Dear all,
I am holding a Club Mahindra membership since 2004. Initially at time of joining they had given big promises like HASSLE free holidays of 7 days /year for 25 years.
Each member has to pay membership cost + ASF Annual maintainence fees, which grows along with inflation.
The membership cost of white studio is around Rs2.25 lacs. At time of joining and annnual subscription (ASF) is Rs. 4000/- Now its is around Rs.10, 000/-
This is a complete cheating by Club Mahindra.
Non availability of rooms: Earlier members were around 25000 and now in 2009 the members are 90, 000.
So the member have increased by more than 300 %, however the rooms have just increased by 70 %.
This leads to serious non-availability of holidays.
LONAVALA RESORT:--- IN 2004, THEY HAD TOLD LONAVALA RESORT WILL BY READY BY 2006, BUT STILL AFTER 3 YEARS OF THEIR "DEADLINE" THEY HAVENT BUILD THE RESORT.
Increase in ASF fees per year: ASF is calculated based on inflations including food inflation costs.
However the Club Mahindra fees and ASF dont include any kind of lunch, dinner or breakfast, so on what basis they charge this indiscriminately?
Also at time of joining I was told holidays get accumulated, however now I am told holidays can be accumulated at most for 3 years(i.e 21 days), so in case your holidays balance exceeds 21 days, holidays get cancelled.
Cost factor: Cost of white studio :Rs. 2.25 lacs.
ASF for 2009: around Rs.10, 000/
So total cost of 7 days holiday:
Rs.10, 000 + 36, 000/-(Rs 36, 000 for interest @ 8% p.a and proportion of membership fees)
Total: Rs 46, 000 for 7 days holiday (Which doesn't include any other charges except accomodation.
Food, entertainment, sightseeing all is extra)
If you buy the same package through an agent its cheaper for same package in CLUB MAHINDRA RESORT( IN THEIR NON-MEMBER QUOTA !!!)
Now CLUB MAHINDRA resorts also have non-member quota.Why is this indiscrimination done? If CLUB MAHINDRA is building resorts by members money why they are not allocating 100% rooms to members? Why they are selling some additional rooms to nonmembers on premium charges?
So dont get fooled by CLUB MAHINDRA.
I want someone to highlight this facts and initiate action against Club Mahindra.
Thanks..
Aug 20, 2016
Complaint marked as Resolved
Verified Support
Mar 01, 2010
Club Mahindra Holidays Customer Care's response Dear Sachin,
Thank you for writing in and voicing your concerns through this forum.
Iam certainly concerned on the experience that has left much to be desired hence would like to thank you for being patient.
May I request you to kindly send in your concerns to my email - indu.[protected]@mahindraholidays.com. I will ensure to revert to you as soon as possible.
Regards
Indira
Member Relations
Club Mahindra
Verified Support
Dec 09, 2013
Club Mahindra Holidays Customer Care's response Dear Sunny,
We apologize for the inconvenience caused and are keen on discussing the matters you've highlighted. Thank you for sharing your membership id and it'd be heplful if you could also share your contact details at http://is.gd/CMListening for our team to get in touch with you.
Warm Regards,
Club Mahindra Team
My mebership Id is : 1507443
Once we have filled lucky draw coupon of Mahindra Holiday in big bazaar and after few days(27th July) we have a call to collect our free holiday voucher. We said ok and we visited to your Pacific mall branch and there Mr Rajesh Sagar has attended us, he has given the introduction of Mahindra holidays and what are facilities etc and he told us the charges approx 2, 55, 000 for that. This amount was too big for us to we refused then he offered us some attractive schemes
They told us to pay 25000 approx and two emi of approx 5600 and we will give you some attractive gifts first he offered us 1 panasonic cam coder with 5000 cash back but we still refused then he offered us 26' lcd tv with 5000 cash back we was still not ready then he offered us 32' lcd tv but we was still not ready to take then he offered us 5000 cash back also. One more think we was ready for try basis means we are going to pay you 25000 + 2 emi and they told us that we can avail 7 days holidays within a year and if we will not be satisfied then we can discontinue.
We paid 25000 approx that day and taken the membership and they promise us that they will get approval of this offer within 10 days then you pay our 2 emi and then within 30 days you will get your lcd tv and 5000 cash back. Till here story was very decent.
Now after 10 days we started calling to Mr Rajesh Sagar for our approval etc., he started saying that we have got the approval so our senior is on leave so when he will come I will mail you then you come to pay emi. We said ok but this thing has gone for approx more than 15-20 days mostly he do not picks up our phones sometimes he said now I am on leave and out of delhi etc.
So after approx 45 days we have decided to visit to our branch again to check the status what is happening and to pay our 2 emi amout. Then there Mr Rajeev has attended us and we talk to Mr Ranjan Shukla who is senior most persons there. Then Mr Shukla promise us that he will attend our case then after few days he promise us that he will give us Lcd tv before 14 Aug they will charge 2 emi amout on time of delivery of tv, so we was trying Bikaji cama palace number on 14th which he has given us but nobody was picking up. So we called Mr Shukla he told us there is some problem in phone lines so he given us assurance to give us Tv on Monday, but we could not gone thr bcoz of busy schedule so we called on saturday to bikaji cama palace they told us its Panasonic Camcoder is written in the papers there we cannot get the Tv, then we called Mr Shukla he told us that he already had words with Mr Sanjeev there so tell them they will give you TV we said fine we went to Bikaji Cama Palace then they told us this is not possible first we have to pay our 2 Emi then it will take anothere 45 days to deliver the TV, here was was feeling badly cheated bcoz from the day 1 we was ready to pay the amount but you people told us not pay and now after more than 2 months we came to know that it will take another 45 days and one more thing we have only September to go for any holidays then we have to pay the next emi.
But we paid there 2 emi amount so then at least after two months our case will proceed which should be done on day 1.
Then we called to Mr Rajesh Sagar for our 5000 cash back but he totally refused that we have not promise any cash back amout. He is completely fraud, because we was badly trapped in the web of Mahindra Holidays. Because he us attractive prizes cash back and fake promises to generate leads but when you joins and wakes up and demand your gifts etc they they show us their real marketing face. They are badly fooling innocent people's emotions and money. Because when after so much frustration I decided to quit they are not refunding any money to me while they (marketing people) promises that if there will be any delay or problem they will give your money back.
NOW I JUST WANT TO SAY TO CLUB MAHINDRA THAT CLOSE YOUR HOLIDAY RESORTS OR CHANGE YOUR STAFF WHO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE EVEN I CAN SAY THAT THEIR BRANCH MANAGER IN PACIFIC MALL IS VERY IRRESPONSIBLE & THEY ARE DOING FALSE COMMITMENT THEY ONLY WANT TO SHOW THAT WE SALE OUT N NUMBERS OF PACKAGES BUT I WANT TO SAY ONLY THAT MAHINDRA IS LOOSING HIS REPUTATION IN MARKET DUE TO THE WRONG STAFF & THEIR WRONG COMMITMENTS.
Regards
Vineet Goyal
[protected]@gmail.com