Kings Creek Plantation, Williamsburg

i visited the place with my family, and i really enjoyed every moment we stayed in here... the place ia awesome and romantic!! we will spend Christmas in this place probably!

We stayed in the Townes which are the newest section of the complex in a 2 bedroom upper level end unit. It looks nice at first glance but there are a lot of issues. The first thing I noticed was some of the doors to the rooms didn't even close correctly. They were misaligned in the door jambs so you had to give them a push / pull to get them to close. The dishwasher wasn't even anchored to the countertop! My 3 year old son could have easily pulled the machine over onto himself if he decided to yank on the handle while the door was locked. They claim that there are flat screens in the units, I saw only old CRT tvs in the unit. Some of the furinture looked like they got it from the Goodwill store in downtown Williamsburg. It looks like they didn't even make sure the paint in the rooms was dry before they started to furnish them, the tv on top of the fireplace had actually sunk into the paint on the top of the mantle. It makes you think they took the chance to take all the beat up furiture and old tvs out of the older units on the site and stick them in these units and give the older units the new furniture and tvs. The floors are very creaky, I would imagine the noise the floors make when we walk around must drive the people downstairs crazy. The location is nice if you are there to go to Busch Gardens, Water Country ( which is right next door), or Colonial Williamsburg. I personally think that unless they clean up the issues with the units the place really isn't worth the money.

This was the worst vacation resort that ive ever seen.Between the overpriced rooms,substandard management,and the infestation of the rooms I would never recommend this place to anyone.In the one unit I stayed in there were cockroaches everywhere,mice droppings in the bed and worst of all,there were bedbugs in the sheets.I also noticed that there are at least ten stray cats roaming the property at any given time.The only thing about my stay that was pleasant was the maintenance staff...,and according to them they are treated about as bad as we were.During our tour we were shown models of the rooms and we were excited about staying there until we entered our room.I can see why they have the models there...because if we had been shown one of there actual rooms we would have never given that company a dime of our money.We will never visit there again and strongly suggest that you dont bring your family there either,unless you dont mind living in filth and bringing roaches/bed bugs home with you.

After being called numerous times by their foreign calling center my wife and i finally decided to go to their presentation. We had been to a time share presentation before so we knew what to expect. However, we were very disappointed with the promised prizes that they said they would give us once we received them. They are not free!!! And the gas card is a gimic. There is no free vacation and the gas card is a scam where you have to send in something every month for a year. Over all it was disappointing and i would recommend you find someone else to go and see for a presentation.....

DON'T BUY HERE! King's Creek Plantation is in a beatiful and historic location but the business ethics of this corporation are atrocious. We bought a week there and then, within days of signing the contract, had two back-to-back family emergencies nearly resulting in death for two of our family members. We were forced two default on the contract and informed King's Creek of the reasons. We forfeited our $2,025 down payment and King's Creek gets to re-sell the week. It is win/win for them. So be it-our mis-fortune. But that is not enough for King's Creek. Even though the contract was defaulted before it was forwarded to their "Maintenance Fee Department", hence no costs incurred by them in that respect, they are demanding $630 additional in maintenance fees. Three people at King's Creek agree with me that these fees are unreasonable and should be reversed. However, the decision makers there turned it over to a collection agency who now harrass us with calls every day. Do not be fooled by this company's friendly veneer. They are greedy and cut-throat.

We all get the marketing strategy of luring people in to viewing timeshare properties with incentives of free tickets and gift cards and then trying to give them an offer they cannot refuse. Every company in the business practices this strategy. However, it is only truly rare companies like Kings Creek Plantation that manages to show their disrespect and disgust for the average human who gets lured into their offices for these presentations. For insulting people and making them feel shallow and cheap, King’s Creek Plantation gets the award! While out shopping at Prime Outlets in Williamsburg VA, we were ambushed by the Kings Creek staff into attending one of their presentations. They enticed us, as they do countless others with tickets and incentives and assured us (even after we told them that we were not interested in buying on the spot but would be interested in viewing their models in order to compare with our current timeshare properties) that the 90 minute presentation would allow us to visit your models without any pressure to buy. We attended the presentation on May 29th, 2010. We kept telling the sales lady that we were not interested in buying. She tells us she needs to do her job and we will have to sit through the 90 minute presentation. The presentation turns into a 3 hour ordeal with the sales lady showing us pictures of her vacation trips and also showing us every billboard and award on the walls of the entire office. I noticed the rest of the staff give us wry and amused smiles as we walked through the halls viewing every picture and hearing stories about the time when they broke ground on the project!!!!! We were literally punished for being honest about our buying intentions. But adding insult to injury, even after we patiently listened to the entire 3 hour tour/presentation/joke, we were made to wait for 30 minutes for our gift certificates. When we questioned anyone about our tickets and when we asked about the manager, we were pointed to various people with each person pointing us to the next, all the while saying “oh, he’s the manager, she’s the manager”. The Kings Creek staff cannot give potential customers any respect. So God only knows how they treat the poor people who actually buy the $45K properties they sell. Although everyone in this business uses similar tactics, the staff at Kings Creek cannot even show basic respect to people. We currently own two time shares, both with companies who treated us with respect even though we did not buy the first time they presented to us. We know of all the websites and other resources potential buyers use before they buy time share and we will make it a point to fully inform the public NEVER to even give the King’s Creek staff a chance to lure them in for a presentation. King’s Creek not only DOES NOT deserve our business, they DO NOT even deserve our ear.

I AM AN OWNER OF THIS PLACE AND THEY WILL REEL YOU IN AND THEN DROP YOU LIKE A HOT POTATOE. LOTS OF PROMISES AND NO FOLLOW THROUGH. DON'T GO HERE.

Over the past 3 months I have received 3 phone calls per week from telimarketers trying to push this place on me. They start out by saying this is not a marketing call ( a lie) and proceed to try and get me to book a stay at Kings Creek Plantantation so they can give me a 2 hour sales pitch. I live about 30 minutes from the place and have no desire to vacation there. I have explained this to the telimarketers and requested that they do not contact me again. I am on the do not call list and have no business relationship with them. But they keep on calling and calling. I have tried to speak with a supervisor at the telimarketing company and was hung up on. I tried to speak with a representative at Kings Creek Plantation and was put on hold or passed to voice mail. The place might be nice but the way they are marketing it tells me they are not people I want to do business with. Please Please stop calling me!!!

Our stay was a pleasent surprise, we stayed at the Estates which is the newest section of Kings Creek. The detail in craftmanship was elegant and detailed that you just do not see anymore. Our family occupied a full 3 unit building ( 4 bedrooms and 3 kitchens )on Dakota Dr. There are arched walls surrounding the jet tubs in each of the master bedrooms. Beautiful framed pictures set inside , helping us relax. The accomidations gave our family privaicy when we wanted it and plenty of room when we wanted to gather. The kitchens all have granite tops and stainless steel appliances.The furniture is of a high quality as is the carpet.The evenings were great for we able to sit outside without the worry of the children running onto a busy street, we felt safe surrounded by the trees.There is a large fountain that is lit up at night adding to the the peace.Details you do not see in a Hilton or Holiday Inn or any other hotels in the area and we've stayed in many throughout the years in Williamsburg. The pricing is very comparable. A must stay if your visiting Williamsburg.

The only thing I liked about this resort is the location. I read so many reviews about how great this place was so I was excited to surprise my husband with a Valentine's weekend getaway there. What a major disappointment! I paid for the trip in full through Yahoo! travel but when I went to check in I had to stand there for about 15 minutes while the desk clerk tried calling her manager to find out why her system stated I owed $169. No one could figure out what the balance was for so I was told I would have to give them by credit card number to charge the $169 or they wouldn't let me check in. I was told they would research the fee and if they didn't call me back then the fee was correct and my credit card would be billed. Reluctantly I agreed to just give them the credit card information. We stayed in a 1 bedroom unit. What a dump! It looked more like a low budget motel room than a so called 5 star resort. I wouldn't plan on watching TV in the "living room". The TV was a 12" screen that sits on top of the refrigerator. The bedroom furniture looked like they picked it up at the trash dump. We could hear every conversation our neighbors had. I called the contact number on my reservation through Yahoo! travel to find out why I was told I still owed money and the representative had no idea why I was being charged additional money. He tried calling the manager to clear up the situation but was told the manager wouldn't be back for another 2 hours. I wrote down all the reservation information and left it at the front desk for the manager to call and confirm that I did not owe any money. About an hour later the "manager" called and told me the $169 was a mandatory cleaning fee. What??? I explained there was nothing listed when I reserved the room about a cleaning fee. He then got an attitude and stated "We are a 5 star resort and we charge a cleaning fee." I responded with "The room you gave me is sure not a 5 star room." He then stated I am staying in a 1 bedroom unit and if I wanted to pay extra he could give me a 2 bedroom unit. I guess the only rooms that are 5 star are the 2+bedroom units. I declined his offer because as far as I was concerned what I was paying already was too much. He eventually agreed that I would not have to pay the cleaning fee. Our experience with this resort was so bad that I didn't even want to stay our 2nd night. I was actually considering checking out and going to the Days Inn down the street. Check out time at this resort is 10 AM. My husband was packing the car at 8 AM while I was in the shower. Much to his surprise they had inactivated our room keys 2 hours early and he was stuck outside until I got out of the shower and heard him knocking at the door. That was the last straw and I was done with this place - the whole experience was unbelievable. When I checked out I had to wait for the desk clerk to finish with the gentleman in front of me. She was so nice and polite to him and finished the process with thanking him for staying and asking how his stay was. I don't know if it had something to do with the look on my face or whether the "manager" made a notation on how disappointed I was with the room but she took my room key and said "your balance is zero". That was it - no thank you or how was your stay. So beware - if you are thinking of reserving a 1 bedroom unit - I would think again or better yet stay somewhere else.