As the lovely girl who gave us the informative and professional talk puts it, she was trying to sell us a 'house on wings'! Well for the price quoted, it is certainly a price of a house albeit a small apartment in Malaysia!
The time-sharing concept has the following features:
- pay upfront a certain amount in USD
- pay monthly maintenance in USD
- you get a certain number of points per annum
- redeem the points for free accommodation at any of the hotels in the Marriott family group world-wide for a certain number of days per year
- membership is only for 43 years
The scary thing that freaked me out was the monthly maintenance which I could not commit to as I had just turned 55. I could not imagine myself committing to making a monthly commitment or putting up a capital outlay for a vacation club.
Anyway the talk was informative and very professionally done.
After the talk, we went to Coffee Club at Turtle Village and had a simple lunch of Tom Yum noodle soup and rice and omelette.
The girls were at the beach on the other side of Phuket learning how to surf from a seasoned Australian surfer who had lived many years in Phuket.
We had a quiet swim at the beautiful pool enjoying the jacuzzi. Tim had a go at the watermelon eating race with other guests and a puzzle solving competition. All in good fun.
We then took a short walk to the Mai Khao beach. We witnessed a lovely wedding at the beach of a Japanese couple with a small entourage, met a couple who told us that they were the organizers of the Bon Jovi concert in KL recently...took pictures for them on the beach.
Mai Khao beach is dangerous as the waves were really choppy and huge. But the powdery sand and pristine blue of the sea was beautiful to admire from a distance.
We waited for the girls to return before we adjourn for a leisurely dinner at Delights.
We bought buns (sold at half price after 6) for breakfast tomorrow.
Farewell Phuket & JW Marriott Vacation Club. You have made our trip memorable and meaningful.
THANK YOU!
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