Vida Vacations Reviews

We refused to pay today then they bring us to another guy. The guy is offer us pay 2500 then we will become member, enjoy one week free for vida property and 2000off for all inclusive hotel. We don't want to it, since we reviewed online, everyone said it's scam. Then he offered 750 to enjoy Disney cruise. And we still not do it, he was piss off and became rude. We felt lucky walk outside of the building without paying anything. At last, we pay the taxi fee to get back our cruise. We totally wasted one day there and pay 20 dollars for taxi.

When we got there they said that to her would take quite a bit of time since their property is over 3,000 Acres so we opted for the short one which was in an office building upstairs is a typical timeshare presentation. So once breakfast was done I was looking at my clock and what ended up we were being told was 1 hour presentation the hour didn't even start when we finish with breakfast it started when we got back up to the up to the timeshare presentation room again after several minutes touring the property scene rooms going through visuals of future properties blah blah blah.

Total time spent there was just about 4 hours. I was livid on our last day of vacation. I wanted to spend more time relaxing by my pool, not putting up with their multiple layers of sales people that all didn't seem to understand the word no. The people themselves were very nice sweet talking and pleasant, but they were kind of like someone mentioned before, salesman in a snake suit. They had one motive and that was to pressure you into something when you balked at the price, they brought somebody different and put you in another room to get what you were offered, then another person comes to ask how it was then they stick you with another price and it went on and on and on.

They saw that I was getting upset and at this point trying my best to be pleasant with them but forcefully kept on asking for the damn taxi to leave period they had no problem escorting you right where you needed to be when you got there but when it came time to leave they pointed you the direction and we were kind of lost and stuck in Jurassic Park. I'm very thankful we walked out of there without spending and dying but people that have not been in as many tours as we have would definitely have a problem say no to them. But that would be the biggest mistake of your life, when you can rent it from Airbnb, from someone else, regardless of the cost, and the long term would save you thousands of dollars rather than paying and exorbitant fee up front and then continually paying for every week you want to go to on vacation. And they conveniently ask you a front if you have any other appointments.

If you are tempted to go on a tour, which I'm warning you not to, at least tell them you have an appointment like in three hours from the time you walk in their door, although I'm not sure that would help you. They would probably try to argue and fight with you that you was supposed to have no time limits, yet you were promised a one-hour tour after breakfast or lunch whatever meal you went to, which is not going to happen I guarantee.

After check-in: Greeted by personal concierge, given potent drink, do not drink it until after you decline free breakfast and 1-hour presentation booking slot, even if they insist that you must attend.

If you attend breakfast your salesperson joins you for breakfast then takes you to the isolated sales area, note, no guest WiFi access. They will draw rectangles, acronyms, lines, a dollar sign and cross it out, etc. Ask for a standard contract to review while they are doodling. When they step away note the laptop camera is pointing towards you, they are waiting for you to discuss information to use on the sale closure. Make something up and watch them return to use that information to close the sale. You then meet the manager, taken outside to meet the unscrupulous used car salesman, then taken to a basement to meet the “closer” who actually is a used car salesman. Then told how to leave, unescorted, back to shuttles.

Time wasted: 4 hours.

Gained: Breakfast, tour of property, water view from best balcony, discount on resort fee (keep receipt.)

I have sat through sales pitches on timeshares, travel clubs and the like my share of times; but this one was over the top. The free breakfast buffet and one-hour sales presentation turned into far more than that. My wife was in serious physical distress going through the gauntlet; but little care was shown by several layers of sales people we interacted with.

Things at one pointed nonetheless sounded good; and I actually initially put a deposit down on one deal. Yet in the final, video-recorded close process, yet more things came to light that weren't prior. After another LONG process through a few last-minute pitch attempts, I was able to get these people to refund my money...and THEN finally get on with our honeymoon. Further, after added investigation, we found that most of what was promised was disingenuous (and in part, after visiting with other vacationers there, a couple of whom regretted their own prior purchase but were now making the best of things).

The part aggravating, part comical aspect of all this is that the property was most impressive (though not exactly cheap; we wondered how the families with small children did cost-wise). The grounds were beautiful and impeccably maintained, landscaped, etc. Pretty much to a person, the employees were wonderful and attentive to our every need. We ate some of the best meals we have had anywhere.

In the end, Vidanta's Founder Daniel Chavez has a mid-size Cadillac equivalent of a vacation experience to sell. How and why he sees fit to allow people to sell it as if they were trying to move an old Chevy on its last legs to an unsuspecting sucker I don't understand. So if you vacation to Vidanta, enjoy the experience...but refuse ANY and all attempts to hook you.

We own several timeshares in the states and have been to many sales presentations, but these folks take the cake. They are as smooth as slick Willie in a snake suit. We had to go thru 4 layers of snakes, sales people, to make it out of Jurassic Park. The whole process, from the 20-30 minute cab ride, twice, to the 3 hours of lunch and sales, put us at about 4 hours. We were glad to get back to our cruise ship and sail away, way away. So, please take our advice, us and the other reviews, stay clear and save your money.