We received 1 year free of The Vida Lifestyles (VL) membership. Now it is expires in December and they are pushing a "Preferred Membership" which is a bump up from the regular membership. Preferred Membership is $4,999 preferred buy-in fee plus then $59/yr for life, or no upfront fee and $499/yr but not at preferred level. These include the SFX Exchange program. TheVidaLifestyles.com - Sales Pitch to follow:
1. Vida Dollars (Vida$$) buy down the retail prices of cruises, hotels, resorts, merchandise . You can give these to friends and family. They can even have access to your Vida Lifestyles account to shop and use want ever Vida $$ you allow them. They do not see your profile info or certificates info, just shop. Vida $$ expire in 1 year, some Vida $$ certificates can last forever until you activate them, then they expire in 1 year after activation.
2. Lifestyles Weeks (LW), if you have them, can be given to friends and exchanged, but you have to: go through Vidanta; pick a week; pay the USAGE FEE, then you can give it to them or exchange it. When you pay your usage fee you get Vida$$ in the amount of usage fee, Vida $$ are good for 1 year. There is an incentive as preferred member to get 2x to 5x Vida$$. You do not get that as $499/yr regular member. You could sell that week on AirBnB etc.
3. Instant Escapes for $399 – Every Wednesday night, open to your friends also.
4. First Friday of the Month Sale – Only Chairman level, but allows them to use 100% Vida$$ toward purchase of cruises, hotels, resorts, tours, even merchandise. The sale window is Live from 11am to 3pm only.
5. Maintenance Recovery Program for your other Time Shares (TS). Use form from Vida Lifestyles website and send it in. Payment in cash via check less $99 fee. (see attached form)
6. SFX – Has only luxury resorts, you are at Diamond level. Once you put your unit on the exchange (and pay your Vidanta usage fee) you have 18 months to pick and book your unit (maybe booked a year after that date). However, if you are a preferred VL membership ($4999 and $59/yr) there is no expiration, book whenever you want with no 18 month limit to book. There is the $99 exchange fee. Also with VL Preferred membership you get $1000 Vida$$ with each exchange you do on SFX.
7. Shop Deal Quarterly – Next August 11 – 15th, 2020. Some of these deals, Like EL CID LA CEIBA BEACH HOTEL are 75% off 7 nights or about $79 P/NT (per person per night or per night?) all inclusive. Checked El CID web site and hotel rate was 1 BD Suite, $250 per night with 2 adults, 7 nights. You can book as far as a year out.
8. Multiply Vida$$ - You get 2 times (2x) up to 5 times (5x) your usage fee in Vida$$. Presidential level was 4x, plus $800 vacation cash, plus another $200 vacation cash ($1000 vacation Cash) to buy down on any hotels, resorts, air fare that you buy through TheVidaLifeStyles.com web site (good as cash in these purchases). He did not know highest level name?
9. Luxury Home Rentals are available also.
10. Offer 8 incentive certificates each can get you resort stays (7 nights) or cruise (7 nights) , but resorts 7 nt has a fee of $199 (up to 6 people) and cruise fee $518 per two people. Certs are good for 5 years.
11. Payment to the $4999 can be made in increments without interest, up to 18 months
Update- I was offered $3,199 (vs $4,999) for the VL Preferred Membership but only get 6 certificates (vs 8) , $600 Vacation Cash (vs $1000) and only multiply 2x usage fee for Vida$$ (vs 4x).
12. Elite VIP Status - Once you have reached VL Preferred Membership....I was told that there is an "Elite VIP Status" where they have a point system that gives you 5 points for every dollar spent by you and family members. For an additional fee of $2,699 they start you with 65,000 pts. No additional annual fee beyond the $59/yr you are paying under the Preferred Membership. What can you buy with points? a) 20K pts a 7 night resort stay, except taxes that you have to pay. b)35K Pts 7 night stay at all inclusive, c)35K pts 4 days cruise, except port fees, taxes d) 50k pts 7 day cruise, except port fees/ taxes. You can convert points to vacation cash and buy down anything you buy on the VL web site (this is not Vida$$, like cash). If you travel a great deal and can family and friends to buy trips via your account, you can add up to 50 users to your account at no cost, their purchases go to your credit at the 5 pts per $1 spent. All of this is on the The Vida Lifestyles website. Payment can be paid month to month with no interest.