Hilton Grand Vacations Promotions
Jul 1, 2019, 3:28 pm
#91
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 123
Whoever your contact is, just give them a call and ask the room type.
Kinda depends what you're looking for I guess, but I think Elara and The Boulevard are the best ones in Vegas. Elara being my preference, it is located center strip (just back off of the strip) and connected to the Miracle Mile shops, which makes an easy walk to Planet Hollywood without even going outside. Also close to a bunch of other stuff that you can easily walk to rather than getting a rideshare. Rooms are nice, most of them have been recently upgraded, and it nice and clean. If you're there in the summer, the pool area is nice too.
The Boulevard is located on the far end of the strip (Circus Circus and Westgate end of the stip) so anytime you want to go somewhere you'll need to take a rideshare. Never had a bad experience here; the pool area is very nice (though I like Elara's better) and rooms are newer here too. Blvd would be my second choice if you can't get a room at Elara
Kinda depends what you're looking for I guess, but I think Elara and The Boulevard are the best ones in Vegas. Elara being my preference, it is located center strip (just back off of the strip) and connected to the Miracle Mile shops, which makes an easy walk to Planet Hollywood without even going outside. Also close to a bunch of other stuff that you can easily walk to rather than getting a rideshare. Rooms are nice, most of them have been recently upgraded, and it nice and clean. If you're there in the summer, the pool area is nice too.
The Boulevard is located on the far end of the strip (Circus Circus and Westgate end of the stip) so anytime you want to go somewhere you'll need to take a rideshare. Never had a bad experience here; the pool area is very nice (though I like Elara's better) and rooms are newer here too. Blvd would be my second choice if you can't get a room at Elara
Jul 2, 2019, 6:52 am
#92
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: whatever comes with CCs
Posts: 1,082
As per tugbbs.com (Flyertalk for timeshares), Hilton is one of the better timeshares out ther if you buy on the resale market. Don't buy directly from hilton as the cost of devleoper sales, marketing & commissions is majority of the cost. They are good at conning people into buying. These direct buyers are similar to people who pay interest on credit cards, they subsidize the timeshares for others who use them well. What I read was you can get 7000 points resale contract in vegas for around $8k with annual fees of around $1100. 7000 points is enough for one week in a 2 BR in most locations, 10 days in 1 BR or 2 weeks in a studio.
Jul 2, 2019, 3:08 pm
#93
Join Date: Jul 2015
Programs: HH Diamond, HGVC, WN RR, National Exec, Avis Preferred
Posts: 1,057
As per tugbbs.com (Flyertalk for timeshares), Hilton is one of the better timeshares out ther if you buy on the resale market. Don't buy directly from hilton as the cost of devleoper sales, marketing & commissions is majority of the cost. They are good at conning people into buying. These direct buyers are similar to people who pay interest on credit cards, they subsidize the timeshares for others who use them well. What I read was you can get 7000 points resale contract in vegas for around $8k with annual fees of around $1100. 7000 points is enough for one week in a 2 BR in most locations, 10 days in 1 BR or 2 weeks in a studio.
Jul 2, 2019, 10:22 pm
#94
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 231
Don't you think hotel prices will increase at over 3x inflation (9%!) every year?
No need to apply an opportunity cost to the up-front fees. That costs you nothing. It's only the hotel prices you're not going to pay that will increase every year. Plus, sure they can increase maintenance fees. But lets just assume it stays the same because we can't predict what they'll increase at.
It's like a Tesla when they were having the price shown including 30 years of gas savings applied to the purchase price.
I did a HGV presentation a couple years ago in vegas. I paid $50 a night for an upgrade to a 2 room panoramic suite at the Elara. plus $199 on credit card that was refunded after the presentation (in contrast to actual terms, which said I would be paid $199 cash, which they of course refused...). Also got a $200 Be Our Guest one-night certificate, which I used for $196 refund of a double points HGI rate. It worked out OK back then. It also only worked out as I was actually booking a stay with Hilton on the phone for a Vegas trip when I got the offer to be transferred to their sales pitch. I made them commit to the date/time/location/room type before I committed to the $199 charge, and it replaced a paid stay I was already planning.
I'm glad I saw the warnings in this thread. Helping relative with Florida plans I may have been tempted to suggest to check on one of the promotions from HGV. But they're pretty terrible now with no Be Our Guest certificate and what looks like higher fees.
Jul 3, 2019, 2:05 pm
#95
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: whatever comes with CCs
Posts: 1,082
Yes. It's a tough one especially for those of us who earn a lot of free nights with our credit cards. I hvae stayed at a few places using these timeshare promotions and using SPG points. It was nice to have a kitchen on the ski trips.
Jul 13, 2019, 7:28 am
#96
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 19
I'm aware of the conditional 3/4 night current stay plus HH points offers that require you to attend a presentation, but I'm curious if anyone who has stayed at a Hilton Grand Vacations resort on their own dime got different offers at check in to participate? Obviously there's no obligation in that case to do so, but I'm sure the resort wants a shot at everyone staying there. If anyone has experience with this scenario, did they get a larger points offer, a future stay, or both?
Jul 14, 2019, 8:20 am
#97
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Loveland, CO
Programs: MileagePlus Lifetime Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 153
We have stayed at the HGVC Kings' Land on the big island of Hawaii for each of the last 4 years. We are not HGVC owners (and don't plan to ever be). Each check-in we are given a card to be exchanged for a free arrival gift (that turns out to be a beach/shopping bag) by simply dropping by the concierge. Doing so we receive the appeal to attend a briefing in exchange for a discount card (10% off any tour/activity booked through the concierge and other assorted minor Waikoloa resort discounts). We decline each time. Never has anything more been offered.
Jul 14, 2019, 4:28 pm
#98
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: GVA
Programs: BA Silver (OW Sapphire), A3 Gold (*G), Bonvoy LTTE, HHonors Diamond, LeClubAccor Silver, UA Silver
Posts: 1,778
That's shockingly poor considering (until recently, at least) Marriott awarded 25k pts and I routinely received 10k SPG (30k Marriott) for a timeshare presentation at the Westin Cancun.
Jul 16, 2019, 2:45 pm
#99
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: PHX
Programs: HHonors, UA, AA, CET
Posts: 113
I'm aware of the conditional 3/4 night current stay plus HH points offers that require you to attend a presentation, but I'm curious if anyone who has stayed at a Hilton Grand Vacations resort on their own dime got different offers at check in to participate? Obviously there's no obligation in that case to do so, but I'm sure the resort wants a shot at everyone staying there. If anyone has experience with this scenario, did they get a larger points offer, a future stay, or both?
Sep 11, 2019, 12:09 pm
#100
Join Date: Dec 2018
Programs: Mileage Plus, TrueBlue, SkyMiles, HH SM, Amtrak Guest Rewards
Posts: 191
Today I was transferred to the promotions department and they were selling me $99 four nights stay in Vegas or 3 nights in DC for $199 with bonus points. Are these legitimate? Are there really no black out dates?
Sep 11, 2019, 10:53 pm
#101
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: GVA
Programs: BA Silver (OW Sapphire), A3 Gold (*G), Bonvoy LTTE, HHonors Diamond, LeClubAccor Silver, UA Silver
Posts: 1,778
Unrelated to this promo. Sounds like a timeshare deal. It's legit but you'll probably have to sit through a sales pitch during your stay.
Sep 11, 2019, 11:05 pm
#102
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,220
Very odd that DC was an option - you usually see Vegas, Orlando or Hawaii. And yes, it's a timeshare pitch.
Sep 12, 2019, 8:28 am
#103
Join Date: Dec 2018
Programs: Mileage Plus, TrueBlue, SkyMiles, HH SM, Amtrak Guest Rewards
Posts: 191
If this belongs in a different thread, please move.
Sep 13, 2019, 2:10 pm
#104
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Yes, a timeshare spiel. I believe they said to allow 1.5 hours.
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