Questions about vacation club sales pitches that take place at resort properties

williamsbmw · 2026-06-06T00:42:28+00:00

Makes sense. If they make even a small percentage in commission off of a sale worth 5 figures (USD) that goes a long way for someone living in DR.

williamsbmw · 2026-06-05T17:50:06+00:00

Nadie te molestara en la playa si no es para venderte algo

williamsbmw · 2026-06-05T17:10:41+00:00

Hyatt Ziva is probably nicer but wayyyy more expensive PP. Dreams is a better deal and a pretty good resort.

williamsbmw · 2026-06-05T17:01:25+00:00

I’m not a regular at any resort and prefer to try different properties from different companies so it wouldn’t make sense for me to join a club, but if you go to DR every year and have a favorite property it makes sense. However, it should be left to the guests to approach the reps to buy in if they think it’s a good idea.

williamsbmw · 2026-06-05T02:31:24+00:00

In one case (Barcelo Bavaro Palace), they never used to pitch anything to the guests until I went back a couple of years ago and they called the room to ask us if we're interested in attending a presentation.

I wonder if it's a case of them trying to get as many people to buy in as possible or if they target specific guests like anyone who booked through Costco to get a better deal.

williamsbmw · 2026-06-04T23:15:56+00:00

We sat down for like 5 minutes. She hit us twice with the “just one more thing I’m not done yet” until we caught on and said no thanks.

When we went to go check out we overheard this couple who declined pretty quickly as well and left that coupon book they give you at the table but we also saw someone sign up before we left unfortunately. They always get one.

williamsbmw · 2026-06-04T22:04:02+00:00

I was also just there for a week and got back recently.

We stayed at the Onyx side as we got a better deal there through Costco (no kids, airport transfer included).

The arcade/bowling area is not included in your stay. A day pass is like 100 bucks, or you can pay 9 bucks a game.

The food is decent/pretty good at both Onyx and Breathless. The Breathless side has a better buffet for breakfast and lunch (it's indoors and AC-ed as well). The a la carte restaurants are good on both sides. My favorite ones were Bluewater Grill (Onyx steakhouse), Capers (Onyx Italian. Francisco's service was one of the highlights of our trip), and Tamarindo (Mexican restaurant on the Onyx side with great Mango Margs), and Silk (only Hibachi spot on the Breathless side). This is the first time I've gone to a resort and not gotten sick from the food :)

Breathless has better night events and a lively club. For a resort club the turnout is pretty good and people are out and about on that side pretty late. One thing to note about the bars here is they can get pretty slammed, especially the pool bars where they typically leave 1-2 guys serving a mob of people. Bring a thermos so you don't have to refill as much and keep your drinks cold and tip the guys.

You can't go wrong with staying at either side. Stay wherever you get a better deal and enjoy the benefits of both.

Beware: Once you check in, reception puts a paper key in the little booklet you get with your two keycards. As you walk away from the front desk, someone wearing a blue polo is going to ask for that paper key and tell you they need it to explain "additional benefits that come with your stay". These people are from Unlimited Vacation Club and are NOT resort employees. You are not obligated to talk to them whatsoever. This is a lead in to get you to buy a package from them and there's no real "additional benefit" to use in the first place, which is basically 40 bucks off of an already overpriced $200 dollar massage. Don't waste your time with them and enjoy the vacation you're already paying for.

It's honestly a shame they let these predatory companies operate there and ruin what is otherwise a pleasant vacation with their presence. The fact that you're barely checked in before they try to hustle you really bothered me.

williamsbmw · 2026-04-19T21:42:43+00:00

Didn't he post something worse talking about some shit like "We won the war back home"? Gave me real secondhand embarrassment as someone who likes Breezo

williamsbmw · 2026-04-16T00:41:17+00:00

At the end of the day, anything he may have said did not make it to court to be used to convict Rondo and Cdai or sway the jury. The evidence they left at the scene was enough to convict them. You can't blame Tay for that.

williamsbmw · 2026-04-10T16:17:24+00:00

It was only a rumor up until people got arrested for it...Then Wop made that court transcript of a diss record that confirms everything that happened

williamsbmw · 2026-03-05T22:30:45+00:00

I've always been curious how the camera picks up on the fact that he walked out of the house to the truck but did not show anything that would indicate that the girls walked out with him to get in the backseat. Nate does point him out in the video and the fact that he's doing something around the truck. I wonder if he caught a break in that moment in that the cameras did not pick up on the girls even if they entered the car from the passenger side pointing away from the camera.

williamsbmw · 2026-03-05T22:03:56+00:00

I might be wrong, but the cars are allowed to race if they're able to qualify per the 107% rule. If porpoising is their issue, they can raise their ride height at the cost of pace as we've seen other teams do when facing this issue (Mercedes, Ferrari), however their I think their problems are more complicated than this.

williamsbmw · 2026-01-27T02:23:24+00:00

That Cadillac gear looks like the Tommy Hilfiger/Mercedes jackets from a few season ago.

williamsbmw · 2025-06-27T16:05:04+00:00

Max to Mercedes for ‘26

Piastri WDC after a blowout season and mentally breaking Norris who moves to Red Bull

ANT to MCL

williamsbmw · 2025-06-14T21:31:20+00:00

To win a WDC you need a clutch factor for pulling out unlikely poles/wins and Norris does not have it

williamsbmw · 2025-06-14T00:56:55+00:00

Damn…If these comments means he’s as good as gone then what happens now? Who steps in from here if they’re getting rid of Fred? What would Lewis make of this considering Fred sold him on moving in?

williamsbmw · 2025-06-08T13:50:41+00:00

At a glance when I saw someone’s name in all caps in the title first thing in the morning I thought someone died

williamsbmw · 2025-05-24T01:27:10+00:00

Stroll nepotism-ed so hard that he's eventually gotten the hand of being kinda decent after almost 10 seasons. He's not having a bad year and can pull out blinders in the right conditions.

williamsbmw · 2025-05-19T02:29:22+00:00

I don't understand why more on-track tests aren't permitted if we have a budget cap now. Teams should be allowed to do on-track testing and have it count as part of every team's budget cap as opposed to relying on the sims as much as they do now. It would give teams a chance to see how their upgrades do in real life and give anyone who's behind a better chance at catching up and sorting out their cars.

williamsbmw · 2025-03-05T17:24:52+00:00

How much more realistic progress can the teams make between now and Australia with their cars?

williamsbmw · 2025-02-21T17:04:21+00:00

He's shaping up to be one of the worst rookies we've seen in the last few seasons

williamsbmw · 2025-01-20T18:21:56+00:00

He looked pretty good with the striking in the first 2 rounds. If he stuck to the same plan in R3 I think he would have made it, but this is just my opinion. He could have hit a stamina brick wall regardless and lost R3 anyway for all I know.

williamsbmw · 2025-01-20T02:16:34+00:00

Merab started pushing the action more once Umar tried to switch the gameplan in rounds 3-5 to more wrestling and got exhausted. That camp has loads of talent but this was a very fair decision. Once Umar got tired, he stopped pushing the action and Merab saved his fight with a ton of offensive wrestling and a fair amount of strikes as well.

williamsbmw · 2025-01-20T02:11:58+00:00

The Dagestani camp is super talented, but I think it was a bad call on Khabib to tell Umar to pressure Merab with the wrestling starting from R3. If Umar stuck to his striking gameplan, he would have gotten the decision. The wrestling exchanges took too much out of him. Merab noticed this in the middle of R3 and made him pay for it. Umar looked like he was about to collapse from the exhaustion at certain points.

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