Time share talks

I figured out last night the hotel we are booked at outside of Disney is so cheap because they do a timeshare talk.

We would get $200 voucher to a theme park (note: plan to order Disney on my own and put this to wherever we decide to go on another day).

DH doesnt care either way but doesn't want them to trap us from getting on with our day (you can't do tour day of check in or check out so I have it in mind for a non-Disney day when we would be relaxing at hotel or going somewhere else).

I have a family member who sits through them frequently and says they are worth it for cheap rates and free tickets.

My ILS are all steer clear and pay the $$ to stay somewhere else.

What do you think?

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If you can handle saying no, then go to a timeshare talk. We went to one a few years ago and lost 4 hours of our time. I read up on tripadvisor and decide whether or not to go. We told them everything to convince them we could not buy a timeshare and they would not take no for an answer.

At this time dh and I have no interest in buying another timeshare.

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I did it once - it is definitely super high pressure sales, but as long as you know you can say no and keep saying no, it could be worth it. I would try to check to see exactly how long the presentation is. Even though they often say "90 minutes" or whatever, they will keep you there as long as they can.

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For ME, personally, I would pay more to stay elsewhere.
My vacation time is precious and the last thing I want is to waste a FULL day of my vacation, that always go by SO quickly as it is, listening to a bullshyt sales pitch.
I have ZERO patience for that.

If I want to be bored to tears I'll stay at work!

Message edited 6/30/2015 10:36:51 AM.

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I must say I fully believed it would be no big deal to deal with the timeshare talk and be on our way. We even thought that it was good information to have because it was something we might want to do in the future, but at the time we went, we were planning our wedding and didn't have the extra money for all that. I can't even remember the timeshare we went through for our cheap Disney tickets but I will say this... NEVER AGAIN.

It started off fine- they took us on a tour of the grounds, sat us in a presentation, and then had us meet with a representative. She was a pleasant older woman and we REALLY liked the place. We asked to be part of the mailing group so that we could continue to get more information about it but explained that we had just recently gotten engaged and were paying for our wedding ourselves. We even threw out the notion that this would be our wedding gift to ourselves once the wedding was over. The woman in a very sweet, quiet voice said to my then fiance "Well, if you can't afford this timeshare, how are you going to give her the wedding she deserves? Or the life she deserves?" At first we tried to laugh it off, but she became more and more insistent and nasty. By the end of it, I thought my DH was going to reach across the table and rip her throat out. I had to finally say "We said NO and that's NO and you've ruined any chance of us possibly coming back here in the future." It was horrible. I was shaking with fury. Then we waited for about 45 minutes for our stupid tickets even though there was no line at all. It actually kinda ruined our whole day.

Time share talks

You do not have to do the talks just because you stay at a timeshare place. Just say no. For me the incentives they give aren't worth my time unless I was really thinking about it.

Stay there and just say nope not interested.

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Timeshare talk is never just an hour, even more so when you have a chatty DH like I do.
It is a waste of time just to be saying no in the end. The incentives are not worth the time taken away from vacation.

That said, I do own a timeshare, love it for what it is, and have no problem saying no to buying additional weeks when we go for the owners update.

Re: Time share talks: Update

Had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach all day about this place.

So called and cancelled reservation and re-booked for an acutal Disney resort.

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I made the mistake and did one down in Disney and it was the biggest mistake. Sure we got our money, but the guy was rude, nasty, super high pressure and they WILL drag out the session. They kept us way over 90 mins. And place was a dump. I would've never bought into it even if I was interested in a timeshare. Don't do it....

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We did before we bought in to our current vacation club. You have to be tough!!!!! DH put a timer on them. If they said 90 minutes, he literally let the timer go off on his phone and said, "you had your 90 minutes, now I'm getting up." You have to be rude to them, if they are being high pressure and you're not interested. On the flip side, we got an amazing return trip out of them once we said we weren't interested (like $400 for a 3 bedroom villa for 7 nights), we just had to agree to sit through a 60 minute presentation again.). We did the same thing and set the timer. If you're not that type of person (I'm not!), then I wouldn't recommend doing it.

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My family owns a few weeks of timeshares a year, so I love timeshares in terms of traveling. But the presentations are torturous! My parents will still do them if they feel they're offering something worthwhile. I flat out refuse to do them and when we stay at timeshares I disconnect the phones in my unit.

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I've done the timeshare tour twice. Both times at Marriott Vacation Club. At the times we were considering buying into it. It honestly wasnt so bad. We went early in the morning, 8am, had breakfast and coffee. Took a tour of the property and talked about details/purchase options. It's about 90 minutes. The sales people are pushy because they want you to buy then and there. But they were never rude.

I will say, I felt like I was in 1950. They directed the sales pitch and all questions to my husband, barely acknowledged me. Assuming he is the decision maker in our family....BIG MISTAKE! Lololol.

Message edited 7/5/2015 9:37:21 PM.

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Now I have to fight to get them to remove the charge. I'm probably going to ask the credit card company to deal with it.

When I cancelled they refused to give me any kind of confirmation #, just saying it will reflect in a couple days.

They then had someone call to "discuss" the cancellation.

Every time I try to call back, I get disconnected or voicemail.