• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 31 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 31st anniversary: Happy 31st Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $24,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $24 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    Tens of thousands of subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

Preview Packages for Potential New Owners

Steve Fatula

Steve Fatula

TUG Member
Joined
Jun 12, 2017
Messages
3,722
Reaction score
2,722
Location
Calera, OK
I see MVCI Spain is offering preview packages to prospects, $299 Euros for 3 nights 4 days (other than high season) and free car rental (hire as they say). Does MVCI have standing invitations like this in the US? I've always thought there was some sort of "magic" as to who ever gets an offer? Didn't think one could just get one?

Has anyone heard of these in the US?
 
Steve Fatula said:
I see MVCI Spain is offering preview packages to prospects, $299 Euros for 3 nights 4 days (other than high season) and free car rental (hire as they say). Does MVCI have standing invitations like this in the US? I've always thought there was some sort of "magic" as to who ever gets an offer? Didn't think one could just get one?

Has anyone heard of these in the US?
Click to expand...
We received this offer even though we own in Spain and elsewhere.
I have no idea why, but I wondered if there was any connection with weeks still being sold in Europe.
 
Yes, you need to call MVCI and ask to transfer to the marketing line. Our friends who already own a MVC Hawaii week call MVCI annually to add 3 to 5 nights to their vacation in Hawaii by buying one of these packages.

I was told you can only buy 1 per year.
 
This is how we got into Marriott Ownership, a friend gave our name and we went on a preview trip to Marbella, it’s 269€ for 3 nights plus car hire. They always ask me for names of friends who would be up for it to!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Yes, they are common. Often called "Encore" packages.
 
Encore is when you go to a presentation and you decline to buy, they offer you an encore, had many of those. But to use it as an owner for a source of cheap nights as vacationforever indicated, that's a new one to me! That's why I asked.
 
Swice said:
Yes, they are common. Often called "Encore" packages.
Click to expand...

Encore is something different. These are called sales preview trips.

IMG_4169.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Golfed today with a guy, non-owner, staying at Marriott Kauai for $899 for the week on one of these marketing packages. He got phoned with the offer after a hotel stay.

Sent from my SM-A505G using Tapatalk
 
Going to MOW 5/1 for a four day three night stay free of charge for attending a presentation to explain the Marriott/Vistana merger! Sure thing. I’m sure they are not going to try and convert us to points since we already own two weeks at MOW! We can deal with a couple hours of being annoyed for what basically ends up being a free house hunting trip for us. Going to pull the trigger on something in Barefoot Resort this time down.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top