Sears Vacations, since 2012, has been selling travel vacation memberships. Associate said they have already sold a million of them. I had heard of Sears Vacations but only knew that you could go to their website and purchase travel.
I was approached at a Sears department store to obtain information about buying vacation trips through Sears at highly discounted prices. (Others there were approached at concerts or malls in my area.) Would I give her my phone number and someone would call me. Decided to see what they had to say so gave her the number.
Sure enough wasn't long before someone contacted me and I set up an appointment to go to a 90 min presentation for a $50 Sears gift card, $250 in restaurant gift certificates, a free vacation and $250 off my first booking. BH went along with it - nothing else going on the next day. He did say don't drag him again though.
It was very professional. They walk you through their very modern location where they show you cubicles of employees who you would talk to if you needed help booking vacations. Then they show you a large computer screen in the hallway showing what a vacation would cost through i.e. Expedia vs Sears Vacations. Of course they showed savings of 50 - 65%. Then they took you in to a big conference/presentation room and showed a power point slide show on their travel concept. Went over what you would spend over 10 years for vacations and how instead of spending $45,000 you could save $30,000 by going through Sears for a measly $4999.00. - but they would throw in 4 free trips. 2 cruises and 2 resort stays. Oh then there is a $50 yearly fee that may go up a little after the first year you have to actually pay it in the 4th year of ownership. You can give it to someone else if you don't want it anymore. Sure and they will have to take on the yearly fee at how much then?
After that of course you were joined again with the associate that took you on the brief tour earlier to hear their spiel. My husband asked about getting rooms while we were traveling cross country and they explained that the lower priced hotels you would save 10-20% and that the percentage went up as you stayed at say a Kempton. INTERESTING point.
We declined - price went down to $2999 if we only took 1 free vacation. Declined again and mentioned that we already had two timeshares. His eyes lit up?? They have a program for that. Send in your receipts for say a $1000 and they would give you a voucher for $1000 to redeem (showed us bright shiny brochures) for products like handbags and pots and pans?? Really?
Declined again. Really no high pressure but associate when he gave me the free Mexico trip said you know this won't be any good not like the resorts you would get if you joined. Didn't want Mexico anyway.
Also when I received the call and they offered the free trip, etc to get me to attend, they told me about the Mexico trip and I said I would rather not go to Mexico. He said no problem we will give you one for the states. Ya right!! Didn't happen. What else wouldn't happen.
Others were buying but it just didn't feel right. How can they discount travel at 50 - 65%.
Oh we did get the $50 Sears card, (2) $100 Restaurant.com gift cards and the "Redeem your Vacation Certificate" for a 7 night Resort or HOTEL Certificate at an incredible Mexico Resort and Hotel.??
Has anyone else attended one of these Sears presentation? Did you buy? Do you think you would buy?
I was approached at a Sears department store to obtain information about buying vacation trips through Sears at highly discounted prices. (Others there were approached at concerts or malls in my area.) Would I give her my phone number and someone would call me. Decided to see what they had to say so gave her the number.
Sure enough wasn't long before someone contacted me and I set up an appointment to go to a 90 min presentation for a $50 Sears gift card, $250 in restaurant gift certificates, a free vacation and $250 off my first booking. BH went along with it - nothing else going on the next day. He did say don't drag him again though.
It was very professional. They walk you through their very modern location where they show you cubicles of employees who you would talk to if you needed help booking vacations. Then they show you a large computer screen in the hallway showing what a vacation would cost through i.e. Expedia vs Sears Vacations. Of course they showed savings of 50 - 65%. Then they took you in to a big conference/presentation room and showed a power point slide show on their travel concept. Went over what you would spend over 10 years for vacations and how instead of spending $45,000 you could save $30,000 by going through Sears for a measly $4999.00. - but they would throw in 4 free trips. 2 cruises and 2 resort stays. Oh then there is a $50 yearly fee that may go up a little after the first year you have to actually pay it in the 4th year of ownership. You can give it to someone else if you don't want it anymore. Sure and they will have to take on the yearly fee at how much then?
After that of course you were joined again with the associate that took you on the brief tour earlier to hear their spiel. My husband asked about getting rooms while we were traveling cross country and they explained that the lower priced hotels you would save 10-20% and that the percentage went up as you stayed at say a Kempton. INTERESTING point.
We declined - price went down to $2999 if we only took 1 free vacation. Declined again and mentioned that we already had two timeshares. His eyes lit up?? They have a program for that. Send in your receipts for say a $1000 and they would give you a voucher for $1000 to redeem (showed us bright shiny brochures) for products like handbags and pots and pans?? Really?
Declined again. Really no high pressure but associate when he gave me the free Mexico trip said you know this won't be any good not like the resorts you would get if you joined. Didn't want Mexico anyway.
Also when I received the call and they offered the free trip, etc to get me to attend, they told me about the Mexico trip and I said I would rather not go to Mexico. He said no problem we will give you one for the states. Ya right!! Didn't happen. What else wouldn't happen.
Others were buying but it just didn't feel right. How can they discount travel at 50 - 65%.
Oh we did get the $50 Sears card, (2) $100 Restaurant.com gift cards and the "Redeem your Vacation Certificate" for a 7 night Resort or HOTEL Certificate at an incredible Mexico Resort and Hotel.??
Has anyone else attended one of these Sears presentation? Did you buy? Do you think you would buy?
