A story from a reader...

We went to the presentation and got $75 of gift cards for home depot. We thought the premium plan sounded nice for someone who could afford it and had plans for vacationing every year for the rest of their lives. It's nice that the benefits can be passed on to your heir also, but we just could not afford it. We bought the trial package and went home. We looked online at resales and found some great deals so we went in the next day and canceled our trial package. The lady behind the desk took our folder and all of our trial member info.

We noticed the monthly fee was still coming out for the trial package two months later, so we called and they claimed we never canceled. We didn't have the receipt... our fault I know... proving we canceled so we were stuck. They have no cameras in the Oceanside CA office so they couldn't look back and SEE that we came in and canceled and OUR RECORD HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED to show that we canceled.... that's shady if you ask me. They don't put anything on your record or remove it when you cancel? It just sits there as if you had never made a change? That can't be true. I've read so many stories on here of the EXACT SAME SITUATION that it must be their policy. It is a good deal, but there are better ones... and that's just shady business tricking people like that. HOLD ON TO YOUR CANCELLATION RECEIPT IF YOU DO CANCEL!

Now we are having trouble even getting info on how to use this trial experience that is now paid off. We'll let you know if the accommodations are worth the price of the trial. (probably not though after comparing online prices!)

Anyway, there are BETTER deals out there! Just good Worldmark or Trendwest resale!

If you only committed to the trial and owe them nothing more, then it sounds like you got off cheaply. Yes, it's much cheaper to buy points from eBay or Redseason!

-- Fabbo

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