royal india holiday club — unethical practices & consumer fraud

Address:Haathi Mahal, Cavelossium, Mobor, Salcette, Goa 403731, 403731

Dear Sir,
1. I am a member, with membership number RIHC1/111111/10847. My membership is in name of Sanjay Sood & Arti Sood.
2. My tenure of membership is from 2012 to 2036 as per the agreement.
3. I want to place on record the following issues:-
a) Every time I have used your services ( twice only till date), we have had extremely poor experience. We are initially told that requested dates are not available. Where as, same is being advertised for non members online. We have to fight to get dates confirmed, which should be our right.

b) Accommodation given to us, when we Check In, is always below par. First time it was a store room converted to a living accommodation & second time a closed musty room. Both times we had to put in complaints to get our rooms changed.

c) Management Charges as promised were to be nominal, which have now ballooned to Rs 20, 000/-. No data is shared with us as members on how same is being calculated. Keeping in mind that you are using same properties to generate earnings from non members also. We have already given a lump sum as membership fee.
d) We had put in a request for refund & cancellation of our membership. Same we had pursued with your management personally also in Goa and we were assured that same will be taken up. Then we were sent to an executive who wanted us to upgrade our membership.
3. All our concerns are not being met. Services given by you are below par. We reiterate that our membership be refunded as you have acted in a most unethical and unprofessional manner.
4. Lastly, your renewal certificate sent to us mentions are membership tenure as 2027 instead of 2036 as given in the agreement. Is such one sided flouting of agreement even legal.
5. We have checked your credentials online and have come to know o[censored]pteem individuals duped & defrauded by your company. We very much plan to take up the issue with Consumer Forums & Public Redressal Systems in case our complaint is not addressed in a given time frame.
Distressed Members
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Nov 18, 2019
Updated by sanjay sood
I am received a reply received from Karma Group. They say that we cannot move out of the agreement with the company & would forgo all our investment. Secondly, they want us to meet their " Holiday Consultant" who wants us to pour more money in their company. I would especially like to draw the attention of Consumer Forum to the following :-

a) System of booking at best is opaque.

b) Once you have invested in the company there is absolutely no way out. Third last para of the reply says and I quote "We are rather surprised to know that you still wish to cancel the membership. Please note, the membership is non cancelable and non refundable as per the agreement." Can you believe it, in 21st century they have bonded consumers. You keep paying arbitrary Management Charges or lose your membership fee of lakhs, but you cannot question the company.

In case the group is so surprised by our decision to leave. Then, firstly honour that in the true entrepreneurial spirit and secondly look inside and remedy your systems. Stop the hollow preachings.

What is their remedy meet the "holiday consultant" who wants us to pump in more money in this venture.

We are looking at the Consumer Forum to take immediate & Corrective action to protect our Consumer interests.

I strongly recommend exemplary Penal & Legal action. I would be more than willing to provide all necessary information.

Warm Regards,
Dec 06, 2019
Updated by sanjay sood
Sir,
we have not received any follow up on action taken on our complaint. In fact the company has approached us to pay them annual charges of approx Rs 20000/-

Request take necessary action against the company to protect consumer interests
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Dear Mr. Sood,

Karma Odyssey has made contact with you to try and amicably resolve your concerns.

Regards,
Karma Odyssey Team
sanjay sood's [Complaint's author] reply, Dec 6, 2019
Karma Odyssey wants me to upgrade my membership. In other words put more money in the venture, whereas all I want is to exit with my money.
This is no amicable solution. I am open to resolution of my issues but certainly not putting in more money
Regards
Sanjay Sood

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