The Offer
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- Wyndham is offering a 4 day/3 night stay for $199. You also get 15,000 Wyndham points and a “Spend A Night On Us” rebate coupon for up to $100 cashback on a future one night stay.
The Fine Print
- You, and your spouse if married, must attend a 120-minute CLUB WYNDHAM® timeshare sales presentation. Please read our Terms and Conditions to see if you meet the minimum eligibility requirements. Earliest available check-in is 14 days from the vacation purchase date.
- Transportation, airfare, gratuities, parking fees, room taxes, meals not specifically advertised, and incidentals are not included. The retail value of this package may depend on room availability, additional feature(s) and travel dates selected. You must complete your stay within 12 months from date of purchase.
- Wyndham Rewards Points: You will receive a certificate redeemable for 15,000 Wyndham Rewards points. Points must be claimed within 90 days of the activation date (Retail value $195). *Good for 1 standard bedroom per night at applicable properties, subject to availability. A per night resort fee is payable for all nights at Caesars hotels, including Go Free nights. Points cannot be used to pay resort fees. Cancellation policies vary by property. Blackout dates/rates, minimum length of stay requirements and other restrictions apply at condos and homes. See Wyndhamrewards.com/terms for more information and full terms and conditions payable for all nights at Caesars hotels, including Go Free nights. Points cannot be used to pay resort fees. Cancellation policies vary by property. Blackout dates/rates, minimum length of stay requirements and other restrictions apply at condos and homes. See Wyndhamrewards.com/redeem for more information and full terms and conditions.
- This offer is valid only for residents of the following states: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, DC, WI, WV, WY. For NY Residents: The price range of interests offered varies from $11,800 – $92,700 and is subject to change without notice.
Our Verdict
Keep in mind COVID-19 and I never recommend attending these presentations if you struggle to stay firm/say no. Normally you can get a better than standard offer by calling in, we talk about this process here (sadly no Wyndham datapoints yet).
Hat tip to FM
Offerred 60,000 points + $329 for 4 days / 3 nights at Anaheim, CA after a call to wyndham award reservations line. They offered to lower the price when I declined.
I attended one of these and will gladly attend all that they let me with packages like this. It was very easy to say no simply because it was a terrible offer.
The interest rate was a non-negotiable 16.99%.
LOL
How anyone is pressured into saying yes to that, I don’t understand. That’s absurd.
Gone to a presentation with Hilton and also Sheraton, with Hilton being the Softer Sell. I will say , call instead of ordering this online. I booked another presentation last year and calling in got an even better offer, same with the two I have attended before. 3 nights became 4 nights, asked for more points and they negotiated and added more.
I’ve done dozens of timeshare presentations over the years (no, never bought a timeshare at one) and the Wyndham salespeople are *very* persuasive. I’ve never caught them lying, as Westgate does, but the Wyndham folks really know how to sell. It’s a much harder sell than you’d get with Marriott, Hilton, or Sheraton.
Also, if you don’t listen to the whole sales pitch, they can charge you rack rate for the room. (Here, I’m talking about the discounted 3-night stay mentioned in this article’s title, not about a week from RCI.)
Here again someone is touching on presentation, which is never a DP for sane people. Kindly keep on-topic of getting signed-up for highest gift. Presentation lasts 120min, a 1-week certificate lasts 118 hours.
Everything is decided prior to presentation. Nothing is decided at presentation. So nobody needs to hear what you did at presentation. We do need to hear EXACTLY what you did prior to presentation
Just did this. Will be the 2nd such offer from Wyndham I’ve done; first was NYC 2 years ago. Did a similar Hilton deal in December.
Was able to negotiate a reduced $179 fee, the 15k points and a $100 AmEx GC. I wasn’t aware that there might be a “1 week free” option else I think I’d have asked for that.
1-week certificate is a standard gift to attend Wyndham presentation, since Wyndham owns RCI. Once certificate in hand, you basically pick any week from “RCI exchange listings” like you’re RCI member. Members would still pay Exchange fee+points for such week – you don’t!! Plus you’ve never bought anything, and never paid anything to attend presentation; it’s weird to hear you just paid a $179 fee to book yourself into presentation. If you pass thru any town with (still open post-lockdown) Wyndham SALES OFFICE, you can walk into presentation against their promise (preferably in writing) of 1-week free certificate.
Some people let certificate expire worthless (after 365 days of holding it), because free certificate is only bookable within 30 days of travel. This is your only disadvantage vs. any RCI owner, who may snap your desired week months in advance – before you try to book “last-minute”.
Competitor “Diamond Resorts International” also offer 1-week certificate to attend free presentation; but their resort certificates are full of fees – Wyndham’s has $0.00 before, during or after. Diamond Resorts, however, add a “cruise for two” on top; so throw away DRI resort certificate and only use their cruise certificate (good for booking a year out, for cruises as far as another 2 years out!)
Hilton Grand Vacations used to offer free 4-nights for presentation. Since Covid, that gift whittled down to like 2 nights. I wouldn’t attend for such low compensation.
BlueGreen seem to only offer 4-nights.
Holiday Inn vacations probably only offer 3 nights.
Marriott hardly offers any nights. Nor do SPG (Sheraton), who just pay you $150 cash at most
whats this about a free RCI cruise?
With all due respect to anyone who’ll post into this topic REHASHING PRESENTATION: this topic has zero to do with PURCHASE OF TIMESHARE/VACATION CLUB. This topic is about a particular one-time REWARD IN YOUR HAND that costs $0.00 out-of-pocket.
So the only problem with TITLE OFFER: Wyndham (in FL, NYC, Vegas + elsewhere) has always offered “1-week free certificate for $0.00, to be used world-wide within 1 year” to come to a presentation. Why accept a gift offer as described??
I’m a pretty polite person so when I did my first timeshare pitch deal (with SPG), I felt so awkward just giving a firm no and trying to be polite about it. Because of that the two hour presentation turned into 3.5 hours of hard selling.
Lesson learned for next time: I’m not saying to be a douchebag up front, but definitely set a timer for the agreed-upon timeframe, and when that timer goes off, don’t be afraid to stand up, tell them that your final answer is no, and that you have fulfilled your obligation to attend for x amount of time and you would like to leave.
Before you consider attending. Read this.
https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-claims-wyndham-timeshare-owners-repeatedly-lied-to-in-sales-presentations
Fair, especially if you don’t go in with a firm “no” in mind.
I think I’ve been to two or three meetings as an adult/HoH, and never really worried about “buying” at any point in time. Also went to 1-2 as a kid, with parent which might’ve helped train me for the “never say yes”.
If you’ll never buy their speal, can save time without reading.