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The Offer
- Hilton Grand Vacations (Hilton’s timeshare brand) is offering discount rates and points. As part of this deal you need to complete a two hour timeshare presentation and pitch. All locations are $599 for four nights + 125,000 points.
- Hawaii
- Los Cabos
Our Verdict
Different to the other deal that is three nights + 100k points for $149. You can normally get a better deal than publicly listed by calling in, might not be possible to get a better deal than this though as it’s already an increased offer. You can see what additional offers people have gotten before here.
As with all timeshare offers, don’t do this if you’re easily convinced/not good at saying no.
Hat tip to FM
Expired now William Charles
Was assigned to doubletree hilton – a non-HGV property. Guess they don’t see me as a potential timeshare buyer so they don’t even want to let me live in one.
cancelled my reservation, a total waste of time for me. There ‘s hardly any availability for Hawaii. I tried to swap to other locations, but they would not offer the same bonus points ( 125K) , only 50K. I don’t want to drag on too long just to try my lucky for possible availability later on.
Bought the Waikoloa package and called to redeem it, was told there are currently no dates available at all. What a joke. Was told to call back in a month or so and maybe I would have better luck. Was able to cancel for a refund.
That’s really outrageous, I also bought the same location, but haven’t got a chance calling. I have already spent a lot of time researching the trip, looks like it’s a total waste. I don’t havea free opening time slots during the year, I will call in a day or two, most likely will get the same result as you. BTW, is it easy to cancel? Any charges might be? Thanks.
Spent a bit of time on hold because she had to get it approved but other than that no problems. No charges.
Thanks for the info.
Which # did you call for cancellation? I did the cheaper package of $149 last week but just noticed my credit card got an extra charge of more than $220. Very tired of these people and would like to cancel
Mine is $599, but with taxes and fees for a total of over $700.
Update – I called 407-393-1616 since that’s where I got a text message with a confirmation # (BTW, I never received any email confirmation as they promised). The agent said the extra $222 was for an upgrade to 1-bedroom since the regular room is not available, but I was totally unaware of this upgrade/extra charge thing. So I asked to cancel the package but she said it’s non-refundable! This is shocking to me – any one have experience on how to deal with this? So frustrated.
I don’t mind sitting through a presentation and saying no to pushy salespeople. I’d probably want to go to the Cabo site.
Two questions:
1) What’s the food situation? I assume the on-site restaurant isn’t free. What are the prices? Are there cheap dining options nearby?
2) I have two kids, currently aged 7 and 5. Is there somewhere I can send them while we go to the 2 hour presentation, or would we have to take them to the presentation?
do you have to bring your spouse to the pitch?
So, it appears randomly these packages aren’t available to residents of certain states. WA/ID failed so far. IL works.
I signed up for the four days/three nights $149/Vegas + 100k HH Points offer. First time doing this.
After purchase, I called to check for availability one particular weekend about three months out.
The rep was very nice but said that weekend is booked.
I said I would call back when I had more dates and hung up.
I immediately called back and got a different rep.
I asked for the same weekend as before and was told it IS available and in addition (without me asking for any sweetener) I was offered an additional night free.
So I got five days/four nights for $149 (+tax) and 100k HH points.
Note: for Vegas there is an extra $99 (+tax) fee for a Friday or Saturday check in.
Sounds like torture.
I’m from NYC and have been saying “No” to people all my life pretty easily. A lot of “Get the F outta my way, buddy”, too.
I would never stress out my vacation and do something like this.
Good for you
Dumb Question : Are you supposed to attend these sessions while you are on vacation?
Yes
Yes. That’s the trade-off for the discounted rate. If you don’t attend a session, they’ll charge you the full price.
logmeingn
you must be a millennial
As I pointed out in one of the parallel threads, it’s wise to ask about the “holiday, high season or weekend rates” before you put money down.