I also thought that the original SVO Direct Sales office was great. Nice sales executives, nice incentives, etc.
It will be interesting to see how this revival of Direct Sales will work. I think it is a good idea, because it's a waste of time for a potential buyer to have to call a resort directly to try and buy. It makes sense to have a central place to call, like if I wanted Westin Princeville or the Cancun property, I could, in theory, just call the number and get the information that way. I don't necessarily have to sit through a presentation or wait for a call back from the resort.
When we bought WKORV, I called various SVO offices for at least two weeks before I could find someone to answer my questions and sell me an interval. And initially, my calls to Direct Sales were unreturned, so I bought from the resort directly, but they weren't used to anyone doing that so it took awhile. By the time I was in touch with Direct Sales, I already felt committed to the onsite sales staff so we bought from them. But we would have received more incentives buying Direct.
Hmm...now I am curious and maybe I should call them to see what's up...
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