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My BIL who is doing very well for himself calls me to ask my advise on a trip for his 25th wedding aniv in Jan. Believe me when I say he could easily afford flying 1st class anywhere he wanted and stay at the nicest of resorts, that's how loaded this guy is.
He had done some research and wanted to go somewhere warm. Even though I could've used to receive some value, I had a few cheap alturnatives for him via an unused II cert that were Marriotts. I was only going to charge him for the exchange fee and the guest cert.
Some units at the Aruba Surf were avail, as was a few Royal Cancuns. If he was smart he would have jumped at my offers, but as successful as he is, nobody ever accused him of being smart. Cheap is what he is, and to think its for his 25th aniv and money is no object for him.
So what does he do? He signs up with GR Solaris in Cancun for a timeshare tour and is receiving 5 days all-inclusive for $249, about what he would have incurred through me.
So I instruct him to Tripadvisor which shows just dozens of "beware" of the horrid food/drinks and the timeshare sharks. I try to convince him to avoid but he's cheap and stupid and says, "How bad can the food be?".
He also thinks the presentation will be no big deal even though others have warned him. He thinks he can just walk out at 90 minutes and that is it.
So to probably save $500-$700 he is forcing his wife that gave him 4 beautiful kids and 25 years to go through this presentation and accept the poor food. I told him he was being penny wise and pound foolish but he didn't want to listen and booked it already. I told him he will get what he paid for plus alot of aggrigation.
I told him "don't say I didn't tell you" when you get back because in my mind there is very little chance he will enjoy his vacation. I hope I'm wrong.
He had done some research and wanted to go somewhere warm. Even though I could've used to receive some value, I had a few cheap alturnatives for him via an unused II cert that were Marriotts. I was only going to charge him for the exchange fee and the guest cert.
Some units at the Aruba Surf were avail, as was a few Royal Cancuns. If he was smart he would have jumped at my offers, but as successful as he is, nobody ever accused him of being smart. Cheap is what he is, and to think its for his 25th aniv and money is no object for him.
So what does he do? He signs up with GR Solaris in Cancun for a timeshare tour and is receiving 5 days all-inclusive for $249, about what he would have incurred through me.
So I instruct him to Tripadvisor which shows just dozens of "beware" of the horrid food/drinks and the timeshare sharks. I try to convince him to avoid but he's cheap and stupid and says, "How bad can the food be?".
He also thinks the presentation will be no big deal even though others have warned him. He thinks he can just walk out at 90 minutes and that is it.
So to probably save $500-$700 he is forcing his wife that gave him 4 beautiful kids and 25 years to go through this presentation and accept the poor food. I told him he was being penny wise and pound foolish but he didn't want to listen and booked it already. I told him he will get what he paid for plus alot of aggrigation.
I told him "don't say I didn't tell you" when you get back because in my mind there is very little chance he will enjoy his vacation. I hope I'm wrong.