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Just got back from the Big Island yesterday. While we were there, we stopped at one of the activities booths on the street. They will give you a "Diamond Card" that can be used at a lot of places for discounts for up to 6 people. The luau that we wanted to go to the Island Breeze was $77 a person. Diamond Card price $40. That was $222 savings for 6 tickets. They also knock off $60 for one activity, so now it is $282. We also have booked snorkeling trip and golf with the Diamond Card. It can be used for the discount as often as you want.
Oh yeah, the downside to the Diamond Card... A 90 minute Timeshare Presentation at the Shell Vacation Club located at the Kona Coast Resort. But for my time and money, I had 5 kids with me, I am will to spend that 90 minutes out of a week, for the over $400 I have saved so far.
We setup the presentation for our last day full day before leaving. We showed up at 8:30 just like we were supposed to. We were promptly taken in to begin our tour. After a little small talk to get to know us, about 15 minutes, the salesman, asked me what I was interested in. I told him nothing at all. If he could match my last eBay purchase of a timeshare for $2, I would be interested. We talked a couple of minutes about our eBay purchases and then he excused himself. Time so far into our 90 minutes was about 15. He came back and told us we could be in the "reading program" if we wanted. The "Bosses" said we had to stay the 90 minutes to keep our end of the agreement for the discounts, but they didn't want to waste their energy with the sales pitch that wasn't going any where. We were fine with that, so he gave us the newest RCI book and we "read" it and just had a nice conversation about Hawaii and his family while we waited out our "penance." After about 75-80 minutes they told us we could go. I do not know one thing about the Shell Vacation Club other than it is points based and they saved my family a lot of money for our 80 minutes.
Being a Wyndham owner and staying at the Kona Hawaiian Village, I declined the Owner Update there for the $100 gift voucher they were willing to give us.
Let me know if anyone wants any of the prices from the list.
David
Oh yeah, the downside to the Diamond Card... A 90 minute Timeshare Presentation at the Shell Vacation Club located at the Kona Coast Resort. But for my time and money, I had 5 kids with me, I am will to spend that 90 minutes out of a week, for the over $400 I have saved so far.
We setup the presentation for our last day full day before leaving. We showed up at 8:30 just like we were supposed to. We were promptly taken in to begin our tour. After a little small talk to get to know us, about 15 minutes, the salesman, asked me what I was interested in. I told him nothing at all. If he could match my last eBay purchase of a timeshare for $2, I would be interested. We talked a couple of minutes about our eBay purchases and then he excused himself. Time so far into our 90 minutes was about 15. He came back and told us we could be in the "reading program" if we wanted. The "Bosses" said we had to stay the 90 minutes to keep our end of the agreement for the discounts, but they didn't want to waste their energy with the sales pitch that wasn't going any where. We were fine with that, so he gave us the newest RCI book and we "read" it and just had a nice conversation about Hawaii and his family while we waited out our "penance." After about 75-80 minutes they told us we could go. I do not know one thing about the Shell Vacation Club other than it is points based and they saved my family a lot of money for our 80 minutes.
Being a Wyndham owner and staying at the Kona Hawaiian Village, I declined the Owner Update there for the $100 gift voucher they were willing to give us.
Let me know if anyone wants any of the prices from the list.
David
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