We had just arrived at Hilton Head and checked in at the Holiday Inn Express. Soon after, we were…read moreapproached by salesman on the premises. I have no idea what deal these clowns have with the hotel but I imagine they think its beneficial-it turns out it isn't. Being that we had time to spare, I decided to spend a couple of hours of free time investigating travel options with these sale people. With my intention and goal of getting free Zip Line fare ($150) and other dinner certificates! I really enjoy participating in these sales pitch time share gigs when I travel as I accept it as a challenge of wits and memory- as I expose their lies and inconsistencies. Truth is, this is business and you are on their turf. If you are not attuned to their tactics and critical analysis, as a general rule, they do NOT tell you what you need to hear that can damage you-in huge ways. I look at this as more of a sport and find enjoyment in the dynamics. Maybe I am strange, but in the end, I leave with a bounty! Always! When in MEXICO, I usually am the guy with the 2 Mexican blankets over my shoulder, a bottle of Tequila, and FREE tickets for the booze or snorkel cruise. HA HA. But in Mexico, the sport is not for the faint at heart. It is for the warrior. Now back to America. Upon sitting down and establishing my dominance and literally showing them that I am setting my iPhone timer to 90 minutes, they begin the sales pitch. I listen with genuine interest, asking questions, and investigating the "fine print". As the pitch builds up to the final "seal the deal", this is when I present to them all of the inconsistencies and concerns I had discovered....and there were plenty. 1. Club fees/membership can raise on a whim and are decided by a panel of owners which form a board. Sounds counter productive?... read on... **2. Sales people also OWN the same properties so that means that they help to raise prices of fees once you sign. 3. You are given 3000 points a year. These points are used as money in choosing a vacation. BUT***Points are nothing but to confuse/cloud you as these points are the cost of a certain stay or room. In other words, these points are used as their leverage once the desired vacations are filled. They use a website called QUEST. Basically, lets say you are deciding between a 5 day stay in Florida Disney or 5 Days in Vegas-both cost 1000 points. You realize that for 1000 points to go to a Disney resort is a much better deal. It's truthfully a wonderful deal, but once these hot spot vacations are sold out because only a very few deals exist, you they are screwed. Here's how-LEVERAGE & DIMINISHING VALUE. HHGS uses the points as leverage to diminish the value, and now your Vegas vacation which was not so much a deal for 1000 points is now 2000 points. If you are not fast enough to jump on the few deals you are SCREWED. You end up paying more. You are manipulated into feeling you better spend them or lose them. The points change over time to the availability of vacancies. Quest is a dynamic database!! HA-the only people who really benefit are the "Sales people" who are able to jump on these deals AT YOUR LOSS!! Ponzi scheme of the sorts. It wasn't long before they realized I was on to them. At this point, they were afraid and all they wanted to do is get rid of me. I kindly exited the table and they were more than happy to award me my gift. I suffered only a minor flesh wound, and my enemy, stayed on the ground begging for mercy. HA HA What was suppose to take place: -90 minutes of listening to pitch -promised that it was not high pressure sales, "are you interested in our club?" if not, you go with our gifts. -$150 in attraction credit like zip lining, food, ect.... -I was asked for a $20 good faith and would be reimbursed. What REALLY happened: -2.5 hours of a pitch where we had to find our own ride back to the hotel. -basically a little haggling and the two gentleman who I worked with were actually good guys just trying to make a sale. Despite me actually giving them a hard time, they were very kind and probably enjoyed it as much as I did. -$150 was given and they kept their word -they did not give me my $20 back but rather a phony Mastercard with did not work, no matter how I tried to register it. In the end, my boys ate a free dinner as I engaged in my sport, the boys went Zip Lining for free the next day, we ate a filling dinner for free, we had 2 nights of free ice cream during the sun sets, and upon leaving the island, we drove away with 3 FREE T-shirts and a bracelet! This was all FREE in exchange for some free time we had upon arrival. HHGS-If you are reading this, Id like to tell you that your own sales people expose your bullshit by not being honest up front with their customers, and it wasn't so much them but its how you are training them to sell. Good honest people can't sell knowing they are lying. In the end, you simply got what you deserved.

On Saturday April the 26th me and my family were coming out of Coligny Beach, my family was a few…read moreyards behind me when I was approached by a man asking me if I wanted to purchase a marijuana. I politely said no with my family caught up to me then the man ask me if I wanted to do a presentation over at the Coral sands. I told him I'm staying at Spinnaker resort, and that my hotel had already taken care of everything. He then continue to follow me and my family as we were leaving going to the parking lot, he drives a little blue car he identified himself as JD even had a dog in the front seat of his car. He basically harasses all the way to our vehicle. He clearly looked like he was homeless, and he had an odor of marijuana that I could clearly smell. I told him three different times that I wanted nothing from him, he then got very upset and said I should take me and my broke family and go back to wherever we're from. So I googled Coral sands and found out that this gentleman worked for a company called hhgs / Hilton Head guest services. Whoever hired that man was clearly overlooking the fact that he clearly looks like he's homeless and a drug addict. bad look for your company. I don't know how people can harass families coming off the beach, how a company would let that happen or even the town of Hilton Head.