Marriott Vacation Club offer

I would pay $500 a night before I sat through one of those presentations ever again. Enough said.

90 min presentations are rarely 90 min. You’ll be taken away and 3 hours will be gone before you wonder if you’re being trafficked.

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I am wondering if anyone has actually taken advantage of this? Longtime Marriott member. A few times a year I get an offer to go someplace nice for 4 days and 3 nights at an incredible price. Vegas was $199, total for 3 nights. Right off the strip. All I need to do is reserve AND when I am there spend 90 minutes at a presentation. I can get through that.
Are these worth it? Just don’t want to be constantly hassled while there. No intent on joining anything. Thanks

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I did it with Marriott recently. It was at a Westin resort in Cancun at $199 for 4 days. They gave me 15000 points for showing up and another 15000 for sitting through the presentation. They never mentioned the presentation part until I arrived. I was like sure.

Now I'm signed up for 5 days in Cabo at their club resort for $1000 plus they're giving me 50K points to sit through another meeting.


I had a great time talking to 3 hot Mexican chicks. The first Mexican chick greeted me in their large office area of the hotel. Then the Mexican sales lady came and got me. I think I impressed her because she's lived all over the place with her job and I knew about those areas. But then it got weird when the Mexican sales chick brought in their "closer." The dude was an older American guy with a ponytail. He instantly gave me sleazy vibes. All both of them did was scribble a bunch of confusing shite on a piece of paper and were like do this awesome deal now, because it won't be here tomorrow. I acted interested, but I declined the offer.

Then I had to sit with another hot Mexican chick for a closing interview. It was basically questions on what they could have done better. I told the chick that I don't just sign stuff without breaking the numbers down in my head to determine if it's a good investment. I said they made it confusing on purpose and didn't present proper materials for me to get a clear understanding of what I was purchasing. I also mentioned the old guy needs to cut his hair and look more professional.


I should have just told them up front that I'm a backpacker at heart and I don't care about their fancy resorts. I just want a clean bed to sleep in without all the overpriced luxuries and use my money towards extending my vacation a few extra days.

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Are these worth it? Just don’t want to be constantly hassled while there. No intent on joining anything. Thanks

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Figure out what the cost savings will be, assume 3 hours, and decide if your 3 hours is worth what it will save you.