Joshua Bae

Review of The Meritage Resort and Spa, N...

Could be a 5 plus star hotel.

Could be a 5 plus star hotel.

I reserved one bedroom for 3 nights.

Pros
- The room, kitchen, living room space and jacuzzi are all great.
- People are kind (maybe not all)
- Did not have time to enjoy the amenity but pretty sure they are also great.

Before talking about Cons.
Here's my message to the Salespeople of Meritage ownership program.

I was invited to a resort ownership presentation and complimentary breakfast on the 2nd day morning. did not have a great expectation. but expected a nice breakfast (like Marriott) to make people feel guilty for not signing on the offer. The breakfast was embarrassing. You will be asked to seat at the center of the salespeople office. You will find the breakfast is something from Motel 6. (dry crescent, juice,... only on-demand omelet was ok.)
Hello Salespeople, Somebody who paid about $250 per night, will never be impressed by the breakfast.
The salesperson set on the 3rd chair and started asking questions while we were eating. Somehow aggressive questions but I did not want to ruin my holiday morning.
In conclusion, he said the cost of lifetime ownership is $27000. (interestingly that was the exact amount he estimated based on my 10-year trip forecast) I said that is so nice offer and we would consider it. and asked for a brochure. He said they do not have any brochures. So I said 'thank you for your offering.' He kind of stopped us and said that we still needed to stay another an hour because the breakfast and presentation are 90 min program. I said I would contact him if we think the offering works for us. He immediately said that it would be $65000 as soon as I stepped out of the office. I said it is totally fine with me. ( at this point I had to laugh.) I told him jokingly 'I am a salesperson, too. you know that how difficult to sell anything to a salesperson.' He showed his paycheck and told me he is making enough money already so he did not need to sell it to me.
Well, I asked to see if I can see his manager. I explained the manager what just happened. The manager let us leave.
Dear salespeople, do you still think the sort of multi-level-marketing style sales works for you?

Now Cons.
- Even during holidays, people are busy with many exciting schedules. Please, reconsider your sales program. minus 2 stars
- Parking spaces are not enough. You may need to park across the street after 5 pm.