Westgate Vacation Villas for $19.90/Night

[La_brer_bear]

Available through HotelKingom.com. I just booked. Yes, you do have to sit through a 90 minute timeshare presentation the day before your scheduled departure. You select from 7:30, 9:30 or 11:30 for your presentation. Six nights for $132.53. I'll tell them up front that I'm not interested and leave after the 90 minutes after the scheduled start time.

 

[crazelion]

I heard from these boards that is one the worst timeshares presentations that you can go to. They can keep up two hours or longer with giving you the run around. They do not understand the word no.

That's Just what I heard .

 

[idontknow]

Isn't there some law that says (as long as you know it and can quote it) they can not keep you longer than they say they will? Can someone confirm this and give a little more explination than I did?

 

[Lilly's Dad]

I go to timeshare presentations...and they never get away with holding me longer. I never ask questions. I tell them up front, during and at the end of 90-minutes that I am meeting someone at airport to give them a ride, and have no choice but to leave after I have fulfilled my 90-minute timeshare obligation. end of story. telling them you are a lawyer also might not hurt. GO GET 'EM ! ....NEVER BUY THAT DAY NO MATTER WHAT THE LTD. TIME OFFER IS! Also, often times the requirement in these timeshare presentations is that you MUST attend with you spouse....leaving kids? So I take off my wedding band, say I'm divorced, and that lady in my room watching my kids is my sister.

 

[minniemmom]

We stayed with them on a "really good deal" through friends who have timeshare with them. When we arrived, they had grossly overbooked and we were re-located to their tower (different location; closer to Disney). There were a lot of angry guests at check-in that night. We waited forever to straighten out the mess, and they sent us (a LOT of us!) to the new location at the same time! Same mess at check-in! Lines, guests yelling, not a pretty site! I would never trust them! We were required to go to their presentation, and I told them up-front because of what they did to us, we would NEVER buy from them. They did give us a letter good for dinner at their seafood rest. and tickets to Water Mainia. But that did not serve justice for the run around we (and everyone else!) received. Hope your experience is better! Good luck!

 

[CarolMN]

I stayed there for a week in October of 1999 with my two brothers and their families. I will never go back even if it is free. Took almost 3 hours to check in and it wasn't all that busy. Check in people spoke very poor English. There was a separate check in desk for owners and "everyone else". Since one of my brothers had exchanged another timeshare for these accomodations, we were lumped into the "everyone else" category. Westgate said they never got the reservation, but they suddenly "found" it when my brother produced confirmations and said he'd be glad to call the exchange company (on their dime). To this day, I cannot understand why it took so long to check in - I think it was because there front desk personnel were never trained and had a hard time understanding English language. Not sure where/what country they were from. They must have improved since then since I think they'd be out of business by now if they haven't, but I'm not forgiving them for the way we were treated.

My brother did end up attending the timeshare sales presentation which was cleverly disguised as a "unit maintenance check" over a free breakfast. My brother knew what was going on, so he put it off until the very end of our stay. My SIL did not go to the breakfast, but he took his young son with him (on purpose). Told the salesman that no one told him they both had to go. Brother left after about 30 minutes. Apparently, the salesman didn't appreciate my nephew's stinky diaper. Brother said he "forgot" the diaper bag, but I'm quite sure it was done on purpose. Since we paid via exchange, there wasn't any "pay full rate" threat hanging over our heads.

Anyway, I was not all that impressed with the units or the maintenance in general. Check in experience really soured me on the place. (We had a good time at WDW in spite of it, though, LOL).Maybe things have improved. I hope so and also hope everything works out for you.

P.S. Don't let them talk you into putting your kids into their childcare during the presentation. Have read horror stories where they refused to give people their kids until after the end of the meeting(s) even if you wanted to leave after the advertised 90 minutes.

 

[disneymom3]

Aaaah!! Carol--if they refused to give me my kids there would be H@@@ to pay let me tell you. We are talking a call to the police and threats of court charges--can you say "custodial interference" and "kidnapping"!? If they try to pull that off, it IS a wonder they are still in business.

I will say, we did stay there in Dec on a bid I won at skyauction. We never go to those meetings no matter what they call them and would not book a rate no matter how good if any timeshare meeting were required. Got that "minnesota nice" thing going y'know and just can't bring ourselves to be very forcefull or rude, even in the face of rude behavior. Our checkin was very fast. We were a bit worried when we were assigned some dude to take us to our villa, but he just showed us where lights were, told us where the dumpsters and train stops were and left.

PS The MN nice thing doesn't apply when they try to get between me and my kids!!

 

[CarolMN]

Originally posted by disneymom3
Aaaah!! Carol--if they refused to give me my kids there would be H@@@ to pay let me tell you. We are talking a call to the police and threats of court charges--can you say "custodial interference" and "kidnapping"!? If they try to pull that off, it IS a wonder they are still in business.

I agree! I put it in so people could be prepared. I had a hard time believing the person who posted that experience and thought it a shame that anyone might need to resort to threats or calls to the police.

I will say, we did stay there in Dec on a bid I won at skyauction. We never go to those meetings no matter what they call them and would not book a rate no matter how good if any timeshare meeting were required. Got that "minnesota nice" thing going y'know and just can't bring ourselves to be very forcefull or rude, even in the face of rude behavior. Our checkin was very fast. We were a bit worried when we were assigned some dude to take us to our villa, but he just showed us where lights were, told us where the dumpsters and train stops were and left.

PS The MN nice thing doesn't apply when they try to get between me and my kids!!

Really glad to hear they've cleaned up their act and that you had a good trip. Good plan to skip the meetings! We're DVC now, and that, coupled with my "bad memories" have resulted in Westgate being "permanently crossed off my list" for off site stays. My definition of "MN nice" (in this case) is "just don't go there anymore".

 

[La_brer_bear]

Interesting comments. I know nothing is free and very little is cheap. For 20 bucks a night I'm expecting to pay with some of my park time. I'm staying an extra night just for that purpose. Needed a cheap trip to maximize my AP use. KnowwhatImeanVern.