Timeshare Vacation Packages
The Timeshare Vacation Package
The Timeshare Vacation or, Mini vacation as it is often called, is one
of the newest and most effective tools in the new age of timeshare marketing. It has become
such a force that most timeshare companies and timeshare developers have entire
divisions dedicated to the sale and management of timeshare vacations. Many have
even gone so far as to hire well known spokesmen like Alan Thicke and Danny Bonduce to
promote the value and enjoyment of timeshare vacations. As with the idea of the off
property contact or the OPC, the premise of the timeshare mini vacation is simple, people
are far more likely to buy vacation property when they are on vacation. The good times
being had are all around them so it is easy to put them in the frame, because they are literally
already there. The amount of money that they spend on vacation is acutely evident to the
prospective timeshare owner by the light feeling in their wallet and the big hole where their
bank account used to be. These combine to create a very conducive sales environment.
What is a Timeshare Vacation Package?
The timeshare vacation package generally comes in two distinct flavors, the sampler
and the taste test. The timeshare sampler is usually a 5 to 7 day stay onsite in an actual
timeshare resort. The taste test is usually a 3-day 2-night package on a weekend or a 4-day
3-night stay during the week. The 3-day 2-night taste test or “Mini Vacation” has become one
of the cornerstones of timeshare marketing in the classic weekend getaway
destinations. Las Vegas Timeshare
companies, Anaheim Timeshare
companies, Orlando Timeshare companies
and Myrtle Beach Timeshare companies have sold billions of dollars in timeshare
intervals and created literally millions of new timeshare owners using this exact
model. The pitch is simple, you are going to visit these places anyway because you
can’t get enough time off work for an old fashion 2 week vacation (this idea will get
dispelled later at the timeshare presentation) and you can drive there easily. In addition,
if you are going anyway, why not go for free or very close to it? The idea with these mini
timeshare vacations is that the timeshare developers offer them for next to nothing and they
often include excursions for nothing, how can you possible say no?
Generally when a timeshare developer is trying to promote a timeshare resort in
an exotic location like a Hawaii Timeshare or
Bahamas timeshare or even Mexico timeshare, the taste test is not very enticing and
does not convert nearly as well. Prospective timeshare owners have a hard time
justifying the travel time and hassle with long distance travel for such a short
duration, regardless of how good the deal seems for the getaway. Because of this,
the great marketing minds in the timeshare industry decided that it would be better to
offer an extended stay at a timeshare resort for a greatly discounted price than to try
to convince a vacationer that The Bahamas is worth the ordeal for 2 nights. Generally,
the prospective owner is offered a vacation with all of the rewards of ownership for about
10% of the market value. Therefore, if your resort stay was going to cost you $3500, this
timeshare promotion will get you the exact same accommodation for $350. Now we are not talking about
a weekend getaway to Las Vegas that you take 4 times a year, we are talking about a Dream
Vacation for 10 cents on the dollar, how can you possibly say no?
That is the point, you cannot say no.
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So What is the Catch?
I am sure that you dad taught you when you were very young that if something
seems to good to be true, it probably is. It usually came at the same time
he was telling you that if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is
probably a duck. Well he was right, there is a price to be paid for the Mini
vacation that is almost free or the timeshare vacation that is only costing
you $350 for a week in Hawaii. That price is time spent with a salesman.
This is the deal breaker for every single prospective timeshare vacation
purchaser that does not take advantage of this amazing deal. You absolutely
DO have to spend part of your vacation or getaways listening to a very well
mannered and often very highly skilled sales person explain to you that there
is a better way to vacation than what you have done in the past. This person
will use every tool and weapon at their disposal to get you to agree that their
way of “owning your vacation” is the best and smartest thing you have ever done
for yourself and your family. The thought of this inevitable conversation
often sends the exact same person whose eyes lit up at the thought of finally
being able to afford that trip to Cancun screaming for the door or in the case
of the phone salesman there may be a very quick dial tone.
The question you are asking yourself right now is, “is it really that bad”.
The answer, in truth is no. You are required to spend on average 90 minutes
with a well dressed, likeable and in many cases attractive person whose only
goal is to get you to understand that you do not take enough vacations and
when you do they are not good enough (oh and have you sign a check for about $20,000).
The reason that people say they do not want to do this is that they will be so busy
enjoying their vacation that they will not want to spend the 90 minutes away from
the beach (by that logic, the 90 minutes is worth $3000 because that is what
the trip will cost without the sales presentation). And then of course the
real reason, the salesman will make it seem like it is such a good idea that
they would be insane to say no, so they won’t say no, they will say yes and
this terrifies them. The truth is, the salesman might be right, this family
might really need this to commit them to spending more time together. The sales
person may be wrong as well, this might be a unique situation that just does not
fit the timeshare model. Either way, the worst possible case scenario is that you
spend 2 hours that you probably would have spent sleeping anyway, talking to a person
that has a different opinion than you about the best way to vacation.
Only you will know if that is worth $3150
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