I've been involved in DVC and other timeshare long enough to see things make a full circle. I've seen people's eyes glaze over when I mentioned timeshare only to have them come to me repeatedly a couple of years later when they get some additional information. I've had a number of people come back years later and ask about timeshares that I thought had no interest, many of them ended up buying into some system or the other. The one's I find really entertaining are the ones that know nothing and have no interest then go to a timeshare presentation, buy a week and suddenly they are an expert. I see it in person and I see it on this board at times. For some reason that seems to happen with Marriott more than any other system, in my experience, or maybe I'm just more in tuned to DVC and Marriott like when you buy a car and then see the same type all over the road.I think that there are some at my work who look at me kind of funny when I talk about it. Okay, at every opportunity.
I think that they see me being excited about DVC and wonder about me. Maybe something is wrong with me for doing this, they probably think. That is the impression that I get anyway.
I am not a young chicken anymore, but I'm not ready for retirement either. I will be able to break even and them some if all goes well.
Do not let others discourage you. They most likely do not understand how it all works or they are not really interested in going to WDW. People who do not understand something tend to not like it.
...The biggest thing I always tell people is to not put too much thought into what other people think...
I've been involved in DVC and other timeshare long enough to see things make a full circle. I've seen people's eyes glaze over when I mentioned timeshare only to have them come to me repeatedly a couple of years later when they get some additional information. I've had a number of people come back years later and ask about timeshares that I thought had no interest, many of them ended up buying into some system or the other. The one's I find really entertaining are the ones that know nothing and have no interest then go to a timeshare presentation, buy a week and suddenly they are an expert. I see it in person and I see it on this board at times. For some reason that seems to happen with Marriott more than any other system, in my experience, or maybe I'm just more in tuned to DVC and Marriott like when you buy a car and then see the same type all over the road.
I do think that some of the more high profile main stream companies have more than their fair share of instant experts. Most are well meaning, decent people that truly think they know enough to help other people. While it often creates confusion while it's going on, it does help the person in question actually get to the place they could help other people. To be honest, my impression is that DVC members who end up buying a non DVC timeshare are more likely than most to fit into this category. Truth is it might have been myself at one point in time. I recall a member on the DVC UK board that was just convinced you could join and use II directly by means of owning DVC. Last I heard he was still out to lunch.I have also experienced the "Eureka" experts with the Hilton system. Do you think this has anything to do with the relative size of the DVC, Marriott, and Hilton systems? BTW, I've encountered "Eureka" effect about WDW in general with good friends who have taken one trip and are now the world's foremost authorities. Heck, what I learned in graduate school is how much I don't know.
. You'll -- even now -- sense the attitude that staying someplace like All Stars or Pop Century is "slumming";