Sales tactic Las Vegas new Hilton/HGVMax site

[athea]

My husband and I attended a Las Vegas sales presentation at the Elara Hilton. They were trying to tell us if we bought more points anywhere from $48,000-$110,000 worth it would combine our HGV max account with our HGVC account. We already spent money to get into the HDVC family because we were told we would lose a lot if we didn’t buy into that now they’re telling us we will lose access and ability to do more if we don’t give them more money and combine the HGVMax with our Hilton Grand Vacations Club. I know i know we were not smart for doing that :-( anyway they said tis new purchase would bring us into a whole other portal called the Hilton hub (something like that)- right now we’re continuing to use HGVC and HGV Max separately we’re not about to spend another $48-$110,000 . The sales people were very rude to us. It was very traumatic experience. Just wondering if anyone fell for this?

 

[jp10558]

Good to not fall for it. They always want to sell you more points. I think the HGV / DRI purchase wasn't a great idea, but it is likely better for actually getting you availability in DRI than Max is. Max is just an exchange at 6 months between DRI and HGVC.

 

[SmithOp]

Unfortunately this is a new tactic to sell HVC trust points (DRI properties), then they tell you it will give access through Max at 6 months to use your HGVC points as well.

Most members here are not interested in using our HGVC points in HVC so Max is not something we are willing to pay extra for. We will continue to use our legacy HGVC points at HGVC resorts.

Expect it to get even worse when they also start selling Blue green points. The best policy is to avoid owner updates.

 

[GT75]

They were trying to tell us if we bought more points anywhere from $48,000-$110,000 worth it would combine our HGV max account with our HGVC account.

Every owner's update (oh, sorry "sales presentation") that you go to, you will always be told that you need to buy something. I would assume that the salesperson "keyed off" something someone said during the "small talk".

 

[Magumba]

I went to the Elara twice, I ate all the snacks, set up a 60 minute countdown on phone and put it in front of the sales person, I keep looking at it, got my $200 visa and left lol

 

[WaikikiFirst]

It was very traumatic experience

and yet you go ... Nothing you wrote sounded anywhere outside "slightly worse than avg", if even that, from what I read here. So, the trauma is from the beholder, which means ...

 

[dougp26364]

We have owned timeshare since 1998. Beginning in 1999 the sales people started telling us, “If you don’t buy more” you’ll lose access and fall behind everyone else.” For over 27 years it’s been the same dog and pony show.

Yes there have been changes. Some improvements sure, but I can still exchange a week through exchange companies just like we could when we bought our first week. The original usage and availability never changed. What changed was the additions they’ve added. Things like floating weeks, points reservations, being able to book stays from 1 night to however many you can afford, arriving any day of the week instead of the traditional weekend check in days et…..

Sometimes it’s worth paying for the new benefits, but we’ve never lost the old benefits and we’ve never been left behind.

Never buy out of fear of losing something they can’t take away from you anyway. If what you own is working for you, there’s no need to “upgrade”.