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Christmas Week at Massanutten

Mister Sir

Mister Sir

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We own Week 2 at Woodstone but exchanged through RCI into Week 51, Christmas week, so that we could have a family reunion with our ten kids and one grandson. We originally had reserved an Upper and Lower unit at the Summit thinking it would be adequate since it is supposed to sleep 12. A week before our trip I was able to snag another Lower so that we'd be able to have a bit more room to spread out. This turned out to be a brilliant move on my part because my wife and I had the Upper unit with full kitchen all to ourselves. Six girls shared one of the Lowers and the five boys shared the other. The kids range in age from 12 to 28 and the grandson is 5. We had a great time skiing, snow tubing, ice skating, hiking in Shenandoah, horseback riding, caving, and just spending time together.

Check-in on Friday afternoon was fast and easy. We were assigned 3 adjoining units in the Summit at Grenoble Woods which had a beautiful view of the mountains and ski slopes. I initially refused to do the "Owners Update Presentation" but my wife thought it would be worth it for the free ski lift tickets. We did the presentation first thing Saturday morning which included a horrible breakfast buffet. Our handler was a sweet young girl who realized early on that we were not buying anything. My wife spent most of the time pitching her own Nerium products and business opportunity.

Bottom line is they want us to trade our weeks for points. First offer was another Woodstone timeshare for $45,000. This was dropped to $35,000. Or we could just transfer to points for only $10,000. We politely refused all offers. Last ditch effort on their part was $4,495 to switch from weeks to points.

For three hours of our time we ended up with four Extended Use Ski Slope tickets valued at $304. I think it was worth it.
 
Good job on the refusal and it sounds like you had a great time! That is what successful exchanges are all about!
 
Mister Sir said:
Our handler was a sweet young girl who realized early on that we were not buying anything. My wife spent most of the time pitching her own Nerium products and business opportunity.
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Good one. :D
 
It is great that you could get your top and bottom units together, as well as a nearby unit.

Did you just ask for this when you arrived, or did you call ahead? (If so, how far ahead?)

I ask because we have 2 Woodstone units reserved through RCI for Week 52 of 2015, a full kitchen and a partial kitchen (so they should go top & bottom if we can get them together). I'm trying to figure out the best way to assure we get them together...

Thanks!:wave:
 
Some Woodstone bldgs have full & partial kitchen units side by side, not upstairs and down. They're considered lockoff units and are behind another door that can be locked and only opened using the key to either of those units.
 
That would be fine with us also, so long as we can get them adjoining. :)

I believe you mean the Casa de Campo units, though (?). Those are 1br (each side).... I'm not an expert by any means, however!
 
mtforeman said:
That would be fine with us also, so long as we can get them adjoining. :)

I believe you mean the Casa de Campo units, though (?). Those are 1br (each side).... I'm not an expert by any means, however!
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Not those... but they are in the back of Woodstone off Silverstone Lane.
 
mtforeman said:
It is great that you could get your top and bottom units together, as well as a nearby unit.

Did you just ask for this when you arrived, or did you call ahead? (If so, how far ahead?)

I ask because we have 2 Woodstone units reserved through RCI for Week 52 of 2015, a full kitchen and a partial kitchen (so they should go top & bottom if we can get them together). I'm trying to figure out the best way to assure we get them together...

Thanks!:wave:
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Do you have a Friday or Saturday check in? If its Friday, it would be a Woodstone Luxury and those are side by side as well 2- 2 bedrooms. If you have a Saturday check in, it might be side by side or it may be a deluxe (lower and upper).
 
mtforeman said:
It is great that you could get your top and bottom units together, as well as a nearby unit.

Did you just ask for this when you arrived, or did you call ahead? (If so, how far ahead?)

I ask because we have 2 Woodstone units reserved through RCI for Week 52 of 2015, a full kitchen and a partial kitchen (so they should go top & bottom if we can get them together). I'm trying to figure out the best way to assure we get them together...

Thanks!:wave:
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You can call ahead but it won't guarantee that you get what you want. They assign units on a first come first served basis. The best way is to arrive early on your check-in day, between 1:00 and 3:00 pm for the best selection.
 
It may be different for week 52...I'm sure it's a lot busier then, but every year we do a group ski trip in Feb or March. I always call ahead and request units close together (we've done 4-10 units at a time). They've always accommodated us.

Last year we had 8 units split between 2 bldgs. All were booked during RCI extra vacation sales.

I think a lot of Woodstone was sold as floating unit, even if it's a fixed week. So owners aren't expecting a specific unit.
 
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