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Better in France?

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jebackpack Joined: Sep 07 Points: 8 Posts: 2 Posted: 2007-09-23 03:28:00    I'm gearing up for my yearly trip to France, where my sister is studying. The last time I was there I kept seeing offers of vacation properties and since I go out there so often I'm thinking it might be a good way to go. It's tempting, but all I know of these type properties is from timeshares in the US, which are synonymous with scam, or is the market in Europe different? Reply    Reply with quote    Contact jebackpack   kwellis Joined: Sep 07 Points: 12 Posts: 2 Posted: 2007-10-01 22:50:00    I work at a travel agency and there have been a lot of attempts to clean up the vacation property market, to no avail, since a lot of frauds keep changing their names, moving around, etc. It's difficult for the EU to do anything since it isn't quite like the US, where you have a number of states under federal law. In any case, most Franco-British tourists are looking to LEAVE their respective countries so I wasn't aware there was a big market in France, but it makes sense. Check out this article on scams: http://www.timeshareconsumergroup.org/fraud_top_five.html And just remember not to trust anyone when traveling. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact kwellis