$399 usd + tax 3 nights YMMV at Hilton Grand Vacations Club La Pacifica Los Cabos

Looks like this is the current online public offer for HGV: https://www.hiltongrandvacations.com/en ... allback=mb
$300 USD for 3 nights in Myrtle Beach.

This program has some good offers if you're able to sit through 2 hours of a presentation and say no (IHG and Marriott have the same sort of timeshare offers). HGV have had offers in Las Vegas, and Scottsdale. They also had a nice 1K USD for 4 nights at the Waldorf Maui with 25k points plus 2 Hiltons hotels for 699 and 25K points plus I remember a $650 for 5 nights in Honolulu.

How difficult was it to sit through the selling pitch hours? Was it really just two hours? Can we just say No from beginning to end?

Yeah, i was offered many places include Myrtle Beach and Orlando sea world too. But Los Cabo resort that I was offered cost like $1000+ CAD just for one night during high season...., that seems like an amazing discount...no black out dates if rooms are available. That being said, I have not gone or book yet personally, just wondering if any fall into this sales pitch before and share their experiences. Good for trip on a budget...

fatpiggy wrote: ↑ How difficult was it to sit through the selling pitch hours? Was it really just two hours? Can we just say No from beginning to end?

NO, you can't say no, that is why it's at this price. They pay for your time to come by and look at their properties. Its usually 2-3 hr. Just need to be stern and polite.

fatpiggy wrote: ↑ How difficult was it to sit through the selling pitch hours? Was it really just two hours? Can we just say No from beginning to end?

They are really easy if you dont mind a hard pitch and can simply say no. If you are never setting foot on that resort again then who cares what they think of you for saying no? I've done a couple of these. The easiest one was last year with Marriott. 50K Marriott points for sitting through a virtual 75 min presentation on Microsoft Teams at home with some wine. I spent the entire time going through various properties (Marriott and non-Marriott, as their program, allows that I guess) for my upcoming trips .

I did something like this at one of the Hilton Orlando properties, we sat through the presentation (approx 45 min - 1 hour) and then we had a rep talk to us 1:1. We spent the entire morning/early afternoon trying to talk our way out of it. They won't take no for an answer. Once the sales rep took no as an answer, another rep would come to try to convince us, and then another. We probably spent around 4 hours there. If you havetime, it's not awful.

The pitch is honestly convincing. The timeshare allows you to travel throughout the year and stay at their properties around the world. You can also sell your nights out and profit from others (or so they say). I went in with a hard mindset of saying no, but halfway through I actually started to consider it. When we left, I looked up Reddit threads about their timeshare and was so glad I didn't make any moves. There are so many eBay listings of people selling out their timeshare at a fraction of the cost.

donttoewsmebro wrote: ↑ They are really easy if you dont mind a hard pitch and can simply say no. If you are never setting foot on that resort again then who cares what they think of you for saying no? I've done a couple of these. The easiest one was last year with Marriott. 50K Marriott points for sitting through a virtual 75 min presentation on Microsoft Teams at home with some wine. I spent the entire time going through various properties (Marriott and non-Marriott, as their program, allows that I guess) for my upcoming trips .

I would like to dip in this promotion too!

A good strategy is to tell the timeshare sales rep you're dying. Tell them you have three months to live and you have no dependents. It basically short circuits every one of their strategies.

haranzo wrote: ↑ I would like to dip in this promotion too!

Currently only 20K . Wait till it jumps up and go for it!

https://www.marriottvacationclub.com/

Time shares are so much cheaper on the secondary market (generally 10-20 cents on the $) that only a fool would buy in at retail. There's a whole ecosystem just looking for a sucker. The area I have lived in for the past 30 years pioneered the concept in North America.

donttoewsmebro wrote: ↑ Currently only 20K . Wait till it jumps up and go for it!

https://www.marriottvacationclub.com/

Any idea how frequently they bump it up and when did you do yours? Thanks!

Also saw in Details of Participation "This offer is for residents of the United States, including the District of Columbia, but excluding Alabama, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington and West Virginia.", what's that about? Wouldn't want to sit through it and not be eligible.

Empyrium wrote: ↑ Any idea how frequently they bump it up and when did you do yours? Thanks!

Also saw in Details of Participation "This offer is for residents of the United States, including the District of Columbia, but excluding Alabama, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington and West Virginia.", what's that about? Wouldn't want to sit through it and not be eligible.

I did the 50K offer I mentioned above in Feb of last year. Sorry I haven't been paying that much attention to when offers jump up.

I put my state as NJ they didn't ask me anything over the phone when booking the presentation time nor did they ask me during the presentation itself. This has been the case for others that have done Marriott time-share offers throughout the years.

Once they start the presentation as long as you sit through it (basically don't leave in the middle) they are legally bound to give you the points. The "hard-pitch" guy who came on at the very end of the call told me this.

Might as well post the IHG Vacation Club link too: https://holidayinnclub.com/offers/ihg-package-purchase

Hyatt: https://www.hyattresidenceclub.com/vacation-offers
**Ive never done a Hyatt offer so I know nothing about them**

donttoewsmebro wrote: ↑ I did the 50K offer I mentioned above in Feb of last year. Sorry I haven't been paying that much attention to when offers jump up.

I put my state as NJ they didn't ask me anything over the phone when booking the presentation time nor did they ask me during the presentation itself. This has been the case for others that have done Marriott time-share offers throughout the years.

Once they start the presentation as long as you sit through it (basically don't leave in the middle) they are legally bound to give you the points. The "hard-pitch" guy who came on at the very end of the call told me this.

Thanks for the insight! Interesting they don't check Bonvoy profile cuz your address is associated with the Bonvoy number, which they need to give you the points.

Seems like the Cabo one is expired?

Thanks for the posts. Fun Sunday afternoon reading. I might just take one up myself.

Empyrium wrote: ↑ Thanks for the insight! Interesting they don't check Bonvoy profile cuz your address is associated with the Bonvoy number, which they need to give you the points.

One can always have more than a single residence.

smacd wrote: ↑ Time shares are so much cheaper on the secondary market (generally 10-20 cents on the $) that only a fool would buy in at retail. There's a whole ecosystem just looking for a sucker. The area I have lived in for the past 30 years pioneered the concept in North America.

Secondary market: are you referring to something like Red Week?

gghane wrote: ↑Seems like the Cabo one is expired?

They offered me over the phone the Los Cabos and Maui too.

You can switch to any properties if you like.

adaniel wrote: ↑ Secondary market: are you referring to something like Red Week?

No, resales by people that got pressured into buying them, or whose situation has changed and it's no longer desirable to keep. It's also known as time share resales. Around here, $20,000 contracts typically go for $1,500 or so.