Recently traveled to the Dom Republic on a "free"voucher after our hotel all-inclusive vacation was over-booked last year in Aruba ( they put us in another hotel a little ways down the street) . In the DR we were inundated with the usual buy now presentation (s). The gal started with a $29k offer, then her manager (to close the deal) chimed in, how could we turn down the deal of a life time and dropped the package to $15k. You would still have to pay a per diem fee for the all-inclusive package.
He and she were determined to sell us and we stood our ground with the answer, "NO" and ultimately just got up and left. They seemed insulted that a couple would dare not purchase their vacation package. The room we stayed in had a broken chest drawer, we had to ask for wash towels everyday, the room door lock broke, we couldn't get a lounge chairs or towels for the beach, etc, etc.
Has anyone dealt with the Occidental / RCI system personally. I wasn't impressed and the whole thing sounded too complicated, expensive, and didn't quite hit us right. We bought a time-share 20 years ago and eventually donated it to a local church vowing NEVER to buy anything like it again and we haven't.We just pay as we go and utilize those things we have some derstanding and control of, like CC reward miles etc.
Any others with simillar experiences ?
He and she were determined to sell us and we stood our ground with the answer, "NO" and ultimately just got up and left. They seemed insulted that a couple would dare not purchase their vacation package. The room we stayed in had a broken chest drawer, we had to ask for wash towels everyday, the room door lock broke, we couldn't get a lounge chairs or towels for the beach, etc, etc.
Has anyone dealt with the Occidental / RCI system personally. I wasn't impressed and the whole thing sounded too complicated, expensive, and didn't quite hit us right. We bought a time-share 20 years ago and eventually donated it to a local church vowing NEVER to buy anything like it again and we haven't.We just pay as we go and utilize those things we have some derstanding and control of, like CC reward miles etc.
Any others with simillar experiences ?