Judy Nagaoka
TUG Member
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2018
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I went to a VIP update at MarBrisa. I thought the reason we bought VIP was to try out the Hilton Timeshares System and we were very excited about it. After buying VIP I found TUG. I told them I was confused because they made us come back before we even got to take our vacation and if we did it after were used our points we had to pay $500 which I did because my mother was sick and I couldn't commit to going to MarBrisa at the time for a weekend. Since then my mother has passed away and I called them back and they refunded me my $500 when I booked my update at MarBrisa.
I promptly told the salesperson about the $500 and us not understanding. She told me the purpose of VIP was just to give us more time. That GPX actually is in charge of the VIP Program and we get to stay at GPX resorts not Hilton. They really want you to come back and buy and you can use the month invested in VIP as your down payment. Also they will give you the 7000 points to use in the Hilton program...
Since signing up for VIP we found basically a free timeshare at Carlsbad Seapoint (We paid $400 transfer fees and the 2019 maintenance) 1 bedroom every other year week #35 which generally falls around labor day weekend and is considered platinum week. At this time it is not hiltonized. The salesperson tried very hard for us to hiltonize this property. We decided against it as we will also given a timeshare at Laguna Shores every year and paid nothing for it not even transfer fees. The owner had already booked Christmas week at Laguna Shores and a week next April which happens to fall on my birthday. We really want to get our feet wet with these units and what we have before we do anything further.
One of the things the salesperson said is that trading with RCI is almost impossible? Is this true? Also you have greater trading power if you own a Hilton resort then just plain Seapointe Resort? Also what about trading with San Francisco Exchange? What we need to do to Hiltonize our Seapointe is buy a small amount of points from Hilton and they will convert our week. It will cost us approximately 12-14k and we will get 2400-4200 points in gold week. The told us this is today's offer then on leaving asked if they could call us back in 3-6 months... too funny. Also what if we bought another every other week the opposite year at Seapointe and got free or a good deal then decided to hiltonize both weeks it would they make the same kind of offer for two deeds? We live close to these resorts and it will be nice to have a get away close to home. We like the ides of trading it if we decide not to use our week. Thanks for your help.
I promptly told the salesperson about the $500 and us not understanding. She told me the purpose of VIP was just to give us more time. That GPX actually is in charge of the VIP Program and we get to stay at GPX resorts not Hilton. They really want you to come back and buy and you can use the month invested in VIP as your down payment. Also they will give you the 7000 points to use in the Hilton program...
Since signing up for VIP we found basically a free timeshare at Carlsbad Seapoint (We paid $400 transfer fees and the 2019 maintenance) 1 bedroom every other year week #35 which generally falls around labor day weekend and is considered platinum week. At this time it is not hiltonized. The salesperson tried very hard for us to hiltonize this property. We decided against it as we will also given a timeshare at Laguna Shores every year and paid nothing for it not even transfer fees. The owner had already booked Christmas week at Laguna Shores and a week next April which happens to fall on my birthday. We really want to get our feet wet with these units and what we have before we do anything further.
One of the things the salesperson said is that trading with RCI is almost impossible? Is this true? Also you have greater trading power if you own a Hilton resort then just plain Seapointe Resort? Also what about trading with San Francisco Exchange? What we need to do to Hiltonize our Seapointe is buy a small amount of points from Hilton and they will convert our week. It will cost us approximately 12-14k and we will get 2400-4200 points in gold week. The told us this is today's offer then on leaving asked if they could call us back in 3-6 months... too funny. Also what if we bought another every other week the opposite year at Seapointe and got free or a good deal then decided to hiltonize both weeks it would they make the same kind of offer for two deeds? We live close to these resorts and it will be nice to have a get away close to home. We like the ides of trading it if we decide not to use our week. Thanks for your help.
