I am actually a satisfied Westin Vacation owner.

We went on a 90 minute tour in exchange for a reasonably priced 6 day trip to HI over Thanksgiving (prime $ week) for our family of 5. We figured what we saved was well worth 90 minutes of our time. Our experience at the Westin was actually very low pressure and professional. We held them to the 90 minutes and they encouraged us to walk away and think about it. We actually did and called back to make our purchase when we were back home on the mainland. We have enjoyed using our property every year since.

That said, not only has the real estate market changed considerably since our purchase, but I have learned a lot since and would probably never buy from a developer again. Thanks TUG!

On the other hand, we were stupid enough to agree to a presentation in Cabo, Mexico. When you travel as a family/large group, a % off savings for the week can be a seductive draw. Our salesman was an expat American with a loud voice and a long grey pony tail. After our 1/2 hour - 45 minute breakfast at which we asked many pointed, timeshare specific questions, we told him we only had an hour before our family would be meeting us for our activity of the day (hence fulfilling our 90 minute requirement) and he immediately got rude.

"No, no, no!!! The 90 minutes starts NOW! Don't you dare timebomb me." When we walked into the presentation room he announced loudly to anyone who would listen "Hey guys...I've been TIMEBOMBED here!"

After an excruciating 90 more minutes, we politely said "no thank you".He tried one last pitch and told us since we are 46 and 48 years old, we would qualify for the Senior Discount/Retirement plan.

It was the most offensive, sleazy, confusing and amateurish presentation we had ever attended and haven't been to another since.