Not Disney Related but Free Cruise?

strasfamily

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I just got a postcard in the mail that if I attend a 90 minute timeshare presentation at Sedona Pines in Sedona Arizona. that I will receive a free 7 day cruise for 2 to either the Mexican Riveria or the Caribbean on Carnival, Norwegian or Royal Caribbean. Looks like the name of the company is Resort Travel Vacations. Has anybody had any dealings with them? I am thinking I can handling sitting through a pressured pitch for a free cruise!!
 
I haven't heard of this, but I'd be cautious. Most timeshares offer a gift in the $50-75 range, max. A 7-day cruise would be an unbelievable deal. And, when a deal sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Check into it carefully before you spend 90-minutes of your time and they give you an entry for a cruise that will be given away in 2010!
 
I also got a card from this company offering me 4 days in Orlando, 3 days in the Cape Canaveral area (somewhere along the coast, I don't remember where exactly), and a 7 day cruise to the Bahamas with a hotel on the island. All for $199 per person.
I called and asked about it, starting out with "What's the catch".
Of course they denied any traps and kept telling me all that I would get for $199. He said it was not a time share presentation, the company just bought vacatons in bulk so they could offer them for very cheap.
They wouldn't give me the name of the resorts in Orlando or near the coast. They told me it was a 7 day cruise with all food etc... but told me I wouldn't be staying on the ship I would be in a hotel in the Bahamas. I kept asking why I would be in a resort there and not staying on the ship. No answer to that either.
I did check out their web site which shosed really nice looking, clean resorts, and a photo of a cruise ship, but who is to say this is where I would stay and the ship would be the one shown.
the one mistake I did make was calling them. They must have some high tech caller ID because after I refused the deal the salesperson called me over and over asking why I would pass up this deal. I am not talking once a day, I am talking every 10 to 30 minutes for 3 days, from 8 am until 6 pm. I didn't answer most of the calls but they left many messages.
It took a long time for me to threaten enough to get them to stop.
I asked about the offer on these boards and people said the same thing, "If it is too good to be true it is."
Also, I was told that these trips are very high pressure the entire vacation and if you refuse to join the time share or whatever it is they refuse to let you continue the trip. I could just imagine being stranded in the Bahamas at some resort and not being allowed to get back on the cruise ship to get home.
If anyone has taken one of these offers please let us all know, but for now I don't think it could ever be as good as they say. Peggie
 
No experience with this company, but I got a "free cruise" when I bought some discounted travel package.

When I tried to book dates for the cruise...had to do it by mail...not over the phone...didn't want to "upgrade the free package". No availability. I think I sent it in 3 times via mail and waited for a mail response. Never any availability on my dates. Botttom line is that I don't know if they would ever follow through on the cruise without upgrading. Might be one slot on each cruise for the "free trip". I don't know. I gave up. Took weeks of correspondence. Let the trip expire.

Just my experience and opinion. It wasn't a time share thing though.
 

Ron Jon's new Cape Caribe offers a free 3 or 4 night cruise on Royal Caribean from Miami/Tampa or Port Canaveral when you tour their time share. And it is really free... just a $50 booking fee. Government fees and taxes are included... I also believe you get the $50 back a week after the cruise... not sure though. It's for 2 people. My mom ended up buying there it is very nice.
 

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