Free tickets for timeshare tour?

[maureen4200040]

Hi all,

We were persuaded to go to one on are first trip to Orlando in 2001 by the presentative at our hotel. They took my niece into the childrens room to play with the other kids, and then my sister and I went into this massive room
with lots of tables and chairs - we were told to help ourselves to refreshments and someone would come to speak to us in a few minutes.

Well we waited and waited for at least an hour, then along comes grandma
(this was my name for her), sweet as pie she was giving us all the fannel on
how we should invest in one of the properties - 90 minutes up, No thank you grandma, Why not she says you can come here every year for 2 weeks no problem, just pay us a deposit today and we will do the rest. NO, NO,NO we really have to go now - let me show you around the apartment then - oh alright then - collected niece had a ride in a golf buggy - arrive at the apartment, 3 sets of people already in there - its very nice grandma and thank you for showing us, but we have to leave now.

She takes us back to the main building and tries to keep us talking - then my sister says look I'm not interested we need to leave and I would like the $75 disney dollars you promised - Ok I'll just get the manager to sign your form - Well this took another 20 minutes - along comes the manager cold as ice and a smile to match. Now's she trying the same deal as grandma, my sister is very rude to her - and the manager gives in and signs the form for us to go and get our Disney dollars - Total hours spent at the Marriott timeshare
3hrs 40 mins. NEVER AGAIN........

P.S I agree with one of the above posts getting the disney dollars at the reception was equally as hard - they tried to give us less than we were promised - but we stuck to our guns.

 

[HappyLawyer]

they have booths all over with signs, we went to ihop and a man was outside in a booth offering tours for free passes, also when or if you go to universal or ioa some companies are set up in the parks themselves, like orange lake is set up there inside the parks.

 

[seashoreCM]

Getting Disney tickets nowadays via a time share presentation is generally a bad deal if your Disney vacation will consist of 5 to 10 days in the theme parks. Here the time share tickets will knock very few dollars off of your total ticket budget.

If you attend a time share presentation, if they offer you a complimentary breakfast or luncht, that time does not count towards the 90 minute sales pitch.

With most time shares, you can buy the same thing (so many points or a given week in peak season, etc.) secondhand, from a source other than the developer, for far less.

With some time shares, you are personally liable for the annual fee (covers condo. common charge, taxes) until you actually sell the time share, and for some time shares, owners have experienced difficulty selling the whole thing for one dollar.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm