Took advantage of time in Maui to attend some presentations. Here are our experiences for anyone curious.
Staying at Marriott Ocean Club (rented from owner). After check-in, went over to the "welcome center" where we were just given coupons and advised "there are tours if you want." No offer for gift, so we said thank you and left.
Walked over to the Hyatt and took a look around. Went over to the timeshare desk to ask about a tour, offered $100 gift card (or other items instead) for a 90 minute presentation. We came back the next morning for the presentation, extremely low-key. We were out in 75 minutes, and probably could have been out earlier but I did have questions about the Hyatt program. Note - the only presentation I'd ever been on before was a Wyndham one in Florida where they beat me up pretty good. No closer on this one, got our gift card and went on our way.
Back at the Marriott we went down to their preview center and advised we would like to take a tour. Got a variety of offers and took 2 25min massages (worth about $130). Scheduled 90 minute tour, nice lady showed us everything, we declined. Closer then came in, I was a bit annoyed at this point cause we were already at 90 minutes, declined. Then went out to the survey guy, got offered package for 5 nights at the resort in 1bd plus 25k reward points. We said we'd think about it, collected our gift, and left.
Starwood, signed up with the guy on the beachwalk, another $100 gift card for 90minutes. Got to the presentation, salesman asked how I'd become interested in timeshares. Told him I was an avid reader of TUG. He immediately knew we were not going to be buying, he actually gave me the giftcard halfway through the presentation. We still stayed to the end, and had the closer and survey person come in as well.
Final one was Diamond resorts. We stopped by one of their discount excursions storefronts in Lahaina. They were advertising snorkeling excursion for $19 per person. We had a particular company we wanted to snorkel with that does sailboats, mentioned this to the lady, and she offered another company that sails for $50 each. When I told I'd think about it and come back she said, listen we know once you leave you're not going to come back, and I want to make a sale. So I said ok, give us the sailing snorkeling trip for free. We ended up agreeing to $5 each (retail value $120 each). Great trip by the way.
So we went and did the tour at Kaanapali Beach Club, really young salesman. This tour differs because it is 2 hours, and the extra half hour is a group presentation about why timesharing is so great. Told the guy up front we weren't really interested. Lasted the full two hours, plus about ten minutes to speak to the survey guy afterwards.
All in all, $200, two massasges, and a free snorkeling trip for three. I love timeshares!
Staying at Marriott Ocean Club (rented from owner). After check-in, went over to the "welcome center" where we were just given coupons and advised "there are tours if you want." No offer for gift, so we said thank you and left.
Walked over to the Hyatt and took a look around. Went over to the timeshare desk to ask about a tour, offered $100 gift card (or other items instead) for a 90 minute presentation. We came back the next morning for the presentation, extremely low-key. We were out in 75 minutes, and probably could have been out earlier but I did have questions about the Hyatt program. Note - the only presentation I'd ever been on before was a Wyndham one in Florida where they beat me up pretty good. No closer on this one, got our gift card and went on our way.
Back at the Marriott we went down to their preview center and advised we would like to take a tour. Got a variety of offers and took 2 25min massages (worth about $130). Scheduled 90 minute tour, nice lady showed us everything, we declined. Closer then came in, I was a bit annoyed at this point cause we were already at 90 minutes, declined. Then went out to the survey guy, got offered package for 5 nights at the resort in 1bd plus 25k reward points. We said we'd think about it, collected our gift, and left.
Starwood, signed up with the guy on the beachwalk, another $100 gift card for 90minutes. Got to the presentation, salesman asked how I'd become interested in timeshares. Told him I was an avid reader of TUG. He immediately knew we were not going to be buying, he actually gave me the giftcard halfway through the presentation. We still stayed to the end, and had the closer and survey person come in as well.
Final one was Diamond resorts. We stopped by one of their discount excursions storefronts in Lahaina. They were advertising snorkeling excursion for $19 per person. We had a particular company we wanted to snorkel with that does sailboats, mentioned this to the lady, and she offered another company that sails for $50 each. When I told I'd think about it and come back she said, listen we know once you leave you're not going to come back, and I want to make a sale. So I said ok, give us the sailing snorkeling trip for free. We ended up agreeing to $5 each (retail value $120 each). Great trip by the way.
So we went and did the tour at Kaanapali Beach Club, really young salesman. This tour differs because it is 2 hours, and the extra half hour is a group presentation about why timesharing is so great. Told the guy up front we weren't really interested. Lasted the full two hours, plus about ten minutes to speak to the survey guy afterwards.
All in all, $200, two massasges, and a free snorkeling trip for three. I love timeshares!
Four presentations in four days on Maui
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