My inlaws recieved/"won" :hysterical: a cruise which came with the standard timeshare presentation to Orlando and the Bahamas. They paid a little extra for us to tag along. We had been considering buying into the timeshare lifestyle and with my job and excess vacation hours thought it might be the time to buy. I did weeks of research on resales and costs before we left. Knew we would buy in Orlando because we will go there most often, driving distance and parks. We occasionally go to Vegas as well.
Once we were down in Orlando and found out for which resort we would be touring I spent a little more time looking into specifics. Arming myself with knowledge and saving favorites to put in my arsenol to fend off any sales tactics.
I was actually surprised. Eventhough we were initially all shoved into a single room untile the salesperson grabbed us the experiance wasn't too bad. We drove a few blocks away where we were fed breakfast. This is where the salesperson was gathering info on us. Sat through the 15 min group meeting. Shown the unit. Then taken to the big room where the real action takes place. There was no high pressure as it appears the sales people are not fully on commission. When I plain straight up asked him of why I should buy from him instead of resale he brought in another person. I was told that their company buys up resales because they tend to bring the market value on their properties down, not sure if fully true or not. Also was told that if you do buy resale, the floating week then becomes fixed (we wanted flexability). He also had a list of foreclosures that they were trying to get rid of.
We ended up buying a 2 bedroom biannual from Vacation Village at Parkway off of their foreclosure list for 11k. Also included are a bonus week every year as long as we keep RCI membership.
Why I did it? I was looking to start small and a biannual keeps prices down while getting me into RCI for getaways. The Bonus Weeks will be used for our normal vacations every year. I have gotten tired of spending nights in cheap hotels, after we got back from the cruise we spent 2 nights in Westgate Palace while going to Universal Orlando and loved it there.
side question: We plan to go to Vegas in Sept from the 18th - 24th. I was told that I can use a bonus week from the Wed-Tues. Is that correct?
Once we were down in Orlando and found out for which resort we would be touring I spent a little more time looking into specifics. Arming myself with knowledge and saving favorites to put in my arsenol to fend off any sales tactics.
I was actually surprised. Eventhough we were initially all shoved into a single room untile the salesperson grabbed us the experiance wasn't too bad. We drove a few blocks away where we were fed breakfast. This is where the salesperson was gathering info on us. Sat through the 15 min group meeting. Shown the unit. Then taken to the big room where the real action takes place. There was no high pressure as it appears the sales people are not fully on commission. When I plain straight up asked him of why I should buy from him instead of resale he brought in another person. I was told that their company buys up resales because they tend to bring the market value on their properties down, not sure if fully true or not. Also was told that if you do buy resale, the floating week then becomes fixed (we wanted flexability). He also had a list of foreclosures that they were trying to get rid of.
We ended up buying a 2 bedroom biannual from Vacation Village at Parkway off of their foreclosure list for 11k. Also included are a bonus week every year as long as we keep RCI membership.
Why I did it? I was looking to start small and a biannual keeps prices down while getting me into RCI for getaways. The Bonus Weeks will be used for our normal vacations every year. I have gotten tired of spending nights in cheap hotels, after we got back from the cruise we spent 2 nights in Westgate Palace while going to Universal Orlando and loved it there.
side question: We plan to go to Vegas in Sept from the 18th - 24th. I was told that I can use a bonus week from the Wed-Tues. Is that correct?