Spend less, take a trip more … right?! If you like to make your holiday travel dollar stretch, then like us, you may discover yourself considering a getaway bundle advertising offer. Know that these marketing trip package business are not at all equal.
After the let down of our current remain at the Cancun all inclusive through Premier Travel Resorts, I just left the phone from trying to schedule the remainder of our getaway package with them (some time in Florida). Let’s simply say that will not be happening. We are simply going to consume the expense and forget about it.
From here on out, we will be reserving trip packages through BookVIP. Here’s why …
Surely, you have actually seen the Facebook sponsored posts. You will see that it is complete of the most inexpensive getaway packages to some of the most popular destinations if you click over to their website. They have some seriously luxurious looking stays all over the world at some crazy great costs.
Our first ever all inclusive experience was with BookVIP and it was fantastic. Maybe the Dreams spoiled us.
One fast note … We have actually only used BookVIP one time, at one high-end resort in Cancun. Reasoning tells me that not every resort trip bundle is going to supply a similar experience. It truly is all going to come down to the research study you put in.
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Researching the properties offered on BookVIP can be a bit of an obstacle. They don’t market the actual name of the resorts. Instead, they use fake names. If you actually want to sleuth out the place you will be staying a bit of investigative work on Google to match up the photos will expose the real identity of the property you are considering. We didn’t trouble going that far. There was a lot of info on the BookVIP website to assist us feel comfortable with making our reservation.
What we enjoy about booking with BookVIP? You are on your own schedule. No sales calls, no pressure. When you have done your research and you are all set, book. You will understand what you are getting. If the dates you desire to take a trip are readily available, you know ahead of time. There is time to compare the dining establishments and amenities. This is a big contrast to the advertising holiday package sales calls I will discuss in the next area.
Just be prepared for a few extra resort charges and taxes when you are ready to make your appointment with BookVIP. Our $599 for 5 days/4 nights at a Cancun all inclusive cost around $720 after everything was said and done. In our case, part of the additional charge was to cover suggestions for the resort staff. After the experience we had, we discovered this to be well worth it.
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PREMIER TRAVEL RESORTS Bookvip Com Myrtle Beach
In contrast to BookVIP, our experience with Premier Travel Resorts (out of Florida) was not the best. If this had actually been our first experience, we highly likely would not have taken part in another promotional deal. It was that bad.
Are you on the calling lists? After our first advertising resort stay, we started getting phone calls using trip bundles to numerous destinations. That is how we wound up with a vacation plan including our newest Cancun all inclusive plus a couple brief remain in Florida and somewhere else.
These travel sales calls are constantly a high-pressure situation unless you simply hang up. State no sufficient times and they will keep dropping the cost to where it really sounds like an excellent offer. There isn’t much time to investigate the trip residential or commercial properties they are providing.
They drew us in with a stay in Cancun (which is convenient for us because of the proximity to Belize) and a long time in Florida (hi, sailboat shopping!). So we shot and bought a package. Using it, that is an entire various story.
Premier Travel Resorts does not make it simple to in fact use the trip time. There is a lot of small print that makes travel preparation extremely difficult and possibly a lot more expensive. They don’t reveal these details during the sales call.
IF YOU PURCHASE A TRIP PACKAGE WITH PREMIER TRAVEL RESORTS, THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR …
You can only schedule your dates 45-90 days ahead of time. Okay, reasonable enough.
Nevertheless, when you call to request for your preferred dates, they require you to submit a long form requiring all the info that they already have. You then need to wait about a week to see if your dates are even available. Unless your itinerary will only include your stay at their resort, this makes planning the rest of your travel really inconvenient.
Planning budget friendly flights, or available Airbnb remains in combination with your Premier Travel Resorts getaway plan is very hard. In our case, the Airbnb we wanted to stay at after our remain at the resort was booked by the time Premier Travel Resorts got back to us.
Our plan included a remain in Orlando and a stay in Daytona Beach. Premier Travel Resorts needs that those stays be back to back or 1 month apart. In our case, using them on either end of a business trip we had actually planned was not permitted.
We utilized the Cancun part of our getaway package, however we won’t be utilizing the rest of it.
THE BAIT AND SWITCH CANCUN ‘ALL INCLUSIVE’ THROUGH PREMIER TRAVEL RESORTS
The space was dirty, the toilet was chipped, the lights flickered, and that is simply the start. You see, they put us up, not in one of the luxury properties that they wished to offer us on, however rather at their ‘cemetary resort’. Seriously, that is what the guys at the good residential or commercial property told us they called it. Genuine.
Now, to be fair, Laguna Suites wasn’t all bad. The one dining establishment that was included in our ‘all inclusive’ (if you overlook the air conditioning unit dripping into our food) was actually a nice experience. They changed up the menu every night, including foods from different parts of Mexico. And the staff was amazing. Extremely friendly and accommodating. And very ready to assist us with our Spanish.
Once over the shock of the distinction in the sort of location we thought we would be staying, we maximized it. We met some good people. Consumed some terrific food. Took some good walks on the golf course. And picked up our rental vehicle a couple days early to go off and explore the area.
THE SALES PITCH
Both BookVIP and Premier Travel Resorts require that you attend a 90-120 minute sales pitch to get their discounted rates. No biggie. We seem like that is worth it.
Premier Travel Resorts, nevertheless, needs that you attend a marketing presentation during each stay. This is various from what we were informed when they sold us the bundle. When you are remaining someplace for just two nights is a substantial portion of time, a two-hour sales pitch. They sold us 4 different stays, that indicates approximately eight hours of reasonably high-pressure sales! No thanks.
OK, THAT’S IT FOR MY TIRADE