Tulum, Mexico - January26, 2014

I swore that I would never attend another time share presentation in my life after our last trip to Mexico … For some reason, Tobey seems to enjoy the challenge of these things, (what they will offer, how many times you have to say no, etc.) so we went to one today. (Only this was not “timeshare”, they call it a “private vacation club.”)
The taxi driver picked us up in Tulum at 8 am and took us to Playa del Carmen and on to the first resort. Ooops, we were staying too long in Mexico to qualify for the gifts they were promising us, so they shuffled us off to a different resort down the road for their presentation. (They added a bottle of Kahlua and 2 tee shirts to the offer for our trouble.) We got checked in, were given part of the presentation, then they finally took us to the breakfast about 10:30 am. The food was delicious and our sales person was nice.  After breakfast, we were off to see the rest of the property then listen to the pricing information. OMG – talk about sticker shock! They started at $68,900 for two weeks in a 2-bedroom unit. Three hours and three manager levels later, the price was down to $10,000 for eight weeks! We told them, “no, thank you.” It was a nice  place, but not something I want to invest money in at this point of my life. They finally released us to get our “parting gifts” and a shuttle back to Tulum. We didn’t get back until 3pm!
The weather was beautiful and we needed a few groceries, so we walked to Chedraui. We ran into Nori (our apartment neighbor), as well as Barbara’s parents! Jacky and Clara offered us a ride back to the apartment with Nori, so we took them up on the offer.
We’re having a quiet evening in and plan to hit the beach tomorrow.