Having attended four timeshare presentations over the last decade, I find that the discounted hotel stay and extra perks are worth my time.
Tourists walk at the pool area in a hotel in Tunisia’s resort island of Djerba, on May 11, 2023. The deal is pretty simple: receive a heavily discounted hotel or resort stay and other perks in exchange for attending a timeshare presentation — better known as a sales pitch.
After reviewing the terms of my promotion — and with some very polite back and forth — I requested an increase to 100,000 points and a waiver on the additionalof $34 per night. After a long wait, the sales representative’s supervisor approved the deal if I accepted it on the spot, which I did., giving the 100,000 points an approximate value of $500. The nightly room rate over my travel dates was $249, plus $34 per night in resort fees.
Also be aware that you won’t earn hotel points or elite night credits with the host brand for the promotional stay.The pitch usually starts with an introduction to your salesperson and a general video or presentation about the company’s timeshare program. You’ll then be whisked away to an office, where the salesperson asks about your finances and travel habits.
Timing the pitch using my phone allowed me to politely tell the salesperson their time was up once the required duration under the promotion elapsed .Timeshares are big business, with $10.6 billion in domestic sales in 2023, according to a 2024 study by the American Resort Development Association , a trade association for the timeshare industry. For comparison, that’s similar to the annual revenue of Major League Baseball in 2023.
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