Without your ownership you would be paying the Hilton.com prices. With it you do get Open Season discounted 66-75%. Also, while a great option, Open Season availability in HI is not bountiful. And since you own in a key location Hawaii, it has a little more resale value than other locations.
The unit I have in my upcoming Hawaii trip is available on hilton.com for $1800/night. So for me, I'm using those points at $1/per roughly. That's pretty exceptional, though.
Thank you for explaining. Mine is a bad deal all around, no matter how I look at it, without the promised open season booking rate of $45-$245 per week at any Hilton resort.
I checked some re-sales. Mine is probably worth 10% of what I paid or even less. Hilton advertises $750 for 4 nights at Grand Islander with 1 hour presentation. Why would someone pay anything plus $1400+ annual maintenance fee to buy the timeshare? They tricked me to buy something of no value with such large sum of money.
Developer sales are possibly as much as 90% overpriced against resales. They have to do that to attract commissioned sales weasels. This is nothing new. It's why we say, '$ave Thou$and$- Buy Re$ale!' It isn't a secret.
yes you were tricked and you have a lousy deed and you probably don't have a legal leg to stand on (IANAL).
That is the advantage of being here on TUG, tons of members have decided to use what they overpaid for, and even if the savings were minor over non-owners prices, they still made the best of it. Stick around, ask questions, and make the best of what you have! And, at another date, you can add to your points with resale contracts. Las Vegas Boulevard contracts are great because their maintenance fees are so low ($ per point). Giving it away or attempting to sell it is a loss, so might as well squeeze out every little drop of knowledge from TUG so you can use and enjoy it!
Thank you, Jim. Hilton's deceit and fraud makes this deal hard to swallow. I thank everyone here to help me and comfort me.
Yeah, I can understand how you can feel the way you do. Here's the thing, once you get past the slimey salesweasles, it really is a great and flexible system. My family has enjoyed every vacation we have been on and for the fraction of the price it would have cost us without our ownership. We know what we are getting when we check in and if things aren't right, the staff will fix it. while the locations may be somewhat limited (we are Midwesterners), they have more than enough to keep us happy. If you do like Hawaii, you really can't find a better way to visit Oahu and The Big Island. They have always been friendly and helpful whenever we need it. We are full resale and refuse to go to any sales presentations so our opinion of they system is based on our experiences at the resorts, not the sales offices.
Unfortunately, I cannot tolerate such injustice and cheating. My hard-earned money went down the drain, in my opinion. The time share I bought is worth very little in my opinion. I will not be able to enjoy my vacation in a Hilton resort without thinking how I got tricked into this.
I know lots of victims are out there just like me. I just need to organize this group and fight back against the sham business.
I will not use it. Using it means I acquiesced to this fraud.
I respectfully disagree. Points do not matter. If it is simply a transfer of points, there is no need for a grant deed. Remember this is a real estate transaction with a grant of deed. Of course, it must spell out what time period I am supposed to stay, not partial week. The points is an added benefit that in case you do not want your home stay, you can exchange for other places. But you are buying and granted a deed for your home stay. The deed and contract are invalid unless M-Thur are written there.
and hopefully its not a company that "specializes in timeshare cancellation" etc....
and not using it means cutting off your nose to spite your face.
If I use it, it means I agreed to this fraudulent deal. My nose is so far intact.
Thank you for the caution. He is a very good litigation attorney I personally know.
Thank you. I know you are thinking of my best interest. What Hilton did is to rob people of their savings with their lies. They feel they are protected under an iron-clad contract and let their sales reps fart lies to innocent people, trick them and get away with it. I just cannot tolerate such fraud and injustice.
I did go to Hilton presentations before a couple of times They went OK. This rep definitely lied and I got tricked. My spouse and I both were present. We asked her to confirm a few times about the open season booking rate--the per week rate seems very low to me. Each time she assured us.
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