Highland Holiday Homes Complaints & Reviews

facing similar problem.

Hi,

We are also BIGGEST victims of this fraud that has duped me for 25K inApril' 2010. We have also gone through same process like asking three questions then declaring as winner and asked us to visit their office along with my wife and explained about their packages for 1 hour by some trained MBA students. Then we took the membership for 5 years and they have asked us to pay through credit cards then convert the same amount into EMIs we will refund the interest charged by the bank .

We did the same and produced the Credit card statements after converting the so called amount to EMIs to this fraud company. Then the really story get begun. They started arguing that they would refund only 7% of the total amount. I had to fight, abuse and threaten for amost a month month and
finally after that I received the Cheque.

The Sales rep also informed me that in case I want to go out on a holiday and if I call in for a booking 15 days before my journey date I shall get a confirmed booking, which is not at all true. I had to travel to Lonavala and Mahabaleshwar on 28th may and 1st june respectively, I called them and asked to do the bookings for the same. The reply i received was all the bookings are full.

The sales rep told me that over and above the membership charges I had to pay some utitity charges to which I asked her "What if I do not use the utilities? Will I still have to pay the charges?" she said no... Later When I tried booking the resort I was informed that thos were manditory charges. So I asked what are the Utility charges... she informed me that for Domestic its Rs 500 per day for 4 persons in thier own resorts and Rs. 650 in affiliated resorts... again this proved to be false information as the lonavala resort which is their own... I was informed that I had to pay Rs 1000 as utilty charges per day and in Mahabaleshwar I had o pay Rs 3000 per day.Hence I did not utlise their services.

This is the first company I have seen where the Head office does not have any information about their branch offices but the branch offices have all the information about all the other branch offices... And is the also great to hear that Highland Holiday Homes was barred from doing any business by Sebi for 5 years beacuase of a fraud.

Heres the link to that :-- http://www.sebi.gov.in/satorders/Highland.html

I am trying to cancel the membership but as per their dirty terms & conditions it’s not been cancelled. Guys why dont we come together and file a case againt Highland Holidays in the Consumer court.

Regards,
Jayesh Rathod
+91- [protected]

HIGHLAND HOLIDAYS HOMES PVT LTD — CHEATING AND FALSE PROMISES

I HAD GAVE COMPLAIN ON UR SITE ABOUT CHEATING FROM HIGHLAND HOLLIDAYS HOMES PVT LTD. SUCH A BIGGEST FRAUD COMPANY IN INDIA.WHO GAVE US FALSE PROMISE AND CHEATED US FOR 35000/- WHICH NOT A LESS AMOUNT FOR US.
PLS HELP ME. I HAVE GIVEN MINIMUM 3 COMPLAINS AGAINST THIS FRAUD COMPANY ON CONSUMER FORUM.

Bajaj Highland Holiday Homes Pvt Ltd. — Fraud Scam Peoples...Need my Refund ASAP

From: Devendra

To: Consumer Court

Subject: Application for Refund of My payment Rs. 35, 000/-

Hi,


I have taken 5 Years Membership on Saturday May 9 2009 From Highland Holiday Homes M.G Road Pune Office through their Sales Manager Siddharth and Marketing person Ganesh and was assured some service and club membership by making Payment of Rs 35, 000 /- cash.

But when i returned home and cross verified with the affiliated club, they directly denied any links with Highland. I visited their pune office on sunday 10 may 2009 and met Manager Siddharth and was assured the refund of my complete payment of Rs 35, 000 /- since i haven’t used any of your service. He asked me to contact your pune office on monday in Morning 10.30 am and so i contacted Pune office and was being told by Pooja to write an Email application and send to us and we will refund your money.

Some points for Cancellation:

1. I was assured by Manager Siddharth that i will get free access to Pan Card Club and Ganga Retreat club at Pune during my membership with highland, but when i personally contacted both the club they denied any such free affiliation and said i will get only 10% discounts on recreation.

2. On my second visit to highland office on sunday Manager siddharth told me that i need to pay Maintenance cost of 300-400 for each club that i use for every year. Again this was never mentioned anytime during the session, later on Siddharth told us that he will pay the maintenance on behalf o[censored]s for every year.

3. I was even assured by Manager Siddharth and Marketing Guy Ganesh that if i opt for any affiliated Resort/hotel for my stay i need to pay only 650 /- as utility charges for any star hotel, but later on i discovered that its 650 /- onwards and this smart guys has never used this word onwards anytime as customers already knows what onwards means and if they would have said this onward i would have never taken the membership.

4. There are some more points which was being told by them but never mentioned on paper or something else written on paper and they have said something else. Even the marketing guy ganesh told me that Highland is Bajaj's Electrical group, on hearing this i said him to call your manager and give me proof that when bajaj has entered the relationship with you, then siddharth came and clarified that its no where related with Bajaj group. Again miss-communication between your same group. Atleast everybody should stick to the same point.

5. On discussing all this issues with Manager Siddharth on Sunday 10 May 2009, he finally agreed (in presence of all the peoples at the venue) for complete refund of my payment of Rs 35, 000 /- and on Pooja's request i am sending this application.

According to the Consumer Court
"It is illegal to tag a service as NON-CANCELLABLE and NON-REFUNDABLE when you are actually not using their services."

This is what being told to us by Manager Siddharth and under which i am applying for a complete refund of Rs 35, 000 /- since i havent used any of your services.


6. Also during my session with Manager Siddharth he told me various things about Highland Holiday and its affiliation but he or his teams never mentioned that the Highland Holiday Homes Pvt Ltd managed by Mr. Manohar P Bajaj was banned by SEBI on July 26, 2001 "debarring the Appellant, its promoters, directors, managers and persons in charge of the business of the schemes, from operating in the capital market for a period of five years"
Reference: http://www.sebi.gov.in/satorders/Highland.html (APPEAL NO. 46/2001).

Now i am feeling more insecure to continue my membership with Highland and needs my refund ASAP.

Now since they have dedcuted my money in one shot, i am expecting the Same while refund.

I request consumer court to take some actions againse such company ASAP.

I also request all peoples of india to stay away from this company.

Highland Website:
http://www.highlandresorts.com/cisonsgroup.htm

http://www.highlandresorts.com/contactus.htm

Pune Branch Office:

Shan Hira Heights Building
No:13, 1st Floor
Above Titan Showroom, MG Road
Pune - 411 001
Tel :[protected]/77

Thanks
Devendra

Hi i m member of highland holiday homes at pune. i m very much satisfy with the services. I have paid 55000/- via ICIC Credit Card(9 months EMI) & become a member on 15 mar, 09. & while taking membership only i understood the booking rules. as we have to book holidays 1 month advanced i.e. they start booking form April, 09 for May, 09. means i can call up on 1st April, 09 for any dates in May, 09. so i have already enjoyed my 1st holidays at RGBC - GOA, the resorts was fantistic, its realy good velue for money what i have paid.
Thanks to HIGHLAND HOLIDAY HOMES PVT. LTD.

KIRAN MANDLIK.
[protected]

mr. devendra
we too are suffering at the hands of highland holiday pvt. ltd. they made a lot of false promises to us. we too wud like to get a refund. i would like to know if you managed to receive a refund and how?
thanks and regards
shubhangi

Dear All,

We also suffering the same . they made the false promises when we are going to utilize this services then they refuses their words.

please any one got money back .if yes then mail me [protected]@yahoo.com.

even after taking membership also charges are very high .

Their service include 4days per year free.
80km traveling per day Free
breakfast

but now they refusing .

Hi All,
I am also one of the victim. Today only (12-Dec), I visited Pune office. The Branch Manager, Swati told me that it is your mistake that you take the membership.
I was there to claim the discount (20% on F and B) which the resort didn't give me while I was in Lonawala. Now they are asking for application, bills etc to verify.
These people are professional thieves and criminal.
Can we come together and form a forum to fight against this organisation (Highland Holiday Home)?
Also I realise that they are not giving the booking in pick period. I asked for booking on Lonawal Resort for Cristmas on 17-Nov, now they are saying that it is not available.

- Rajesh Vispute
# [protected].

I am in the same process and collected almost 12 members data.
The agreement details are with Chennai Office. Kindly send a message to them first. Then region wise (like Pune/Mubai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi) can go through the internet (through google search just type the words highland holidays complaints or related words) then you get more data easily and quickly. Join together and approach the respective office.
Especially Chennai/Bangalore region people can directly go to thier Chennai office and meat the M.D. Sh.Manohar Bajaj). So, the things will be improved to get a faster refund with the compensation depending on the period they retained our money.
Register your complaints in more and more internet sites, and get more data, ways to get the refund(latest message) for your help.

I do agree with your complaint. Pls register my complaint. Nobody is picking up the phone in their Mumbai office, as I would like to get their services. I paid Rs.20, 000/- for 3 years membership for Highland Holiday Homes P.Ltd. My Membership No.HC-03-2218 valid upto May 2012 of Highland Vacation Club. My e-mail address is : mukundan.[protected]@gmail.com, Mob.No.[protected]

Hi all,
I have taken membership in 2005 and on every occassion of attempting to book a resort, eithyer the resort is not available or bokking in full or the affilliation is no more there. For example in Goa, in place of RGBC i was offered Valentine retreat which was available for much lesser cost than I was to pay to Highland as utility charges.

Is there any sucessful person who was able to get refund of their money from these cheats. I am ready to go to consumer court or whatever.

If yes plesae mail me the method on [protected]@hotmail.com.

no own resorts and they working as a travel agent only even tour directly cost less with food also / even own resort charged and at same rate onr can stay with food in better hotel / bajaj high land most cheted company
how the staff working with this chet company / govt law can punish or not but god will punish all of them because cheating to lower medium class people is most punishable / lonavala resort is seen by me it is ilegal and demolise by local authorities

REQUEST ALL STAFF MEMBERS OF BAJAJ HOGH LAND PLEASE DONT WORK WITH DISHONEST CHEATING COMPANY / TO COOPERATE THIS TYPE OF CHEATER CO. GOD WILL PUNISH YOU IF GOVT OR LAW NOT PUNISH YOU ALL BY YOUR STREANTH OF MONY AND POLITICAL BACKING / CURSH OF POOR PEOPLE WILL SPOIL YOUR LIFE AND YOUR SALARY / COMMISION EARN BY CHEATING POOR PEOPLE WILL SURELY VESTED IN MEDICINES AND DEASES TO YOUR FAMILY COME ON PREY GOD AND MAKE PRAYASCHIT FOR YOUR PAP KARM

I too am victimized for this highland holiday membership. I am from mumbai and was tempted to become a member by one marketing female named Sandaya whose mobile is now switched off after cheating many people. I became a member in May 2010 by paying Rs.35, 000/- but they make promises which are not fulfilled so the only way is to come together and unitedly fight them out.

MY MOBILE NO: [protected]

Dear Poor Bajaj High land memebrs,
We have been another victim of these thieves.
They cheated telling so many things and taken the membership fee of RS.40, 000/-

I agree with what Devendra has written on Bajaj Highland.
They told if you are not using the facility - we will refund Rs. 1, 000/- for every night.
Now they are not doing this.

I took their help for booking in Shirdi, their cost is higher than direct booking.

M. Padmavathy

This cheter company should ban by government and member's should get there money back . no one should faith on this cheter company

I am also suffering from the same. After taking the membership, I found that they are not affiliated to most of the resorts they have said. They have some economy range properties only which they portray as 5 star category.
I tried to book their Lonavala resort during August 2010 and they did not provide a booking saying that the property is under renovation.
I searched for Shirdi and found that the so called utility charges for their affiliated hotels are more than room charges for the hotels. I would also like to get refund of my membership fees, I have not used any of their services yet. Please let me know if any of you have got the refund.

We are also from PUNE and are facing same situation. Kindly share your contact details so that together we can take some action againt them.

Jain

Highland Holidays Homes Pvt. Ltd. — Cheating

I too had a bad experience when I went with my family too Lonavala which was very first experience. Only 1 small room with 2 beds & i Washroom was alloted when i visited with my family of four.Whatever was explained to us during Seminar was the other side to convince to become Members. Really We are repenting & crush our that bad moment which inspired to become Member.Even three time booking was refused for some or other reason. If at all they are courteous they should refund the money.

Mukund Negandhi
[protected]@yahoo,com
Cell No. [protected]
Membership No. H-5/DAE/MUM-25
Type HC-05-CLASSIC

I am too suffering from Bajaj highlands Resorts pune. I have taken memebership of 5 years in may 2010 . we family planned a trip to srinagar delhi amritsar etc we planned booking of railways 3 months before and one month before i phone Bajaj highlands Resorts pune office regarding availability of rooms. They insisted we do bookong only 2 months before. Even though i told them it is vacation time kindly book hotel room in advance they refused. After that just 2 months before i too ring them and told them same to book rooms. They gave us email and told us to send details and plan of journey, and too my surprise they email bounced back saying not such email i re took email with confirmed twice and email went but no reply till 10 days. After doing phone to them regarding this issue in reply they told we have not received any email. So i left the mater and went to srinagar.
In my second trip to Rajasthan may -2011 same happened and in this time manager was diffirent and very arrogant she replied unable to do reservations.
To your information in my goa trip in diwali 2011 they too repeated same process.
Today also i have applied and emailed for room in tirupati lets see what happens if this happens please all of you come together and show them we all we go to there office unitely
Sir what happenes we all are unable to visit their office or dont have time thats why they are taking undue advantage.
Please help or guide me
my email [protected]@yahoo.com

it was really surprising...

Hi Mohsin,

I am very much agree with you that this company is totally fraud and they are taking Rs. 1000 fper day rom me for their utility charges for dalhousie hotel. I have checked throu internet that same hotel is offering a best 3 days 2 night stay in Rs.5000, which includes three meals, sight seeing, drinks, fruits, and lots of other things. Then why i nedd to pay that much amount to highland resorts. This company is really chargimng a big amount in the name o[censored]tility charges. I have cheated through this fraud company.

Hi i m member of highland holiday homes at pune. i m very much satisfy with the services. I have paid 55000/- via ICIC Credit Card(9 months EMI) & become a member on 15 mar, 09. & while taking membership only i understood the booking rules. as we have to book holidays 1 month advanced i.e. they start booking form April, 09 for May, 09. means i can call up on 1st April, 09 for any dates in May, 09. so i have already enjoyed my 1st holidays at RGBC - GOA, the resorts was fantistic, its realy good velue for money what i have paid.
Thanks to HIGHLAND HOLIDAY HOMES PVT. LTD.

KIRAN MANDLIK.
[protected]

Hi Kiran Mandalik,

After reading your message on this subject, I could say that I am little bit relived {after reading so many complaints}. I hope you are not an employee of Highliand's :-).

I would like to know exactly for how many days you had booked this hotel in GOA and how much you paid for this service.
Can you describe exactly how you book this hotel and where and how you paid this amount?

Again it will be really great if you can tell us minute details like what type of rooms, rating of hotel, hotel management’s response to highland’s members, any extra charges to be paid to hotel?

Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately looks like the positive response here is written by highland holiday home, cause Kiran does not know anything about this post.

I am ready to bet a Rs.40000 on the fact that ANY positive review you find for this FRAUD Bajaj Highland Holiday Homes company is posted by their own employee/owners. Please tell everyone you can to STAY AWAY from these crooks.

I agree to everyone (except kiran) as we too feel cheated even the contact no. they gave us are wrong

Hi,

One of my frieds was duped with 25000 with same promises. The clause on paper were however different and my friend mistakenly signed it.
But we have approached a lawyer and he told us - it is illegal to tag a service as NON-CANCELLABLE and NON-REFUNDABLE when you are actually not using their services. We are filing a case in Consumer Court for this in coming week.

Regards,
Prateek

Hi, my friend too has taken membership with Holiday homes for 5yrs, similarly the things which were explained by them was not at all applicable.. moreover by the time we've planned for a trip they ask us to pay utility charges similar to charge of accomodation. Its all fake. Dont anyone get fooled with HIGHLAND HOILIDAY HOMES.

I have been duped by them as well. I am planning a consumer complaint for the same

I got the call from the same organisation and when I asked for the clarification from them regarding this. They were not able to respond me on this. Thanks Deepika for your blog...Thanks for saving my few thousand bucks :)

M/s HIGHLAND HOMES — Non-Return of Fees of Rs.18,000/- collected.

I, G.Venu Murali joined HHH scheme and paid Rs.18, 000/- in Sep 2005 and received Membership Certificate and ID card ( HVC-CC5-003 ) on 14th Sep 2005.

I want to bring to your kind notice that I did not use any of HHH services till date and hence requested to return my amount of Rs.18, 000/- but High Land Homes has not resolved my case for the past 5 months inspite of several reminders/requests.

Request you to kindly render Justice..and advise M/s High Land Homes to return the amount immediately.


E-mail Contact of M/s HHH: [protected]@eth.net

Thanks Deepika for your comments. I too have received a call of this nature. I had a doubt in mind. so i called them back and talked to them. I realised it was all fake. So i surfed the net to know more about it and here was your complain against them.

Though i was never going to go on there call. Now I am assured that these people are cheat.

I too lost my 32, 000 for a 5 year package..

Please my kind obligation "don't ever turn back to these kind of organisations"

From top to bottom everyone there are experts in speaking lie.

The no 1 frauds u can find in highland holiday homes.

Even I got call from Highland Holiday Homes Pvt Ltd 2 days back.They asked 3 questions on GK and said that you have received free gift worth Rs.4500/-.When we went there yesterday one executive explained tour package and said that you will also be getting free membership for some reputed clubs allover India & abroad along with Holiday package.But only condition is that you need to pay Rs. 40, 000/- (for 5 days/year) now for this offer.When asked that we will come tomoro, they refused to give the same package & offering.Sensing this fishy business we refused to take package.
They have given us some free Gift voucher, we dont know to what extent it is true.But after reading all your mails I am sure that its all fake and by Gods grace we saved from this trap.

I too had got a similar call wherein I was to ge a free holiday and an artificial jewellery set.
Then they convinced me about the 6 yr plan for 15000/-.
I paid 7000 that tym but that was 2 yrs bk.I was just thinkin of puttin in 8000 and getting the holiday but it seems that these ppl have turned out to be frauds.
People sumthn needs to be done...n if any1 of you has got a gud story to tell abt HHH then kindly mail me at [protected]@gmail.com.
Karan

These people were after me giving calls no of times, atleast for 15days. As i was busy and not in the town so i refused to be at there office in EDM in vaishali ghaziabad.But they again insisted me to be at there office. Every time they try to convince me that they are a BAJAJ ELECTRICAL GROUP company which actually a fake.
They all are telling the story of how Mr. Rahul bajaj's brother has started his Holidaying buisness after seperation apart from electrical buisness.
Sales person has tried to convince me for the package which they were offering for Rs.35000 for the period of 5 years. After my refusal they were ready to negotiate at lower cost. This show that they were expert me making fools of people at every cost.
I say thanks to TV Serial OFFICE OFFICE in which similar replica was shown.
My hardened money is saved and now no one should be ever talk to any of such calls.

i agree..thanks for the blog... i got a call today morning and samething some 3000 gift voucher..after reading ...total bull..so thanks spread the word..probably should get them arrested for harasment...should get them banned under NDC...what say??

i agree all this compain .i also have very bad experience. when i had taken this plan from Raheja Archid bangalore . they promise and also given in written . if i will pay through credit card it will be free of interest .but my bank is charged me 7500 as interest, when i complain them minimum 30 time they only return me 3100. for rest amount i called them minimum 100 times but no response. they told and send me detaail of hotel they have tie up .they are written that they will only chage the utility charges .when i booked though them for ooty they charged me rs 950/night and told me the original room rent for non mamber is rs 3000. but when i reached ooty i enquery in the hotel they told me that that room rent is it self rs 950. i did not find out any benefit by paying 28000 to highland. when i asked regarding this they told me that you got facility in our resort. but when i went tirupati the rooms are dirty .in the name of ac only a ac box is there .the caretaker is ruddy. So please avoid HHH if you want to waist money then just go for it

Today I'v also received a call from Bajaj HIghlandsHoliday Home pvt ltd. they have invited me to come along with my wife at the venue " CSM Mall, Sec 18 Noida", to collect a gift voucher package of 2night+3day free stay at any of any of their resorts spreaded all over India .
I'm not sure about their genuinity, so please anyone having any knowledge about this, so please inform me, i"m quiet confused.

Oh! GOD. Why dint I read this blog earlier? I was just thinking of planning a holiday when I checked their website. I also got a similar call and an offer of a free holiday along with a jwellery set. I paid 10, 000 for 3 years. But now when I am trying to book, I find neither any good place is available nor any dates.

Has anyone tried to get their money back? Please contact me. I also want to get my money back.

Hi all,
I was made fool by this so called company HILAND HOLIDAY HOMES PVT LMT. By telling lie and taking advantage of my inosence they took Rs 25000 for 3 year membership but there are lot of things which they told me are incorrect For example- They told me that you can rent your holidays for Rs 4000 per day and this will be done by the company it self, whereas on the papers its something differet. So I have lost my Rs 25000. But to teach them a lesson. I am going to log a criminal case against them. So if any one can help me in that matter please contact me. My Ph# is [protected].

Thanks all for the info posted.It is very highlighting for all
members of highland holidays in this forum
I too had problem with booking during peak hours with the same
stupid answers of non availability of rooms..
I had gone to mathern, hill stn in mumbai which was affliated resorts of highland.
The rooms very ok, but u need to pay for all room services.there was nothing which was free, as shuld be the case.
There are two issue here, one the offers given by highland duping the people & second the promised resorts managed by them for the members do really exists or just good ad on the website..
Got to beware of such incidents in future & not suggest anyone to become member of highland holidays..

tks
Prasad
Mumbai.

I have experience the same find them fraud
they donot let u read rules and make sign agreement
I feel it is credit card company's moral responsibility not to entertaine such vendors so people are saved by signing wrong deals

I strongly agree with all the people who have raised the complaints here against the most corrupted and fraudulent to the core Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd. Even though I too was cheated I managed to get around 60% of my money. I believe we all to should stand together and devise something to get these Highland Holiday people on to the hooks.
Just scrapping in such sites is not a way to teach such frauds a lesson. We need to form a group and see to it what can be done further in taking a case against these people.

I also became a member of highland holiday homes last year and have faced similar problems. Everytime i tried to book rooms either it was not available or i was told that i shud call up a month in advance. For weekend breaks you don't plan a month in advance.
In the beginning we were fooled in the name of BAJAJ but when we saw a press release from BAJAJ stating that it has nothing to do with highland holiday homes we wrote to the highland's head office in Chennai which denied having made any such claims from the very beginning. We were really disheartenned with such blatant lies but after reading all your complaints i think the company needs to be taught a lesson. i have already approached the consumer court in Mumbai and will be registering the case very soon. If anyone of you wish to join the fight against these cheater please mail me. We can't let them misuse our hard earned money...think about it.

Two weeks back, we also got trapped by this company... we paid 25000 through credit card for 8 days per year for 5 years. Reading all the reviews makes me realise, what a foolish step that was.

We called them and they said the membership cannot be cancelled, can only be transfered. Since we have not used any of their services, cannot log any case also. Is there any way we could get the money back before availing anything... Please reply.

I also trapped last week and we paid 51000/- 10 days for 5 yrs.and Now no ways to return my money.I lost this and did very bad decision in my life.

I called them and they said the membership cannot be cancelled, can only be transfered. Since we have not used any of their services, cannot log any case also. Is there any way we could get the money back before availing anything... Please reply.

On 07-sep-2008, I got a phone call from “Bajaj Electricals” which is a well known company in India. She was asked two questions (which answered correctly). My answers were declared correct and I was invited to claim a gift vouchers from some “Bajaj office” in the evening. It sounded like she was getting to select from a variety of goods up to a value of Rs. 4, 000/-. What we found was a royal scam.
We were supposed to land up in the hall of the Centura, Kandiwali (7th Oct 2008 - in case anyone wants to investigate this further). We entered to find a variety of couples engaged in different degrees of conversation with salesmen of varying degrees of aptitude.
It all began with a smooth talking salesman writing a lot on bits of paper creating flowcharts and lists and sweeping them away to create more on new pieces of paper. We were explained how Bajaj has plenty of ventures like Electricals, motors and god knows what else, and now there is a new one - Highland Holidays. This of course was total bull , as none of their papers had anything to do with Bajaj beyond its being the surname of one of its founders.
I think its an obvious scam when the name Bajaj Electricals was directly used by them to generate a sense of credibility. Then came too good to be true offers on holidays (which may or not be real, but certainly smelled like a rat). We were offered 10 days a year for 5 years for an “initial investment” of Rs. 51, 000/- .The person came to my house with me to collect the money and all trust I give him.
What got me itchy and suspicious and getting on google search immediately on returning home were these things:
1. The phone call itself pretended to distribute gift vouchers for Bajaj Electricals for three correct answers, but offered them even when the answers were wrong.
2. We are not listed for any schemes, contests or anything, and the organizers had no clear answer for how they got our number.
3. Nowhere on the location was any banner related with Bajaj (which is the name we were expecting to find) to be found. We honestly stumbled upon the event while enquiring about it.
4. Bajaj Electricals, the name used to draw unsuspecting people to the event - was in no way related to it, nor were any gift vouchers from Bajaj electricals distributed.
5. For a company that seemed to have gone through great effort to book a venue and organize individual presentations for participants, there was not a single piece of printed paper they actually gave anyone. No visiting cards, no printed documents of schemes, no nothing - not even mobile numbers.
6. It was clearly specified that the “outstanding offer” was open only right then, and the answer had to be yes or no on the completion of the presentation - no going home and taking a day to think or anything (more likely - no investigating this company for reliability)
7. The “gift vouchers” were for a holiday for two at one of some specified locations, where we still would be expected to be paying money.
8. The “presentation” itself was more like street haggling, where you are offered higher investment opportunities.
9. Why would any reputable company have an investment opportunity open for an evening where a decision is to be made without looking at any offer document, without any verification, office address, official representatives, or even simple visiting cards? The way I see it, if they can’t afford a basic official set up, my investment is unlikely to be safe with them.
10. Strangely, even their “managers” who came in to dramatic effect with approvals of surveys, and special offers, etc. didn’t even bother to provide surnames. I have yet to see any professional investment related thing being presented or negotiated without any written documentation or proposal of the exact offering and terms for consideration before investing in it. No official venue, no visiting cards, nothing.
11. For an investment related event taking place in a hotel, not even tea or coffee was offered. We were asked if we wanted water.
12. In short, they were simply trying to his susceptible people and get money out of them as fast as possible.
The sad part is that I found that middle class couples and one really aged one taking these offers very seriously. I hope for their sakes that this offer goes against all logic and turns out to be genuine.

I too got cheated by Highland holiday homes by false promises informing that they are of "Bajaj group". I was shocked to learn that they are no way related to Bajaj group.

As suggested by some of the complainants, the only way is all the affected people coming together and fighting against the fraud people.

I plan to take up this issue with the consumer court. If any or you would like to join do send me a mail with your details and also with a note whether you would like to part of this joint crusade against these fraud people. We can file a combined case against these people and get justice.
Kindly reply to the below mail: [protected]@gmail.com

Based on the feedback in the next 10 -15 days, we should plan the next course of action. One possible approach would be through
www.icrpc.org/

Hi All,

I have got the same call from Bajaj Electric Group offering me the "Free Package" & "Jewellary Set". They are calling me at EDM Mall, Shop No S38 (2nd Floor) at 7:30PM today.

Person who called me is Neha (+91-[protected]). They called me from landline +[protected].

What shall i do?

Thanks,
Deepak

I have alsoben duped by the company...ihv paid 20000/ and used the srvice twice at Lonaval and Shirdi.. both places were below standards..and they charge u in the name o[censored]tility charges, forthis amount u will get a better hotel anywhere in India...they paromise to convert yr EMIs interest free i[censored] pay the membership fee by credit card... but refuse later on...they promise that if we surrender 10 days holidays to the company we shal get back at least 10000/ back alll liies and fake.. all readers beware and and get togetherto teach them a lesson..

Dear All,

I am myself the sufferer. I took the membership in Jan 2007 after their call for gift. Now after approx. 2 year i could not avail any of Gift Voucher and any of the Holiday bought by me for 12 year.

Please proceed to get the refund with interest.

I received a call yesterday on my mobile. Thanks to my good luck, I was siting at my desk and i could goggle this page out while talking on the phone itself. Google makes people smarter. Though i was told i have received a gift voucher worth rs 4000. The caller named Tulsi left this number with me[protected], which exists. I was called to the same Centura hall @ Kandivali yesterday evening only. But, by then i read through most of the comments and had a clear picture of the scam.
Now, I am going to write on this on other forums too & try to do my bit. Hope our efforts prevents others from being fooled as, it worked for me.
This is a clear case of fraud & they should be screwed.

Dear All,
I also got cheated 5 years back. Initially I was trying to book holiday at Tirupti and the answer was "Building is not ready". When I was trying to book the holiday after some time, either phone number was not working or engaged. I could not avil holiday for the peiod and lost all the money except few glass bowls.
Yes I remember, they were telling they belongs to bajaj group

Thanks

Ramamoorthi

Even I've lost Rs25, 000/- and ready to fight against them.

This is a complete fraudulunt company. Was debarred by SEBI in 2002 itself. More info in the below link. It may be useful while filing the case.

http://www.sebi.gov.in/satorders/Highland.html

I Have become the member just 4 days back, and have not utilized the services.I strongly want to be with all of you to get the money back and put such liars behide bar.

Even I got Cheated. Can we collectively act against such fraudlant company.

Please come together.

NO1 fraud company...in a nut shell

NO.1 FRAUD COMPANY

hello, this is adil shaikh from mumbai and we have also been cheated on 7th oct 2008 . so we are happy to see this forum on highland frauds . Reply me on my mail ...we could take strict action against them through www.icrpc.org or i have a friend in media i.e aaj tak . we could gather some of the people who have been fooled and convince them to undertake sting operation against this highland people...i[censored] are with me pls reply me with your contact no .ASAP

all the people who have been trapped from kandivili can join me .we could discuss easy way out from this situation and fight to get our money back any how.hope to get a good response from you people

my contact no is . [protected]

Today I got a call from Mr. Dev from no. [protected]stating that they are calling from Delhi, Lajpat Nagar from HHH. Today they invite me to CSM Mall, Noida in evening to collect free gifts and enjoy a free holiday package. I enquired about the same on Net and I found your (this) blog. I called back and they said there is no Mr Dev but I am speaking to some Mr. Shekhar. I screwed that like anything and he was clueless. He said some Mr. Sanjay Bajaj ( not original Bajaj's) own this company. That guy was shivering when I screwed him. Bloody Rascals.!!! I am inquisitive and would have screwed them in the meeting but still Thanks Guys.

Even I have lost Rs.13K. I am ready to fight against them.

I too got a call from Noida saying they belong to bajaj electrical group. Wisely, I browsed internet and I happen to see this before I go to their office today evening. Thanks. You all saved my time and money.

I wish I had read this earlier. Can all o[censored]s not get together and do something about highland holidays seriously. I stay @ Pune. Atleast all the sufferers of Pune can get together and try to get back our hard earned money. Can we have a leader amongst us who can take an initiative ?

HI
I Had a very good exeprience with a highlands being a member...i came to know there are lot of benefits in highlands.there own resots are exetremly very good.feel like visiting now and then..do plz visit highland resorts enjoy the facilites.

OMG!!! I wish I had read this earlier... :( Even I toooo joined with Highland Holiday Homes! Im from bangalore... Pls do mail me if anybody has got back thier money?

Even I paid 31000 for 7 years on Sept 06. till now I am not able to utilise this facility. while called up they told that this is peak season so there is no availablity and on requesting for renting out this facility, they send a letter that on getting a request from people who is interested they will inform and I need to negotiate with them.

I saw one case which consumer redressal cell addressed this issue and the money given by a person was refunded. I think all can take this route. please see the note.there is success story in http://www.icrpc.org/icrpc.org.success2.htm

Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd.: Refunds money

24) Mrs. & Mr. Vishwajitsinh H Gohil of Bangalore ([protected]) of Mumbai had applied for membership of Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd. and paid Rs. 33, 000 through credit card with an assurance from there will be rental facility enabling the consumers to get Rs. 1500 per day on holidays rented. This turned out to be a fake promise. ICRPC sent a notice to the company and asked for immediate settlement. The consumers received full amount on 9-2-2007.

Dear friends, , , I also got cheated by Highland holiday homes for Rs 35000/- for 5 years. They promised 5 star hotels and resorts but the experience in Panchgani was very bad. They had very poor service, no room service, no security and no receptionist. Customers from Highland were treated as 3rd class and rooms given are very dirty. They dont give any choice at all. From all these messages It seems that they have cheated lot of people with the name of Bajaj.

Let us fight together to stop their business and get back our money. Please share any ideas or suggestions to fight with them.

Dear friends, , , I also got cheated by Highland holiday homes for Rs 35000/- for 5 years. They promised 5 star hotels and resorts but the experience in Panchgani was very bad. They had very poor service, no room service, no security and no receptionist. Customers from Highland were treated as 3rd class and rooms given are very dirty. They dont give any choice at all. From all these messages It seems that they have cheated lot of people with the name of Bajaj.

Let us fight together to stop their business and get back our money. Please share any ideas or suggestions to fight with them.

I strongly agree with all the people who have raised the complaints here against the most corrupted and fraudulent to the core Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd. Even though I too was cheated . I believe we all to should stand together and devise something to get these Highland Holiday people on to the hooks.
Just scrapping in such sites is not a way to teach such frauds a lesson. We need to form a group and see to it what can be done further in taking a case against these people.

I too got cheated by Highland holiday homes by false promises informing that they are of "Bajaj group". I was shocked to learn that they are no way related to Bajaj group.

As suggested by some of the complainants, the only way is all the affected people coming together and fighting against the fraud people.

I plan to take up this issue with the consumer court. If any or you would like to join do send me a mail with your details and also with a note whether you would like to part of this joint crusade against these fraud people. We can file a combined case against these people and get justice.
Kindly reply to the below mail: bs.[protected]@gmail.com

Hi,

Myself and my fiancee also got cheated by the same organization in Bangalore. We took the voucher for Rs.25000 for 5 years and later surfed the net and came to know of everything.
We did not use any services offered by them after reading all these. We filed a case in Consumer Court against them and after a couple of months of hearing and delays, the court order was to return the money to us with interest. It still remains to be seen whether or not we get the amount within 4 weeks as per the order.
However, still glad the court order was atleast in our favor.

Even I've lost Rs13, 700/- and ready to fight against them.

looks like this is big fraud. We also received a call today that we've won the free gift for 3 questions. Thank you all

Hi all,
My wife had recd. call at my res. from so called Co. HIGHLAND HOLIDAY HOMES PVT LTD. 3 years back and she was asked 3 simple questions and said that you have received free gift worth Rs.4500/-.
We both were asked to come at Tiptop Plaza, Thane, some Executive was there to convince me regarding Tour package and also told that this is a Bajaj Group Company. After one hour or so he totally convinced us about the package and also promised that I can also use the club facilities affiliated to this company, but in my city only 2 clubs were there, out of the 2, one was far away from my residence say around 8-9 kms and the other one was under construction which was nearer to my residence and till today it is under construction. I agreed with him and i had signed the papers for 3 years package of Rs.14000/-, but there are lot of things which they told us were lies and are incorrect For example- They told me that you can rent your holidays for Rs 4500 per year and this will be done by the company and was asked to apply for renting holidays but no reply was received by me. I had tried booking for Goa but was told that it is peak season and for 2nd time also same thing happened. Nor I could use the holidays & nor the Club facilities. Now that 3 years are getting over this month and I could not make use of single penny from the amount paid to them. I too got cheated by Highland Holiday Homes.

Since we have not used any of their services, cannot log any case also and also the time limit is getting over. Is there any way How we could get the money back. Please advise.

The same happenned with me as well when I was called to Raheja Arcade in front of Forum. I went for free gift and was trapped to shell Rs 18000 for a membership of 3 years.

The conditions that those guys said was that if you wont use your Holidays you can lend it to somebody else and get the commission from HHH. But when I tried to lend it by calling them they said for the first year I have to use and rest of years they can lend. Now if I call them they are not responding properly.

They even said if you go to the clubs like country club you can get the entry fee off for all 4 of your friends but when I went there country club ppl only waived it for me and all my friends were charged.

No rooms available for any resort when ever I call them.

The HHH lady on the call is really rude and says that I havent paid to her anything.

Dont get fooled and think of some way to get those cheats tought a lesson and jailed for fraud.

CONSUMER COURT

Yes, I too got cheated by the same promotional event at Raheja Arcade,
We must got to Consumer Court, but i tried calling them frequently and tried to get any kind of confirmation about the promises what they did on the promotion, but they are not even ready to comunicate back by mail.

This is really sick, we need proofs to go to consumer court, and i'm still trying to get some.

hi, wat rubbish, im d member of highland holiday homes from last 4 yrs, i never faced any problem, all properties are maintained well, still wen i c reviews i feel like 2 laugh.im very happy with there service, even recommend 2 u all 2 go for it.

we are also cheated by HHH last month. Kindly let me know about any refund possiblities. Also is there any action taken against them by anyone so that we can also join them. pls contact [protected]

Hi,
I too paid 35000/- for 5 years.But i smelled the fish and checked the web and contacted many guys who got cheated by HHH and started fighting with them to get my money back from the SECOND day ITSELF.

LUCKILY i paid thru Credit CARD.

First i gave complaint that i lost my Credit card and i did not do the transaction.So BANK holds the amount.
But dispute come in favor of HHH.
Then again i raise one more DISPUTE with Credit CARD company that i was not merchandise.(Did not get any service from merchant)-

CHARGE BACK REQUEST.

Since money is held with BANK due to my first dispute ...HHH did not gave any membership CARD.
So i m lucky there..

Because of the CHARGE BACK REQUEST ...BANK done investigation and gave back the credit to me.

SO I AM THE LUCKIEST GUY AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO CHEATED BY highland holiday homes.

GOT 100% of my MONEY.

I called many times to MR SANJAY BAJAJ on his mobile...He also agreed to pay back.But before that only i got solution.
I did contacted many guys who paid money to HHH.But they r not very serious to fight.
Since most of them are S/W engineers...they are busy.

Thanks,
Suresh

Highland holiday is complete "fake". The best you can do is - go to their "presentation" meeting, waste their 2 hours of presentation, and leave without accepting anything. You must go there with a determined mind to reject their offer. Otherwise at the end of their 2 hour prsentation, you will be forced to accept it. Complete anti-social elements. Cheaters. They don't give you a day to think if really want to buy or not.

Hi,

I have been getting calls from a lady, she said that you have been selected for a free holiday package from future group. They asked me to come to delhi (I dont remember the place) but she asked if possible couple has to come.

It was totally fake as they never mentioned what kinda prize is that for.. I ignored them..they called back and said to tell your father and wanted him to come.. I said 'no we are not Interested'. After 1 month my sister received same kinda call telling that you have won aholiday package... I was shocked to see that.


this is all cheat

I am also a victim of these guys. people interseted in getting money back can contact me by email on urgent basis before 30 th amy 09. in a group we can sort them out better.

thanks

I have gone through the similar woes w.r.t. Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd. membership.

It will be of great help, if someone from this group can guide me on how to go about in dragging them to the court of law & get my hard earned money back from the fraudsters "Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd."

I am also keen in exposing them on media & get these crooks behind bars; so that going forward people like us don't fall in similar trap.

At Bajaj Highland Retreat, our holiday was an unforgettable experience! The stunning location, the picturesque greenery and the wonderful climate was the perfect setting for relaxation. Every facility made available to us was good and it catered to both adults and children. The fine food and the...

I have holidayed in Goa, Lonavala & Kodai. All the resorts are excellent! Luxurious rooms, , Reasonable rates on dining and holiday activities make this membership great value for money. I look forward to many more happy holidays with them.

We are extremely glad to be a member of Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd.
. Recently we had holidayed with Highland holidays in Lonavala, Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar. We were thrilled with the services at the resorts. The cuisine and ambiance was of exceptional...

We are extremely glad to be a member of Highland Holiday Homes. Recently we had holidayed with them in kodaikanal and ooty . We were thrilled with the services at the resorts. The cuisine and ambiance was of exceptional...

I am a member of hihgland holiday homes pvt ltd mumbai i paid towards membership rs 35000/- for 5yrs 7nights & 8 days
Every year i can holiday with them and use their domestic resorts in india and even international resorts, i have stayed with my wife at bajaj highland retreat - lonavala, it was good, at the end i liked it coz i paid only rs 550/- for one day, where as other resorts were asking me to pay rs 2000/- for a day. I will be traveling to australia in the month of august and highlands mumbai team is providing me accommodation for 7nights in their affiliated resort at gold coast, australia. I need to pay before travelling is rs 9450/- for the whole week, for me its worth it. I am getting the room at the cost of rs 1350/- per day, for myself and my wife and for my parents, wat more do i need.
I used to travel with so many travel agents, by spending more then 15000/- each trip,
But now i need not worry highland makes my holiday at very cheap price. I had to holiday twice a year i used to spend around 25000 to 30000/- in a year but now by just paying a nominal charges of 1350/- i can also visit international resorts
After my trip to australia i am planning for a holiday to newzealand the reason to holiday with highlands is low price for international resorts,
Thanks to highlands team mumbai - i don’t feel cheated in any means

Thanks
Sumit

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I have recived the below fake e-mail

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The selection process was carried out in our computerized electronic email database system drawn from all continents. Do fill the below claims processing form and summit to director of the honda fiduciary department.

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Note your star prize lucky pin number: hd/a38/[protected]/09

Contact director fiduciary department:
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Hi
I too lost 35K by taking membership for 5 years. Please let me know if anyone in Pune able to get the money from Hiland.

Hi
The above comment should be agree. Mistaken I checked on Disagree

It is a totally cheating organisation. I also came in their trap in year 2000. Till date no response from them to return money or sale scheme. Please do'nt come into their trap. It is total fraud. I do join against them to get my money back.

Hello everyone...

How many of them have been fooled in mumbai i. E century mall, kandivali

Please please... Leave your e-mail address on this page. We could take strict action against them togather i have one person with me to fight against them. Time to wake up guyz lets get to gather and get our money back it will be good if you have valid proof of their fraud activity done by them. You can mail me at>>>>> [protected]@yahoo.com

raja.[protected]@gmail.com

I agree fully that it is a breach of trust. Some one has to stop them. We also need to get the money back.

Whatz the next step

Friends,

I have also got a call from them today. They have setup an office at Nirmal Lifestyle Mulund (2nd Floor, Opp Fab India). They are calling themselves as Bajaj Highland Pvt Ltd (Chennai). They have invited me to come at 4 PM in the eve to collect my gift vouchers. I am definitely not going!!

I am not aware of this company also. When I asked about the company to the executive he told me that, they are in to advertising and computer parts! But, still I didnt believe and curiously just logged on to Google and searched and found a load of posts and reviews on this! And then I got it that it is a Holiday Company.

But, I am wondering about the human nature. We all are very fascinated about the word FREE!!! I will never go to any such FREE schemes without enquiring about the company background. I am surprised that innocent middle income people have joined this without any detailed knowledge of the company and the product.

A very big scam of Suman Motel has already happened in India, still we are doing the same mistakes.

I think the only Indian Company in this industry which is genuine is Club Mahindra. Now, Country Club has also come up, but they are pretty new so can not say anything. If you check Club Mahindra or Country Club also, just educate yourself about the concept of time sharing holidays and the memberships, there are n number of costs involved like initial membership, yearly maintenance, occupancy based on the seasons, you will have to plan your holiday at least 6 months in advance, refund is just a gimmick, etc. You should also check about the resorts/hotels they are offering. At least make sure that they are RCI affiliated. Check the review on the google, mouthshut, etc. Check SEBI/BSE/NSE site and see if company is listed and what is the financial status.

As Club Mahindra is backed by the giant Mahindra Group, your money will be secured. Country Club is giving some land with membership, so at least you have the backup. But, still all these memberships are very costly. If you calculate the membership, yearly AMC, food charges, local travelling at those places, to and fro train/air from your place, etc, then it will come to at least[protected] per person per day, so your weekly holiday will always be somewhere near to 40-45K per couple!

So, be prepared for this cost If you want to get in to any of these holidays memberships. Like Club Mahindra or Country Club, it is worth, as their properties are world class and at least 3 Star, so If you really like to spend a week with your family at some very great location and in very nice resorts, then it is worth spending.

But, remember one thing, plan your holiday well in advance and of course NOTHING COMES FOR FREE - The Golden Words!

HI.. I AM A MEMBER OF HIGHLAND HOLIDAY HOMES - PUNE FROM LAST 3 YEARS BUT I HAVE NEVER FACED SUCH TYPE OF ISSUE DURING LAST 3 YEARS... I ALWAYS GET BOOKING FROM THEM WHEN I TRY TO BOOK THE HOLIDAYS, I AM A MEMBER OF ALMOST 3 HOLIDAY COMPANIES. BUT I FEEL THE BEST IS HIGHLAND HOLIDAY HOMES AS ITS REALY VERY LOW COST HOLIDAY MEMBERSHIP, AND THE BEST PART I FEEL THAT IN MY OTHER MEMBERSHIP FROM MAHINDRA I HAVE TO KEEP PAYING THE MAINTAINANCE CHARGES WITH OUT USEING MEMBERSHIP ALSO.. TO KEEP MY MEMBERSHIP ALIVE. & IN HIGHLAND HOLIDAYS ITS NOT THAT WAY. I JUST HAVE TO PAY MY MAINTAINANCE CHARGES WHEN I HAVE TO GO FOR HOLIDAY.. & THE BEST THING IS I CAN ACCUMULATE MY HOLIDAYS .. THANKS TO HIGHLAND HOLIDAY HOMES...

HIGHLAND HOLIDAYS — BEST AMONGS ALL HOLIDAY MEMBERSHIP COMPANIES...

hi,
I dont understand why people belive on website, & comments, have you ever seen any person posting comments or any kind of feedback after getting good service from any company.

I AM A COMPLETLY SATISFIED CUSTOMER OF HIGHLAND HOLIDAY HOMES. - PUNE

I am also a member of highland homes. . i become member last year. as we like to go for holidays very often. we realy feel its very good holiday package & good quality hotel & resorts. recently i had been to there lonavala resort. its realy wonderful... me & my family enjoyed alot.. its a realy homely atmosphere & we didn't feel that we are in any resorts or hotel.. the food quality & the rooms were fantistic with swiming pool. & i just paid the very nominal amount for that. while coming back we had enquired in 1 hotel, same kind of rooms for .. the tarriff 2500/- (without swimming pool).
i would realy suggest someone to take the membership & enjoy quality holiday in very budget money.

Is this the same Highland holiday homes promoted by the cisons group? There is no such HHH under the bajaj group, Is this the one and the same .

Thank God for saving my money!. I lost just 100 RS.
I got a call from Neha ([protected]) on 4-aug-2009. I was told I just won a gift voucher and I can collect it from #28, Raheja Archaed, koramangala 7th Block.
Nice and sweet voice of Neha drove me there at around 7:00 PM on the same day.
To My surprise, there was no Neha...hmm neither Shalini..But a guy resembles a chimpanzee, introducing him and themselves as representative of DAE.

For that moment, I feel ashamed of myself, for not even heard of anything like that.
Well...If you dont know..DAE Is an Autralian Company which Governs All 5* and 3-star hotels/resorts across the globe. DAE wanted middle class people to know, how does it feel like to be in a 5-star Hotel. What a kind people!.

Assured gift : I was given a free gift voucher : 2N/3d stay in any of Highland Homes Resort at choosen 4 locations for a couple

Optional Gift 1 : Pay 100 and take another gift voucher
Optional offer 2 : Pay 6500/- and stay in any 5-star / 3-star hotel in india for 8 days. And this offer is only valid for today

Assured gift 4: Dinner with them.

I paid Rs:100 and took the additional voucher and Exclaimed..What a wonderful day.

I had no other choice but to pull me back from option 2 (stay in Taj, Le-Meridian, Leela for just 800 RS. I AM lucky to have got this chance, Ain't I ?). Unfortunately (But Fortunately) I didn't want to swipe my credit card.

How can I ask them for more ?... So, I decided to not have dinner with them. (After all, there was no Neha neither Priya).

Now...not only Me, But Google doesn't know who is DAE...Hmmm..So its not my problem then...
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CHEATED BY HIGHLAND HOLIDAY MUMBAI...
I am also 1 of the member of this company, i have invested Rs. 64500/- at long back. i have just paid this money as investement. as the consultent had told me that if i dont go on holiday i can RENT my holidays & i will be getting Rs. 2500/- per day. & my membership is of 10 day. so i should get around Rs. 25000/- per year. but "ITS TRUE THAT ITS A CHEAT COMPANY" when i had taken the membership there office was in bandra but when i visited there after few years they were not there & when i found there telephone nos from some source they said that they have sent letter to all member about change of address. at that time i was confused WHO AM I???? am i not a member????? when i got the address of there office in KHAR i was happy that my money is safe... but then i been to there office for enquiry regarding my membership & rent money. they have kept lots of girl to cool down clients... like us.. they ask me to sit at the reception for more then 30 min. and after going in cabin there was 1 small girl sitting to attend me. around 19 years old. and she was not knowing any thing about the membership... when i asked her about RENT of my holidays she directly denied & said "THE COMPANY DOSE NOT HELP YOU TO RENT YOUR HOLIDAY, AND YOU HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE TO RENT YOUR HOLIDAYS" as i have already mentioned that i just paid this amount as an investement. but after listening to her i was completly shocked... then i started shouting as i was angry then i thought she is not knowing about membership, so i request her that i want to meet your Sr. Manager or Head of Mumbai Branch.. then she directly said they are not available at this moment. i am the only person who can help you here.. & then after creating some scene... some one else came in cabin some huge ugly girl with lots of make up & attitude and she said she is the client service manager named shaziya, when i was trying to explain her my problem she was like ignoring me & was busy in playing with her hairs. i was realy feeling so embarrass at that moment. and after explaining her all the problem again. she also gave me the same answer like that small girl gave me. i asked her is there any one above you in this branch. she directly said "NO" and same answer what like previouse that she is the only person who can help me in this situtation... then i was angry with there behaiver & i was not in my control, finally i told her that i will be going to police to get my money back. & i was realy shocked with her answer she started shouted & said "HEY JA TUJHE JO BHI KARNA HAI KAR, WE DONT CARE, MUJHE PATA HAI TUM JAISO SE KAISE BAAT KARNI HAI" with her talk it was not diffucult for me to know that she stays in some slum area. & she is not from a good family background. I got the impression of the company by its so called Mumbai Client service Manager "SHAZIYA" and after that i have lost the hope of getting my money back from this cheat company. let me know if any group or any one can help me to get this money back...

please get in touch on my e-mail for this..

hi this company is a fruad and this does not belong to any bajaj group is a fake bajaj where the owner name is sanjay bajaj who is a big fraud and his number is [protected]

I got a call from Bajaj highland repeating the same thing that i have won the 4500 Rs gift voucher, as usually i don't fall in this type of twist games adopted by different organisations to cheat people. I opened the net, thanks to internet that i am able to know the truth immediately. My advice to everyone, that never go with false commitments opted by different organisations, usually in financial matters take utmost care. Only go for reputed ones, enquire about the organisation with 10 different people & finally decide.

I too got a similar call today from Koramangala Bangalore. I knew better than to trust them when you see such tell tale signs.

1. Too pushy. They want you to come & meet them immediately... shows that they want to catch you while you are still excited about "Winning" a prize.

2. Don't want to give out too much information on the phone specially about when and where you won the prize, Who is it from and other details. They are obviously afraid we'll google them before we come.

3. The prize is not defined properly. Even if you ask specifically you'll get only vague answers.

Thanks to ConsumerComplaints I found this site and now am much wiser and my money is safely in my pocket/bank :-)


SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THERE ARE 3 "HAPPY" MESSAGES ALL ON THE SAME DAY AND IF YOU READ THEM CAREFULLY THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY FAKE MESSAGES POSING AS GENUINE CUSTOMERS.

BEWARE OF THESE CHEATS

Hi all,

My Good Luck i read this blog. I was planning for some holiday yaar. I got a similar call from these people saying that my mobile number has won Rs. 7000 worth gift voucher. I went to collect this voucher they asked me to pay Rs. 20 as service tax. I paid that and i got the voucher.
They also asked me to go for the membership of some Rs. 10000 plus. I refused and told i will get back to them . So now i know its all fake and fraudulent people working in that Holiday Homes .

Though i have lost only Rs. 20 i have learnt a very good lesson . From here onwards i have made a point not to encourage such calls in future.
I once again thank one and all for providing these important information on blog.

i am left with coupons. Shd i use them?
i also recd nsc certificates from them.

even i was part of it, this company had fraud case against us.
they told that u win free gift, and 11000 has taken on basis to return in few years but now they are refusing by their words

Yes I have a similar experience. I think Highland Holiday Homes Pvt. Ltd is bogus companY. With all the coomittmenet of Sales People in Nirmal Lifestyle sales office and name of Bajaj Group, we have taken membership for 5 years. As per the committment, I have suppose to get the re-imbursement of Processing fees, but I have contacted Ms. Cylvia and always telling that Cheque not yet sign, we will send you cheque in next 2 days as well I will make you call to confirm the status of cheque but no response from anyone. I don't know what to do now?

I too have simillar bad experience of this fake so called company.

Hi,
even I am a member of the same holiday club, it is true that lots of points which they promise turns out be not true. But one thing is explained that even if you are member you have to pay a fee of 450 + service tax / day. Unfortunately these people even revise the charge without any communication.
If we calculate the amount we pay at the begining plus the per day fee we hardly get any benefit.Moreever thier hotel standard is also not up to the mark.

HHH is a real cheat, even I have experienced the fraud on their part

BEWARE!!!

Hi,

Even I am the victim of this. I have read people talking of they have lost their money. If we all get together, we can file a complain against this co. or file a case to claim our money from this co.

hi guys, fortunately or unfortunately, I became a member yesterday of HHH yesterday. And told while going through the reviews, I feel I havent taken a good decision. The only relief I had while signing the whole stuff was that the rooms can be given for rent. But that also seems to be difficult. Is there any way to cancel the membership? I have just taken it yesterday, the card takes 10 days to come. What should be done to cancel. Please help me out.

Hi All,

Even I got a call from the HHH folks last Sunday, saying that my name has been selected for a free gift voucher and I have to collect it. I asked whats this gift voucher all about the lady named Neha, informed its a promotional offer, so the company is providing this as a publicity. I informed that I will not be able to attend to collect it due to a prior appointment. Surprisingly I get a call next tuesday saying that I can come n collect it from Hotel 12th Avenue in Indiranagar, Bangalore. Just to check I went there to see what its all about, then I was taken for a session by a very bad salesman, trying to sell their package by different means. Well the packages looked very interesting in the first place, however I had my first doubt when I asked can i take it later as I was not prepared that day to buy a package, The salesman informed that this is a 1 day offer, and cant be availed even tomorrow, that thing struck me as I didnt mention to them that i was supposed to some on Sunday :) and I knew its bogus. They handed me a gift voucher though for a 2day/3 night stay in some hotel. After reading all the reviews I dont want to take the risk of availing it.

My concern is how are these kind of fraudulent comapnies are operating so openly by duping common people, isnt there a regulatory body to govern this.

Thanks
Kaustav

thanks a lots i hv plan to go there for collect gift voucher but not now thanks

I have missed that opportunity. I have paid the money just two days back and now I am seeing the reviews. Please let me know what I can do to get back the money. I have paid the money through credit card. I have contacted the credit card company and they told that the money is not claimed by merchandise yet. I asked them to stop payment. They say they cannot stop payment.

They are fake don't get cheated with them

CHEATED BY HIGHLAND HOLIDAY DELHI...
I am also 1 of the member of this company, i have invested Rs. 14500/- at long back. i have just paid this money as investement. as the consultent had told me that if i dont go on holiday i can RENT my holidays & i will be getting Rs. 2500/- per day. & my membership is of 3 day, for 6 years. so I shoud got around Rs. 7500/- per year. but "ITS TRUE THAT ITS A CHEAT COMPANY" when i had taken the membership there office was at mmx mall ghaziabad but when i visited there after few years they were not there & when i found there telephone nos from some source they dont response for that. even i contact their head office chennai also they told that your membership is from delhi so you have to contact delhi office. but at delhi no one pick the phone. i want to book holiday home but i am not able to contact then how can i book the resort. now after reading this blog i have lost the hope of getting my money back from this cheat company. let me know if any group or any one can help me to get this money back...

please get in touch on my e-mail for this.. akmco.[protected]@gmail.com

Oh my God. I didn't know that they are such a big frauds. Even I have also got trapped by these sick people.

They have made me to purchase a package for 17, 500/- I told them one of your executives gave me such false promises. They say "Marketing peoples uses to give false statements to achieve the targets. But you have to be careful. I don't know what to do now.

Can anyone please provide a suggestion please send a mail to [protected]@gmail.com

Thanks for having blog, one lady frequently calling me & explaining about scheme on mobile, fortunately i browse google & put search of Bajaj Highland that was an eyeopener for me. immediately i called up on the same number but no body was responding.
thanks once again - rajesh

This company Bajaj Highland Holiday Homes pvt. ltd. is froad. I m doing case against this company in High Court.

guys, after i bought the package for 6.5k, i got to know what kind of a company it is. I tried to cancel the membership. They said they cannot cancel it.
Hence, i gave a call to the police station. With God's grace, I got a phone call from Highland holiday homes the next day and they gave back my 75%(rs.5000).

The manager (a lady sitting in their Manipal center office) seemed to be quite reasonable. However, any body else from this organization clearly looks and acts like a cheat/theif !!

I was also cheated by 30, 000 from Highlandland marketing team in Delhi 3 years back. They told me that it is related to Bajaj group. Then they told me various lies due to which I took the package for 12 years. But I found out that all the promises were lies. Lets join together to get our money back.

Hi all,
I was made fool by this so called company HILAND HOLIDAY HOMES PVT LMT. By telling lie they took Rs 35000 for 5 year membership but there are lot of things which they told me are incorrect For example- They told me that you can rent your holidays and this will be done by the company it self, whereas when we called in they say you should find someone and rent your holiday. So I have lost my Rs 35000. I want to log a criminal case against them. So if any one can help me in that matter please contact me.
My Ph# is [protected]

Hi,
I am lucky in this case. I got a call from Club Mahindra & Highland Holiday.
Because I take step very causiously, I rejected both the offers & took free holiday voucher from both .
I used Club M voucher & was impressed by their service & courtesy to free user also.
I took their membership after that (even if it is much costlier than highland) & is satisfied with their service afterwards also.

From last few I am trying to call highland guys for holiday voucher to be used at Tirupati.
They are either not answering call, no answer to transferred call, number busy, just hang the call without any word, etc.
When I used google to search their website for booking holiday & lodging complaint for such behavious, I found this blog. I am lucky not to spend my hard earned money on these cheaters.

hello Mr. Harcharan,
we have also purchased the package for 10 years, 7 days and 8 nights. we are about to go a holiday. i m scared after reading ur complaint. Just wanted to know that have u got ur money back. or if we encounter same problem can we have our money back? Please reply, we r waiting. thanks a lot.

Dear Jyotiji,

You will need to fight with this out at the consumer court(CC) and get your money out. Money, you will get for sure as I know of many people who have got their money back. I'd paid Rs.17900/- in June'08, and finally I decided to take this up with the CC. I've filed a complaint with them about a week back and my first hearing is tomorrow, 4th July'09. If you have already paid these people there is little but to go and plead with the CC to get your money back. I can help you with the procedure in case you are interested.

Best regards,
Nishit Baliga / B'lore
91-[protected]