree with you in many points explained .finally resulting in aligning my holiday plans holidays according to the booking availability ( which I could have done with any other good hotel). While I was validating the offers . 17000/.approx. I happened to go through your posts. In the papers they got my signature and other . It was also explained to me that even I can have booking in Club mahindra resorts at discounted price . neither Call center or resort managers were able to provide clear answer for this . There was no increase in number of resorts the past 3 years but one got reduced ( swamy malai). Rather I paid them my EMIs half yearly basis. give it a try. 2013.900/-approx has been demanded towards the Annual Maintance Charge for which till then I had never been informed.was split into 4 years EMIs. Even though a hefty amount is being charged by them from the customers like me who are also enticed in their web & once caught will have to loose everthing & nothing to gain. In nutshell I got nothing from the Club Mahindra till now. thanks. 4:24 PM . Now when I called upon them to cancel the membership I was suggested not to cancel it because you won’t be getting the refund of your amount rather I would be in your interest to sell it off to others & that way you will be getting back your money that you have spent for the membership. REPLY LINK  Vijay August 31. Even the free gift coupon which had been given to me at the time of my taking membership never materialised as the Mahindra people never responded to my requests for its redemption till now. or such other bodies which are entrusted with the jobs of such cheating by the firms not doing anything. The money in crores is being fleeced by such companies.75. But to my utmost shocking I got a letter from the Club Mahindra dated 1st April. 4:48 AM Consumer court will ensure refund. I started giving them regular EMIs till the year 2013 upto July. 11. details the mahindra persons made me their club member for studio type of accommodation & my membership of around 2. 2013. 13 wherein a sum of Rs. 13 in July. Yet the customers have nothing or no right to demand back the refund. REPLY LINK o jairaj November 3.000/. 13. This type of company can be compared to a company who is selling the product to the customers by charging hefty amount but still keeping the same product to itself and not giving anything to the customers. Now I am waiting for the buyers but don’t know why not the Govt. others are doing it too. 5 lakhs till now. 2013. This is the similar thing happened to me about the voucher & ASF charges. planning to stop memebership. 8:16 PM you saved me REPLY LINK  Yogesh September 5. 2013. 12:48 PM . They have not informed me about yearly ASF. Why members should pay the yearly ASF charges or their property maintenance charges ??? Is their property after 25 years going to be in my name ??? My only complain is if the ASF should be paid then why their agents hide this info & trying to fool people ? REPLY LINK  PRAMOD JAIN September 2. 1:02 PM i have paid 1. 2013. REPLY LINK  Swapan Garain September 12. still 35000 remain. let all weste…. especially those living in Metros. A line of confirmation will be appreciated. it probably is. . pl refund my full amount. desperation and situation. These are insensitive people who work for insensitive organizations who will try anything and everything to get your hard earned money. do not believe. If anyone tries to sell too hard. This is to request you to cancel my Club Membership and refund my money paid. Swapan Garain Cell: 98690 Email: Garain. As per your 10 days cooling period. These scams range from well polished time-share schemes to blatant roadside robbery. There are many scams floating around in large metros. 11:01 PM If anything sounds too good to be true. its not worth it. Some of these enlisted below and to be avoided by everyone. they have sold their souls. If something seems to be wrong. it may not be true. 2013 at your K-Star Mall Chembur office. do not invest. Dear Sir I joined Club Mahendra White Membership for 25 years on September 08. feeding off peoples needs. REPLY LINK  Swapnil September 28. 2013. investigate or back off. Currency Note on Road – Avoided (As a rule never try to pick up currency/coins. Unit Linked Policy – Trapped 7. Magnetic Bed / Mattress (Japan Life) – Avoided 12. Email Scams (Various) – Avoided …and who knows how many more types of scams other people have got trapped into. only to realize later) 13.1. Car Rental Scheme (City Limousines) – Avoided 9. Meeru & Mega Cab Services – Cab does not Turn up. had to make alternate arrangements at the last minute) 15. Word of Advise: Avoid Telemarketing Calls…it’s where it all begins. Mediclaim Policy (New India) – Trapped 16. Teak / Rubber Plantation Investments – Avoided 10. (Almost missed flight with mega cabs and train with Meeru cabs. if its not yours) 6. Time-Share (Various) – Avoided 4. Cure for Medical Condition – Trapped (Got trapped 1st time. Fixed Deposit Investment (Suman Motels) – Trapped 3. REPLY LINK . he will lie to sell. Club Membership (Various) – Avoided 2. offer to help and then replace car part with duplicate part. I only wish people will learn from their mistakes and other people’s mistakes. Persons stopping you saying your Car Engine is on Fire. Be Informed…Information is power (Rules/Regulations/Fine Print/Conditions Apply/Risks) Do Research (no impulsive decisions)…will save you from heartbreak later. Charged higher amount on Taxi/Auto Meter – Trapped/Avoided Sometimes (Don’t bother to check when in hurry. Be wary of the sweet talking sales person. Airport Taxi (Touts) – Avoided (almost got trapped) 14. (Ghodbunder Road) – Trapped 5. came across 2nd time avoided) 8. 4:49 PM Thanks to Hemat for this outstanding blog. kRISH October 9. REPLY LINK  Nag October 27. I paid around 12. Are there other RGBC members reading this blog. Another key thing is – in all products we use. we have pay upfront and use later... I am a victim of Royal Goan Beach Club which I bought in 2008 for 1. I think if you do noy pay money you have better bargaining rights then if you are member/owner of one of these resorts having paid in full for 25 yrs and deemed to pay ASF. but now after doing a reverse calc from the artices here..5 lakhs. if you want to come out…so what is option for coming out.service and availability is your luck. they have increased the ASF 20% every 2 years…This is exorbitant by any standards… another thing I observed is in RGBC (do not know CM). 776 pre-tax in 2012. I agree more on the people who are against it as you can buy things online cheaper (even if you want CM or RGBC) and host of other options rather than get stuck at one group.stop paying . I saw that you can book any resort from online sites like expedia. Red studio.. alternate year membership.you have lost all bargaining power…the money is gone!! I think it is sunk cost.whether you use holiday or not. 2013. 2013. we use first. then pay…in timeshare.like I see some are lucky here who are happy while most (90%) are unhappy.. travelguru and such offers have breakfast included with relaxed check-in/check out timings…so while some of the people out here are positive on timeshare holidays. if so how much ASF are you paying for a red studio. 5:33 PM yOU HAVE OPENEDTHE EYES OF MANY N SAVED MANY FROM THIS WRITING. does it work? I know what you paid for 25 yrs is gone. 2013.. I am interested in buying membership.and u r helpless.suggest. 2013. Pl.com with details of your CM membership.Once u get trapped they try to squeeze u.all time share salers are cheaters.ok.suggest any possible way out to avoid this squeezing year after year . 3:26 PM you can contact me on pathfinderpune@hotmail. Can we get few fools to purchase our membership at discounted rate?is there any BROKER available? REPLY LINK o sachin October 30. REPLY LINK .like say cut the losses in share market and get out or keep poring more till you break even (like someone said after 8-10 yrs) REPLY LINK  Kalpak vartak October 29.otherwise just gathering more numbers for loud cry. we can save ongoing costs. ASF fee. 1:57 PM All of us are cheated by them. at the least. What is way out? My all learned friends pl.they don’t disclose many things. REPLY LINK  Kalpak vartak November 6. 2013. Every year they sell many such memberships. 2:36 PM I do agree that we have been fooled by purchasing membership of club Mahindra. i found my problems that i could not planned my Holiday before 2 months as i am in projects …. however as working in office. 1. i was aware there is no nearby resort for CM from mumbai… i was in dreaming i purchased something blockbuster holiday package…. however i am now changing my opinion and visited Goa in club mahindras resort. 3:30 PM hi friends…. yogesh November 6. …. 4. projects travelling is always unexpected. however there is no resort near to Mumbai or only one in mahabaleshware for Maharashtra…… this i didnot give importance at the time of purchasing. i have also similar posting against club mahindra few days before… i have mentioned i am ready to loose 1. i think that is my problem as mumbaikar (or general problem for all) it is best for people lives in south and east India.. I stays in Mumbai.. i checked/analysis myself and my close friends (members) frustration.75 lakhs as my membership is now 4 years old.. ….. doing service in IT company... …then i started thinking i will use it for weekends….. from Mumbai its difficult…. they could use it on weekends. …. have enough budget for holidays that’s why on advertisement call i purchased this package and start dreaming…… 2. and not visited any resort…. i think that is my problem as service person (or general problem for all) 3.I was so much frustrated of emi + yearly asf. . could not plan it before 2 months…. 2013. it is not compulsory to read however if you agree somewhat to it… then its a really great package… visit at least one resort. …. …. that will relax your mind change the view about CM. and for which i have paid.. … and above it in four years i paid 1. best luck. he asked me to go for one holiday… plan it and then take decision what is mean by Holiday Resorts. i don’t know how many of above friends have taken at-least one holiday of CM. i will advice all of my friends we have already paid so much of money… so go for it … go for at-least one holiday. REPLY LINK o dhil December 19. it is really great deal for 25 year if YOU use it… otherwise it is a nightmare. get one experience of money you invested for your dream holiday.75 lakhs + (20000) asf. …. that makes huge anger on club mahindra…. meanwhile … there was one CM representative in Vashi branch Santosh Lokhande call me (talk to him only. and what i was missing the best Hotel accommodation resort of international qualities and service offered by club mahindra.because of it i could not make any holiday club mahindra in 4 years. if you see all my problem (may be everyone in mumbai). believing him and with no interest i went for one forced holiday…. . 2013. and that i ask them to stop my membership… i was planning to go in consumer court…. and asked me just forget anger of ASF and listened my all queries. . i request/suggest just go for your first holiday of your dream package you have invested in…. …. i accept my personal problems for not taking holidays…. 4:13 PM . one of CM member like you – yogesh raut. . and my thinking changed about CM. i have very bad experience of other CM office staff)….and i agreed to it and i accepted it. this is the best resort of club mahindra. dear yogesh. REPLY LINK  Ravneet Chadha November 30.and the best suites. 2:28 PM . though not as far as mahabaleshwar. the club mahindra lake pavna tungi lonavala resort is near mumbai. REPLY LINK  yogesh January 29. if it is available in Lonavala then nothing like it for Mumbaikars. 2013. i will check it.there is a toy train carrying you from the first villa to the last villa from the reception. 2014. getting a common date within family memebers is difficulty and on that accomodation wont be available. we do not get accomodation when need. Thanks for information. 2013. 10:20 AM Hi dhil. 8:33 AM Holdiay package is scam in India.3 restaurants.you cannot blame them for your mistake of not being aware if other resorts. great information. REPLY LINK  Jaison November 27. this resort is not mentioned in the CM website due to some land owned issues. if i could use my holidays near by place will be great. I had similar experience.you should be aware enough to know the CM resorts.there are 4 swimming pools. we cannot use this scheme. 2013. Iam really disappointed with club mahindra service. 3:02 PM i want to sale my week of club mahindra white member at rs. i f any one intrested then mail me thanks REPLY LINK . REPLY LINK  Kailash December 24.”Very Good Article By Hemant”. 2013. I wish to withdraw as a member due to their inconsiderate attitude their customers. REPLY LINK  Suraj December 25. 2013. 35000.00 and it is last price. 1:04 PM All you guys file a case against club Mahindra Because Gali Gali Me Shor Club Mahindra wale Chor hai REPLY LINK  ashish shah December 30. 2:09 PM Shared just now on FB. un professional behavior even I found them humiliating the client if you call them for presentation and not buy the products. the whole management of CM is involved in this. Sunil Tiwari. Mr. Asif January 11. REPLY LINK  Swati January 14. Few Names I dealt with was Mr. They even comment to a extent of your inability to purchase their product. Khan. 2014. 1:37 PM i read so many reviews about club mahindra. Just beware and don’t called their Sales man for presentation. REPLY LINK . If club mahindra has Good name & fame then why they are cheating customers? & why none of action taken against them? It should get publish so others can aware of this. 2014. 12:39 PM Hi. I totally agreed about their rude behavior. I think Club Mahindra trained their Sales team in manner that they should report the office with100 cheques otherwise they will not get their salary. As I was going through the comment and review. The Comment I got was ” You can not afford our product then why you called me ?” I am very much sure.  Kiran January 23. well below our purchase price — atleast it’s a relief not to have to monitor our holiday quota and worry abt not using available days. I always think that we are lucky enough to stay @ club mahindra for free and got opportunity to see whats the truth. while we poor innocents who got duped into buying it are the sore losers. The new buyer has probably benefited the most and so has the agent who made a tidy commission. 2014. 1:14 AM I think I will be the best person to review Club Mahindra . 9:23 PM I totally agree with all the adverse comments abt CM. 2014. Thats because my wife is working in a company where we are offered 2N/3Days free accommodation/ year @ any Club Mahindra resorts My Advise : Stay away from Club Mahindra . we have finally sold our membership thru an agent. it was difficult to get bookings at short notice and of course since purple became the new kid on the block. . all festive seasons were barred. After much anger and frustration. we were members since 2007 and saw maint escalate more than 1 grand a yr — even tho we had 1brm apt red time. Reason : I have used/stayed in Club Mahindra resorts and not with my money. I totally agree with the guy who reviewed REPLY LINK  sheela January 27. otherwise we also would have been in a trap sometime may be because of their advertising or false promises. They are rediculous . REPLY LINK  laxmi January 28. they make customers showing lucrative offers but never do give them.t intend to persue the same. 2014. Kindly guide.to 1 Lac. 2:15 PM I am also a sufferer of this cheating club. i would request all people never to join Club mahindra because it is false and fake. 2014. Afterall its out hard earned money. I also could not sell if off till to-day. REPLY LINK . I don’t understand as to what shall be done as they are telling that the refund is not possible. I have paid almost 90ooo/. 4:43 PM Club Mahindra is a big bull shit .Anand Mahindra (who from all reports is an ethical businessman) ever get to read all this feedback? So many unhappy members who cannot find a solution to their problem — what a sad situation. make false promises and do not fulfill them. REPLY LINK  nkvinayak January 29. Doesn’t Mr. towards the membership and intend to sell it off now as I don. 2014. REPLY LINK  Gaurav Ambasht February 1. The person in lowest category was a untouchable. Tomorrow they will add another and even red category will become untouchable . It is also a very balanced analysis when you stress that one should match the product to ones own interests. I am sure this will be a very useful analysis for lot of people. But while taking club mahindra no body assumes that they will also be of the same type. Earlier there were three categories. u will never get a booking of ur choice… REPLY LINK . 3:01 PM Yes. 2014. 2014. REPLY LINK  Dr shailesh jayade February 5. 9:12 PM club mahindra is a fraud company…they are cheating with us…dont go for club mahindra. there are a lot of companies cheating people. Very nice and comprehensive analysis. Rajshekharayya February 1. Hope people understand that. 11:45 AM Thank you very much Hemant. Then they added one more and now the two lowest are untouchables. . 8:55 PM I also got my money back.. thanks some samaritan posting online the requirement. The sales guy tried to talk me into delaying the process once I decided to cancel. 2014. I got my money back without any hassles. 2:52 PM Thank you all sharing club Mahindra information. Keep a copy of fax transmission receipt and also mail a copy og request to self. email them and send a fax to be double sure. As I had did all the above.Thank you REPLY LINK  Rupankar February 12. Johnson February 6. 2014.after reading this all feedback only we immediately demand for cancellation…after lot of followup we are successful to cancel our plan & we got our all money back…. 2014. One need to put your cancellation request in writing within the stipulated 10 lookin days. even sent a rep to pursue me from dropping or actually tricking me into delaying beyond 10 days. You need to prove that you had submitted cancelleation request before expiert of lookin period. Believe me these will come handy. 1:30 PM Hi we got our money back….yes. REPLY LINK  Swati February 10. later I learnt she was a DSA .com) REPLY LINK .kamath23@gmail. I am asking for a refund but they tell me pay up the entire membership fee and the we will give me back 40%) after a number of deductions. but the response from the Club mahindra is very poor. I want to avail the facility to make my trip to ooty. including the incentives thrown in !!. Now I realize I can hardly get a booking even on day 1 the booking opens (for 4 months advance now) – something is clearly amiss. 3:01 PM I am a member of club mahaindra. This is a classic case of being trapped by the fine print in the contract (which you get to see later). If any of the other aggreived members would like to join for a combined class action against this corporate please drop me a note (ashok. 2014. Their sales person (who claimed to be an employee . I ended up signing up for the Red tier and also paid 50% upfront as they threw a number of incentives.I know its going to be a long fight. 2014. It is requested to returns my money immediately. I am contemplating lagal action. REPLY LINK  Rajesh Muley February 13. 5:27 PM I have had quite the same negative experience as many memebers have posted here. but we need to put this company is place. though she carries a CMHM visiting card) lied and told me they have home stays and pet frindly properties (knowing i had a pet dog and liked to vacation with it) . REPLY LINK  Ashok Kamath February 17. Even I can resell mine for very less in compared to now prices. One question I put – You are paying for 7 days of a particular season. 1:23 PM PERFECT POST and follow ups posts. The answer is a big NO. These 7 days are also at their mercy. 2014. Limit on the number of rooms. If you even read their terms and conditions you will never buy this blunder. Still if someone wants to ruin their finances and get into trouble. please go ahead and buy this blunder. Pls dont get attracted by freebies they give. Every kind of limitation and restrictions for a member in peak seasons. Is it really worth becoming a member then. You cannot gift/rent the membership even if you hold highest season as even if they claim it is just for off season. All restrictions are there for members in peak seasons which are red and purple and obviously this covers all holidays or even the weeks where there are 2-3 holidays together in even rainy seasons. So do you OWN these 7 days and make your decision. HITESH February 24. Why you pay for a peak season ? Just to hear that a non member travels in 5k whereas you are deprived off still after paying so much. A True Disaster decision. Pls read the terms and conditions. . In peak seasons You cannot take guest with you. Whereas in the post itself you can find that you can buy in that period in 5k in peak season. Dont you think this is wrong when you dont get multiple apartments in peak season and a non member gets all the priviledges in just 5k for a day in the peak season. This is just like a mouse trapper bread and once you are trapped you cannot do anything but to regret which I and many of my friends are doing. Is there any such option. sterling @munnar and seen CM property in munnar. 5:03 PM whats your view about sterling holidays? REPLY LINK o kk February 28. Old saying UNITY has STRENGTH. 2014. Can all of us who are not happy take a action against this fraudulent company. hiteshanchalia@hotmail. I am not a member of either but have stayed in CM @ coorg.com REPLY LINK  Sonali February 28. Though sterling has larger number of days per year 7+ bonus 7. 5:40 PM Sonali. 10:32 AM okey…thanks for your views… . 2014. Please discuss. REPLY LINK  Sonali March 3. So what you are doing is you paying for off season holidays in advance at a limited no of resorts. Can such a unity be created to teach this fraudulent company and stop all others being fooled by them. Club mahindra resorts are much better than Sterling’s. Pls consider this before buying. I will also ask a question here. 2014. . REPLY LINK  PKT April 5. I almost bought the membership!!! I had the CM sales guys pitch in yesterday. 2014. Cine Rewardzhad sent email that they will send movie ticket but till today we have not received any ticket. REPLY LINK  dr amber March 29. Also telephone no. of Cine Rewardz are not responding. 2014. 4:12 PM Thank you so much. This is total cheating with public by club Mahindra+ Cine Reward This is to just check mentality and approach of Club mahindra……. than you are no body for them……. Once their purpose is over.…. 11:52 PM . REPLY LINK  shailesh mehta March 13. 11:45 AM CHEATING BY Club Mahindra Holidays offered 4 ticket of movie and 2 night stay but instead of giving ticket they had provided voucher of “Cine Rewardz” and after completing all procedure of “Cine Rewardz” including registration + key word etc.I paid a sum of 2k for blocking which he assured will be returned in case we don’t take the membership and now he bluntly refuses for the refund( classic club mahindra). nor they have any systems to understand problem of customer. It finally gives feel that they are not interested to keep their word. 2014. now stop thinking for it…. So proudly accept that we are at fault who are not smart enough and completely unplanned. 2014.Beware REPLY LINK  Raj April 11. I am not saying this cuz I am an employee or whatsoever but because I know the reality and benefits which most of you do not. Stop blaming and start planning and understanding things in deep way. Anyway. if the product would have been so bad. I can say that We The Indians are still not smart enough to know how to utilize Time Share. 9:59 PM Club Mahindra is SCAM. 2014.thx buddy REPLY LINK  Raj April 11. 10:01 PM . Cheers! REPLY LINK  Bhargav Desai April 10.. 6:59 PM Today i am thinking for member of club mahindra holiday…. company would have not been in profit for last 17 years without any debt. 2014.but after your all advice and all your view …. After reading all the comments and discussion. in fact most of above would not be knowing what Time Share concept is. Therefore it would be best to cancel the booking so that others are not deprived of a possibility to travel to this resort for which I had made a booking. Over and above this. 7:58 PM I am a member or if I use the correct term a customer of Club Mahindra. I had also written an email to them describing the entire incident. considered others and that the CM site showed that no rooms were available on the days that I had cancelled the booking – meaning that the company suffered no loss. I subsequently called up the customer relations and discussed the issue with them. . We all were mentally and emotionally disturbed. But I was honest and had a realisation that getting a booking in the CM resorts is extremely difficult as they have a huge base of members and very few resorts to acommodate. And requested that in this case at least they should not forfeit my days as I did what was the right thing to do. So is the case for a booking with them. How can I sell my club Mahindra Membership? Please anybody help me… REPLY LINK  Harpreet April 12. Informed them of the tragedy in the family. 7 days before I was to travel to a resort for which I had made a booking. But since the days left to travel were few. 2014. I cancelled the days booked to help others make a booking for the room which I had booked for myself. As per the terms and conditions – no days can be credited back to you and that tragedy in your family has no meaning. Guess what was the answer that I got. As everyone knows that there are terms and conditions for everything. I had a death in the family. I had the option of retaining that booking in my name. there are terms and conditions. but whenever I call they reply smartly the call center people are smart in talking they are paid for that right . limited scope of bookings which are possible etc. 2014. thank go we have not taken the membership of such fraud company who cannot keep its words………. REPLY LINK  pramedin April 25.till date we have not recieved any movie tickets. 8:26 PM They are really big frauds. 2014. 9:28 PM I totally agree with Hemant .They never disclose about the ASF CHARGES while taking the membership whenever we have planed for holiday we never got the booking I am a member since 2008 not a single holiday is give to us .. REPLY LINK . So when you think of buying a membership with them do consider this aspect as well besides others like cost of membership.beware friends before taking its membership. REPLY LINK  Sarika April 13. Making people fool about the gift vouchers which they promise to give after the presentation. Where else can you have indoor games. But now i m little bit dispointed . 2014. Those who entered earlier have benefited the most. I m totally Confused . Those who can afford it now. I dont know how many have been to the floating resort of Asthamudi and the resort of munnar in the middle of a tea estate. I live in Chennai and I like to drive a lot. its really a experience they should not miss. A long drive plus a very good resort to stay plus sight seeing at our own time. Rajesh Kumar April 29. 10:16 PM My experience with Club Mahindra has been very good. 2014. 12:08 AM i have gone through all contents discussed above with there good and bad experiences. magic shows. dance for children and also games of the adults in the lap of a jungle or near a beach .00 along with ASF through directly from Executive deputed by Club Mahindra for 25 year . I have recently buy membership of White studio worth Rs. I . Its like the real estate business. But its way too expensive now. I remember taking my friend along with me and how he was amazed by the experience. They have 7 resorts in Kerala and also good number of resorts in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.Tell me what can i do. Its true they charge the maintenance fees which they had not mentioned during buying.332000. We had bought it at around a lakh rupees for 1 bhk red season. It has been a very good combination for me. I had never seen Khatakali but thru Club Mahindra I got a chance to snap a pic with the artist. He had a 2 year old daughter and there were games for her also. But the experience at the resort is such that I think its worth paying the maintenance fees. REPLY LINK  rakesh bajaj May 5. 2014. Is there a way in which I could get back even part amount .com Sachin REPLY LINK . Pl reply.i want to sell it off and have been cheated by two firms in goa who promised to rent or sell it for me. REPLY LINK o sachin May 13. REPLY LINK  Parimala May 11. please contact me with your membership details on 09325409529 or [email protected] have stopped paying it for the last two years because I think it’s a big waste of money.i have been paying the ASF dutifully for 12years. 1:18 PM Hi Parimala I am already a member of Club Mahindra and I may be interested in buying your membership if it is either White or Red season. 1:02 PM I bought a mahindra membership way back in 2000and we have never taken a holiday due to various reasons.33500 as initial joining Amount and 4 days with me to refuse the membership well with in looking period of 10 days as told by the Executive. have seen all properties of Mahindra on net and heard/seen the experiences as incorporated above by members and Non members of Club mahindra. 2014. Shall i go with or rethink about my decision. Till date i have paid Rs. I think this is a scam and government should take note of this.Please do not purchase membership. 2014. 5:20 PM I have bad experience with club mahindra.Also sell person lied . I have to plan the vacation according to children school holidays but white color are not available in peak seasons as per choice.but when I received call from their head office I come to know about their season system. 2014. Club Mahindra is simply cheating our .their sell persons tells lie during selling the product. REPLY LINK  Kahkashan Ali May 15. REPLY LINK  manish kumar malik May 11. My request to all please do not join this club . please suggest me right way.I have purchased white studio membership during joining sell person told me that I can avail my holiday any time .they are cheaters . I am feeling cheated because at the time of selling membership sales people didn’t told anything about the color system (season). 4:53 PM I have club mahindra white studio membership. I can book one color higher only before 15 days but there is no room available in resort of my choice. 5:32 PM i want my money back. 2014. manish kumar malik May 11. Pls.i wish there is any way i can b rid of it. hard earned money by giving false information and promises. REPLY LINK  richa jain May 18. 6:30 PM Anyone with Red membership willing to sale the timeshare. contact me. REPLY LINK  KULDIP MEHTA May 20. All fees paid up to date. 9833812490 in Mumbai. I want to get my money back. Thanks and best regards. 4:28 PM . REPLY LINK o Dharam May 22. 2:08 PM my father has taken the same membership in year 2012…we hardly utilise it cuz rooms are never available according to our wish…. Contact on email or mobile no. Have used only twice with 21 days outstanding now.. REPLY LINK  RAJINDER BEDI August 28. 2014. 2014. 5:14 PM Have a red membership for 25 years. 2014. 2014. but no idea how to proceed. YE LOG PUBLIC KO JHOOTH BOL KAR BAKFUKF BANATE HE OR AB PAISE VAPIS BHEE NAHI KAR RAHE. Very correctly said…. 9:41 AM I wish I had the time to find this out before opting for the membership of Club Mahindra. It takes more than a month for them to respond to emails. I am fighting it out with them.it is indeed a “deaf” organisation. REPLY LINK  jatinkapadia June 12. 12:42 PM Sir i wanted to understand booking system first can cm official may through light on it ? their are hundreds of seller on some web site which i don’t know why cm people does not buy back them ? and why they are increasing a m c every year ? REPLY LINK . BOLTE HE PAISE VAPIS KARNA COMPANY KE POLICY NAHEE HE REPLY LINK  ARCHANA June 4. 2014. Awaiting for the response from them……. MAINE JINDGEE KEE SABSE BADE GALTI CLUB MAHINDRA KEE MEMBERSHIP LE KAR KEE HE APPX 2LAC RUPE DENE KE BAAD BHEE KOI BOOKING NAHEE HAI. 2014. At the time of selling the product not once do they mention of the cancellation policy..will update once I hear from them. 2014. 2014. keshav June 22. REPLY LINK  Ratnish July 9. in week time i was planning to but this. thanks all. he said no. 4:08 PM Hi. I mean do they really provide this 2 night 3 days free accommodation absolutely free ? If yes then how is the quality of the resort. I received a call today from Club Mahindra representative requesting to visit their place and said that I am selected to redeem a 2 night 3 days gift voucher for 25 locations. Thanks 1ce again. I asked him if there is any catch. buying this . for saving me . My jiju was already in this but i never heard all this from him. 9:47 PM Thank u so much hemanth. 6:31 PM thanks all i have been saved . REPLY LINK  kailash July 5. . May b as u said it changes from person to person…U saved me in not buying these type of memships. My question is that if someone has availed this facility. 2014. a daughter who can take care of her parents. they will swipe your credit card or even take a cheque from you as the initial payment saying u can cancel later. go for the presentation. Coming to the resorts. can surely buy a holiday for herself and her child…. not because your resorts are bad. tours) will be all extra. 2014.i won a free holiday at Goa once at my daughter’s school… but you did not allow me to go…. My suggestion is. activities at the resorts (games.. why do your marketing people not entertain her when she is one of the lucky draw winner…. 1:21 PM Club Mahindra Club Mahindra Holidays you suck…. They will try all the games to trick you into that. Be aware. Overall. most shave been trapped by such tactics and getting a refund is next to impossible. not because your services are bad…. 10:46 AM While at the presentation. a single mother who can bring up her child.. their resorts are good. but because all over the country your marketing team is not aware of 1 small modern fact…. traveling. that the offer is only for stay. they will ask you to go to those resorts which are less occupied and better in terms of quality. If you read above. do not get trapped into the membership. I will be happy if I receive a reply which clears all my doubts ? REPLY LINK o Shib July 10. 2014. food. they will brainwash and force you to take up their membership. Enjoy it and then decide the next course of action ! Good Luck ! REPLY LINK  Prakruti July 13. today i won 4 couple movie voucher… but you marketing team does not want to give it to me as i am “not . walk away with the 2 night 3 days gift voucher. a professional who can hold her fort in any meeting and make million dollar biz deals…. Is there any way we all together join hands and take up the matter further (may be legal) and see if anything can be derived out of it ? Thanks & Regards. But as some one has said. 41000/= upfront and is in trouble now. Even I have paid Rs . They have clearly informed me that there is no refund for the paid amount as I have agreed to their terms and conditions. Even if you pay their annual increasing subscription in time. Basically their service is good. even though CM may be encashing it by selling it to . Dear Hemant. 7:44 PM Dear All There are a few Members satisfied with the services of CM. 2014. that we cannot get a Holiday booking when we want it. I think you should publish this thru some media so that. married” !!!!!! Anand Mahindra you suck too if you and your team cannot respect women REPLY LINK  Ramesh Nair July 14. I have stopped all my future EMIs. We will have to take it when it is available. one cannot accumulate the holidays. Ramesh Nair REPLY LINK o R Kannan August 3. beyond 21 days. 2014. You said it very correctly. 11:49 AM Dear Hemant. lot of people can be saved from this trap. However. I think it is time that CM satisfies the existing Members. REPLY LINK  ila sharma July 16. who have helped them to substantially increase their asset base (if revalued at current market rates). contact me on 7023949448 REPLY LINK o Nisha July 18. like Reliance and other big companies. 12:53 AM Can somebody tell a way out to get out of this false scheme. issued bonus shares. Is there any way to take them to court so that they stop cheating people REPLY LINK o ashish shah July 18. which HAS APPRECIATED 100 TIMES. let them call all members and sort out their problems. should be looked in to by CM. non-members. CM should reach out to its members. 2014. cancellation of holidays in the last minute due family tragedy. by purchasing good resort property. 5:25 PM i anyone wants to sell membership of Club Mahindra. I think automatic lapse of holidays. CM has benefitted HUGELY from members money. 2014. before the matter goes to court. As a reward. 2014. 1:25 AM ila sharma . Let CM havde an heart and be happy to make its members happy. etc. before increasing Member base. As a gratitude to its members. Chandigarh. 2014. my email id is varikashah@rediffmail. Before purchasing a membership I enjoing 7 day and 6 night in country club property .com thanks REPLY LINK  tarundeep singh khaira July 18. The same can be agitated before Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum of any particular district. i will give you full details about my membership. 2014. I can help friends who are in and around Chandigarh. Am a practicing advocate in the Punjab & Haryana High Court. 1:16 AM Hi friends. I purchase a country club membership. 1986. i want to sell my white studio membership of club mahindra if u intrested then mail on my mail id.per day per person that include (Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner) and food qulity is too good. when I satisfiy then purchase membership. I cleary talk with excutive I want to . I paid for 650/. I think you dont belive. 11:52 AM hello revered friends. Please take legal recourse and redress your grievances. My name is Pravin . I also look into Consumer Act Disputes and the present miseries as unfolded by you all indicate that it is a dispute covered under the aegis of Consumer Protection Act. Regards REPLY LINK  Pravin July 23. Now I suggest other purchase Country Club Membership. Use first and then purchase . Amarpreet. I am filing a legal case in consumer court. 1:23 AM Guys Before purchase anything read all documents. on the basis of which they are raising ASF invoices. (We never agreed the % calculated by you. 6500/. A big fraud.) .90. 2014. I am copy/pasting your mail and my observations/objections are mentioned in (brackets) against each point. It can be agreed to only when you give us specific WPI and CPI figures. He given a booking what I say and I purchase membership of Rs. Kindly note that we are not interested in your stereo-type replies. My BAD experience in the following mail exchanged with Chandigarh office is self explanatory:- Dear Mr.that is awosem REPLY LINK o Pravin July 23. As agreed and discussed about the Asf increase percentage basis WPI/CPI calculation for the year 2010-2011 which almost came out to 8-9%.000 Red seccion and ASF just Rs.1. REPLY LINK  Mahesh Chandgothia July 23. check your services your rate then purchase memberships. 3:20 PM They do not provide the CPI and WPI figures. used by you to calculate the percentage. 2014. for at least 2 years with a GAP of minimum 5 Years in billing. It is clearly mentioned in the application form signed by you as well as the in the membership rule copy whereof was provided to you at the time of sign. you must have noted down the Indexes to calculate the percentage increase. It is very much clear from the membership rule that revision/increase in the ASF is not discretionary or arbitrary.was .5 years.we also understood your requirement to know the Index for the year 2003 onwards but the same is archived on the RBI website. Please provide me a photocopy of the membership form. as prevailing at the time of our signing-up. despite demanding many times. on the basis of which. your ASF Invoices are raised. (When you raised the ASF Invoices. Khemka is our employee and not guest. (Mr.) Moreover. Please provide us a copy of any such welcome-letter actually issued to us.) …………. (No ASF mentioned anywhere in any initial letters. 15. We would once again like to reiterate here that the ASF component was explained to you time and again. but you have never provided us the basis figures of CPI and WPI.we also tried figure that out.) As per aforementioned documents you are obliged and agreed to pay ASF decided by MHRIL from time to time and the basis of revision thereof is clearly mentioned in the membership rule.525/. your Sales-officer very clearly mentioned that if we sign-up as a corporate. We would also like to clarify that the ASF of Rs. any of our employees is eligible as a member and we fail to understand how you can deny us this right. since the membership is our firm’s name. Kindly withdraw the words ‘Guest’ and “as special case” from your e-mail. the said fact was also confirmed during welcome call and welcome letter sent to you. We were never given a copy. it was very much in your knowledge that the ASF shall be revised from time to time. Therefore. It has to be in your own records rather than giving us the excuse that the data is archived on RBI web-site. At the time of signing-up.) We have confirmed the booking of Dubai check in 16-05-14 and check out 21-05-14 with 1 bedroom apartment for the Guest as special case. and membership rules. (We clearly understand the method of calculation. This matter is pending since last 1. duly signed by us. (ASF never existed when we signed up. preventing us from advance booking more than 15 days in advance for higher season. This issue is pending since last 1. and to also show our intent that we are ready to pay the ASF provided CPI and WPI data is transparently shares with us. 30 + hotels give me a choice to go anywhere in India and . Any subsequent rule. 11:38 AM Dear All. REPLY LINK  Pramod Hendre July 29. 2014. For example. when we became member. A very big group which can be trusted once you research about them. and not to existing members like us.) Further. which curtails rights of existing members.5 years. as being requested again and again since last 1. only to ensure that our employee enjoys his pre-planned holiday and the VISA charges/Air-fare is not a loss. I have a membership with Citrus Check Inns Ltd. the matter regarding NOT PERMITTING US FOR PURPLE SEASON PRIOR TO 15 DAYS OF START OF HOLIDAY is totally illegal.5 years as mentioned in our previous mail. There was no rule. when you changed membership tenure to 25 years. 4:28 PM Hi I am bit confused with the thoughts whether i should take up the membership or not pl advise and if yes then Purple/Red/White REPLY LINK o Nishant July 30. 2014. paid by us under protest. ours remained for 33 years. I would suggest that instead of goin for a BIG BRAND like CLUB MAHINDRA. can apply only to subsequent new members. better go for other companies who strived hard for better customer service. “purple” in our case. I have gone through their website. Thanks R Kannan Chennai (M) 9094001166 REPLY LINK o R Kannan August 3. 15 yrs. I strongly advised to atleast check them out. through your referral. Plenty of existing members are willing to sell their Membership. 10 yrs. And if you want to take there membership do contact me coz as a member refferal benefit I ll get some bonus vouchers aswell. moreover booking is always given at our desired location. 20 yrs & 25 yrs membership Plan which allowed me to atleast taste it by taking 5 yrs plan and now I have upgraded my self to 25 yrs membership plan. REPLY LINK . 8:23 PM Dear Mr Nishant Thanks for the info on Citrus. Just send a Mail in this column with your contact details. 8:29 PM Please don’t go for new membership. I will be glad to have more info on the same. REPLY LINK  R Kannan August 3. You will get flooded with offers. 2014. 2014. they also have flexible plans like 5 yrs membership. You can buy them at reasonable prices. 3000 world wide choices through their tie ups. They dont have seasonal barriers like Club Mahindra or other things and they dont even charge ASF (Annual Maintainance Charge). Otherwise mahendra also good for service but rate is high. Country club promised you of an plot in karnataka jungle which us useless.etc. 2:26 PM Dear friends Without ASF very difficult to run the business.thus they closed but now they arr back with plans like Mahindra (Ditto). REPLY LINK  Nishant July 30. quality is not upto mark compare to citrus or Mahindra then why shld i pay 2.a night.60 lacs and its include ASF for 25 Yrs. So purchase a country club. 2:38 PM Sterling used to give 33% returns on investment and it doean’t worked up.5 lacs for such membership. U can see the example of starling holiday resort.. Its hardly 2500 a night with breakfast. 2014. 2014. REPLY LINK . Thomas & cook tack over the starling. I went to their Bandipur Karnataka property this year at a cost 3500/. I am not pursuading anybody but just advicing to invest the hard earned money at right place if some1 is looking to take a holiday product. Its only useful to book their club free of cost for parties. At citrus I took this membership for 25 yrs at 4. If u find out low cost and same benefit. Pravin July 30.function. This company working from Last 25 year.. 2014. 2014. 7:48 PM YOU CAN CHEAT SOME PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. REPLY LINK  Raveesh Badoni August 27. I will advice not to take their membership. REPLY LINK  Shradha August 14. YOU CANNOT CHEAT ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. These people are big looser. they simply ignore your concern and never revert you back over phone or email. But when you try to avail those benefit. One should sue them. YOU CAN CHEAT ALL PEOPLE SOME TIME. while they offer you membership . 1:29 PM Its very correct – Club Mahindra Holidays are a big cheat and fraud which people should avoid to fall in their trap. R Kannan August 3. 4:09 PM They are really big cheater . do fake promises and commitment . BUT. 2014. Or in case you . they just don’t respond or say that you are not eligible for that or in case you like to followup over mail or call center or relationship team. 3:21 PM anyone wants to buy or sell there timeshare membership. REPLY LINK  ila sharma September 2.000/. Raveesh Badoni REPLY LINK  naveen September 2. 2014. contact me. Hemant it looks u r very much experienced in this field. 1:02 PM Hi.com REPLY LINK . please suggest me should i join them or not. 1. can i get some money back from them or resell my membership. after that i have not paid any money to them neither emi nor asf because i realized it was going to cost me very much.& used 4 nights of holidays.although their own resorts in india are few but using their points with RCI looks attractive. Regards. i want a suggestion. ilasharma307@gmail. i m a white studio member. i am also cheated by club mahindra. 48. 9636929991. i want to holiday mostly in india. i have paid Rs. 2014. (mobile-9419115023). really wanted to waste your money give it to some beggar instead of giving it to Club Mahindra.25000/. one more thing Royal Resorts are contacting me for 10 years of points based holidays at Rs. If interested. 2014. 2014. 2:27 PM want to interested to buy white or red membership of club mahindra kindly mail your best offer pvanand15@gmail. 2015. 7:25 PM I was planning to buy the membership by next month. Besides that this Blog was very well written. I was really surprised by some of the details mentioned in the blog and the ways which club Mahindra uses to cheat. willing to sell (Never used/ utilized) white studio membership. The comments played equally important role while deciding a big NO for Club Mahindra. 5:26 PM Hi All. +918054295700 REPLY LINK .com REPLY LINK o Kanav July 25. REPLY LINK  Purvish Patel October 1. HEMANT BENIWAL to look forward a carrier in the same line. Preetinder September 29. i must encourage Mr. 2014.We are now filling an Consumer Court case. REPLY LINK  AJAY MOHAN GUPTA October 18.1 days holidays and piled up with 19. Sameer.The AISF charges are increased unreasonably.The person who took the membership promised us many things and helped us in our bookings till our EMI was paid after that he has been avoiding the calls.We are not getting the booking of holidays when we need. can anyone suggest what should be done? regards.We have lapsed 12. sameer October 14. we did not submit it yet. 2014. the sales rep keeps calling me saying that unless we submit it. 7:54 PM hi.We will like to join the forum who are fighting against this Company… REPLY LINK .. so i lost out on some of my hard earned moolah. since my wife did not carry her id proof when we got snared.1 days more and we may get 7 days more in Jan 2015. i paid the 10% initial down payment to CM. 5:53 PM I am also a Member of Club Mahindra and facing a total harassment in the hands of this Company. the cancellation won’t happen.Now they say that booking has to be done 4 Months in advance where as there are plenty of agents moving around to book you in private in short notice. next day i sent out a cancellation of membership request to their Chennai office via mail and email. REPLY LINK  Vikas November 3. …finding it difficult to go to resorts of my choice since few years. Kapil Arora October 28. So. they can do any thing to sell their membership. believe me don’t trust these people. 11:17 AM . In case you have too much free time then you can take their membership as you might be able to get the booking for any available dates . 2014.. I also faced too many issues after becoming their member but after too many arguments and discussions I was able to get my hard earned money back. Plus you also need to be flexible for holiday locations as well to get the booking. So Take their membership and enjoy your trip whenever they will schedule your trip � because you won’t be able to enjoy your holiday on your planned timing.policy of mahindra is not for all but for few. …. ….either they change their policy or vanish slowly and steadily from the market REPLY LINK  Raveesh Badoni October 30. 2:05 PM Very well written be Mr Hemant . 2014. these people are big time fraud and don’t fulfill their promises and never helps customer once they get the money for membership.I feel that I will never be able to visit the resorts of my choice…. 12:52 PM I am a member since last 7 years. 2014. Poor Facilities: TV remote often do not work. 4. No updates on any action plan till now. I was irritated more than being relaxed. “Action against my escalation: Looks poor. 3. We had to wait @45 to 1 hr to get inside. Below average accomodation: Rooms are average. I have Red season membership & almost all locations are booked for next 3 months. even after complaint.But I guess no one cares >>> ” “Think before taking membership: No value for money. I guess they have more members . I had a opinion that they do not want any customers to come to restaurant. I pray that no one else face these issues!!!.Suggestion/Opinion/Strong Recommendation: ” Say No ” to Club Mahindra membership !! Do not waste your hard earned money. Locks do not open. after a complaint it worked for few hours. Restaurant is over crowded (space not enough to capacity of people staying in resort). This shows lapse in regular maintainence & no one is owner of this activity. Next day we went outside the resort to eat & saw most of the customers eating outside. 2. Phone in the Room also do not work. They are more interested in new members or converting current blue/white to red. Staff does not know what they are doing. Overall: Total frustration. Poor Hospitality: Super delay’s in getting food after order is made: Even tea or bread/toast butter order takes more than 30 min. Trip to Varca Beach Goa (One of the best Reosrt – As claimed by Club Mahindra) Read my review carefully for details 1. my holiday was screwed. I literally was not able to enter the room one night for 2 to 3 hours. Escalation of isses: Finally I escalated the above issues to resort head Mr Kumar & West region head Mr Singh. A note to make: While checking out I met Mr Kumar. they are useless again this is lapse in maintainance. I wonder why ?. finally the lock had to be taken out. but when I called up to restaurant no one lifts the phone. rather than inproving the services. It was like a choas situation. He seemed to be sensible person & help me a carry my missed luggage. They can even remove these phones from the room. Recently I am facing problems for getting bookings for my next holiday. 8:31 PM Totally agree with this article … IT IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE we have made too. than total capacity of accommodation. 12:30 PM Prefer COUNTRY CLUB instead. 7:33 PM I agree with you REPLY LINK  Jom Jose November 20. 6:05 PM . 2014.. Im a mem since 4 years. 2014. they are only concerned about the money. 2016. Bandipur properties…. “” Enjoy your holiday’s on your terms & not on the mercy of someone else “”” REPLY LINK o Vikram March 16. stayed at Goa. Hyd. REPLY LINK  Vinay December 22. REPLY LINK  Shriharsh December 31. 2014. fantastic club in Pune where i stay… at much lower cost… and many events all thru the year. When I firmly said that I will make up my mind only post availing the offer and after they got convinced about me not going for it. which didn’t come for 4 days. . They simply handed over me 2 coupons for movie ticket (which are too for a couple to be seen two times consecutively and you can’t avail the same at once with 100s of conditions mentioned over leaf so less chances to enjoy a movie with a family of four) For Holiday vouchers. they told it will come on my registered mail ID. (27th Dec to 31st Dec 14). called them for 7-8 times. I started getting many calls from club Mahindra sales executives and I was told that there is a scheme where a new / potential customer needs to attend a 45 minutes session post which they will give me a Holiday Voucher to be redeemed at any of the club Mahindra holiday resort in India as well as they would give me 4 movie tickets if I own any Mahindra vehicle. text ed 3 times with mail ID’s but no response. I attended the meet by adjusting with my spouse’s time and taking my 1. I was told initially to just see a presentation and hear the new offer and am totally free to take decision either way. why am not taking it? And other questions to dishonor my respect. Particularly in business word of mouth has got utmost importance. there was a sudden change in the treatment to me.Am disappointed to say that Club Mahindra executives doesn’t know the business ethics and practises. I chased them. But at the end of the meeting I was terribly pushed to take a decision by even challenging like why am I not taking the membership? Is it money problem & if not so. no answer to my phone and finally I sent them a message that I have contacts in News Channels (which I indeed have) & suddenly in 5 minutes got a call from a lady from their office extending with number of apologies and giving excuses that they had some software issues.5 years old son by putting ourselves at inconvenience to honor the word given to one of the executive (for which the 3 different executives chased like anything and tried to snatch a business from each other). Earlier they were responding that its already sent and advising me to check my SPAM folder. In last week. 3:34 PM . From me this is Just Enough and certainly am neither going to be their future customer nor am gonna avail this offer with many hidden if’s and but’s. Now they have sent me the said vouchers within 10 minutes the voucher (which I don’t know with how many terms and conditions it’s saddled with). what happens to existing customers who have already paid and not much is left in their hands but to just accept what’s been offered by Club Mahindra. REPLY LINK  manish rupani January 2. 2015. 5:59 PM Awesome. to understand. so that’s a great coincidence that you give them your next action and suddenly the software starts functioning well and a stretched matter of 4 -5 days get resolved within a mere 10 minutes. Only one thing you should be smart enough to understand that if they behave this way to potential customers. I wish that this message should be seen by some senior officer in Club Mahindra. Very informative. 2015. REPLY LINK  Vikas Jadon January 6. Also they should learn that the real sales begin after sales and not before it. these executives are really putting companies goodwill at stake by not respecting others time and deliver what’s been promised before. Thank God I read this blog. 2015. 8:14 PM Yet another proof that club mahindra holidays is on sale for non members. Regards Need a urgent reply as my time running out. Can somebody tell me which is the best option other than CM. What does not allowed means. 2:29 PM Dear Sir You have said that yoy were not allowed to cancel the member ship in allotted 10 days time for cancellation. 2015. . thanks REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal February 2. Took some time to read it completely but worth it. At what address one should send the communication for cancellation. i frequently get ads on my FB page and Gmail pg advertising club mahindra holidays from yatra and other travel sites. please observe in the folllowing link for dropbox at the right side an ad by yatra REPLY LINK  Chander Santani February 1. 12:11 PM Dear Chander. REPLY LINK  Jaygee January 8. 2015. I am sorry to disappoint you guys by adding that yes i am a valid membership holder (though having read ur comments i wont be surprised if some will soon say I am CM employee lol) and yes there are problems with regard to availability at resorts but I am glad they are adding new resorts (what if they dont add I cannot do much about it). 5:25 PM I may be keen for Purple Studio. 5:56 PM I just happen to land on this page while searching for some info about the club mahindra resort. 2015. Write a cancellation letter (also mention if you have a cancellation form – provide me that) submit it to local branch & take receiving with stamp. 2015. Anyone interested to sell . 10:52 AM Thanks dear friends. REPLY LINK  Karan May 3. And I was up to buy one when I heard about this article . REPLY LINK  Amit Gupta February 6. I was very desperate to by one clubM membership. 2015. please call me on 9930044654 REPLY LINK  prabha March 25. Yes it is a premium experience staying at a resort as I . i like peace.Jus weigh ur pocket and the benefits..I can stay 3N sitting in my balcony watching River Kosi. 10:37 AM Thanks Karan for sharing your views � REPLY LINK o sibu June 20. your quite lucky you got it ... we bought for peace of mind but its getting peace peace .Many may disagree but being fed up with so much noise nd pressure in delhi. Its a cheating company no one will take .. I am not here to put questions on anyone but jus wanted a hand on experience to put across.This article starts with some comparisons on finances I do not deny its wrong I am finance person too and have done that too jus to prove my point but over a period I have realised that holidays/vacation are no balance sheets. 2015. have different standards when I holiday I just want pure solace. It will be a relax as bad mouth is at high for this company they will be in terrible loss in few years to come REPLY LINK .Most of the part in this article is genuine but certain exaggerations can be easily done with...... if they want to have a better reputation they should introduce a policy with buyback of membership with same price . 7:12 PM Imp concern is we dont get holidays how can you relax .for me that is divine. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal May 4.or have a walk around the resort in pure silence. 2015.This is my review on any forum and I hope I have done justice to my soul...No compelling to take a membership or suggestion to ignore.. REPLY LINK  Sibu June 20. 2015. but reduced them to 4. If you dont use your holidays for 3 yrs it gets lapsed. no confirmation of booking etc. but when in delivery. sad. now i should think of it.. They promised to increase the locations which was 5 earlier. Agreement and paperwork arent clear and communications are very bad. A very sad encounter with Mahindra. Promises are sky steep. to collect the ASF! No automated SMS.. You have to run pillar to post to get your things organised. i hated to buy any future product from this group.even i went crazzy to get that membership. 2015. REPLY LINK  Consumer Complain in Zest June 18.. divya June 11. 7:29 PM . I only wish Anand had some courtesy which he extends to portray his flamboyance in art of business. They dont call to inform. 5:30 PM Hi Hemant. 2015. is been also visioned to see his rout he give to consumers…. 2:16 PM Hi: Another betrayed consumer by Zest – a group of club mahindra. thanks for ur information. RCI seven days holiday is only to misguide customers. REPLY LINK  Dr Amit July 2. they offered totally off season resort. . 2015. When I contacted RCI to avail my holidays. 8:52 PM Hello sir I have taken this membership but gave post dated chqs. 2015.8 lac. Bonus— 2 Flight Vouchers of 5500 each. 3:20 PM Country Club Membership of 30 years . 7 days Trip to bangkok (Stay) free as complimentary ADDED !!!!! REPLY LINK  Sanjay July 21. hows this ???. 12:08 AM Club Mahindra just cheat customers. 2015. haven’t paid yet. 30 years Holidays. With many clubs (Around Delhi ) which can be acessed daily. There are 51 consumer suits against Club Mahindra – 2007 REPLY LINK  Ashok July 2. These are good for nothing. for Rs 1. 2015.ecs without any interest which could work out to 168000/. After that its my decision to continue the membership or not.for blue studio . i did not bother to calculate as i was busy fending my kids it was actually working to some .nothing more than that . Thank you Sanjay REPLY LINK  VEENA GOMES August 21. when he saw this amount was not affordable to me then he coaxed me into saying that i could go for equated installment scheme monthly for 48 instalments of some 4480/. I am looking a vacation in dubai in march 2016 with rci and before that kerala in October 2015 I have taken white studio membership. Please advise on email also if possible as soon as possible. I too was coaxed and fooled into buying this membership from this fraud company. They are offering me 5 nights in club mahindra and 7 nights in rci anywhere in India or abroad. one of their salesman by name of ‘ Tausheed’ visited my place on 2013 and gave all false promises and somehow convinced me to buy their membership he made some workings and quoted about 168000/. And 5000 gift vouchers also in total of 47500(27700 down payment and balance in 3 emis) I have confirmed those things on toll free by giving my customer id of club mahindra. 9:31 PM Hello Mr Hemant First of all thank you for this platform wherein you can share the views of aggrieved members. 10:00 PM I would feel your analysis is correct because you do not get the booking when you want as well as its the worst financial decision to buy the membership of club mahindra i am a purple studio member but due to some reason or the other reason i was unable to get the booking since the time i became member in 2003 of red studio . they are cheating people and some huge scam is active for 25 years. 220000/. i called up the booking number for which i got a recorded message that they will get back .though at the time of .to them. i have paid 85000/. 2015. getting frustrated for the lack of service i decided to cancel my membership and shot a mail for the cancellation and refund of my money as i have not availed any single holiday under the membership .You can not gift your holidays in the season to your relative . finally i had to face the embarrassment in the family. no wonder they are buying properties out of the amount which they are swindling from the public . Santacruz Veena Gomes REPLY LINK  manish shroff August 27. next day .One astonishing news came to my knowledge 1. i called up again after 2 hours. I am contemplating police action against the salesperson and other directors of the company u/s 420 and also will be approaching the consumer forum Mr Molty and Mr Tarundeep singh khaira can you guide me with this . after 2 days but to no avail .he further lured me that i will be getting LCD etc. in fact we can form a group of aggrieved members and approach the EOW etc. in May 2013 i wanted to gift my cousin a holiday on her wedding i in fact promised her the gift for her honeymoon . i am based at mumbai . i shot a mail to the company but they did not bother to reply in fact till today i have not got any reply or apology .till date they have not replied on the contrary the shameless creatures have send me a mail that my amount will be forfeited . Please my humble request to contact me before paying a single rupee to this fraudulent company REPLY LINK o Karan August 28. 2015. 2:59 PM I would certainly advise manish ji to not pay around 1. 1:43 PM . selling i was told that if you do not utilise yourself you can gift to relative 2. Its a real big amount.5-2 Lacs as ASF for 6-10 years.I was told that if you do not travel your holiday would be accumulated but recently came to know that you can accumulate 21 days only please note that you have to pay membership charge .after lot of discussion she gave the line to senthil he came out differently in the same issues that you can take holidays after paying 10 years of annual charges to take one week of holiday then also not giving any surety that they will re-credit the lapse holidays .surprise & anger I again contacted the call centre on 25/8/15 at 4 pm girl name PHULASA was on line committed you can take holidays after paying for 9 years annual charge .since two people from the same company are committing for the same issue two different commitment i was shocked in agony . 2015. In this much money I hope you can go some of the best locations alongwith inventory in hand and moreover you dont have to stick with CM locations.30 at instance he told for 8 years but after some discussion & hassle he spoke to his senior & after consultation with his senior he committed that you pay for 6 years & enjoy one week holiday.annual fees make your days lapse they do not have inventory available with the company because in call centre one executive said you pay 4 year annual charge you would be able to travel for one week on 8/8/2015 when i was keen to confirm the holidays i spoke again a different executive named swapnil on 24/8 at 16. REPLY LINK  sachin s September 4. 12569/.30. 9:52 PM I am looking to sell my White Studio membership which I bought in December 2013..after reading it i now totally disillussioned with their tall claims.is pending. and I will get 7 more coming December. 2015. want to sell my membership for 2. still have 13 days balance. I am more convinced as my travel habits are like yours. Please contact 7204313753 REPLY LINK  Sunil Rathi September 23.000/.and one time annual fees.The charts and graphs reveal indepth analysis. 10:36 PM your comprehensive article on various aspects of club Mahindra was truely an eyeopener. 2nd year annual fees Rs.20. Will read more of your other articles as well REPLY LINK . Dear Mr Manish I may be interested in buying your Purple studio membership ( if you want to get rid of the same) Please share your contact details on pathfinderpune@hotmail. 2015.000/.com so that we can try to workout some deal Thanks Sachin REPLY LINK  Naimish September 20. I have paid 3. I feel sorry for the people who got trapped in this gamble. and your holidays are also blocked. 7:41 AM I am interested in buying a purple membership. i too am a member from 2010. . 2015. I just called the representative and said I am not interested. 1. they make lot of promises but dont deliver. 2015. so actually the waitlist has no meaning. so you are stuck and dont know whether to cancel the booking and go to some other hotel / resort or change your destination. I want personal transfer at bangalore or chennai REPLY LINK  chandrashekar November 16. if you are not getting booking then you are waitlisted by blocking your holidays and they wont even tell you your waitlist number ( whether you are number 1 in list or no 10). there are more issues which an unsuspecting customer will not come to know unless they experience on their own. 2015. Nikhil October 7. 1:53 PM Thank you all for saving me from this gamble. bookings are to be made 3 months in advance else you dont get booking. 12:45 PM What you mentioned is absolutely correct. REPLY LINK  Parthasarathy November 1. a glass of milk would cost you Rs 90 +. 3. this in reality doesnt make sense. what do you tell your family – we are going on holiday to place aaa or not.2. we had 3 different waitlists and none of them came through. they provided room heater which is the size of a car fan. they will proudly say you can upgrade – but this optiion is only 15 days prior to the date of holiday. my own experience. we have no other job to do except do club mahindra booking. recently in nov 15 we went for holiday in Kodaikanal (tamil nadu) where we were at an associate property named Le Poshe – all club mahindra properties we have visted so far as usually away from market place and hence for food you are forced to take from them. which means there is no choice of food for the customer. meaning no microwave or gas. logistics like ticket booking. thank god we had accumulated holidays of 21 days so my wife plans 4-5 holidays and atleast 1 will materialise. in the name of evening activity for members for 2 days ( out of 4) they played movie through a computer laptop. . you really dont have an answer in case of waitlisted booking. what is the chance of you getting an upgrade. all this takes too much of time and effort which for having a peaceful holiday is too much. so you cant even boil milk for an infant. who has the time. 4. paying ASF on yearly basis – viz I have a 1 BR red and i pay ASF of Rs 18000+. suddenly for 2days they said they dont have enough booking so every thing in the restaurant is on ala carte basis. what is the use of such an experience in holidays – that too after paying high initial amount. booking a holiday is an entirely different experience. in buffet system you are able to offer choice to every one and if you didnt like a preparation you go for another item which you cant do in ala carte. cab booking is all your headache and there is no package in this. so how to handle this when your accomodation is waitlisted is an unanswered issue. 5. 6. you have to sit within 6 inches of the heater else you wont feel the temperature difference. it is like booking a rajdhani tkt. when you are unable to get confirmed booking for your class. 1st there was no kitchennette. so what is promised as a hazzle free holiday the expereicne is always the opposite. be ready on day 1 early morning and by the time you have keyed in the info and submit the revert will be you are in waitlist. For rest of the 99% of working people. I have never experienced any difficulty in booking a resort. They are so well maintained.but it’s worth travelling to reach their resorts . 12:42 PM Since you are retired and you have the time/date flexibility. Since we have paid and bought a specific colour membership. Club . we demand that Club Mahindra provide us reservation during those specific dates when demanded by a member. 12:06 PM We have a purple club Mahindra membership since 2012. here you are stuck for 25 years and you cant even complain – no one listens to you. I don’t regret for taking the membership. 2016. REPLY LINK o Shib May 6. 2015.if you have some extra money for spending for yourself and enjoy. with all this i think it is a joke to join club mahindra. I went through the reviews on CM and got really scared that we wasted our hard earned money on this. energy and money . the staff are very courteous. chandrashekar 16-11-15 REPLY LINK  Sarala November 17. good and varieties of food available. So. You have to pay little extra . atleast without this you are a free bird and if you dont like the services you can quit the place and go to another resort which has better facilities. We decided to go for membership as we decided to take voluntary retirement from our work and travel when we have time . But after visiting their resorts and their hospitality. After buying the membership . Don’t blame club Mahindra as cheaters. The resorts are bit faraway from the main city. go for CM membership. it works out good for you. pl. we did take specific colour membership so that we can go and enjoy on those specific days/months.if you want to get somethings nice and better. Mahindra has failed in providing reservation and this is the grievance. I completely agree with you that the resorts are great, the staff is good. Only if one is able to get a reservation, one can enjoy the stay !!! REPLY LINK  F**** Club mahindra November 27, 2015, 7:04 PM Please readers DO NOT……i repeat DO NOT take Club Mahindra Membership…………….they are totally unprofessional people and promise you a lot of things but they don’t. As a former member I was really unsatisfied with the our stay in one of the resorts. First thing is the Booking itself is not an easy task to do. They do not mention anything during the booking of the MEMBERSHIP. My advise to you all would be to instead paying so much of an amount, plan a trip on our own, it will definitely be a lot cheaper trip. REPLY LINK  Shebin Oleed February 3, 2016, 2:14 PM Hello Guys, If anyone interested to sell their CM white or red membership, contact me on [email protected] or whatsap me on 00974-55057177. Regards, Shebin REPLY LINK  Joseph March 7, 2016, 8:12 PM Something to remember when it comes to Time shares / Club Mahindra type offers. They are NEVER, NEVER , NEVER gong to be in Buyer’s favor. Do the simple Math – Money paid upfront and the interest you earn is your outlay per month Plus maintenace /ASF + other booking fee is YOUR COST per yesr. Divide that into 7 days which is your funds to spend per day anywhere you choose withouut the anxiety / worry to get a booking at your cjhoice place of stay. Worst of all they state it is 25 yr. offer, after the 25 years you lost your principal? I am not DUMB to take on this offer. REPLY LINK  Vikram March 16, 2016, 7:30 PM My below letter which I wrote and submitted to Club Mahindra is self explanatory. We ensured that the sales guy sign this letter and submit the same to their office. Now if they dont pay then we have already prepared consumer court application which we shall fie in next 20 to 25 days. Date; March 11, 2016 To, Club Mahindra Vashi Branch, Navi Mumbai -400705 Sub: Withdrawal of membership; (Form number DEC/2015/25YRS/116235) Dear Sir, I have enrolled for Club Mahindra membership on March 7, 2016 by making a payment of Rs. 29,560 as 10% down payment for white studio category of membership through my Standard Chartered Bank credit card (no. 4541 9823 3497 9280) Mumbai. I wish to cancel the aforesaid membership for the following reasons: • Your representative Shri Rohit Vetal represented before us that the regular membership of white studio apartment is available for Rs. 6.5 lacs however, as my name is recommended by other member of Club Mahindra so am being offered the same membership for Rs 3.55 Lacs and it is also stated by him that this offer is available only for that day and not otherwise. Under the genuine Impression that I am getting a discount of Rs 3 Lacs which is substantial so I agreed to become a member, However, when I made proper enquires on the net as well as with one of my friend who is also a member, I have realized that your representative has misrepresented before me. My friend has mentioned that he has taken white studio apartment at Rs. 3.4 Lacs as a regular customer. • This clearly shows that I have been misrepresented and lured by Shri Rohlt Vetal to become member by offer of discount of Rs 3 Lacs which did not exist. This is unfair trade practices followed and hurt me and if in the beginning only the trust is lost then its difficult to continue. On account of above mentioned misrepresentation I wish to cancel my enrollment and you are requested to refund me back the full amount of Rs 29,560/- paid by me Immediately We have already submitted this application to Mr. Rohit Vetal of Vashi branch in hand with an acknowledgment. Copy of the acknowledgment is attached herewith. REPLY LINK  Mehul March 17, 2016, 9:04 PM Thanks Hemantji. I was just trapped by Country club. But after reading your article, I made my mind to never ever go for any club membership. REPLY LINK  Ashok Krishna March 21, 2016, 4:04 PM Thank God You just saved me 3 Lakhs. I am about to take CM membership REPLY LINK  Sanjay March 30, 2016, 9:55 PM Many thanks for detail review. Now I cancelled the appointment of their executive who is scheduled to meet me next week. REPLY LINK  Sunny May 6, 2016, 11:28 AM Thanks for the review. You have helped me save my hard earned money. I was invited by Club Mahindra executive for a dinner and presentation Yesterday by call at a hotel and they promised me free 2 nights 3 days voucher and dinner for attending. The sales executive tried 45 minutes to lure me showing exotic videos. I liked the presentation. In the end he asked me that will i take my decision right now. I said no 12:34 PM Such losers… they have never seemed to have changed a bit. P. I think dinner was only for those customers who buy the membership package. travel. getting a reservation is a tough job ! Good that you didn’t get trapped ! REPLY LINK o Bhushan May 12. Enjoy their facility and walk out. Facilities. 7:56 PM Go and Enjoy…preferably attach club Mahindra booking with your another planned trip…that way you don’t waste money in traveling long distance just for 3d/2n. etc. Note that you have to pay extra for all the services at the resort.if you have vehicle.S. Dinner for only those who buy memberships… lol… thats the worst. REPLY LINK . Go ahead and use the voucher. you can visit city for food. 2016. you will enjoy it Cost of additional service – cost is pretty high for food (though test is good) . If you can review that free voucher also i would be grateful to you. He handed me free voucher for 2 nights and 3 days stay which can be used in 6 months with some dates limitations. service and locations – No doubts. its really awesome. water. as i need time to think but i asked him if he can share the prices. He said that prices are only shared by his Manager and if you are not ready to buy it this time. But once a member. the looting. The mis-selling. REPLY LINK o Shib May 6. One can imagine what happens when you get trapped after buying the membership. food. facilities are great. no complaints on that front. entertainment. My answer was no as i am not a impulsive buyer. 2016. They promised me free dinner on phone but never even asked once for it. My manager will not waste his time meeting you and quoting the prices. the bad attitude continues.. Their resorts. 7:01 PM I was about to buy the membership. i am saved other wise i was also putting lacks in the drain. shubhakar May 17. 2016. want to check for honest reviews and there you go. RCI…… REPLY LINK  yuvraj wantu May 24. 6:06 PM . 2016. Since morning am searching web. coming across 95% negative views for Mahindra. Country club. you saved my money sir. thanks again. REPLY LINK  Ajith May 21. 2016. 2016. REPLY LINK  Tushar June 3. 12:52 PM Thanks to you . 2:22 PM Can any one guide about Karma Royal Group. I like to travel with my family during peak season and ‘touchwood’ have always had a great time at their resorts.I can book at least 7 to 10 Nights at really good Hotels / resorts . totally I am making 60. PS: I’ve been to Goa thrice & Puducherry once during the new year time. Additionally. I can enjoy holidays only around vacations or public holidays. when people contacted me for such memberships. So. In normal course. I would not spend 1. . So. and NEVER contacted me again!!! REPLY LINK o Ankur June 11.000/.000/. I save at least 10. and they just smiled at me. Just to conclude. So.per year If I DON’T buy any membership. and it was just awesome. Now. I cancel one of them as I finalize the dates for travel. My Calculations are like this: Facts: I have 1 school going child. Other places I have been(during peak) are Kandaghat. I earn 40. I would have booked in some mediocre place or would have traveled during lean period. If I put this 5 lakh in SIP / FD. Then later. Its just that you have to be wise while booking your holidays. I am a salaried person.000 in annual fees. 7 nights stay at Goa during Christmas & New year in a 1BR apartment in a decent resort was around 35K per night during the said period. & that too at different locations. with this 60. 9:21 AM Last I checked. I hold a purple 1BR for past 10 years & have always found value in their resorts. I explained them my logic. I usually book on the day the booking opens and block 2 multi-day slots. 2016. enabling me to explore the entire area rather than sitting at resort.000-50.5-2L on a 7 day holiday if I didn’t have the membership. There is no penalty for cancellation until 15days before travel. That means I need to invest at least 4 – 5 lakh for a studio or similar membership. Poovar. and went away.000 per year. that to at huge price. Excited by my sons winning we reached 35 KM away to GK-2 in Delhi. Ooty & Binsar. not the talented kids. we’ll come only if my son has really won. 10:19 PM I am reading the reviews for making a purchase or not. they offered award of 3N4D exactly in exam days of kids. REPLY LINK o Sandeep July 16. 2016. I specially asked. but one thing I did not like that is selling through emotional exploitation of kids. 2016. Love the place. That time they did not declared even that they are from CM. But no one is considering the tax component on interest which may work out above 20% also. please do not call us if this is a sales call. In fact. Most of the time they were just trying to sell membership. Ashtamudi. After killing my two hours and assessing my income. 5:51 PM Sales pitch is OK. REPLY LINK . REPLY LINK  Ashish Nigam June 14. After some times I received a call inviting me with family saying that your son has won XXX prize and he’ll be awarded with 3N 4D holiday. They said yes. Would like to know if I am missing something. Our time is precious. They played with my kids emotion who was excited that he has really won some thing good. Have read a lot about making an FD etc and calculations shown. he has won and there is no sales pitch. My son participated in Spell bee competition. this year end also we plan to go to Goa. I felt highly disappointed as I discovered that the Spell Bee competition was sponsored by them to hunt perspective buyers. Never been disappointed. com (WHITE STUDIO 2010) REPLY LINK o VIRAL RUGHANI July 4. 8:12 PM Thanks you saved me toooo :-)) REPLY LINK  ishan shah June 28. 4:55 PM i agree to hemant n really liked his analysis on it but i think u cannot consider interests on each n everything like leisure n holidays…the memories which club mahindra created. 2016. 2016. Vishwagowda June 18. 2016. 11:09 PM . 2016.. 4:13 PM my mob no is 9825065567 pl contact me if u want to sell REPLY LINK  dhananjay kumar July 2. with 21 nights spare…as i m not married yet n parents don’t use them so often… INTERESTED PEOPLE EMAIL ON ishan2468@gmail. i don’t think would have been possible had i not been a member… well just my 2 cents… having said that i would still like to sell my Club mahindra membership white studio 2010. . 2:03 PM I MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE IN MY LIFE BY JOINING CLUB MAHINDRA HOLIDAYS : MEMBERSHIP NO 2629053 Friends. so on 01 july 2016 ( the day booking was opened for the month of oct 2016). All the same. I have never been able to avail a single day’s holiday from CMH till date due to the following reasons: • Club mahindra has never been able to give me a resort at the place of my choice. Every time I was told that that I must do my booking 120 days in advance (which is a very difficult thing to do in my profession. The same must be the case with many members). this time I was determined.500/. Despite several attempts. • Even if I got a resort by some stroke of luck.73.coorg from 03-06 oct 2016 . I didn’t get the duration of my choice ( if I wanted 4 nights.for the year 2015 ie ALMOST RUPEES FIVE LAKHS .for the membership plus the annual subscription fee ( ASF ) of Rs 12569/. thanks i saw all comments regarding membership horrible ………. I am writing this to share my experience of club Mahindra holidays (CMH). i want to talk in detail if any member is from mangalore ……ple my contact no :- 9844333199 …………. • Even at all I got a resort. I am a RED STUDIO MEMBER (second highest category) since may 2015. I have already paid Rs 4. I tried to book two resorts of my choice ie virajpet . 2016. REPLY LINK  sk kahali July 8. Reservation was never available whenever I wanted to go on a holiday. This is an unreasonable condition. even though not in a peak season . only 2 nights were available). the type of room available did not suit me ( I wanted studio apartment but CMH offered me a (smaller) hotel unit. despite my being a red season member (second highest category). • CMH is a big hoax with a colorful website making tall promises and several conditions cleverly hidden in fine print – bulk of them favoring CMH and not the customer. and goa during the monsoons)!! • Some resorts are very small (eg Baiguney. I analyzed the whole issue very deliberately based on my experience with club Mahindra over the past one year. coorg/ emerald palms. • By the time one understands the game. goa.Sikkim. I could not get confirmed bookings at both these resorts!! IMAGINE ON THE FIRST DAY OF BOOKING.some are leased properties which are actually hotels but CMH calls them resorts – eg gangtok. and came to the following conclusions: • These is A SERIOUS DEMAND AND SUPPLY MISMATCH – club Mahindra has kept on increasing its members without increasing resort capacity. ONE IS UNABLE TO GET A RESORT OF ONE’S CHOICE – one can imagine the outcome if one tries to do a booking say 30 days in advance!! Apparently the bookings for these resorts were over within the first 3 hours of the booking window on the very 1st day!!So I had to be contended to book for resorts which were my second choice ie madekeri. • It is better to put the amount invested in CMH in a fixed deposit and utilize the interest for availing a holiday every year at the time/place/duration/ resort or hotel of one’s choice – today there are no dearth of hotels/ resorts in our country or abroad with neumerous booking portals offering fabulous choices and flexible options. . sikkim/ Bangkok. goa from 07-10 oct 2016. its too late to exit as the terms of exiting the membership are heavily in favour of CMH. CMH is very prompt in penalizing you by deducting your credit holidays in case you don’t cancel your conformed booking 15 days in advance. Also. (I lost 2 days since I couldn’t visit lonavla in june this year due to cancellation of my leave due to unforeseen exigencies of service). on the same day. which has hardly 20 rooms).and at verka. unless one plans 120 days in advance and logs in at 9. thailand. BEING A RED STUDIO MEMBER. However when I logged in at approximately 1PM. Hence it is virtually impossible to avail a holiday at the PLACE/ TIME/ DURATION/ ACCOMMODATION OF ONE’S CHOICE.30 AM on first day when bookings are open or plans a holiday in absolute lean non tourist season ( Kashmir in peak winters. then to Studio purple and now I am Purple 1 BR. If anyone wants to sell CM membership then inform me at sourabhshukla_2007@rediffmail. so that I could apprise him of how CMH is fooling gullible people. To conclude. The food is surely expensive but the spread and quality justifies that. IT IS A BAD EXPERIENCE – One did not expect this kind of service from the house Mahindras !! Several times I wanted the e mail id of Mr Anand Mahindra from the call centre/ office staff. Booking at some season is a problem if not done earlier. But looks like they are building up .that is a decision the member can make. 2016. 2016.com With lowest quote. we have it outside. I started with Studio white and then slowly moved to Studio red. When we don’t want food at the resort. which is pretty much the same for any other good resort in the location. but they refused. With best wishes Colonel SK Kahali REPLY LINK  Sourabh July 29. I have already visited more than 14 Indian resorts and also Dubai in UAE. 4:33 PM Hello. 2:27 PM I am a club Mahindra member from 2009. I am very happy and satisfied with the overall experience. Thank you REPLY LINK  ATS August 16. 2016. From the financial perspective also. 2016. I am really thankful top people who shared their experiences here. I do not work in any Mahindra company.I thought before giving my card I should once view the experiences of other persons. more properties where there is more demand. We are in the Red season and when we purchased this membership it was the highest and most flexible season. 12:27 PM Hi Vrusha. Even Fariyas at Lonavla or Ambe Valley charge 12. Overall I am very satisfied with the overall club Mahindra experience. 2016.there are now 3 resorts in Goa. 2:24 PM In the same boat my man.15000 per night. 9:44 PM Good information .I was about to pay.)My dad works on the ship so we can’t plan our holidays in . And most important. REPLY LINK  vrusha September 8. Good to hear that it helped in taking some decisions.It really helped indeed. Now they have downgraded this season and made Purple season the highest and most flexible (exactly the same as old Red season.000. it is working out better. REPLY LINK o Hemant Beniwal September 13. Goa is an example. REPLY LINK  Tania Fernandes October 1. 1:03 PM I do not need to repeat all that has been rightly posted already. 11:26 PM CHETAR. But they downgraded our season without informing us and now we can’t avail our holidays. . 2016. That too is compensated by them by paying heavy bills for that. The owners of Club Mahindra reap gains on what they have never paid for.FRAUD THERE EXECUTIVES specially delhi branch Vaishali ARE ALSO MAHA CHETER WHEN THEY SELL MEMBERSHIP EMOTIONALLY CONVINCED PERSON & GIVE FALSE COMMITMENTS TO CUSTOMERS BE WARE FROM THEM DO NOT GO TO ATTEND ANY PRESENTATION CONVEY THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS DO NOT BUY THIS MEMBERSHIP IT WAS TOTALLY WASTAGE OF MONEY YOU CAREFULLY CALCULATE THE AMT YOU PAY INTEREST & ALL CHARGES INCLUDING ASF WAS TOTLAY LOSS REPLY LINK  Amal November 26. So I say screw them. 2016. REPLY LINK  RAJESH November 6. We haven’t used a holiday in years cause they always say it’s unavailable. with limited resorts and unlimited members only a few lucky ones can avail of the limited days at resorts. It is a TRAP to smartly tangle in simple people. You go on paying for what you never own to use as per your convenience. Members pay EMIs and maintainance for what is never owned by them. I want to take them to court so that this doesn’t happen to anyone else. advance and so we really needed the highest season. non-availability of rooms (in some resorts they sell the rooms for payment denying the rooms for members) and other holiday options available. I am Red Studio members with Club Mahindra since 2005. If you take ASF in consideration than its 5nights free per year. i recommend non-members to not buy their membership. Considering the membership cost. My experience. 1:58 PM Hi. Whoever is saying that Club Mahindra is their biggest mistake is actually an outcome of their frustration and bad planning. 2017. 2017. REPLY LINK  Prakash January 15. you can very well use the holidays if you plan well and if you do proper calculation you will see the ROI 10-11 years. which is still better. however only compare inflation in terms the resort prices.000-15000 per annum. Its not worth it. And today’s social media is the best way to vent out the anger/frustration. REPLY LINK . the fast increasing Annual Service Fee of about 14. 11:54 AM Dear All. REPLY LINK  Paresh January 3.  Vinayak January 30. 2017. (Y) . I was planning to buy one membership this year. 11:04 PM Thanks for sharing so much of your personal experience.
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