Dan Corippo

The ship docks in Mazatlan, so there is no wait to get to shore. When you step off the ship, they shuttle you off the pier and out to the street where there is a small flea market. They don’t want people walking around the pier here. When we got there, the first person to approach us was a pretty girl pushing a timeshare sales pitch. If you want to sit through this 1.5 hour presentation, they will pay for any shore excursion you want to go on. The only problem was that our time is so limited since we have to be back to the ship by 5pm. Since we had no clue as to what to do here, we thought we would check it out. They took us in a van for about 20 minutes to the most beautiful resort I have ever seen. I can’t remember the name of it right now. When we drove through town, it was pretty dirty. I was thinking that maybe we did make the right choice to do the timeshare thing. They showed us around the resort and took us to one of their private restaurants. This is where they brought in the ‘hard sell’ closer. We stood our ground and told him we did not want to purchase. He got frustrated and left. They said we could spent the rest of the day there. There was a full open bar, all the best food from a great restaurant, and a private cabana on the beach. We never saw Mazatlan, but had a great time there. If you stand firm, some of these timeshare free gifts are pretty good. Don’t make the mistake of purchasing a timeshare while on vacation. There are so many hidden fees they do not tell you about, that it is better to get hotel rooms. You don’t have to deal with any long terms obligations that way as well. Also you can find and purchase the same timeshare locations on the Internet for less than half the price they quote you on site. At the end of the day they also paid for our taxi to get back to the ship on time. It was a good day. In the evening it was another casual night. We had a great dinner, saw a show, and went dancing afterwards.
 

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