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where in the world is David

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hahaha, I'm sitting in a beach resort lounge full of timehare salespeople and I'm not being targeted.

The salespeople's laptop screens that I glimpsed have shots of screens explaining the RCI advantage and showing places like the Sheraton Vistana Resort.

I'm not in North America. I'm am on a tropical beach that some say is a top 10 beach but most of you probably never heard of. It's a Gold Crowne resort.

I used a travel agent to arrange this trip hastily during my vacation. I didn't know it was a timeshare. When I saw the "pitch", I thought of my friends at TUG.

Where am I?

-David
 
what's really amazing is how these things are the same no matter where you are. The guy just stood up and asked for everybody's attention, so he could announce their second sale of the evening. There was, of course, a round of applause. Was it from the other time share salespeople or everybody in the room? hahaha.

-David
 
I would bet Mexico, but that isn't very specific. :) Or maybe one of the Wyndham resorts in the Bahamas that are mandatory all inclusive. Also not very specific.
 
Nihi Kai in Koloa very recently started showing up in last minute inventory pretty often on RCI for 9,000 points. I didn't know it was a timeshare.

What a deal that would be for David when island hopping.

That couldn't be it, could it?
 
He's NOT in North America..........

Icarus said:
I'm not in North America. I'm am on a tropical beach that some say is a top 10 beach but most of you probably never heard of. It's a Gold Crowne resort.

-David
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Dave,

Any chance you're near the Great Barrier Reef?

But wherever the Golden Brick Road took you - have a great vacation.


Richard
 
rickandcindy23 said:
Nihi Kai in Koloa very recently started showing up in last minute inventory pretty often on RCI for 9,000 points. I didn't know it was a timeshare.

What a deal that would be for David when island hopping.

That couldn't be it, could it?
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Not a chance. Nihi Kai is not beachfront, and there certainly isn't an ongoing sales program. Nihi Kai was built and sold almost entirely as whole ownership. IIRC the timeshare program is only three or four units. I have no idea how those units ended up being sold as timeshare. Somebody at Grantham, the property manager, told me that the developer had three or four unsold units and decided to sell those as a timeshare, but it doesn't make sense to me that a developer would take the last three or four unsold units and go to the expense and effort of creating a timeshare program just for those units.

Elan said:
Originally Posted by Icarus View Post

I'm not in North America. I'm am on a tropical beach that some say is a top 10 beach but most of you probably never heard of. It's a Gold Crowne resort.

-David
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He's NOT in North America..........
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Hawai'i is not in North America.

But he can't be at Po'ipu because he says at a beach most of us have never heard of.
 
MULTIZ321 said:
Dave,

Any chance you're near the Great Barrier Reef?

But wherever the Golden Brick Road took you - have a great vacation.


Richard
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That is my guess, too. And I also echo Richard's wish for a great vacation!

Cheers!

p.s. You will tell us eventually, right?
 
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Phuket, Thailand.
 
T_R_Oglodyte said:
Not a chance. Nihi Kai is not beachfront, and there certainly isn't an ongoing sales program. Nihi Kai was built and sold almost entirely as whole ownership. IIRC the timeshare program is only three or four units. I have no idea how those units ended up being sold as timeshare. Somebody at Grantham, the property manager, told me that the developer had three or four unsold units and decided to sell those as a timeshare, but it doesn't make sense to me that a developer would take the last three or four unsold units and go to the expense and effort of creating a timeshare program just for those units.



Hawai'i is not in North America.

But he can't be at Po'ipu because he says at a beach most of us have never heard of.
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Hi Steve,
We just got back from our 16 days on Kauai and forgot to drive by this resort, while on the sunny south side for our one day in Koloa. I didn't know where it was, but someone at the Smith's luau two years ago told us it was oceanfront, and that was where they were staying. :shrug: Is it nice?
 
rickandcindy23 said:
Hi Steve,
We just got back from our 16 days on Kauai and forgot to drive by this resort, while on the sunny south side for our one day in Koloa. I didn't know where it was, but someone at the Smith's luau two years ago told us it was oceanfront, and that was where they were staying. :shrug: Is it nice?
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It's across the street from the boogie boarding area to east of Brenneke's, at the extreme end of the Po'pu beach area. Nihi Kai is a relatively large project with lots of buildings. The lot gets wider the further more distant from the road, so there are a buildings that are directly across the road from the beach. The lot does have some slope upward toward the rear, so buildings further from the road do get some ocean view, though the view is more obstructed the more distant you are from the road.

IIRC - the timeshare units are at the rear of the property, and have little to no ocean view.

I've never seen inside any of the units; from the outside they appear to be pretty basic.

I didn't mention before - they are all fixed weeks.
 
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I'm guessing the Lifestyle Tropical Beach Resort, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
 
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