Anyone have experience with Preston Green or Americap International Corp

JayJay, Sorry I got the wrath of Preston on you.

I will state again:

I do have a problem with sites like this REDWEEK, MyResortNetwork, VRBO and others is that they state :

"RENT DIRECTLY FROM A OWNER".

YOU DON"T THERE IS A MIDDLE MAN(excuse me facilitator)

You are not renting directly from an owner.

Again NOT COOL and disingenuous these sites and the facilitators.

vacationhomesonly wrote:

JayJay,

Ok, I'm sorry. Your comments and involvement are in every posting so my eyes got crossed. I'm sorry for attributing the quotes to you. But insulting me like that just proves the point that you, unfortunately, see most things negatively. It is just not nice or fair.

God Bless You.

All the Best

Preston Green Vacation Homes Only

Mr. Green, I have no idea what you're referring to = alleged insulting you. I merely stated that you're a middle man that uses Redweek (and I'm sure other timeshare rental sites) to procure your rentals and then you up the rental rate = your commission .... what part of this statement is untrue or negative ..... please reply.

If you think the true fact above is negative then you have much larger problems than just a lack of reading comprehension skills.

Again, you continue to make a fool of yourself .... when people Google Preston Green then this conversation will be one of the first to come up .... actually it's number 4.

Yes, I am a prolific poster on Redweek's forums mainly to educate readers concerning all types of timeshare scams out there.

P.S. Sorry your eyes are crossed .... perhaps that's your main problem in getting posters confused with each other.

Dear paulp154,

What do travelers do when the dates they need are not available on a site?

They call us and we get them in. Happy travelers. Please be fair and think about how, we, in the vacation rental business do help both owners and travelers accomplish their goals. Without anything being "NOT COOL and disingenuous".

As far as the insults go, we will let the forum readers be the judge about the people with a grudge.

Preston Vacation Homes Only

Dear JayJay,

Your words: "Yes, I am a prolific poster".............really?

I think your proclamation and perceived monopoly on true speaks volumes.

As far as the ongoing insults go, we will let the forum readers be the judge about the people with a grudge.

It is not fair or right.

Preston Vacation Homes Only

vacationhomesonly wrote:

Dear JayJay,

Your words: "Yes, I am a prolific poster".............really?

I think your proclamation and perceived monopoly on true speaks volumes.

As far as the ongoing insults go, we will let the forum readers be the judge about the people with a grudge.

It is not fair or right.

Preston Vacation Homes Only

You're the one insulting members of this forum, Mr. Green.

In the message posted above I asked you this question and you chose not to reply ..... what part of it is untrue or insulting?:

"Mr. Green, I have no idea what you're referring to = alleged insulting you. I merely stated that you're a middle man that uses Redweek (and I'm sure other timeshare rental sites) to procure your rentals and then you up the rental rate = your commission .... what part of this statement is untrue or negative ..... please reply".

All I can say is WOW. Really weird.

Dear JayJay,

We pay and advertise our property inventory on RedWeek and many other sites and mediums. We also secure units from RedWeek and other sites when we do not have them in inventory.

Owners keep in touch with us over the years and share their available units with us because we get their units rented and we never charge them any commissions, advertising, membership, or fees of any kind. Exactly the kind of company many people wish existed.

From your previous postings, you seemed to say or imply their was something unsavory about what we do for owners and the traveling public.

JayJay, I think you now know us better and see that we are legitimate and a good company, but in all fairness, your comments early on in this Forum topic area were not exactly objective. That is all I am saying.

As long as we are fair and not unfairly negative without cause.

All the Best

Preston Vacation Homes Only

vacationhomesonly wrote:

Dear JayJay,

We pay and advertise our property inventory on RedWeek and many other sites and mediums. We also secure units from RedWeek and other sites when we do not have them in inventory.

Owners keep in touch with us over the years and share their available units with us because we get their units rented and we never charge them any commissions, advertising, membership, or fees of any kind. Exactly the kind of company many people wish existed.

From your previous postings, you seemed to say or imply their was something unsavory about what we do for owners and the traveling public.

JayJay, I think you now know us better and see that we are legitimate and a good company, but in all fairness, your comments early on in this Forum topic area were not exactly objective. That is all I am saying.

As long as we are fair and not unfairly negative without cause.

All the Best

Preston Vacation Homes Only

One more time, Mr. Green, (and let me spell this out to you in plain English) ..... I have never said what you do is unsavory .... I merely posted your business model .... if there is any untruth about your business model then please explain = you're a middleman, period, and Redweek seems to have no problem with middlemen using their site .... you seem to be arguing with yourself.

Re: ritar90 May 29, 2013

We are sorry that you interpreted our process as problematic.

We work very hard to be clear about our process, terms, & conditions and you did, in all fairness, agree to them, even admitting that they were repeated to you several times.

To be clear, the deposit is only non- refundable if you renege on the rental agreement or cancel.

In this case, we were unable to successfully verify and get the unit under contract with our owner a timely fashion. So you were refunded and we offered to continue to secure a replacement unit. Our process actually protect you.

Our time tested booking process is for your protection and the protection of our owners.

Deposits are non-refundable because we have to get a solid commitment from the renter for our owners. Timeshare owners own one week a year and cannot have their units pulled off of the market on a "maybe".

We cannot not go to our owners and say "we have a deal" and then renege on the rental. Therefore we get a solid commitment from you with a (fully disclosed) non-refundable deposit.

Our terms and conditions also explain to you that you should only consider the rental solidified once we send you notification of the verification of the unit with the resort and the possession of the signed rental agreements from our owner. (The Second Email Notification) It is a two part process for your protection as well.

Reneging would make us look bad to our owners. Nor do we like to disappoint our renters because we were unable to complete the transaction, however, on rare occasion, for reasons beyond our control that can happen.

We protect owners and renters with non-cancelable rental agreements which amounts to a Free escrow process so that all are protected.

Our process protects you and we try to replace the unit we were working on for you as best we can. We don't want to loose your business.

On rare occasions the verification of dates can be off or the owner may regege in the middle of the deal because they decided to use the unit or no longer want to rent it.

The process protects you and the owners. This process is why travelers and owners come to us year after year. It flushes out any problems or discrepancies right away.

If we have a problem securing the unit from our owner, your deposit is certainly refundable and was refundable in your case.

We certainly apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and regret any misunderstandings about our protective booking process.

All the Best

Preston Vacation Homes Only

Mr. Green, in perusing ritar's post, he surmised that you charged his credit card before you received confirmation. He may have (probably did) receive a refund eventually, but his problem was with you charging him upfront without a confirmation .... again there's a problem with your reading comprehension skills.

ritar90 wrote:

I had a bad experience with Preston. He is a fast talker and talks about not wasting your time but that is exactly what he did with me. He also wants to charge your credit card up front before you get a confirmation that he can get you the place... a little backwards if you ask me. Especially since he kept saying you understand this is non-refundable... BEWARE! Stay away from this company! Try Vacation Candy instead they are great and do not waste your time and only charge your credit card once the confirmation is in place.

vacationhomesonly wrote:

Re: ritar90 May 29, 2013

In this case, we were unable to successfully verify and get the unit under contract with our owner a timely fashion. So you were refunded .......

Then why did you charge his credit card before securing the confirmation ????

I have worked with Preston for years and have always found him to be very reputable.

Most people out there do not realize what "middle men" as you call them go through to get what the renter wants. Owners who want their property rented out and list it with an agent sometimes forget and cancel a reservation, etc.

Believe me, you are much better off dealing with someone who does this every day than most individual owners who many times don't ever know what they own.

Preston gets some of his inventory from me and I have never disappointed him. His job is much harder than people realize. Don't judge a person until you have walked in their shoes.

jayjay Jun 20, 2013

Thank you for asking and again allowing us to explain our booking process.

Once we have contact with the owner and know we have a unit available or have one in inventory, we take a $500 deposit so we have a solid commitment from the renter.

We do not tell an owner and tie up an owners unit unless we have a solid commitment backed up with a solid deposit.

We then continue the process of the exchange of the rental agreements and the double verification of the unit with the resort. The resort verification we do is to make sure the owner has not made a mistakes with dates, view designation, and to reveal any other possible discrepancies.

Once the contracts are signed by the owners and the unit verified with the resort, we release the renter to make flight arrangements etc, and have the renter make the balance of the payment.

If, for any reason, the unit is no longer available because the verification did not pan out or the owner has changed their mind or quickly rented it to someone else in the middle of the transaction (which can happen in this quickly moving market), the renter is refunded, no problem, and we offer to secure a replacement unit.

It is very rare that a booking does not pan out.

That would be a waste of our time and we certainly do not want to disappoint our clients.

We have this process and do things in this order, because it is a time tested process and protects all of the parties to the transaction.

Some people and other companies may do it differently but we are confident in our process and that is why we rent more of these units than any in the business.

We often bail out renters who booked with other individuals and companies who don't know what they are doing only to have it go bad after they have booked airline tickets or

We have happy renters and owners. And have a solid track record longer than any in the business.

We explain our process, terms, and conditions extremely clearly to all renters and owners. We actually, "beg" renters not to put down the deposit unless they agree with our process and we will not change it. It simply works best for these kinds of transactions. And as a result we have a stellar track record with our owners and renters.

Keep in mind we have done thousands and thousands or rentals without a hitch.

We wish more of our rental and owner clients would share their successful experiences with the readers more often. Unfortunately with busy lives many only take the time to post if they have an issue or are skeptical.

VacationTimeshareRentals.com has a rating system much like Ebay. (Where we have an excellent rating going back to 2006, technically 100%)

Hopefully RedWeek can implement something like that one day.

All the Best

Preston Vacation Homes Only

I agree JayJay.

I worked with many other businesses and they get my credit card info ... but only charged the card when they have secured the item.

But JayJay if you can get someone to pay for a place ... even before it can be reserved and then LATER refund them for a purchased reservation they never really made. WOW

I has happen to me once and I hated it. I had to pay my full credit card bill for the item I do not get because the refund came in after my monthly statement close date.

What a great business model ... for them.

Thank you for the positive Feedback az_timeshare_rentals.

It is greatly appreciated.

All the Best

Preston Vacation Homes Only

az_timeshare_rentals wrote:

I have worked with Preston for years and have always found him to be very reputable.

Most people out there do not realize what "middle men" as you call them go through to get what the renter wants. Owners who want their property rented out and list it with an agent sometimes forget and cancel a reservation, etc.

Believe me, you are much better off dealing with someone who does this every day than most individual owners who many times don't ever know what they own.

Preston gets some of his inventory from me and I have never disappointed him. His job is much harder than people realize. Don't judge a person until you have walked in their shoes.

paulp154 wrote:

I agree JayJay.

I worked with many other businesses and they get my credit card info ... but only charged the card when they have secured the item.

But JayJay if you can get someone to pay for a place ... even before it can be reserved and then LATER refund them for a purchased reservation they never really made. WOW

I has happen to me once and I hated it. I had to pay my full credit card bill for the item I do not get because the refund came in after my monthly statement close date.

What a great business model ... for them.

Exactly, and if you have a credit card that charges interest then interest on that non-rental is charged. I think your idea of holding the credit card info until the reservation is confirmed would be the way to go if I owned such a a business.

az_timeshare_rentals wrote:

Believe me, you are much better off dealing with someone who does this every day than most individual owners who many times don't ever know what they own.

This is a very condescending remark to make about most individual timeshare owners. What makes you think that only your clients know what they own.

This remark is also very condescending to Redweek timeshare ad clients.

Re Prestons remark "most individual owners who many times don't ever know what they own"

I cannot believe that "most individual owner ... don't ever know what they own". They may have spent $30,000 to $90,000 for their unit but they do not know what they own. WOW

paulp154 wrote:

I cannot believe that "most individual owner ... don't ever know what they own". They may have spent $30,000 to $90,000 for their unit but they do not know what they own. WOW

That is actually correct in many cases. It comes down to buying at those much-hated sales presentations. Most people who buy there don't do so out of a sound or sane mind. They buy because they've been mentally worn down by those sales people who know just how to make people way overpay for a worthless timeshare.

People usually buy after being held there and bombarded with sales pitch after sales pitch for literally hours. Believe me, if buyers were of sound mind, they would not have bought at those presentations in the first place.

Why do you think the sales people require you to stay for at least 90 minutes?

Also, they buy based on the lies and omission of important facts that the sales people give them.

That all being said, it's understandable why people who pay tens of thousands of dollars for their timeshare "don't ever know what they own".