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My wife and I are extraordinarily busy young professionals... she is finishing up her BSN (she went back to school in her late 20s) and I am finishing my anesthesia residency. Last week, we finally took a long-overdue vacation to Key West, Melbourne Beach, and finally to Orlando, FL. While I was in the USAF and previously lived in the Cocoa Beach area wihle stationed at Patrick AFB. Our Epcot (Orlando) evening ended at the Vistana Lake Buena Vista, which we greatly enjoyed. The unit was spacious and the beds were comfortable. I plotted to reduce some vacation expense by sitting through a one-hour timeshare presentations. (Ut oh!)
Long story made short, my wife and I were vacation-excited and naive and purchased the Vistana Flex 37k every other year (a very small value for a lot of money). My wife was enamored with talk of Getaways and Gold/Preferred status, and I liked the idea of having one awesome vacation every other year.
I spent the last 24 hours learning how misguided we were. I have drafted my letter of rescission.
We did get the SPG Amex, and we intend to use it. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I called Vistana services and asked bluntly -- will I ever be able to spend 5-7 days in one of the hawaii resorts or the Vail resort during winter. The answer was as close to "no" as is possible.
Here's the thing... I like the idea of a flex option with a larger company like Marriott/Hyatt/Sheraton. Can someone direct me to a good recent comparison of these companies' vacation clubs. OR, is there a good consensus as to whicih would be good to go with.
The subtext is that... I paid too much for too little. How can I do the exact same thing but obtain more value?
Thanks for your help in advance!
My wife and I are extraordinarily busy young professionals... she is finishing up her BSN (she went back to school in her late 20s) and I am finishing my anesthesia residency. Last week, we finally took a long-overdue vacation to Key West, Melbourne Beach, and finally to Orlando, FL. While I was in the USAF and previously lived in the Cocoa Beach area wihle stationed at Patrick AFB. Our Epcot (Orlando) evening ended at the Vistana Lake Buena Vista, which we greatly enjoyed. The unit was spacious and the beds were comfortable. I plotted to reduce some vacation expense by sitting through a one-hour timeshare presentations. (Ut oh!)
Long story made short, my wife and I were vacation-excited and naive and purchased the Vistana Flex 37k every other year (a very small value for a lot of money). My wife was enamored with talk of Getaways and Gold/Preferred status, and I liked the idea of having one awesome vacation every other year.
I spent the last 24 hours learning how misguided we were. I have drafted my letter of rescission.
We did get the SPG Amex, and we intend to use it. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I called Vistana services and asked bluntly -- will I ever be able to spend 5-7 days in one of the hawaii resorts or the Vail resort during winter. The answer was as close to "no" as is possible.
Here's the thing... I like the idea of a flex option with a larger company like Marriott/Hyatt/Sheraton. Can someone direct me to a good recent comparison of these companies' vacation clubs. OR, is there a good consensus as to whicih would be good to go with.
The subtext is that... I paid too much for too little. How can I do the exact same thing but obtain more value?
Thanks for your help in advance!