anyone have experiences with one of these sheraton vacations or similar? blackout date issues? scammy (e.g. didn’t meet expectations), salesy, any downsides? or this particular property? was thinking i could make a golf trip out of it

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Step 1- sign up
Step 2- attend time share presentation
Step 3- DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES LET THEM CONVINCE YOU TO BUY A TIMESHARE
Step 4- have fun

Source: me, visiting for my second invitation later this month with zero intention to buy

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If you’re married, you will need to go with your spouse. There’s also usual an income limit of at least 100k a year to sign up. They will pitch you hard, just say no. The property is just okay, nothing 5 star but it’s an amazing deal.

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this particular property? thanks for the info

At the very end of the presentation, tell them you have >$100k in student debt and that I didn't think it was responsible to pay for future vacations while I had so much debt. That's what I did (it was true for me) and it stopped much of the conversation.

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It typically says 90min is your only obligation, so I literally put a 90min timer on my phone when it started and left when it went off. I even showed the sales guy how much time he had left and he just gave up and we started talking about sports.

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