Apr 17, 2010 07:13 PM
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(Updated Mar 29, 2011 08:55 PM)
I am red season member of club mahindra since one year, during this period I made mixed opinion about this product. First negative things-a) poor salesmanship-since times- In India the shopkeeper sales
Their things by false promises, no body to check customer situation same for this, club mahindra guy will give you false promises, hide the catch points of product like during my membership he told me I can avail one higher season, but hide the catch point that I can book higher season only 15 days prior. It is quite difficult to get booking in higher season(popular holidays) just 15 days prior. Like this so many more. Second -difficult booking -club mahindra have around 1 laces members. 7 nights for each member in a year means 7 lacs nights per year. Still they have booking for nonmembers & corporate.
Other side they have only 700 rooms if they book all rooms for 365 days means they have only 255550 nights per year(one third of requirement). So most of members crying for booking , at last few members stops paying annual subscription fees (due to not getting booking ) then club cancel the membership & swallow full membership fees according to dangerous term & conditions of club. Third you can cancel membership within 10 days but you cant find these flaws of club within 10 days so you become trapped. Not a single governing body can save you (that’s why I told you in India no body to check customer situation).forth.
They are charging heavily, like I paid 3.5 lacs as a membership fees, if any body keep this amount in any bank & calculate only 0.8% interest it comes around 35 thousand rupees +they take ASF which increases every year, this year it is around 8000/- means I am paying 43000 +base value per year for only 7 nights means around 6 to 8 thousand per night . Other side most of rooms of club don’t worth more than 3 to 4 thousand rupees, some even less.
Further they stopped booking in any of counted resort because most of resorts are associated property of club mahindra not their own. At the time of membership, they would show you that they have more then 30 property, you might like some of destinations of them & you sign the membership after seeing these location, but they can stop booking any of these associate property without any prior information. Now positive things a) senior officer are prompt in solving your problems except booking b) they are very sweet in talking c) resorts are good, services are world class
