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Hyatt wants you to pay $299 to attend a timeshare presentation. That might sound crazy, but there’s the potential for a good deal here.
The Deal
- Book a three night stay in a studio suite at the Hyatt Residence Club Bonita Springs, Coconut Plantation for $299 and earn 10,000 bonus points or $100 resort certificate when also attending a timeshare presentation.
- Direct link to offer (might be targeted based upon your zip code).
Key Terms
- Book by April 2, 2021.
- Only the person whose name appears on this invitation may redeem this offer. You must have a combined household annual income of at least $100,000; be at least 35 years of age; own a home; and be creditworthy. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer. One offer per family. The following are not eligible for this offer: Groups (two or more affiliated couples traveling together); those who have participated in a special promotion at this resort in the last 12 months or who have an existing promotion requiring attendance at a sales presentation; all employees and their immediate family members of Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and their affiliated entities; and owners at any Hyatt Residence Club resort.
- Attendance at the sales presentation (lasting approximately 90 to 120 minutes) is required to receive this special offer. If you do not attend your sales presentation, you will be charged the retail value for accommodations, based on high-season rates, and will not receive any package bonus gifts. If married, cohabitating, or in a life partnership, both parties must attend together to receive this special offer. Please bring a driver’s license or government-issued identification with you. Your sales presentation will be scheduled during the booking of your vacation travel dates. Presentation times cannot be changed once scheduled.
- Not valid in conjunction with any other promotion and cannot be modified. Travel must be completed within 12 months of package purchase date. Stay must be consecutive nights. A nonrefundable deposit of $199 is required at time of purchase with the balance due at time of booking travel dates. Once your reservation is confirmed, you have one complimentary reschedule within 3 days of booking travel dates. You may request changes up to 30 days prior to check-in date with a $75 nonrefundable change fee. Reschedule is not allowed within 30 days of check-in date. All currency mentions are U.S. dollars. Due to the special nature of this offer, we are unable to offer World of Hyatt member benefits.
- Accommodations are for a maximum of two adults and up to two children under the age of 18 at Hyatt Residence Club Bonita Springs, Coconut Plantation, in a studio suite, which includes a king bed, full-size sleeper sofa, and kitchenette. Your package price is inclusive of the daily resort fee. Do not purchase airfare until your arrival dates are confirmed. Due to the nature of this offer, room reservations are limited and on a space-available basis. Holiday and special event periods are excluded from this offer but may be available at a premium rate. You may incur other incidental fees that are not included in your package cost, such as telephone charges, transportation, meals, tickets, taxes, tips, housekeeping, and other charges of a personal nature, if you request these services. Pets are not permitted on property. Retail value is based on high-season rates.
Quick Thoughts
Paying $299 for the privilege of sitting through a timeshare presentation might not have been the first item on your list of New Year resolutions back on January 1, but this offer could still make sense for someone who’s interested in a comparatively cheap Florida getaway in the next year.
The resort fee is included as part of this package, so you’re paying $100 per night (plus tax presumably) for a stay at what appears to be a very nice resort. When checking a bunch of dates over the course of the next year, an average nightly rate of $279 or thereabouts was common, so $100 per night is a great discount in comparison.
In addition to the much lower paid rate, you can also choose between a $100 resort certificate or 10,000 World of Hyatt points. Choosing the points is a no-brainer as 10,000 points are worth in excess of $100.
There are some limitations to this offer though. For starters, the terms state that World of Hyatt member benefits aren’t offered for this type of package which means you can’t take advantage of Globalist status and/or suite upgrade awards to get put into a one bedroom suite rather than a studio suite. It also means you won’t get a 4pm late checkout, etc.
I initially thought that booking a stay over New Year’s could represent even better value, as a three night paid stay from December 29, 2021 to January 1, 2022 prices out at $594 per night before tax:
However, the terms state the following:
Holiday and special event periods are excluded from this offer but may be available at a premium rate.
Foiled.
Still, paying $299 in exchange for 10,000 World of Hyatt points and a three night stay which would usually cost ~$900+ seems like a decent deal if the Hyatt Residence Club Bonita Springs, Coconut Plantation is a resort you’re interested in staying at, albeit at the cost of 90-120 minutes of your life spent saying no to a timeshare.
This might be a targeted offer. I received an email about this timeshare deal and clicked through to learn more about the terms. It prompted me to enter my zip code, so out of interest as to whether it was a targeted offer, I entered our Virginia mailing address zip code which isn’t the one on my Hyatt account and it said that either my Priority Reservation Number and/or zip code was incorrect. When entering our Florida mailing address zip code, the offer showed up.
That made me think this offer was being targeted at Florida residents, but Nick got the same offer and he’s in New York. If you’re interested in this offer but it says you’re not eligible when clicking through, it would be worth calling Hyatt on +1 844.770.2582 (the phone number given in the email) in case a rep is able to offer this deal to non-targeted World of Hyatt members.
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I’ve done a few marketing packages lately (hilton and marriott). Unlikely you would be able to book it during any high season – like the one you mentioned).
Thank you, but I’d rather stick needles in my eye than sit through a time share presentation. Google how bad other people think it is before you sign up for this torture!
They’re gonna have to sweeten the deal a lot more than this.
IMHO,there is nothing I would like to do less than to listen to some grifter time share salesperson high pressuring me into purchasing something I don’t want or need. Pay full price and avoid the brain damage.
One other gotcha to consider, when attempting to take advantage of one of the hyatt residence club offers (at a different property), not only are holidays not subject to the lowest rate that they quote you, but neither are weekends. To get the $299 rate, you’re looking at a monday-thursday stay. YMMV.
When I entered my ZIP code to “get my personalized offer”, it told me I entered it wrong, so I’m guessing this is at least somewhat targeted.
This generally doesn’t interest me because the 90-120 minute presentation is rarely just that, and often requires the agent to sign a voucher in order to keep the discounted rate. It’d be one thing if it was a week stay, but generally giving up an entire morning (that often becomes a stressful morning trying to say no 100 times over and get out of there) on a long weekend vacation is just not worth it to me.
Last year I burned a few free night certs at the Sedona HRC. The offered me 10K Hyatt points (or $100) to attend the sales pitch. My traveling companion was working, so I said sure, because I probably would have just sat reading points blogs for an hour anyways. Having done one of these before, I knew I needed to give a firm “no.” I think it was a little too firm. The salesperson ended it after about 45 minutes and asked me why I bothered doing it, because it was clear I had no interest in buying in.
wonder if this stay will earn elite nights?
I got a big glossy postcard this week with the same offer. I am Globalist and live in IL.
My question is, is there any way that it is worth buying such a timeshare? I have a ton of Disney Vacation Club timeshare and it has worked out beautifully.
I own a week at this resort that I bought on eBay 11 years ago. We have never even been to this resort, but use the week mostly to trade into Colorado properties. It’s worked out great for us and what we like to do. As long as you buy a deeded week resale, it can definitely pay for itself. Buying from them directly??? Absolutely not.
If you sign up with young kids, they would never sit through anything (2 year old and 7). Why cant they allow one party to go? I would make no sense to drag young kids to these.
Most of these places have kids clubs. They don’t allow people to separate because they’re asking for a major purchase and want both people present.
Looks like Fort Myers is closest airport just wondering how far it is, adding a car rental might not be economical.
I’m in Texas and received a similar offer of a 3 night stay at the Hyatt Residence Club San Antonio, Wild Oak Ranch for $199 + 10,000 Bonus Points. Eligibility requirements include combined household annual income of at least $100,000; be at least 35 years of age; own a home; and be creditworthy.
Note: I’ve received this offer about once a year since 2017. Previous eligibility requirements were only $75,000 household income and at least 25 years of age.
Same, and I’m in Colorado.
Ive receieved couple of times a year including couple of days ago. Checked it couple of times, but never actually found the $199 availability
Same — in Houston area and get Wild Oak offers a few times a year. A few (3-4?) years ago got other offers (Hawaii and Florida) but not recently.
Received this offer in the mail and I’m in Indiana. Haven’t looked into it put it to the side but might be worth it.
Not that I’d ever be interested in sitting through one if these, I’d rather pay them not to talk to me but is home ownership always a requirement of timeshare presentations? Income and other requirements makes sense but I can’t imagine home ownership correlating with interest in purchasing a timeshare.
To be honest, I’m not sure. My wife and I don’t own a home anymore and we were able to do a Wyndham timeshare presentation. It wouldn’t surprise me if they’re willing to waive a requirement like that, but I’m not certain they would. I guess they figure someone with a mortgage might be more creditworthy.
I can imagine that there is a correlation. Nevertheless, it’s not always a requirement.
I haven’t been to a hyatt timeshare presentation yet, but if it’s in line with what others are going for these days, they’re planning to throw some pretty big numbers at you, most likely in excess of $50000, and while they expect the customers to say no, they don’t want to waste their time on those who wouldn’t be financially eligible in the first place. If you own a home, make over $100K a year and carry some credit cards, you’ll probably qualify for the financing. Then it’s just a matter of convincing you that you really need it.