OMG! OMG! OMG! This thread of mine made the newsletter! I'm so proud! I feel as this is some kind of major TUG milestone, LOL!
-
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 30 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!
Read about our 30th anniversary: Happy 30th 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 $21,000,000 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 $21 Million dollars -
Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!
60,000+ 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!
Looking for Thanksgiving dinner at your timeshare? Look no further!
- Thread starter amycurl
- Start date
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2005
- Messages
- 9,660
- Reaction score
- 4,796
- Points
- 649
Trophy points too?
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
- Messages
- 4,305
- Reaction score
- 3,824
- Points
- 348
- Resorts Owned
- RCI Weeks: LaCosta Beach Club, RCI Points: Oakmont Resort, Vacation Village at Parkway. Wyndham: CWA and La Belle Maison, and WorldMark.
So who out there actually purchased a Thanksgiving Dinner this year - and how did it turn out?
TravelTime
TUG Member
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2018
- Messages
- 8,093
- Reaction score
- 6,460
- Points
- 499
- Location
- California
- Resorts Owned
- All Resale: MVC DPs, Marriott Ko Olina, Marriott Marbella, WKOVR-N, Four Seasons Aviara
We bought a Turkey dinner from the store and re-roasted it yesterday and it was quite good. We bought the Costco pre-seasoned prime rib with bone roast and slow roasted that and brought over to a friend's house as our contribution to the party and everyone loved it.
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2007
- Messages
- 28,501
- Reaction score
- 17,264
- Points
- 1,299
- Location
- Twin Falls, Eye-Duh-Hoe
This thread reminded me that about 20 years ago, my mom had suffered a stroke in about October. Her 'eggs' we're pretty well scrambled. She was in rehab and Thanksgiving was coming. She conspired with a former neighbor (her attorney) to call a local celebrity chef to order Thanksgiving dinner for 18 people! There would just be 3 attendees. Me, my brother and his s.o.. I found out the day before. So I called the chef, who was understanding, and drastically cut the order, and forgave the cost. We still laugh about it, and Mom's been gone 18 years.
Jim
Jim
No I just prefer home cooked food for holidays. I did give people an out saying it does have its market.
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2005
- Messages
- 19,380
- Reaction score
- 10,227
- Points
- 1,198
- Location
- New Mexico
- Resorts Owned
-
Maui Lea at Maui Hill
San Diego Country Estates
Firepath
newbie
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2016
- Messages
- 482
- Reaction score
- 286
- Points
- 173
- Location
- Northwest US
- Resorts Owned
- DVC
When the "kids" are working and we aren't all going to spend the day together, we'll buy the Costco turkey breast. It's huge, maybe 8 lbs., comes with stuffing, and some of the best turkey gravy I've ever had. It's $29.99 at our local store. I still have to cook it along with any other sides we want, but it's way less mess to prepare, clean up, and finish off than a full turkey, and we still have plenty for leftovers. I think it would be a fantastic choice for a timeshare stay, but I don't know if they offer it all all their stores.
richardrose
TUG Member
- Joined
- May 6, 2017
- Messages
- 25
- Reaction score
- 24
- Points
- 63
- Resorts Owned
- Royal hawaiin
We took teenagers of ours up to our resort up on ridge above lake tahoe, kids went skiing for the day while we made thinksgiving diner from scratch in the timeshare, kitchen was a real tight but we got it done.Thanks to my now exwife.
The act is lazy. The person may or may not be.
clifffaith
TUG Member
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2016
- Messages
- 5,531
- Reaction score
- 6,743
- Points
- 498
- Location
- San Juan Capistrano, CA
- Resorts Owned
- Worldmark
For anyone in an area where both Marie Callendar's and Black Angus have $20 turkey dinners on Thanksgiving, I can give you a comparison because we had turkey at MC last week (and on Thanksgivings in the past) and we went to BA on Thursday.
I like the stuffing and cranberries at MC better, although BA is fine.
Turkey and gravy is far better at BA, and BA gives white and dark meat, and more of it, whereas it is just white at MC. Our leftovers lasted for two additional meals, hot the first night, sandwiches the second.
MC cornbread is equal to the brown loaves of molasses bread at BA. Both yummy.
Veggies are about equal, although we didn't get sweet potatoes at MC and that might have been because we weren't there on the big day.
Soup or salad, equal.
MC gives a choice of pumpkin or apple with the dinner, BA only serves pumpkin which is fine for everyone but Dad in my family. Instead he ate the 1/2 pound of See's Bordeaux chocolates I gave him in one sitting when we took them home.
Overall, I'd do BA on Thanksgiving futures, and save MC turkey dinner for sometime during the year since they have it on their regular menu.
I like the stuffing and cranberries at MC better, although BA is fine.
Turkey and gravy is far better at BA, and BA gives white and dark meat, and more of it, whereas it is just white at MC. Our leftovers lasted for two additional meals, hot the first night, sandwiches the second.
MC cornbread is equal to the brown loaves of molasses bread at BA. Both yummy.
Veggies are about equal, although we didn't get sweet potatoes at MC and that might have been because we weren't there on the big day.
Soup or salad, equal.
MC gives a choice of pumpkin or apple with the dinner, BA only serves pumpkin which is fine for everyone but Dad in my family. Instead he ate the 1/2 pound of See's Bordeaux chocolates I gave him in one sitting when we took them home.
Overall, I'd do BA on Thanksgiving futures, and save MC turkey dinner for sometime during the year since they have it on their regular menu.
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2005
- Messages
- 19,380
- Reaction score
- 10,227
- Points
- 1,198
- Location
- New Mexico
- Resorts Owned
-
Maui Lea at Maui Hill
San Diego Country Estates
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
- Messages
- 4,305
- Reaction score
- 3,824
- Points
- 348
- Resorts Owned
- RCI Weeks: LaCosta Beach Club, RCI Points: Oakmont Resort, Vacation Village at Parkway. Wyndham: CWA and La Belle Maison, and WorldMark.
richardrose
TUG Member
- Joined
- May 6, 2017
- Messages
- 25
- Reaction score
- 24
- Points
- 63
- Resorts Owned
- Royal hawaiin
No just plan Richard
I am not in fact the lazier people are the better I (or in this case companies that prepare Thanksgiving dinners for sale) can profit.
I have no problem calling it out though.
TravelTime
TUG Member
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2018
- Messages
- 8,093
- Reaction score
- 6,460
- Points
- 499
- Location
- California
- Resorts Owned
- All Resale: MVC DPs, Marriott Ko Olina, Marriott Marbella, WKOVR-N, Four Seasons Aviara
Why don’t we just own it? We are lazy on Thanksgiving and proud to be lazy. It gives us more time to be with loved ones and do things we enjoy rather than baste a dead bird. am1 seems to have other interests. LOL Or shall I say, unusual interests.
I purchased the turkey dinner from the Captains Galley (aruba surf club) that I posted about earlier. It was delicious and probably one of my favorite meals of the trip!!!
We had 7 adults and 1 child. I purchased the dinner for 6 and added a couple sides of mashed potatoes, rolls and I bought a couple cans of corn at the grocery. My DD made apple pie with her grandmother for dessert. In the end, after tax, service charge, etc it came to $265. It arrived on time, hot and ready to be served. I would do this again in a heartbeat and would highly recommend it to anyone staying there.
My grocery store package of a 12-lb pre-cooked turkey, a box of mashed potatoes, a box of stuffings, apple cranberry thingy, bread rolls and gravy cost $52.99. We added steamed brocolli and cooked our own gluten-free turkey gravy using McCommick's turkey gravy mix + drippings. The bread rolls, stuffings and apple cranberry thingy went to our neighbors. It makes an inexpensive delicious dinner for 5 nights for the 2 of us. The small 9 lb Costco rib roast on bone cost more than $100 and we will do it again if going to a Thanksgiving party.
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2010
- Messages
- 7,640
- Reaction score
- 3,437
- Points
- 499
- Location
- Huntington Beach, CA
- Resorts Owned
- HGVC King's Land 2BR Premier 23.040K Points.
I went out to a local casino on Thanksgiving day and ate turkey dinner at the buffet. Free. No cooking, no cleanup. I wasn’t the only one, the buffet was packed all day. I saw people still in there at 9pm.
I went to the local grocery on Friday and they were selling all the defrosted turkeys for .39 a pound, I got a $22 turkey for $5. Cooked it and had turkey dinner at home on Saturday. Apparently they defrost a certain amount for people that buy at the last minute, these were all unsold, Black Friday special.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
I went to the local grocery on Friday and they were selling all the defrosted turkeys for .39 a pound, I got a $22 turkey for $5. Cooked it and had turkey dinner at home on Saturday. Apparently they defrost a certain amount for people that buy at the last minute, these were all unsold, Black Friday special.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
On Thanksgiving, we ended up meeting my son & his wife about an hour from the TS where we were staying & an hour from his home. His home was about 2 hours from the TS. When I booked the TS, I had hoped that they could come & be with us, or we could go to their place. But it turned out that this is the year his wife's Dad's family gets together (about 40 people in a small house.) We don't know her dad's family, but we do know most of the members of her Mom's family. So my original plans of getting together either at the condo or their place with her Mom's family, didn't pan out. Our compromise was to meet at a Cracker Barrel halfway between the two places. They were able to order brunch while DH, other son & I had a traditional home style thanksgiving meal (Turkey, Ham, mashed potatoes, dressing (or stuffing), gravy, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, corn muffins, biscuits, pumpkin pie, and a refillable beverage (iced tea for me) plus one additional side of our own choosing all for $12.99/per person. The food was really good. I had leftovers, but DH finished his meal. I thought that was a good option when we needed to meet someplace where we couldn't cook or bring our own food.
I almost always cook when we are in a timeshare. I have a large packing cube that I keep stocked with cooking helpers for traveling to timeshares. It has a cutting board, sharp knives, microplane, citrus squeezer, 2 pot holders, salt and pepper. I pre-measure spices for the recipes that we choose and put them in snack-sized zip lock bags.
Now that my kids are grown, they are willing to help plan meals and cooking. We use google sheets for the planning. The meals are usually simple --- for this next trip: tacos, stirfry, spaghetti and meat sauce with steamed broccoli, braised pork chops with brown rice and green beans. We will have one ambitious meal --- this time it is crab stuffed flounder. (When my vegetarian daughter is with us the ambitious meal is curry --- I make it with tofu for her and with chicken for everyone else).
There is a recipe that I want to try from AllRecipes.com called "Week Night Crack Slaw" --- I was a little daunted by the multiple ingredients for the sauce --- Ian suggested that I premix the sauce and put it in a jelly jar with plastic wrap under the lid to seal it -- so I will be doing that and trying the recipe.
Historically, one of the big no-nos for the time share meals were small amounts of ingredients that will go to waste. Ian's idea to pre-measure the wet ingredients as well as the dry spices may make a big change in what we cook.
In Orlando, I used to use WeGoShop and we may still use it in the future. For our next trip, we are experimenting with the Walmart pick up service --- pre-ordering our groceries from home for pick up in Orlando. We will use Uber or Lyft to get to the Walmart for pick-up.
Until this year, I very infrequently cooked at home --- I work long hours and Ian used to be a really picky eater which I found to be its own kind of exhausting. After 15 years of marriage, we finally are managing to be mainly harmonious with cooking --- we each cook our own very simple meals. He eats a lot of ramen and sandwiches. I eat salads or steamed broccoli and the marinated wild caught salmon from Costco --- it can be cooked from frozen.
Life gets better all the time!
Now that my kids are grown, they are willing to help plan meals and cooking. We use google sheets for the planning. The meals are usually simple --- for this next trip: tacos, stirfry, spaghetti and meat sauce with steamed broccoli, braised pork chops with brown rice and green beans. We will have one ambitious meal --- this time it is crab stuffed flounder. (When my vegetarian daughter is with us the ambitious meal is curry --- I make it with tofu for her and with chicken for everyone else).
There is a recipe that I want to try from AllRecipes.com called "Week Night Crack Slaw" --- I was a little daunted by the multiple ingredients for the sauce --- Ian suggested that I premix the sauce and put it in a jelly jar with plastic wrap under the lid to seal it -- so I will be doing that and trying the recipe.
Historically, one of the big no-nos for the time share meals were small amounts of ingredients that will go to waste. Ian's idea to pre-measure the wet ingredients as well as the dry spices may make a big change in what we cook.
In Orlando, I used to use WeGoShop and we may still use it in the future. For our next trip, we are experimenting with the Walmart pick up service --- pre-ordering our groceries from home for pick up in Orlando. We will use Uber or Lyft to get to the Walmart for pick-up.
Until this year, I very infrequently cooked at home --- I work long hours and Ian used to be a really picky eater which I found to be its own kind of exhausting. After 15 years of marriage, we finally are managing to be mainly harmonious with cooking --- we each cook our own very simple meals. He eats a lot of ramen and sandwiches. I eat salads or steamed broccoli and the marinated wild caught salmon from Costco --- it can be cooked from frozen.
Life gets better all the time!
"In Orlando, I used to use WeGoShop and we may still use it in the future. For our next trip, we are experimenting with the Walmart pick up service --- pre-ordering our groceries from home for pick up in Orlando. We will use Uber or Lyft to get to the Walmart for pick-up. "
For years I used WeGoShop - first with Marge, then with Amy....then she turned the business over to her husband and let's just say he needed help on the customer service end. The last time I used him, I put in an order. Within 5 minutes he was calling at me with a raised voice saying he couldn't possibly get an order the size done in the time frame. Huh...it was 2 weeks away. Apparently he thought it was the following day - he apologized. The day of the shopping he then called again and with raised voice complained about the size of the order and he shopper needed more than 1 cart and it wasn't acceptable. Huh????
It has been years, I haven't used them again and I don't even know if they still have the franchise.
My last Orlando trip with used Walmart pick up, it was AWESOME.....so great, I started using it at home. Thanks for posting the uber/taxi idea. My next trip is on-site and I wasn't planning on renting a car. This should work out well.
For years I used WeGoShop - first with Marge, then with Amy....then she turned the business over to her husband and let's just say he needed help on the customer service end. The last time I used him, I put in an order. Within 5 minutes he was calling at me with a raised voice saying he couldn't possibly get an order the size done in the time frame. Huh...it was 2 weeks away. Apparently he thought it was the following day - he apologized. The day of the shopping he then called again and with raised voice complained about the size of the order and he shopper needed more than 1 cart and it wasn't acceptable. Huh????
It has been years, I haven't used them again and I don't even know if they still have the franchise.
My last Orlando trip with used Walmart pick up, it was AWESOME.....so great, I started using it at home. Thanks for posting the uber/taxi idea. My next trip is on-site and I wasn't planning on renting a car. This should work out well.