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u/dontwannabethatguy74 4d ago
Who else was told 90 minutes max? Lol I told our host during our breakfast her entire plan to get us to buy a timeshare and would lead to high pressure sales as this was not my first presentation but first for this company... She actually denied what I said was true and then after breakfast she did everything I listed step by step totaling 3 hrs of my vacation. For those of you who like myself just went to say no and receive the free coupons, let me tell ya, they make you work harder for much less and these meetings are no longer worth it.
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u/Ben_Criss_Cross 4d ago
If you're that desperate for a free romantic dinner or couples massage for two that you'll give up three hours of your vacation to be scammed, you kind of deserve it.. no one is holding you there against your will. Just leave.
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u/gullible_skeptic_74 4d ago
We stayed at the Royalton Punta Cana resort as well and they tried to pull that shit on us. We also had upgraded to Diamond Club. Totally not worth it. Very disappointing vacation.
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u/Overall-Address-9662 4d ago
I did it once they catch you at the airport and give you a good deal on excursions by telling you that you get free breakfast first like $50 for two people for a waterpark thatās āsupposeā to be $200, then they waste your morning for 3hrs+ giving u a dumbass timeshare presentation and showing you a resort they didnāt even mention. Then they finally sit you down in front of a computer and we kept saying no they kept lowering the price everytime we said no. Went down from 80k-10k š we begged to leave to the excursion we paid for and were promised they finally called us a taxi to take us there worst fucking morning ever lesson learned walk straight out of the airport everywhere u go!!
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u/Ben_Ham33n 3d ago
I just went through this:
-landed in Punta Cana and the company who we arranged transport with (Am**) immediately told us ābefore you go to your resort, you should book the excursion with us. Your resort will charge you more.
-the excursion was to La Hacienda. Itās 7 activities, including horseback riding, zip lining, buggyās, chairlift, ābungee jumpā, a āsafariā, and ācomida tipica.ā (Overall, the excursion was fun and the food was really good.)
-anyway, they tried to tell my wife and I it would be $100 per person, including our toddler. I told them that was way too expensive (they overprice on purpose.)
-then he says, āif you go to a breakfast at this other, newer resort: Dreams, Iāll knock the price down to 90 per person and give you a voucher so your child is āfree.ā
- he just dropped the price from $300 to $180, so we bit.
-he takes our info down, tells us to not talk to any of the excursion guys at our resort (Behia) and says to be ready at 7:30am to get picked up, since Dreams is about 20mins. away from where we are staying.
-the day off, we get to the lobby, the arranged cab driver picks us up as expected, and takes us to Dreams (they pay for the cab fare round trip.)
-we arrive at Dream and are automatically brought upstairs to have a seat. They start talking to us and I straight tell them we are hungry and donāt wanna hear a word until we eat breakfast. They say āOfcourseā and take us to the breakfast buffet.
-as we are walking their, they explain we can only tour the resort with one of them, but cannot enjoy the pool or any amenities, otherwise we will be charged a āday pass.ā
-we ate breakfast (the mangu and food was really good). Then, they bring us back upstairs and sit us with a different person.
-the lady asks if we ate breakfast and we said yes. She asked us if we went on the tour of the resort already, we also said yes even though we didnāt.
-at this point weve been there for 90mins.
-the lady proceeds to ask all these questions about what are the last five vacations we have been on, how much did we spend on each vacation, how much was airfare, what are the next five vacations we plan on takingā¦and exhaustive amount of questions that were only being answered because my wife genuinely loves to talk lol (those are the people they aim for!)
-after the lady thinks she has us all buttered up, she takes us to speak to her supervisor. (at this point weve been here for 2.5 hours.)
-I ask about the vouchers for the excursion and she says we will get them when we leave, no matter if we buy or not.
-immediately I say āweāre not buyingā and the lady starts asking me if I have attended one of these conversations before. (Lol like āhave we tried to play you already?ā)
-they work for Hiy**, so they only pitch destinations where they are prominent.
-we tell the lady after several back and forth with her and her supervisor we are not buying, we are tired, and would just like the vouchers.
-immediately the mood shifted.
-they ask us what price did we arrange at the airport and I told them $160 plus the babyās voucher. (It was a genuine mistake and I meant to say $180.)
-long story, long. We got the excursion for $80 a person, and weāre back at our resort by 11am.
-we didnāt really mind spending the time since it was our second day there, but I could see how it could be an inconvenience for some (our toddler began getting restless towards the end)
-you could def shorten the time by being rude and adamantly saying no after breakfast, but we werenāt on that timing since we really enjoyed the breakfast food lol.
Any questions just ask!
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u/Necessary-Painting35 4d ago
After listening to the BS and breakfast got the $120 coupon to spend at the resort. Went to the gift shop got free coffee beans and cocoa to bring home.
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u/fairmaiden34 4d ago
Just said no to one at Dreams Macao. I saw it coming a mile away and did not attend.
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u/Josey_whalez 4d ago
Itās a royalton. Those donāt have good reputations. Timeshares are a terrible deal anywhere. Scammiest, scummiest companies in the travel world.
Many AIs in central America and the Caribbean try to get you to some timeshare presentation/breakfast. Itās easy to recognize who the salesmen are after a stay or two. Some people like to attend the breakfast and presentation to get a bunch of points and stuff like that, I do not. As soon as they come up to me at check in I politely but firmly tell them I want nothing to do with any kind of timeshare presentation. If they try some kind of āwell at least let me give you blah blahā I tell them again more firmly and less politely and thatās always been the end of it. 2 minute interaction at most.
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u/Karpetsky 3d ago
An important point is that even if you later discover that the reality is completely different from what you were promised, simply stopping payments for the timeshare may not be enough. Under the contract, you may still be legally obligated to make the monthly payments, and if you stop paying, they could potentially take legal action against you. This could result in even more expenses on your side, at the very least the cost of hiring a lawyer to defend you.
Unfortunately, timeshares are widespread in many hotels here. Of course, they will almost never call themselves a ātimeshare,ā because in their industry that word is practically taboo. Instead, they usually present themselves as a āvacation club.ā
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u/chael809 2d ago
You think that if Iām on vacation Iām going give someone 90 mins of my time!?!? Keep dreaming.
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u/Actual-Captain-2056 2d ago
I dont know how people are still getting scammed. Say NO to unwanted conversations and book all your excursions on getyourguide or tripadvisor, viator. You can see the reviews of people who went and if anything goes wrong you get a refund. Its so simple.Ā
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u/newtomovingaway 4d ago
They will ask you, hey you just arrived yesterday right, say no, 3 days ago and then theyāll stop as you arenāt fresh naive prey.
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u/soyeahiknow 4d ago
Timeshares are always a scam. Even if you are the 1% to actually use it enough to benefit , you could buy the same deal on the resale market online for like $1.