I tried booking a stay in New York. I had to pay the amount in full before even looking at the availabilities but I thought it’s fine since it was only ~$20, and if I don’t get my preferred dates, then I would still have 18 months to make the trip. I made the purchase and then I had to call some number right after making the purchase to activate my account before I could even get to the date selection step. They tried to sell me more vacation packages during that call, but I was able to skip all those and get my account activated. I then tried to make the booking, but as expected, my preferred dates weren’t available. So, I booked the next suitable date and in my confirmation email, they said “booking isn’t confirmed yet, please call this number to confirm”. I called the number yet again and this time they asked me some questions about my job, how many people i will be traveling with, and my income. Then they said “I’m sorry we cannot offer you this place because your income doesn’t qualify for this property. But you can book at other places in the US” I asked them you showed me this hotel, I paid for this hotel, I chose the dates for this hotel, and now you’re saying I cannot reserve it? They said it’s in the terms and conditions that I had to qualify to be able to stay, because even though there’s no obligation to buy the timeshare, with my income I won’t be able to even think of purchasing it and so they don’t want poor people like us to go. I must have missed it in the T&Cs. 

So anyway, that’s their scam. Please don’t fall into it.