See our experience attending a timeshare presentation at Hilton Grand Vacations in Orlando 3/2023

We’re currently a day away from our HGV presentation in Oahu. They booked us at the Doubletree Alana. Our presentation is a block away at the Modern Honolulu (recently bought by HGV). I lived on Oahu for 10 years so I was already familiar with the Hilton properties. The Doubletree is 3 ⭐️ at best and has absolutely no beach views. It is currently under renovation so our balcony is currently inaccessible.
Looking forward to seeing what I can’t afford at my presentation!

Cool was it worth it

Was calling recently for something different and they offered this to me today. $300 (357 or so with tax) for the period of time isn't too bad. Glad to hear it's not a high-pressure event, at least.

I have little interest in buying a timeshare. For one, not near at that price. 8k points or something is something like 10 days (i think, from what I've seen in other videos) at places. The cost, plus there's some kinda maintenance fees also a part of the whole thing, really make this whole idea seem ill advised. One video had maintenance at 1200 a year. So if you use all your points, most optimally, maybe you'd pay off the deed (or use it all up and get your money worth) in a good 10 or so years. Apparently you can sell these shares, but yeah I don't know. Just seems pointless to me.

I literally just got an email offering 4day/3night +50,000 points for $249 vacation. This has been so helpful. I’ve had some anxiety about how the presentation works. The email only says one 2hr presentation. Do you schedule the presentation or do they tell you when? Hoping to pair it with Disney. They also said you have to meet an income requirement or else you have to pay the difference of your stay 🤷‍♀️

Oahu is nice but you could do that island for less days... I'd recommend going to Wakoloa on the Big Island and spend those days checking out all the things you can do for day trips across that island.

8,000 points is about 1.5 weeks in high season, 1-bedroom. You could buy that resale in Las Vegas for about $1,500 or less. We bought 5,440 points off Ebay, $1,100 per year in maintenance. That's enough points to stay 6 nights in Waikiki off season one year, and 4 weeknights in Las Vegas the opposite year. We're not knocking it out of the park, but we're still saving a little money, and especially staying in nicer resorts vs a 3 star hotel. Wouldn't be worth it to us unless we lived near the West Coast.  

We also own Club Wyndham. The properties aren't as fancy, and the presentations are more aggressive, but they can be vastly more lucrative. We bought Kona and Sedona, where hotels cost $300+ per night, to really stretch out the value.

Scam. Youll be broke. Don’t try

You can also go to Maui, and Lake Tahoe. There are properties not in the book. Make sure you book 9 months in advance for Hawaii. If you need a two bedroom for four nights on a big island and three nights on a small island they will give you the run around. “Oh, dates will not line up, or we can downgrade you to a one bedroom.” So if you are traveling with four or more people they will want half of your trip for you to have to pack into a smaller room. Less hassle and more flexibility to go independently of them. VRBO has good deals and other sites.

Hey so, if you need some advice and have never been to Hawaii I can offer you some tips:

1.) go to Oahu, it’s the best island to visit for someone who’s never been before

2.) fly delta don’t fly American American is awful

3.) when visiting Hawaii make sure to check out Pearl Harbor it’s an incredible sight to visit and very emotional and moving

4.) if you enjoy hikes then definitely checkout diamondhead trail beautiful view and you can see the whole island

5.) go to a luau it’s an authentic Hawaiian experience you won’t wanna miss

6.) spend as much time as you can on the beach the water is like walking into a warm salt bath it’s really incredible

I'm here in orlando hgv now & it's now $38,800 for 8,000 points. Instead of the $32k you mentioned.

Hi there for my opinion it’s worth it! Not sure but just bought mine for $7,800 for Elara with less point/studio for one week and that’s a steal if you own it for life but I’m from Hawaii take note you can book every where in the world for faction of price, jusTry ask them if they can give you a lower price I’m staying at HGV maui bay villa promise you totally worth it, it will pay its own if your planning to have a trip for another 20 years I lmk I will send you a break down lmk

(I hope this question isn't a duplicate) What is the minimum income requirement to be "eligible? Also, did you have to have something to verify your income? This information isn't anywhere on their website.

Jesus Christ, 32k for 8k points?? You get 1,000 points for waiving the $15 breakfast. That 8,000 points is equivalent to $120

You bought something? What?

We stayed at Tuscany in Orlando in 09/2023. We did the same presentation. We did not purchase the timeshare but bought the exact same deal. We are going to Hawaii next year. Let me know how the presentation goes. Thanks

ugh sounds exhausting and a mood changer for the worst. Is it mandatory to go to a presentation?

A very similar experience for us, except for the I don't agree that we were not pressured- not rude, but kept trying to negotiate a number we would bite on. They got it down to several smaller packages they offered, but it was still just way to big of a commitment financialy. They also kept brining another lady in to try to close. I was annoyed that it took 4 hours and was cutting into our day. That being said, we also opted for the $1695 package, for another vacation- which isn't bad considering they supposedly give you luxury rooms. Thanks for sharing your experience.

very informative. we are heading to a presentation and now we know what to expect. tyvm

NEVER EVER EVER EVER buy a time share. JUST DON’T DO IT!

Never purchase anything!!!!

Imo if ur going for and prize under 200 it's not worth it.. 200 and over with 2hours or less is ok.... imo

Hi can you let me know how was your experience in Hawaii when you go. I bought the same exact package for a trip to Hawaii two a go. Let me know how was the experience please

The timeshare industry has all their sales techniques nailed down. Essentially they treated you with snacks, food, etc this is a reciprocity tactic. When they show you videos of others enjoying their timeshare, this called social proof, another tactic. The big showroom with other people in the room going through the same thing is by design, it's a bandwagon effect. Price anchoring as it's called is showing you a high price at first then subsequent offers make it seem like you're getting a good deal. They play music, talk fast, etc, what they prevent you from doing is using your prefrontal cortex, which is the analytical part of your brain. The intrinsic value of their product is almost or is nothing, this is based on the secondary market. In fact, generally what resorts will do is damage their own "used" product so their "new" product seems more valuable. They do this by creating a point system so "used" points are only accepted at certain resorts or it takes more "used" points to reserve at newer resorts. They also had offer you an exploding offer, again all based on psychology. Unfortunately there is no value in the contract you purchased, that's why they are sold the way they are, there is no market for them. Last, yes, these sales people are off commission and the cost of sales, marketing and promotion offers that you took cost the timeshare resorts about half the revenue they take in on timeshare sales alone, that says everything about what their selling.

PS, very last, remember that they need your signature to bind the contract, anything they verbally say is meaningless, this is stated in various ways within the contract. For anyone reading this, your signature is very very powerful, without it nothing is binding, but with it, it means you have read and understood all the terms and conditions within that contract, which can end up making your life hell, so be careful with your signature, it's very powerful.

Hello I looked at your video because I just got off the phone with a hilton rep that presented a cuise and vacation to us. DO you have any thoughts on acccepting these? it was $400 for t 4D3N vacationd ( cruise included), but I didn't want to be scammed. I was scammed before in Mexico.

That last 30 seconds scares me cuz I’ll be staying at Tuscany next month

Is it okay to go there and decide to not move forward with them, and do you pay for any extras after you arrive there?

It´s a robbery.