[Resolved]  Cambay Family Holidays — Misleading Sales pitch and plus fraud

Recently I visited their office their office in Noida, their sales executive did his sales pitch, where he mentioned that by becoming a member of Cambay you would be members of RCI and blah blah about 5000 locations where you can holiday. He then tried to coax us to shell out money in the region of 1, 20, 000Rs to become life members. When we did not show interest, he proposed to pay 20k now and try out our services and if we did not like to leave it. We fell for it since we were considering a vacation in the near future. The sales rep then proceed to give us multiple forms to fill in and sign here n there. He then said welcome to cambay. Now after becoming members we discovered the following - -

we were tricked and enrolled for 5 year membership with fees of Rs 1, 00, 000.

our credit card was made a default mode of payment for the EMI which they created of the balance amount.

RCI membership was not realised

if we did opt for RCI holidays there will be extra charges.

Food credit is only at Cambay's own properties which are only about 10 out of 5000 odd .

plus the 1, 00, 000 Rs does not make sense when offer for 25yrs is 1, 18, 000 then how come 1, 00, 000Rs for only 5 year... total fraud.they tricked us to pay them 1, 00, 000 and also by passed us and bill straight to the credit card.

I've sent them Emails about cancellation of the membership and I've not heard back from them.

Somebody please take action against them
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Aug 14, 2020
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Yes I also faced such a thing when some one from

Gold Crown Vacations. P. Ltd.
205/206, Apsara arcade,
2nd floor,
Near Karol Bagh metro station
Pusa Road.

On June 20th -09 My wife went to Big Bazaar They called my wife cell & said that you won a gift voucher of Rs. 15, 000/- from Big Bazaar Lucky draw. They said they are calling from Big Bazaar and you can collect your Gift from the above address. They said that you have to come with your Husband & child. We went there at the reception they given a forum to fill. after 5 min. they took us to a room. The room was like a restaurant with about ten glass round tables and chairs with it & music with a loud voice.

Where the sales executive started to describing about becoming a member of RCI and blah blah about 5000 locations where you can holiday with your family and become a member for 30 yrs. You can Buy your Property, Rent your Property etc. They were convincing us to invest our money on there Property by just showing some photographs. They were just brain washing us. There were a lot of family who came there like us and the sales executives were just trying there best to make a “BAKRA”. At last after 2Hrs we just said no to them we just exhausted by there talking/convincing. At last they given us a gift packet and a envelop and said this is your ticket for 2 Nights & 3 Days Holiday. We just said thank you and run away from there.

On the way my wife opened the gift packet & we found 6 small glass bowls of very low cost & 2 are broken and the Holiday Voucher there are so many terms & conditions that no one can think about going there.

We know that we are cheated but escaped from a victim of big Fraud. We thank God for that. The Gold Crown Vacations P. Ltd are one of the big emerging Fraud like Ashok Jadeja.
There are lots of complaints over Cambay and especially the NOIDA office, and Varun Kalra.
I am posting the complaints that appear on another webpage. I have myself written a grievance on that page. We should all get together and get united. We need to lodge an FIR against Cambay Holidays. Whatever they are doing is the height of fraud. They should be booked under 420.
Please call up the numbers given below and get in touch with the affected people. It is better to talk over phone rather than let fake people from Cambay join a group among us on internet.


Cambay Holidays is a fraud company

I, Ashish Dhawan was invited by the telecalling agents of Cambay holidays to collect a free holiday gift voucher. I had visited their noida office with my family on 4th july. There instead of giving me the free voucher they started to advertise about the comapny's various offers. Even after I insisted that I am not interested in any kind of membership they kept on offering me with lucrative offers. Finally I and my wife agreed to their offer of one year membership which they said would cost us Rs. 12878/- out of which we will receive a cash back of Rs. 8000/- within 30 days. The membership included a seven days holiday anywhere in India for four adults and two kids. it also included access to the cambay clubs throughout the year.

I was shocked after receiving the documents of the membership by post. It said that the membership is for 10 years and I will have to pay Rs. 101000/- and only after paying this amount I would receive a cash back of Rs. 8000/-. The document read that the membership is only for two adults and kids instead of four adults that was promised. It didnot mention anything about the cambay clubs membership.

After receiving the documents I called them up and also gave a complaint on mail, but they didnot reply back. After calling them after a week of written complaint they denied to give the cash back with very harsh words and also embarassed me on taking their membership. They also are not ready to cancel the membership and pay back the entire amount.

I am extremely depressed by their response and would seek consumer courts help to get my hard earned money back.

My Cambay member id: CFH[protected]
The receipt no. 1518

Regards,
Ashish Dhawan
O-306, AWHO, Vivek Vihar,
Sector 82, Noida-201305
Mobile: [protected]
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Nadeem Khan
Cambay is a fraud Company

I agree with you Mr. Dhawan they are a fraud company.I also faced a similar problem as yours.And the guy Varun kalra manager of noida branch I am definately going to put him behind bars he is the biggest cheter I met.And he respondent not well with me.

Any ways the guys who are the same victim I am please let me know so that we will take action accordingly.

I need to have my hard earned money back

Nadeem Khan
Noida
[protected]
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[protected], 01:57 PM
varun kalra of cambay also cheated me as well

This guy Varun Kalra also cheated me. He said we will get a cash back of 8000, but after chasing them for 2 months i wrote to the company and the company told me that we will only get a cash back if we will give them some active references. Which was shocking. varun Kalra took my signature by fraud on a 12878 rs receipt, and after 2 months i got a 2500 rs eni charge on my credit card.

i went back to their manager DEV SHARMA, but he told me that varun was caught in a fraud and they fired him, and i should wait for my money. But the next day it seemed that this guy Dev Sharma was even a bigger cheat, and Varun kalra is still in the company. they are all frauds, and the whole management supports them. they just make you many delightful promises, and get your signatures on some initial papers, and you are trapped.

We will all have to gather and do something about these guys as these kind of people are like cancer in our society and they should be stopped urgently.
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[protected], 01:49 PM
Varun Kalra needs to be arrested for fraud

Varun Kalra from the NOIDA office of Cambay Holidays in Sab Mall, is the biggest con-man/bluffmaster/fraudster that I have seen till now. I agree fully with Mr. Nadeem Khan above where he says Varun Kalra is the biggest cheater and needs to be behind bars. I have talked to Mr. Nadeem Khan over phone as well.
He is committing crime daily
1. He asks for ID card first. When you say you don't have it, he says can I have credit card. You show it to him. He snatches it, and leaves immediately. He comes back with two charge slip. One is normal charge slip of 12, 878 and the other has the card number embossed on it. You ask him why did you swipe the card without my permission and behind my back and he says - "Sir paise lene mein hum der nahin karte hahahahaha". You ask him what is this other slip where you have embossed by card and he says - "Sir it is same as your Rs. 12, 878 payment". Actually this thing is for the EMI of Rs. 1, 00, 000 payment for the 10 year membership that will start automatically on you credit card.
2. He makes a lot of false promises that amount to cheating (420). First that we will get a refund of Rs. 8, 000 along with a stay for 6 nights at any 5 star hotel without any charge or taxes. He mentions a lot of destinations in a way that seem like someone saying names of dishes at a dhaba. The offer seems very lucrative. Only after he has swiped your card will he tell you about the real thing and that too only if you ask him in detail about each thing. You will get the discount of Rs.8000 after 45 days. He makes a false claim that you do not need to pay Rs. 1, 00, 000 before the company gives you the discount. He says he is giving references in your name. He says the EMI will not start automatically and the company will call you before they start the EMI.

All of this is untrue. You will get the Rs. 8000 discount only if pay them the 1, 00, 000 along with two new references who should also become a member.The EMI for Rs. 1, 00, 000 will also start automatically.
Remember the slip where the card was embossed and the hurry in which Varun Kalra got your signatures here and there and everywhere.
All this is horrific. They are getting members really fast. Besides me I saw two new members within an hour when I went there. They are cheating people. And it is coming out in the open.
In the end Varun Kalra will simply say to you Sir, please cancel your card and file a dispute with the credit card. May be you will get back your first EMI of Rs. 2600. Sir, Forget the Rs. 12, 878. You cannot get it back.
If you get agitated he will insult you and throw you out saying - "Jo karna hai kar le"
This guy needs to be taught a lesson.
I am sure he cannot do all this independently without the complicity of his managers. The NOIDA manager once said to a person that Varun has been fired because he was accused in fraud, while Varun was actually working in the office. This implies the manager (Deep) is also involved deeply.
I think the company knows about this person and has received complaints. They are working to sort out the matter. I could see that regional managers are scrutinizing the NOIDA office.
But this company needs to do a lot of damage control if it wants to keep a good name in the market.
People like Varun Kalra will take down the reputation of company if the company is trying to build one.
We must all get united and find out people who have been cheated by Varun Kalra. These guys should not go scott free and continue to cheat people.
Even if we have lost our money let us stop these guys from cheating any more innocent people and robbing them of their hard earned money.

Cambay Holidays is taking notice of this page as well. They called up people who have complained on this forum.
They are also trying to put in fake people on this page. One of them going by the name of Simran Sharma, writes "Cambay is the best holiday planner" This is in response to Ashish Dhawan's original complaint. Simran Sharma, which branch of Cambay Holidays do you work in? NOIDA or Gandhinagar? Could you please post your contact information, email or phone?

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