Rich S
TUG Member
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2018
- Messages
- 80
- Reaction score
- 44
- Points
- 129
- Resorts Owned
- Wyndham Grand Desert, Marriott Grand Chateau, Grand Solmar at Land's End
I want to give the entire TUG crew a shout out. Thank you so much for being here! I replied to a TUG Marketplace timeshare offer of "Free with transfer and closing paid by owner".
Because of TUG, I know how to do my due diligence. I drove up to the potential home resort and went through a presentation so I could ask up front about the program, view the site, and actually see the rooms. The site is Lake Tahoe Vacation Resort. It is a nice site that sits right on the lake. I was impressed.
After the presentation and tour, while sitting at the table with the "tour guide", (I was asking so many question that he couldn't or wouldn't answer) he went and got his "supervisor". Both of them were very nice, no hard sell. I asked so many questions of a specific nature that the "supervisor" asked me if "I was shopper?" She said "if you are, you know you have to tell me". I assured her I was not, but just deciding which company to add to my portfolio. Needless to say, I passed on all of the "deals" they offered.
However, I do need help from those of you that own weeks. Even better if your home resort is Lake Tahoe Vacation Resort. She said that the older contract holders are complaining because they can't book full weeks because of the new point holders taking days out of the full week, leaving nothing. This didn't make any sense to me, if you own a week, there should be weeks in the inventory. Isn't that true? It appears they want to have new owners buy points, and existing owners switch to points because the fees cost more.
If you can book at 13 months out, has there been an issue getting vacations scheduled? Has there been an issue splitting a 2 bedroom into a 1 bedroom and a studio to get 2 vacations in the same year? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
Again, pat yourself on the back. Because of you, I was equipped to say no when the offers kept coming, although that sampler did sound kinda good when they kept offering me money to sign up for it. ;-)
Because of TUG, I know how to do my due diligence. I drove up to the potential home resort and went through a presentation so I could ask up front about the program, view the site, and actually see the rooms. The site is Lake Tahoe Vacation Resort. It is a nice site that sits right on the lake. I was impressed.
After the presentation and tour, while sitting at the table with the "tour guide", (I was asking so many question that he couldn't or wouldn't answer) he went and got his "supervisor". Both of them were very nice, no hard sell. I asked so many questions of a specific nature that the "supervisor" asked me if "I was shopper?" She said "if you are, you know you have to tell me". I assured her I was not, but just deciding which company to add to my portfolio. Needless to say, I passed on all of the "deals" they offered.
However, I do need help from those of you that own weeks. Even better if your home resort is Lake Tahoe Vacation Resort. She said that the older contract holders are complaining because they can't book full weeks because of the new point holders taking days out of the full week, leaving nothing. This didn't make any sense to me, if you own a week, there should be weeks in the inventory. Isn't that true? It appears they want to have new owners buy points, and existing owners switch to points because the fees cost more.
If you can book at 13 months out, has there been an issue getting vacations scheduled? Has there been an issue splitting a 2 bedroom into a 1 bedroom and a studio to get 2 vacations in the same year? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
Again, pat yourself on the back. Because of you, I was equipped to say no when the offers kept coming, although that sampler did sound kinda good when they kept offering me money to sign up for it. ;-)