Another blow for Seasons owners as estate agents appointed to sell timeshare lodges despite ongoing arbitration

Bristol based timeshare company Seasons Holidays accused of foul play by appointing estate agents to sell the lodges, despite arbitration process not having reached conclusion

Seasons Holidays negative media

Seasons have been reported on many times in the last few years, and often for the alleged mistreatment of clients.  In November 2020 they were first accused of trying to "push out elderly members" from the Slaley Hall lodges, in what some suspected was an attempt to cash in on the suddenly increased value British holiday accommodation.  Several media sources reported on the case, including award winning BBC consumer program You and Yours.

Next, Andrew and Wendy Wilkinson went to the media, claiming Seasons were reneging on a £25,000 deal that was supposed to give their family all year round access to the facilities at Clowance Estate & Country Club. Media picked up on the story, and Seasons ended what Andrew Wilkinson described as a 5 year battle by reinstating the Wilkinsons' agreed access.

Three months later,  Stirlingshire couple Joe and Linda Ashby made national news after revealing that a high pressure sales presentation at a 'free holiday' at a Seasons property in Scotland triggered a chain of events which they claimed at the time led to financial devastation.  Within 2 years, the Ashbys had lost the timeshare, their home, and were left with a £21,000 debt.

Slaley Hall Lodges

Seasons and their unhappy customers traded blows in the media, with Seasons seemingly determined to sell the Lodges which members had paid to use until 2069.  Furious owners have spoken out to media including the BBC and ITV on their frustration with Seasons, and the Hurley family who own the company.   Tim Norman, a 53 hotelier from Bridlington and long time Slaley Hall Lodge owner was among many voices accusing the Hurleys of manipulating the club constitution by having their son Jack appointed as an 'independent' board member.  Jack promptly voted along with his parents on a motion to sell the lodges out from under the club members who had paid to use them for another 47 years.

Clare D'Agostino, who has been coming to SHL. "We all love it. My brother Alan, his wife and son are all golfers and they expected to be enjoying Slaley for the foreseeable future. Alan can not get his head around the fact we may be cheated out of it.

"My 86 year old mum, Vera, is both upset and furious at the injustice of what Seasons are doing. We still can't work out how it is being allowed to happen.  It is so wrong that Seasons can infiltrate the committee and abuse their position to engineer the sale of the lodges.  It's disgraceful, disappointing and upsetting."

Legal action

The lodge owners story was again taken up by several media outlets and the owners staged a fightback, hiring a legal team.

The Legal Action Group sent the following message to members in April 2022: