pdisme

Hi all, curious how the experience goes with residence club presentations? I just received a promo for "Hyatt Residence Club Bonita Springs, Coconut Plantation" for $299, gets me three nights and either $100 or 10k points. I'd take the points since the way I use them is often 3-5.5c redemption value. The property is on the long side of driving distance for me; few hours. Upsides; hey it's a free long weekend getaway. Downside, how bad is sitting through the presentation going to be? Also, from the photos online, it basically looks like staying in an apartment building with a lazy river, so I'm still on the fence on whether it's even worth the hassle of driving. Haven't done enough research yet to see if there's more to the property than just the lazy river, as I don't play golf and that was the only other real 'feature' in the brochure.

skj

I've done the time share presentations at the HRC Maui and they were generally painless. Our last one was advertised as 90 minutes, but we were done, or more accurately, the salesman was done with us in less than an hour. We made it clear we weren't going to purchase any points (which was what they were pushing as deeded properties are no longer available) and while the salesman went through the motions, I'm sure he wanted to move on to a better prospect. Interestingly, as we were finishing up, our salesman handed us off to another person who offered us a return visit to the HRC. I thought it was very generous - 7 nights in a 2 bedroom unit + rental car for the week for $699 - but we had to do it within a year and I couldn't commit to that.

pdisme

Yeah, if it said Maui or Aspen I'd be all over it.

Often1

The key is how much you value your time and how firm you are prepared to me.

Most people are polite and hate to say "no" to someone's face. But, that just keeps the scam going. If you do this, make it clear from the very start that you have no intention of spending a nickel. No commissioned salesperson will waste their time on you. Then it's a matter of blocking the spam when you get home.

UAFAM

Always remember this, otherwise you will waste their time, and that's very very disrespectful

craigthemif

Do these stays pass through your Hyatt account as normal, earning points and elite nights?

And more importantly, triggering the HRC brand for the free night for 5 brands?

skj

No, and no. The terms of these sales promotions explicitly exclude any WoH benefits. The sole exception is some offers include bonus points as part of the package.

pdisme

I think I'm going to pass on this one. The property doesn't look all that exciting so I'll wait for Aspen or Hawaii :-)

needtoescape

I am thinking about this offer too, since I am planning to spend some time in Sarasota, Bonita Springs is not too far from there, and I have wanted to explore the area further south and maybe go to Sanibel/Captiva and/or Marco Islands.

Does anyone know if the payment would earn 4X if using the World of Hyatt credit card, or do the HRC promotions get processed through a company that is not considered part of Hyatt?

skj

The merchant for my payment was HYATT VACATION MARKETING and it did get the bonus points. This was 3 years ago, so things may be different now ...

needtoescape

Thanks, skj. I believe that Marriott Vacations purchased ILG (the previous owner of the Hyatt Residence Club) in April 2018, which is almost three years ago. Do you happen to recall if your transaction was before or after that acquisition? I realize that the change in HRC ownership may not be the deciding factor in how the transaction is coded.

skj

The ILG acquisition closed in September 2018 and my stay was before then. Hopefully someone with more recent experience will chime in ...

gooseman13

Small data point, I paid my annual maintenance fee on my HRC timeshare earlier this year on the Hyatt card and got the 4x points.

needtoescape

Does anyone know if the payment would earn 4X if using the World of Hyatt credit card, or do the HRC promotions get processed through a company that is not considered part of Hyatt?[/QUOTE]

Updating my question from last week for anyone else who may be interested, I paid the deposit for the Bonita Springs presentation last Friday by phone using my World of Hyatt credit card, and as others noted in their responses and Hyatt timeshare phone reps also stated, the transaction posted as a Hyatt charge and should earn 4x on the WoH card. My charge showed as:

Description: HYATT VACATION MARKETING
Also known as: Hyatt
Merchant type: HYATT HOTELS