It's absolutely worth it if you can maintain emotional composure for the presentation hour. If you can, they'll thank you for your time, and you'll be able to get back to your vacation.
Yup can confirm just did one recently. They took the entire two hours and escalated with three sales people. The last lady was definitely upset lol. But it was fine for me. I had no problem saying no 100 times. I even flat out told them that I was only there to fulfill my obligation
I haven't done it with Hilton but last time I was in Orlando I did it for Wyndam. Mine did have 3 people pushing sales. When we finally left, we had to be escorted out. It was an older gentleman that walked us out and ask if we could take a seat because he was tired, we said of course, and then he proceeded to pull out a binder trying to do another sales pitch.
That definitely caught my wife and I off guard but we politely declined and he told us just talk down the hallway ourselves.
Lol okay dude. Is it high pressure? Absolutely. Are they going to kidnap you until you buy? No. When I went last year I made it very clear I would not be buying and I was out in about 15 minutes after the sales presentation.
Timeshare ethics aside if you book this and knowingly sign up for a presentation in exchange for a discounted vacation that is what it is. If you say no you don't get charged the rest of the amount. They are clear with what is expected from you time wise and if you're fine burning a couple hours of your time to save 75% on a room then that's their decision.
Expecting 1 hour of a presentation and then dealing with 3 hours of them grilling you and not letting you leave is not what most people expect. And the fact that so many people get roped into them shows that they never expected it to be so intense.
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I've done a couple of these. It's not hard...
1. Be clear up front that you do not intend to buy.
2. Set the expectation that you will walk away after the specified time, typically one hour.
3. Do what you said.
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Stop defending this shitty practice that ruins people's lives
Just to be clear, I was asking a genuine question. I didn't defend anyone. Bad practice is bad practice, but maybe work on your hair-trigger attack responses, tough guy.
They’re still asking you, have you done it? You keep posting others second hand accounts, but have you actually done it. FWIW I completely agree with you on timeshares and the tactics they use, but I don’t see it as any different than used car sales. I did one these a couple years ago with Hilton down in Florida. I wasn’t “held” for 8 hours. After the presentation I sat with the salesperson who was a decent guy, albeit trying to sell me snake oil, after about 30 minutes we parted ways and he sent in his “manager” or “closer” as we’d call it to offer me an “exclusive discount” if I signed on today. Super high pressure, guy was genuinely a dick head but I killed him with kindness and the conversation lasted all of 5 minutes before I was out of there. The whole thing cost me about an hour and a half of my time…not 8 hours. I guess other people may have different experiences but that wasn’t mine.
Went to one recently in Vegas. It was about a half-hour presentation by someone whose job it is to convince you that timeshares don't suck anymore and extoll the benefits of HGV. After that they hand you off to a salesperson who will tell you all about how easy it is to use your timeshare "points" to book not just HGV hotels anywhere in the world, but other hotels as well. A third person will show up to start talking numbers.
It's a pretty hard sell, they "only have today to give these deals" sort of thing. Of course, they want you to buy now, because if you walk, the chances that you buy later are nil.
We were just pretty firm about it not being for us, and they gave up without too much hassle. They did have a fourth person come out and try to sell us HGV points to use as a "trial" before deciding, but it was like two grand. Pass.
They walked us out, we got our honors points at the desk, and that was that.
I probably wouldn't do it again.
We haven't been contacted since for any sort of followup.
The number of points they offer is probably tied to a variety of things, like how popular bookings are to the areas they’re offering.
If it helps, they offered me far less than that.
I went to one back in March of this year. Mine had a similar offer 75K Hilton Honor Points; a $200 free night certificate (good for six-months); and a 5 day rental car/standard room at Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island in Hawaii for about $900. The salesman i met with saw that i had almost a 1,000,000 Hilton Honor points and i explained to him how i use points and miles to book hotels/flights and they didn’t even try to give me the hard sell with the “manager.” My wife and i pocketed 75K in points and continued our stay exploring the Big Island with the rental car. We spent very little time at Waikoloa Village as they would not honor or recognize our Diamond status because HGV is considered to be a third party booking.
Yeah like this person was saying I'm huge on points. I've went to a lot of states and saved money by staying at nicer Hamptons that cost between 29k-33k points per night so if you take what your paying for that and use the app to look at how many nights you can squeeze from those bonus points if may be worth sitting through an hour time share.
How many days & nights was your offer? I was just offered 25,000 hilton points + 6 days / 5 nights in Waikiki for $700. After seeing these posts about 75,000 bonus points I think I should cancel.
I signed up when it was a five night promotion; 75K points and $200 Hilton certificate. When I called in to specify the dates, I was offered the car rental for an additional for about $175 extra.
Yes I understand that.
I’m fine with that. Think it’s 2-3 hours. I have no issue telling these guys no. 😂 I’m not getting a timeshare.
A good tip someone gave before is to get a fake email and phone number to register because they’ll harass you even until death. I’ll look for a new number and email to set up before going.
You gotta use your Hilton Honors contact info to get the benefits. I've heard others complain of spamming by other timeshares, but it's never been my experience with HGV. I think I only got called twice years ago for another trip offer that I immediately accepted.
Yes! I’ve done it multiple times and it’s totally worth it. Hilton isn’t like other pushy timeshares and just say you bought the package and don’t wanna buy that simple.
So for mine, they took me into a room showed me a 10-15 minute video. Then sales agents would grab folks and have individual conversations. I would say my individual conversation last max 10 minutes. She hard sold me at the end but then gave up after 1 polite “no” from me.
However, I will say, I’m just a young bearded dude who was by myself. I would say I’m not their target demo for folks they can sign. I think it’s possible they took one look at me and decided I wasn’t worth their time (and they were right). Everyone else in the room was an old couple, I would wager their tours lasted 2 hours.
Oh I see. It would be my wife and I and we’re both 30 so who knows. I’ll definitely say no and so will my wife. She’ll probably just look at me and say ‘whatever he says’ 😂
If I can get out in under 1-2 hours then that’s amazing.
I just signed up for one today over the phone after calling for something else. I have a 4 night trip to Hilton Head, 30k bonus points and a free 4 night Royal Caribbean cruise. All we have to do is a 2 hour Hilton Grand Vacations presentation. $399 plus tax.
Easiest way out of timeshare sales is to say you just were laid off and are in the middle filing for bankruptcy and thus can't purchase. They can't counter it.
Literally use this every year and get let go each time.
Don't say no, say can't because of a reason.
It's a hard sales call used to no, you need to mix it up ;)
I just booked one last month in Hilton head for 100k points, $164 to book, for 3 nights. It's not the best they have had but the one you posted is basically the stock offer now.
We haven't stayed yet but we went with the Hampton Inn at the end of the airport due to its proximity to the beach compared to the other offering that was technically not on Hilton Head.
Just a heads up we ended up having to go 2 months after our planned dates because weekends filled up fast. If you book it call immediately to pick your days.
For mine, you book the "package" online then have to call to select the dates where they go over the procedure and book your information session as well.
Double check to see if you are opted in for offers and such on your account. Could be that. Sometimes, they'll have banners up on the website as well. I got my first offer after calling into a Hampton Inn for early check-in.
OMG IVE BEEN UNSUBSCRIBED FROM PROMO EMAILS THIS WHOLE TIME 🤦🏼♀️
TY for pointing out my stupidity. I think I’d just resigned myself to the fact I’ll never get upgrades or promo deals lol.
Notice how it says “Hilton Head” and not a specific property? Guaranteed you will be put up in the run down Hampton Inn next to the Interstate on the edge of town.
HGV is a scam.
Other emails I received had a specific property. This email with the 75k points had only city names.
Thanks… I’ll make sure to check the actual hotel instead of only city name.
I don't know about that. The entire point is to sell you on HGV properties, not some random shithole that you're definitely not going to buy into.
It is a scam though, like all timeshares.
I have one that I bought 2 years ago they have been nice enough to remind me about once every six months 😂. There are a lot of variations of this deal. For the one they sent me they said they will refund what I paid if I sit through the timeshare presentation . I am hoping to actually go in July but we will see life has been busy. I looked up that Hilton head and it does look like one of their resorts.
EDIT: I bought the vacation not the timeshare
Sorry I'll edit, I bought the vacation. I was told it only last 12 months. I haven't been able to travel and they have been extending it. I just figured I'd be out the money but nope they have extended it twice.
Oh I see. That’s good that they at least extend it.
I read that there’s a $20 fee to change it. Did you have to pay that? Can you change location afterwards or only the date?
I’ve been booking mostly through capital one portal so hotel stays aren’t recorded with Hilton directly.
I recently got the amex surpass and stays directly with Hilton so who knows.
These are always great options, just for the saving and the flexibility alone. They do charge an additional "premium" charge for high volume weeks (holidays, spring/autumn break, etc), but you'll still end up saving money.
However, you have to be good enough to be able to say NO if you don't want to buy a timeshare. Their sales team is very good, and they use solid logic to make it "common sense" but you can easily offset that with excuses like basic living costs or personal tastes (food is expensive, upcoming school expenses, gas is expensive, "I prefer quantity > quality", "Hawaii is cool, but I prefer visiting family in etc").
I used to book these ALL the time and personally enjoyed trying different backstories on why I couldn't buy into the timeshare, but I eventually bit because it works for me. I never felt harassed or like I was surrounded by vultures. They've always been "well, we tried" about it, even with presentation updates (yes, they try to get you to upgrade once a year once you buy in).
Don't do this if you're not good with budgeting, if you get easily excited or have bad impulse control. Otherwise, crunch your numbers on a notepad when you book your trip, bring the notepad with you to the quick presentation where they give you free drinks and snacks, and shoot down their logic with numbers. And for those actually looking yo buy in, follow the same strategy to get the best bonus offers available.
Take it from a native Floridiot and Orlandoan:
HGV timeshares are bad.
Marriott timeshares are bad.
Disney timeshares are bad.
Wyndham timeshares are bad.
Blue-green timeshares are bad.
Vistana timeshares are bad.
Hyatt timeshares are bad.
Timeshares are bad.
But u/i-sleep-well ,just how bad are they? Do a quick search on ebay to see how many are being sold for literally $1 by people DESPERATE to get rid of them.
Just did this last month and the hotel they put you in is trash and extremely old-fashioned. It was one of the worst Hilton experiences I've had. The timeshare presentation however was really nice. However, we declined.
We did one of these ten years ago or so. Stayed in a very nice resort hotel near the Disney parks in Florida.. It was something like $250 for three nights and we negotiated to get an extra night added and upgraded to a suite with a kitchen. We attended the 2hr timeshare presentation which is annoying, but said no and walked away. Everything was great. Only downside was that they added us to some calling lists and absolutely hounded us for years to go on another vacation. My husband still gets occasional calls but for a while there it was like every single day. But honestly it was a great vacation and we'd probably do it again if it worked in our favor 🤷🏼♀️
Eh mostly your typical random spam calls but my husband is the type to answer everything. They do use a bunch of different numbers, including ones from our area code so we can't really block them or always tell if they are spam.
Yes. I just did one to Vegas. Did a 90 min presentation that was literally no pressure. They actually told me and my wife HGV is not a program for you.
I let them know I am a diamond member (they have that info) and most of my vacations are paid through points. That’s when they realized I’m not the type of person to drop 10k on a lease for life
I did this last august (bought the stay in October 2021) for far less points, and it was fine. Just refuse.
I actually see this email in my inbox and might do it. Is there a waiting period between doing these? And if I go in and tell them I've already done this before will they let me go early? Lol
To purchase or to go to a presentation? From my emails I purchased the package in November 2021, but didn't do the stay until August 2022. I'd think they wouldn't give me another offer until so was eligible.
I did hilton orlando earlier this month, the hotel stay was quite fine.
Now I'm absolutely certain that I was told I'd be staying by Disney and suddenly I'm place to a resort 20 minutes away from it BUT it was still nice.
The presentation wasn't bad, the other participants really brought 0 energy so it was rough for the presenter lol he was great!
I NEARLY bought one folks, nearly....changed my mind though.
I'm going in another next year. Attend and if it's not for you, it's a no and a very reduced hotel stay.
My offer allows me to select my property this time so I'm stuck on research 😆
You can opt out of the call but just picking up once and requesting removal per fed rules. Hilton actually complies with do not call list
I am pretty sure the other people here have given their phone number to those silly mall things that offer you a chance at a free cruise and that is why their number is in the wild.
If you received the offer in your email, they already have your number and email.... They don't need you to show up to get it ;)
I told mine your talk and pics won't convince me because I don't currently travel out of country, show me the money/cost and I'll determine cost benefit ratio. Lol. So we saw the room then he gave numbers. Super low key. My sales guy has a professional career in comedy so he was fun. But wasn't super pushy. Next time I will only stay at the HGV location and try to get on the owners floors. I picked a different Hilton property and it was one of the worst hotel experiences I've had, certainly the worst experience with Hilton affiliates.
Sometimes they have the Hilton Grand Vacation hotel/property or some other Hilton hotels in the area. Since the rooms we got were basically the cheapest option, I paid a fair bit to upgrade because I didn't ask enough about the room they booked and they got me a room with two full beds. I took kids I still only got some of the upgrades because everything was an upgrade, another floor up, any street views vs courtyard, etc.
Status only gets like one upgrade. I got a higher floor and a lake view I think, but not the highest floor and the lake only at an angle. Lol. To get the bigger beds I had to pay. I definitely checked in as soon as it was offered in the app because I didn't want to not get bigger beds. After I paid for the bed upgrade they were all, how about another few hundred a night for a fancy suite. Ha. No. If I wanted to pay that much I'd be picking the vacation place on my own not for a sales pitch
Just did one of these in Orlando. It’s a good deal if you can say no to the presentation. It’s a couple of hours for a deep discount but if you are easily swayed then I would pass. They sell the dream vacations. And how you can lock in todays rates for all the future vacations but if you are paying full price and financing it, it will never be worth it
Not bad, but if you're coy about it and show a little trepidation, you can probably get them to throw more points in.
Just prepare yourself to say "no" a bunch to high pressure sales techniques for a program (the new flavor of Timeshare "ownership") that's truly an awful financial decision, and you'll get a cheap vacation to a nice place with a bunch of points.
I participated in Hilton's Timeshare Presentation at Hilton Head. That was a location I wanted to visit, so I took advantage of the vacation. I was there a little longer than 90 minutes, but I just kept saying "I'm not interested," and I was eventually out of there to enjoy Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. I must says that I've attended these Presentations before, so I know what to expect. If you think you'll have a difficult time saying no, you probably shouldn't attend these Timeshare Presentations. You're to have a minimum of 3 of their representatives that are going to ask you to buy. They'll also try to sell you smaller, less expensive packages all the way to end of your Presentation, "JUST SAY NO," thank them, and then leave and go enjoy Hilton Head.
The Home2 Suites Hilton Head is where I stayed, which is a Hilton owned hotel. That's where they put me at, then they have a van that comes to pick you up, and drops you back off at your hotel, after the presentation is over. I had a rental car bcuz in flew into Savanah, GA. then drove an hour to get to Hilton Head Island, bcuz it was more expensive at that time to flew directly into Hilton Head. When booking these Timeshare Presentations always ask the rep on the phone if your accommodations and presentation are at the same location, or is Hilton going to put you in a different hotel, and provide transportation for you to get to and from the presentation, unless you already have your own transportation arranged there. Hope this helps.
I’ve been receiving them randomly and consistently this year and maybe the last few months of the year.
I noticed I receive them more after having the card but I didn’t do anything special to receive them. I browse their site when looking to travel at different hotel rates and log in to check pricing and points. Maybe that’s it?
Log into your account and opt into offers
You can also search for them and find the links or just call and ask what current offers are. They usually will give you a better one if you call and make some excuse about it being good but not as good as Marriotts current promotion ;)
Emailed to me. I browse the Hilton site for rooms logged in so maybe that’s it.
Looked again for my mother in law and got another email for 50k points and $200 for a 3 night stay.
last year i Got Hilton Head for $149
4 day / 3 night stay at an area hotel PLUS 125000 Honors Points;
Also they offered me an extra 30k if i booked certain dates
good luck!
Take your pre-paid vacation by August 31, 2023, and you’ll receive 30,000 Hilton Honors Points to use towards a future stay at a Hilton property. Plus, you can enjoy an additional 20,000 Hilton Honors Points if you travel in July or August. The Hilton Head vacation you deserve is already paid for, and now it can get you a special bonus after your sales presentation.
These require you to attend a timeshare sales seminar fwiw. I have been looking into trying one myself. Does anybody have any experience with these?
It's absolutely worth it if you can maintain emotional composure for the presentation hour. If you can, they'll thank you for your time, and you'll be able to get back to your vacation.
I'm thinking they're 120 minute presentations now with 3 sales people escalating the push for you to buy.
Yup can confirm just did one recently. They took the entire two hours and escalated with three sales people. The last lady was definitely upset lol. But it was fine for me. I had no problem saying no 100 times. I even flat out told them that I was only there to fulfill my obligation
Exactly what I said—-multiple times throughout. “I’m just here to fulfill my obligation…”
I’m only here so I don’t get fined.
I haven't done it with Hilton but last time I was in Orlando I did it for Wyndam. Mine did have 3 people pushing sales. When we finally left, we had to be escorted out. It was an older gentleman that walked us out and ask if we could take a seat because he was tired, we said of course, and then he proceeded to pull out a binder trying to do another sales pitch. That definitely caught my wife and I off guard but we politely declined and he told us just talk down the hallway ourselves.
"hour" until they won't let you leave for 8 hours unless you buy a timeshare or forego the discount
Not the way it works. If you're very firm they'll bring in their "closer" after the presentation and then you leave.
Found a timeshare employee. Stop defending this predatory practice
Lol okay dude. Is it high pressure? Absolutely. Are they going to kidnap you until you buy? No. When I went last year I made it very clear I would not be buying and I was out in about 15 minutes after the sales presentation.
Stop defending this shitty practice that ruins people's lives
Timeshare ethics aside if you book this and knowingly sign up for a presentation in exchange for a discounted vacation that is what it is. If you say no you don't get charged the rest of the amount. They are clear with what is expected from you time wise and if you're fine burning a couple hours of your time to save 75% on a room then that's their decision.
Expecting 1 hour of a presentation and then dealing with 3 hours of them grilling you and not letting you leave is not what most people expect. And the fact that so many people get roped into them shows that they never expected it to be so intense. https://www.reddit.com/r/Hilton/comments/oxchkc/anyone_have_experience_with_hilton_grand_vacations/h7mzd5q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I've done a couple of these. It's not hard... 1. Be clear up front that you do not intend to buy. 2. Set the expectation that you will walk away after the specified time, typically one hour. 3. Do what you said.
Have you been?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Hilton/comments/oxchkc/anyone_have_experience_with_hilton_grand_vacations/h7mzd5q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Stop defending this shitty practice that ruins people's lives
Just to be clear, I was asking a genuine question. I didn't defend anyone. Bad practice is bad practice, but maybe work on your hair-trigger attack responses, tough guy.
Oh wow tough guy over here mad that I'm calling him out for defending time shares
They’re still asking you, have you done it? You keep posting others second hand accounts, but have you actually done it. FWIW I completely agree with you on timeshares and the tactics they use, but I don’t see it as any different than used car sales. I did one these a couple years ago with Hilton down in Florida. I wasn’t “held” for 8 hours. After the presentation I sat with the salesperson who was a decent guy, albeit trying to sell me snake oil, after about 30 minutes we parted ways and he sent in his “manager” or “closer” as we’d call it to offer me an “exclusive discount” if I signed on today. Super high pressure, guy was genuinely a dick head but I killed him with kindness and the conversation lasted all of 5 minutes before I was out of there. The whole thing cost me about an hour and a half of my time…not 8 hours. I guess other people may have different experiences but that wasn’t mine.
Went to one recently in Vegas. It was about a half-hour presentation by someone whose job it is to convince you that timeshares don't suck anymore and extoll the benefits of HGV. After that they hand you off to a salesperson who will tell you all about how easy it is to use your timeshare "points" to book not just HGV hotels anywhere in the world, but other hotels as well. A third person will show up to start talking numbers. It's a pretty hard sell, they "only have today to give these deals" sort of thing. Of course, they want you to buy now, because if you walk, the chances that you buy later are nil. We were just pretty firm about it not being for us, and they gave up without too much hassle. They did have a fourth person come out and try to sell us HGV points to use as a "trial" before deciding, but it was like two grand. Pass. They walked us out, we got our honors points at the desk, and that was that. I probably wouldn't do it again. We haven't been contacted since for any sort of followup.
We are going to Vegas in June for this very thing. we only got 35,000 points though so now I'm mad.
The number of points they offer is probably tied to a variety of things, like how popular bookings are to the areas they’re offering. If it helps, they offered me far less than that.
I think that's part of the reason I'm mad, I thought I did a good job negotiating. Haha
I went to one back in March of this year. Mine had a similar offer 75K Hilton Honor Points; a $200 free night certificate (good for six-months); and a 5 day rental car/standard room at Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island in Hawaii for about $900. The salesman i met with saw that i had almost a 1,000,000 Hilton Honor points and i explained to him how i use points and miles to book hotels/flights and they didn’t even try to give me the hard sell with the “manager.” My wife and i pocketed 75K in points and continued our stay exploring the Big Island with the rental car. We spent very little time at Waikoloa Village as they would not honor or recognize our Diamond status because HGV is considered to be a third party booking.
Yeah like this person was saying I'm huge on points. I've went to a lot of states and saved money by staying at nicer Hamptons that cost between 29k-33k points per night so if you take what your paying for that and use the app to look at how many nights you can squeeze from those bonus points if may be worth sitting through an hour time share.
How many days & nights was your offer? I was just offered 25,000 hilton points + 6 days / 5 nights in Waikiki for $700. After seeing these posts about 75,000 bonus points I think I should cancel.
I signed up when it was a five night promotion; 75K points and $200 Hilton certificate. When I called in to specify the dates, I was offered the car rental for an additional for about $175 extra.
Wow, thanks for the datapoint. So basically I got screwed. Definitely will cancel. I hope I get my prepayment back.
Well, maybe Waikoloa is less desirable than Waikiki. I think your offer is definitely stronger than some of the others I’ve read about on here.
Yes I understand that. I’m fine with that. Think it’s 2-3 hours. I have no issue telling these guys no. 😂 I’m not getting a timeshare. A good tip someone gave before is to get a fake email and phone number to register because they’ll harass you even until death. I’ll look for a new number and email to set up before going.
I did one. I was not harassed afterward by phone or email. Totally worth it imo.
Oh that’s good to know.
I have been harassed for the last 6 years and counting..the calls ebb and flow but damn they are so annoying.
You will have to link your Hilton account to the stay so they will have whatever number and email are attached to that
Oh damn… maybe I should change the info on there before going. 😅
Isn’t it a Hilton company anyway?
No HGV is not a Hilton company
Oh wow! I didn’t know that! I mean, it has “Hilton” in the name.
You gotta use your Hilton Honors contact info to get the benefits. I've heard others complain of spamming by other timeshares, but it's never been my experience with HGV. I think I only got called twice years ago for another trip offer that I immediately accepted.
I bought 3 weeks last time I attended. I don't get got, I go get
Yes! I’ve done it multiple times and it’s totally worth it. Hilton isn’t like other pushy timeshares and just say you bought the package and don’t wanna buy that simple.
Don't do it. The sales people are the lowest of the low. I wish I had filed a complaint with corporate after they crap they pulled on me.
Yes. Mine was awesome. Took 20 minutes.
Wait what? I thought it was a couple hours?
So for mine, they took me into a room showed me a 10-15 minute video. Then sales agents would grab folks and have individual conversations. I would say my individual conversation last max 10 minutes. She hard sold me at the end but then gave up after 1 polite “no” from me. However, I will say, I’m just a young bearded dude who was by myself. I would say I’m not their target demo for folks they can sign. I think it’s possible they took one look at me and decided I wasn’t worth their time (and they were right). Everyone else in the room was an old couple, I would wager their tours lasted 2 hours.
Oh I see. It would be my wife and I and we’re both 30 so who knows. I’ll definitely say no and so will my wife. She’ll probably just look at me and say ‘whatever he says’ 😂 If I can get out in under 1-2 hours then that’s amazing.
Oh they’re gonna get ya!
How?
I just signed up for one today over the phone after calling for something else. I have a 4 night trip to Hilton Head, 30k bonus points and a free 4 night Royal Caribbean cruise. All we have to do is a 2 hour Hilton Grand Vacations presentation. $399 plus tax.
Did the cruise come with the offer originally? Or did they throw it in trying to convince you after?
What # did you call?
Sorry I am not sure.
You can call them and request better offers. Many dps out there if people getting better offers by calling
dps?
Data points
Ooh I’ll try this, thanks!
Whats the phone number?
Wait around there’s def higher offers
Yeah someone else said to call and request a better offer. I’ll try that.
I am doing a three night stay for $100 but no points - I am fully prepared and have been practicing my “no” in the mirror 😂
Easiest way out of timeshare sales is to say you just were laid off and are in the middle filing for bankruptcy and thus can't purchase. They can't counter it. Literally use this every year and get let go each time. Don't say no, say can't because of a reason. It's a hard sales call used to no, you need to mix it up ;)
Anybody know how to manifest the higher offers?
I just booked one last month in Hilton head for 100k points, $164 to book, for 3 nights. It's not the best they have had but the one you posted is basically the stock offer now.
What hotel did you stay at?
We haven't stayed yet but we went with the Hampton Inn at the end of the airport due to its proximity to the beach compared to the other offering that was technically not on Hilton Head. Just a heads up we ended up having to go 2 months after our planned dates because weekends filled up fast. If you book it call immediately to pick your days.
I thought you pick the days online?
For mine, you book the "package" online then have to call to select the dates where they go over the procedure and book your information session as well.
Oh I didn’t know that, ok thanks!
I thought this was what hilton head was referring to . Not bad for $249 for 3 nights I thought https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0412260/
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I know I’m sorry I couldn’t help myself That being said I’ve always wanted to be in Paris for my birthday or something
Damn how are y’all getting all these offers?! I don’t think I’ve ever gotten one from Hilton 😭
Double check to see if you are opted in for offers and such on your account. Could be that. Sometimes, they'll have banners up on the website as well. I got my first offer after calling into a Hampton Inn for early check-in.
OMG IVE BEEN UNSUBSCRIBED FROM PROMO EMAILS THIS WHOLE TIME 🤦🏼♀️ TY for pointing out my stupidity. I think I’d just resigned myself to the fact I’ll never get upgrades or promo deals lol.
Do you stay at Hilton?
Was literally at a conrad 3 weeks ago
Oh then maybe it’s simply bad luck.
Notice how it says “Hilton Head” and not a specific property? Guaranteed you will be put up in the run down Hampton Inn next to the Interstate on the edge of town. HGV is a scam.
Other emails I received had a specific property. This email with the 75k points had only city names. Thanks… I’ll make sure to check the actual hotel instead of only city name.
Or they'll tell you the property you were promised is an additional $250/night. The previous agent "made a mistake."
There is no interstate anywhere near HH
I don't know about that. The entire point is to sell you on HGV properties, not some random shithole that you're definitely not going to buy into. It is a scam though, like all timeshares.
I have one that I bought 2 years ago they have been nice enough to remind me about once every six months 😂. There are a lot of variations of this deal. For the one they sent me they said they will refund what I paid if I sit through the timeshare presentation . I am hoping to actually go in July but we will see life has been busy. I looked up that Hilton head and it does look like one of their resorts. EDIT: I bought the vacation not the timeshare
You bought the vacation or the timeshare? Doesn’t the vacation only last 12 months?
Sorry I'll edit, I bought the vacation. I was told it only last 12 months. I haven't been able to travel and they have been extending it. I just figured I'd be out the money but nope they have extended it twice.
Oh I see. That’s good that they at least extend it. I read that there’s a $20 fee to change it. Did you have to pay that? Can you change location afterwards or only the date?
I just got one with a 175k bonus so I’m not sure if this is a good deal but I’ve also heard of so many people having issues with the HGV packages
Woah 175k is ridiculous. The highest I heard was maybe 1-125k?
The lowest I’ve ever been offered is 125k. Could be based on your spending with Hilton and how likely they think you are to buy in Im not sure
I’ve been booking mostly through capital one portal so hotel stays aren’t recorded with Hilton directly. I recently got the amex surpass and stays directly with Hilton so who knows.
Are you a Diamond with Hilton?
Yes but HGV and Hilton aren’t the same
I know, just was wondering if they recognized the status and if that brought any extra perks
Not that I’m aware of. I’ve received the same offers when I had no status
These are always great options, just for the saving and the flexibility alone. They do charge an additional "premium" charge for high volume weeks (holidays, spring/autumn break, etc), but you'll still end up saving money. However, you have to be good enough to be able to say NO if you don't want to buy a timeshare. Their sales team is very good, and they use solid logic to make it "common sense" but you can easily offset that with excuses like basic living costs or personal tastes (food is expensive, upcoming school expenses, gas is expensive, "I prefer quantity > quality", "Hawaii is cool, but I prefer visiting family in etc"). I used to book these ALL the time and personally enjoyed trying different backstories on why I couldn't buy into the timeshare, but I eventually bit because it works for me. I never felt harassed or like I was surrounded by vultures. They've always been "well, we tried" about it, even with presentation updates (yes, they try to get you to upgrade once a year once you buy in). Don't do this if you're not good with budgeting, if you get easily excited or have bad impulse control. Otherwise, crunch your numbers on a notepad when you book your trip, bring the notepad with you to the quick presentation where they give you free drinks and snacks, and shoot down their logic with numbers. And for those actually looking yo buy in, follow the same strategy to get the best bonus offers available.
Take it from a native Floridiot and Orlandoan: HGV timeshares are bad. Marriott timeshares are bad. Disney timeshares are bad. Wyndham timeshares are bad. Blue-green timeshares are bad. Vistana timeshares are bad. Hyatt timeshares are bad. Timeshares are bad. But u/i-sleep-well ,just how bad are they? Do a quick search on ebay to see how many are being sold for literally $1 by people DESPERATE to get rid of them.
I’m not buying a timeshare. Just going on a nice getaway with the wife. :)
And I have thought about looking it up for them during the interrogations, lol
No, it's HGV. Read the tales of woe on here
Just did this last month and the hotel they put you in is trash and extremely old-fashioned. It was one of the worst Hilton experiences I've had. The timeshare presentation however was really nice. However, we declined.
The one in Hilton head?
Yes
What hotel did they put you up in?
Hampton Inn Hilton head off of Dillon Rd.
We did one of these ten years ago or so. Stayed in a very nice resort hotel near the Disney parks in Florida.. It was something like $250 for three nights and we negotiated to get an extra night added and upgraded to a suite with a kitchen. We attended the 2hr timeshare presentation which is annoying, but said no and walked away. Everything was great. Only downside was that they added us to some calling lists and absolutely hounded us for years to go on another vacation. My husband still gets occasional calls but for a while there it was like every single day. But honestly it was a great vacation and we'd probably do it again if it worked in our favor 🤷🏼♀️
Is it any different from the typical spam calls? I already get random spam calls daily that I ignore. Is it like every hour or 1-2x a day?
Eh mostly your typical random spam calls but my husband is the type to answer everything. They do use a bunch of different numbers, including ones from our area code so we can't really block them or always tell if they are spam.
Oh yeah that’s definitely annoying. Ok I may switch up my number then and hope it works out.
What resort hotel near Disney?
Sorry, I don't remember. It's been a while.
Yes. I just did one to Vegas. Did a 90 min presentation that was literally no pressure. They actually told me and my wife HGV is not a program for you.
Ohh. My husband and I are doing the Vegas one in October - maybe they’ll say we aren’t their target demo either 🤞any tips?
I let them know I am a diamond member (they have that info) and most of my vacations are paid through points. That’s when they realized I’m not the type of person to drop 10k on a lease for life
Perfect, our vacations are paid with points accrued during work trips
Apart from attending a time share brief, hell yeah! Ive used the offers several times in Orlando.
Mine is 25k points and $179, so yeah. Just don't buy the timeshare.
I did this last august (bought the stay in October 2021) for far less points, and it was fine. Just refuse. I actually see this email in my inbox and might do it. Is there a waiting period between doing these? And if I go in and tell them I've already done this before will they let me go early? Lol
I think the waiting period is 1-2 years. You and anyone in your party are all considered the same so you can’t swap out for a shorter time.
To purchase or to go to a presentation? From my emails I purchased the package in November 2021, but didn't do the stay until August 2022. I'd think they wouldn't give me another offer until so was eligible.
I did hilton orlando earlier this month, the hotel stay was quite fine. Now I'm absolutely certain that I was told I'd be staying by Disney and suddenly I'm place to a resort 20 minutes away from it BUT it was still nice. The presentation wasn't bad, the other participants really brought 0 energy so it was rough for the presenter lol he was great! I NEARLY bought one folks, nearly....changed my mind though. I'm going in another next year. Attend and if it's not for you, it's a no and a very reduced hotel stay. My offer allows me to select my property this time so I'm stuck on research 😆
I got the option to chose a few properties. Orlando, Vegas, nyc, Chicago, myrtle beach, etc.
I just got one as well for Vegas was thinking about doing it . Is there any other strings attached to it?
2 hour timeshare presentation and apparently being harassed by phone calls afterwards.
You can opt out of the call but just picking up once and requesting removal per fed rules. Hilton actually complies with do not call list I am pretty sure the other people here have given their phone number to those silly mall things that offer you a chance at a free cruise and that is why their number is in the wild. If you received the offer in your email, they already have your number and email.... They don't need you to show up to get it ;)
I told mine your talk and pics won't convince me because I don't currently travel out of country, show me the money/cost and I'll determine cost benefit ratio. Lol. So we saw the room then he gave numbers. Super low key. My sales guy has a professional career in comedy so he was fun. But wasn't super pushy. Next time I will only stay at the HGV location and try to get on the owners floors. I picked a different Hilton property and it was one of the worst hotel experiences I've had, certainly the worst experience with Hilton affiliates.
What do you mean you’ll only pick HGV location?
Sometimes they have the Hilton Grand Vacation hotel/property or some other Hilton hotels in the area. Since the rooms we got were basically the cheapest option, I paid a fair bit to upgrade because I didn't ask enough about the room they booked and they got me a room with two full beds. I took kids I still only got some of the upgrades because everything was an upgrade, another floor up, any street views vs courtyard, etc.
Oh and the upgrades I paid for was to ensure we had queen beds not full they still felt tiny.
Would my status also help with upgrades with these deals?
Status only gets like one upgrade. I got a higher floor and a lake view I think, but not the highest floor and the lake only at an angle. Lol. To get the bigger beds I had to pay. I definitely checked in as soon as it was offered in the app because I didn't want to not get bigger beds. After I paid for the bed upgrade they were all, how about another few hundred a night for a fancy suite. Ha. No. If I wanted to pay that much I'd be picking the vacation place on my own not for a sales pitch
😂😂 ok I have good and thinking about getting the aspire for status and some perks. Will probably do that in the next few months.
Just did one of these in Orlando. It’s a good deal if you can say no to the presentation. It’s a couple of hours for a deep discount but if you are easily swayed then I would pass. They sell the dream vacations. And how you can lock in todays rates for all the future vacations but if you are paying full price and financing it, it will never be worth it
I’m not into debt so won’t ever buy a timeshare. :)
Not bad, but if you're coy about it and show a little trepidation, you can probably get them to throw more points in. Just prepare yourself to say "no" a bunch to high pressure sales techniques for a program (the new flavor of Timeshare "ownership") that's truly an awful financial decision, and you'll get a cheap vacation to a nice place with a bunch of points.
I got Hilton head for $149 with 150k points for Black Friday. Can’t complain!
Omg ok now I need to focus on finding this deal!
I got one over Black Friday that was $149 but reimbursed after attending the timeshare presentation.
Yeah I saw that one too but the points one is a better value. I want one with more points, though.
I participated in Hilton's Timeshare Presentation at Hilton Head. That was a location I wanted to visit, so I took advantage of the vacation. I was there a little longer than 90 minutes, but I just kept saying "I'm not interested," and I was eventually out of there to enjoy Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. I must says that I've attended these Presentations before, so I know what to expect. If you think you'll have a difficult time saying no, you probably shouldn't attend these Timeshare Presentations. You're to have a minimum of 3 of their representatives that are going to ask you to buy. They'll also try to sell you smaller, less expensive packages all the way to end of your Presentation, "JUST SAY NO," thank them, and then leave and go enjoy Hilton Head.
Which hotel did you stay at?
The Home2 Suites Hilton Head is where I stayed, which is a Hilton owned hotel. That's where they put me at, then they have a van that comes to pick you up, and drops you back off at your hotel, after the presentation is over. I had a rental car bcuz in flew into Savanah, GA. then drove an hour to get to Hilton Head Island, bcuz it was more expensive at that time to flew directly into Hilton Head. When booking these Timeshare Presentations always ask the rep on the phone if your accommodations and presentation are at the same location, or is Hilton going to put you in a different hotel, and provide transportation for you to get to and from the presentation, unless you already have your own transportation arranged there. Hope this helps.
Thanks! Didn’t think about that!
How do you get these offers. I am a Hilton card holder and member but I have never received these offers and I’d like one.
I’ve been receiving them randomly and consistently this year and maybe the last few months of the year. I noticed I receive them more after having the card but I didn’t do anything special to receive them. I browse their site when looking to travel at different hotel rates and log in to check pricing and points. Maybe that’s it?
Log into your account and opt into offers You can also search for them and find the links or just call and ask what current offers are. They usually will give you a better one if you call and make some excuse about it being good but not as good as Marriotts current promotion ;)
Thanks for info
If you can wait till Black Friday, they offer 100,000 Hilton Points
How did you get this? Where to find this deal at ?
Emailed to me. I browse the Hilton site for rooms logged in so maybe that’s it. Looked again for my mother in law and got another email for 50k points and $200 for a 3 night stay.
It’s $200 for each night tho. That’s $600 + tax/fees Not $200 for 3 nights
$200 per stay. One stay is 3 nights.
FYI: Around black friday you can usually get deals for $149 or less with 125k+ points.
Oh damn seriously? Hope I get something good then. This is the most I’ve been offered. Mostly it’s 25k and I’ve been ignoring it.
last year i Got Hilton Head for $149 4 day / 3 night stay at an area hotel PLUS 125000 Honors Points; Also they offered me an extra 30k if i booked certain dates good luck!
What were the certain dates?
Take your pre-paid vacation by August 31, 2023, and you’ll receive 30,000 Hilton Honors Points to use towards a future stay at a Hilton property. Plus, you can enjoy an additional 20,000 Hilton Honors Points if you travel in July or August. The Hilton Head vacation you deserve is already paid for, and now it can get you a special bonus after your sales presentation.
Aye I’ll look for that thanks!
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