A happy Worldmark Story

Comments from a reader...

am very amazed by all the negative comments here. My wife and I have gone to two Worldmark presentations about 3 years apart. The first time we went we decided not to buy. Sure we had a sales manager come over, but they took our no and let us go, after giving us our gifts.

The second time we went we already knew we wanted to buy. We had recently gone to a different company's presentation in Orlando and declined it because it did not fit our lifestyle, but we knew Worldmark did. So on our second visit to Worldmark we purchased, of course we did not take the first deal, we did a little negotiating.

We have loved every minute of it. in 5 more years it will be paid off, and we will only need to pay our maintenance fees.

Someone lied on one of the posts, the points per night do not go up. They are legally fixed. However, the price for new properties can have a higher point per night cost. We have used our points for a large vacation to Hawaii, and we have used bonus time for several stays in WA, OR, CA, AZ. Vegas. All of them have been great!

I have done trips in the past to Seaside paying well over a $100 per night and have gone crazy with 2 kids in the same room. Seaside Worldmark, we had a much better location, we had 3 bedrooms, I did not go crazy, the accommodations were way better, and we paid bonus time $45 per night. Half the price, 4x the room. Because we bought a smaller package, we only use our points every 2-3 years on a large trip life hawaii. But our little trips are incredible.

No granted, if you live on the east coast or in the midwest this may not be all that good for you. And you would know that. But if you live on the west coast and value family time and vacations, this is a must have investment.

Now if you can't handle a high pressure sales atmosphere then grow up, get a backbone, or hide in a cave for life. Sales are everywhere, do you buy a new cell phone everytime you walk through the mall? Do you buy that used car everytime you walk on a lot? Do you register for school everytime yo go online? Of course not, so quit your griping. If you bought you obviously saw value in it. Try making the most of out your purchase. If you have no intention on buying a timeshare like this at all, then don't go. But don't be surprised that they are trying to sell you one.

Mmm. I keep doing the math and the levies seem to kill the benefits, but I'm glad that you're enjoying it. But 5 more years to pay off suggests that you've put an awful lot of money into your Hawaiian trip every 2-3 years!

-- Fabbo
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