We are deal hunters. Invest less, travel more … right?!Bookvip Deals… If you like to make your holiday travel dollar stretch, then like us, you may find yourself thinking about a holiday bundle advertising deal. You should be prepared. Know that these advertising vacation package companies are not at all equal.
After the pulled down of our recent remain at the Cancun all inclusive through Premier Travel Resorts, I simply got off the phone from attempting to schedule the remainder of our getaway package with them (a long time in Florida). Let’s simply say that will not be taking place. We are simply going to forget and consume the expense about it.
From here on out, we will be scheduling getaway packages through BookVIP. Here’s why …
Undoubtedly, you’ve seen the Facebook sponsored posts. You will see that it is complete of the most affordable getaway packages to some of the most popular locations if you click over to their website. They have some seriously elegant looking stays all over the world at some crazy excellent rates.
Our very first all inclusive experience was with BookVIP and it was amazing. Possibly the Dreams ruined us. This location was off-hook. It was whatever we had actually expected and after that some.
One quick note … We have actually just used BookVIP one time, at one luxury resort in Cancun. Reasoning informs me that not every resort getaway package is going to provide a similar experience. It really is all going to come down to the research you put in.
Is booking Very Important Person a timeshare?
They don’t promote the real name of the resorts. If you truly want to sleuth out the place you will be staying a bit of investigative work on Google to match up the images will reveal the real identity of the residential or commercial property you are considering. There was plenty of details on the BookVIP site to assist us feel comfy with making our reservation.
You know ahead of time if the dates you desire to take a trip are available. There is time to compare the restaurants and amenities. This is a big contrast to the advertising getaway package sales calls I will talk about in the next section.
Simply be prepared for a few extra resort costs and taxes when you are all set to make your appointment with BookVIP. Our $599 for 5 days/4 nights at a Cancun all inclusive expense around $720 after everything was stated and done. In our case, part of the service charge was to cover tips for the resort personnel. After the experience we had, we found this to be well worth it.
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PREMIER TRAVEL RESORTS Bookvip Deals
In contrast to BookVIP, our experience with Premier Travel Resorts (out of Florida) was not the very best. We really likely would not have actually taken part in another promotional offer if this had been our very first experience. It was that bad.
Are you on the calling lists? After our very first advertising resort stay, we began getting telephone call providing getaway bundles to different destinations. That is how we wound up with a trip bundle including our most recent Cancun all inclusive plus a couple brief remain in Florida and elsewhere.
These travel sales calls are always a high-pressure situation unless you just hang up. Say no sufficient times and they will keep dropping the cost to where it actually seems like a bargain. It is required that you do so before the end of the phone call if they capture your interest and you choose to purchase. There isn’t much time to research the holiday homes they are providing. You may have a couple of seconds to rapidly pull up some photos but that has to do with it. An image is worth a thousand words, but unworthy almost as much as being able to check out a few evaluations.
They drew us in with a remain in Cancun (which is convenient for us because of the proximity to Belize) and a long time in Florida (hello, sailboat shopping!). So we pulled the trigger and purchased a package. Utilizing it, that is a whole different story.
Premier Travel Resorts does not make it easy to really utilize the holiday time. There is a great deal of fine print that makes travel preparation extremely tough and potentially a lot more expensive. They do not reveal these details during the sales call.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR …
You can only reserve book dates 45-90 days ahead of time if YOU ACQUIRE A GETAWAY BUNDLE WITH PREMIER TRAVEL RESORTS. Okay, fair enough.
Nevertheless, when you call to ask for your preferred dates, they need you to submit a long form requiring all the info that they currently have. You then have to wait about a week to see if your dates are even readily available. Unless your itinerary will just include your remain at their resort, this makes planning the rest of your travel extremely inconvenient.
Planning affordable flights, or readily available Airbnb stays in combination with your Premier Travel Resorts holiday bundle is extremely hard. In our case, the Airbnb we wished to stay at after our remain at the resort was scheduled by the time Premier Travel Resorts returned to us.
Our bundle included a remain in Orlando and a stay in Daytona Beach. Premier Travel Resorts needs that those stays be back to back or thirty days apart. So, in our case, using them on either end of an organization trip we had actually planned was not enabled.
We used the Cancun portion of our getaway bundle, however we won’t be utilizing the rest of it.
THE BAIT AND SWITCH CANCUN ‘ALL INCLUSIVE’ THROUGH PREMIER TRAVEL RESORTS
The room was unclean, the toilet was broken, the lights flickered, and that is simply the start. You see, they put us up, not in among the luxury homes that they wanted to offer us on, however rather at their ‘cemetary resort’. Seriously, that is what the guys at the good property informed us they called it. For real.
The one dining establishment that was consisted of in our ‘all inclusive’ (if you overlook the air conditioner leaking into our food) was really a great experience. They altered up the menu every night, including foods from various parts of Mexico. And really prepared to assist us with our Spanish.
As soon as over the shock of the distinction in the kind of location we thought we would be staying, we made the many of it. And chose up our rental cars and truck a couple days early to go off and check out the area.
THE SALES PITCH
Both BookVIP and Premier Travel Resorts need that you go to a 90-120 minute sales pitch to get their affordable rates. No biggie. We seem like that deserves it.
Premier Travel Resorts, nevertheless, needs that you go to a marketing presentation throughout each stay. This is different from what we were informed when they sold us the bundle.
OK, THAT’S IT FOR MY TIRADE