I was a Regus virtual office customer in Phoenix for my Psychiatric Private Practice using them for mail service and a basic membership that would allow me to rent space if I needed it. I was paying monthly on autopay without issue. In April 2026, my card was suddenly charged $718.20 for six months of future billing through October.
I disputed only the accelerated future portion above my normal monthly payments and continued attempting to pay monthly in good faith throughout the dispute.
Initially, Regus support admitted in writing that I was on monthly billing and that the six-month charge "should not have occurred," referencing a possible system billing issue. Later, the company reversed course and claimed a billing configuration change had been authorized through my account profile, which I dispute. The only recourse is their Account Help Desk and they are outsourced from Malaysia. They do not allow phone calls, only emails. They stated nothing could be done and could not return my account to monthly payments, yet the invoice amount was for future months, not past.
During the dispute, I documented multiple inconsistencies within the Regus billing system itself: billing preference updates generating "successful" confirmations even when settings did not actually change, payment submissions being returned with "No Account" errors while the account remained active, and inability to restore monthly billing.
Most significantly, the local Regus branch manager independently confirmed in writing that she personally attempted to change the account back to monthly billing and experienced the same issue, specifically describing the account as "auto reverting to yearly instead of monthly billing," yet stated the local branches could not intervene on clients behalf.
Despite this, Regus continued insisting the accelerated future invoices were valid and refused to restore monthly billing for future services that had yet to occur.
I ultimately paid the balance (the final 5 months of my contract) to avoid "late" fees and collections escalation, not because I agreed the accelerated billing had been properly authorized.
If you are considering Regus / IWG services, I strongly recommend reconsidering. You can see the 777 complaints on the BBB all for similar incidents. They aren't accredited with them and are graded an F at most locations. There is also legal action being taken in CA. This was a very disappointing experience. The staff preferred losing a customer versus correcting the billing issue back to monthly payments. I immediately cancelled and after October 2026 will be completely free of them. read more