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We are staying at Wild Oak Ranch and decided to look into Hyatt. Love this property.
The salesman was so nice, and there is an EOY at Hyatt Carmel available, but it's horizon view. The price was tempting because EOY we would get 2,000 points, $19K. Or we could get 2,200 points for Wild Oak Ranch, 2 bedroom, EOY for $26K.
I know Hyatt points go for about half that resale. What are the benefits of buying developer? Is Hyatt the same, whether resale or developer? The guy said big changes are coming and 20% increases are happening soon. Okay, so I am doing my best to stay with the salesperson, but all of these questions are coming into my brain while sitting there, listening to the spiel.
If we bought Wild Oak Ranch, could we trade easily into Carmel, or would we be out of luck with that option? I don't like buying something without knowing what we are getting, whether the points are really usable. If we bought resale, and the points weren't usable, I would still feel cheated, but at least it would be half the cost.
They offered an incentive of 200K Hyatt hotel points to buy today. I love Hyatt hotels. But the incentive is only good today. And the hotel system changed recently, and I haven't delved into it enough to even know what 200K points would get for us. The sales manager said we would have to decide today, right now, to get the 200K points incentive. Did I say today enough?
I don't remember the manager's name, but he used to be with Wyndham, so big turnoff for us. He did lie, absolutely lied to our faces, and said we couldn't trade into the Elite (is that the word?) properties through II, unless we own Elite. We all know that is not true. It's absolutely a lie. When I called him on it, he said all II elite inventory from October forward would be available to other elites. He said they gave inventory to Interval before the rule went into place. and they cannot do anything about the inventory given before October. That is why we are here with our trader. Whatever, buddy. I know better, and I know timeshare pretty well. We own decent enough resorts to get the resorts with the little blue fleur de lis symbol.
The fees are much higher for Carmel. That is why I was thinking Wild Oak Ranch.
What I don't like about timeshare pitches is the not knowing whether it's going to be tough to book.
The salesman was so nice, and there is an EOY at Hyatt Carmel available, but it's horizon view. The price was tempting because EOY we would get 2,000 points, $19K. Or we could get 2,200 points for Wild Oak Ranch, 2 bedroom, EOY for $26K.
I know Hyatt points go for about half that resale. What are the benefits of buying developer? Is Hyatt the same, whether resale or developer? The guy said big changes are coming and 20% increases are happening soon. Okay, so I am doing my best to stay with the salesperson, but all of these questions are coming into my brain while sitting there, listening to the spiel.
If we bought Wild Oak Ranch, could we trade easily into Carmel, or would we be out of luck with that option? I don't like buying something without knowing what we are getting, whether the points are really usable. If we bought resale, and the points weren't usable, I would still feel cheated, but at least it would be half the cost.
They offered an incentive of 200K Hyatt hotel points to buy today. I love Hyatt hotels. But the incentive is only good today. And the hotel system changed recently, and I haven't delved into it enough to even know what 200K points would get for us. The sales manager said we would have to decide today, right now, to get the 200K points incentive. Did I say today enough?
I don't remember the manager's name, but he used to be with Wyndham, so big turnoff for us. He did lie, absolutely lied to our faces, and said we couldn't trade into the Elite (is that the word?) properties through II, unless we own Elite. We all know that is not true. It's absolutely a lie. When I called him on it, he said all II elite inventory from October forward would be available to other elites. He said they gave inventory to Interval before the rule went into place. and they cannot do anything about the inventory given before October. That is why we are here with our trader. Whatever, buddy. I know better, and I know timeshare pretty well. We own decent enough resorts to get the resorts with the little blue fleur de lis symbol.
The fees are much higher for Carmel. That is why I was thinking Wild Oak Ranch.
What I don't like about timeshare pitches is the not knowing whether it's going to be tough to book.