DRI Owner update

[Tommyboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tommyboy]

This past week we were in Kauai at the Point at Poipu and attended an "Owner Update" at the resort. The experience was probably the best one that we have been to. It had been a couple of years and the front line salesperson was very pleasant - I think she was pretty new. We discussed the usual stuff and said that we were not interested in purchasing at this time. When the second team arrived and started into the hard sell, it wasnt as bad as some in the past. I asked about getting resale points registered into the club, and was given the expected runaround with no real answer other than you have to negotiate. We were given a $100 voucher at the end and the time was very near the 90 min advertised.

The resort was well worth the trip and after some of the earlier comments about nothing to do on the Island, we were pleasantly surprised. This time of year is not very crowded and there are plenty of activities available. There is more hiking available than most other places and lots to see. We have plenty left for next time as we will certainly return.

[longtimer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close longtimer]

Glad to hear you weren't raked over the coals. We try to avoid the owner updates because it takes so much time out of the vacation. The only time we were able to get out of a sales push very quickly was when we went to a presentation at Wyndham and, as we were owners of another TS, they realized we had absolutely no intention of buying into their system.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Nothing to do on Kauai? Some people must live in a hole. We found plenty to do the week we were there and still have things to do if we ever return.

As for DRI's sales force, they have always tried to keep it low pressure for a timeshare pitch. We've owned with DRI (Polo Towers) since 1998. In all that time we've only run into one salesman that was less than proffesional. The only reason we don't do owners updates anymore is I hate wasting the salesmans time. With 7 timeshares we just can't use or afford anymore.