We first purchased in Anaheim, CA on 12/15/14. When we checked in at the resort, we were invited to a presentation. Renee Hope Jessie and Steven Lee were the sales people that talked to us. The main reason we said yes after being there for hours and hours, was that we could travel anywhere we wanted, any time, including out of the states. Europe was the big selling point for me. The selling point for my husband, Nick, was that we could make good money off of it by renting it out and it would pay for itself. Neither ever happened. We are paying a crazy amount of money for such little in return. We have gone on a total of 6 short 2-3 day trips but have put thousands upon thousands of dollars into it. On top of our monthly payments, maintenance fees and annual charge, we have had to spend even more money when booking a spot! We’ve come to realize that we can have a much better and longer vacation while spending much, much less on sites like Expedia. They didn’t explain the fees clearly at all. We thought we just had a maintenance fee and the payments. They didn’t tell us we had the annual fee and the travelshare dues as well. And on top of that, we have had to pay about 60-100 bucks sometimes on stays. They made it seem like a dream come true. They wrote down a bunch of scribble on how purchasing this timeshare would cost less than normal hotels, food and drinks combined. Also they made it seem like it was very easy to travel the world, like Europe, yet it’s hard to book a stay in the neighborhood we live in. Our second reason is the haggling. Not only do we get “really important” calls and voicemails to talk about our timeshare which are actually sales pitches, we get hassled into buying more points every time we’re at a Worldmark trying to enjoy a vacation as soon as we check in. For instance, my husband and I were celebrating our one-year anniversary in Big Bear when they asked us to go to a “class” for only 60 min. Not knowing exactly what it was, we said yes. We were in there for 6 hours being pressured into buying more points!! This was almost our entire anniversary trip. The guy trying to sell us said what he was doing would not affect our credit, but when we checked the next week, we had a hard inquiry from them! Since then, we said no to every presentation, which leaves a sour face on the staff (making the rest of our trip very uncomfortable). Why would we want to visit a place that hates us if we say no to giving them more money? During those 6 hours in Big Bear, the guy trying to get us to open a credit line promised us $100 for our Anniversary dinner since it was taking a long time. In the end, because of technical difficulties, we didn’t get the credit line open. We asked for the $100 and he said he was only going to give it to us if we purchased more points. We get hassled into buying timeshare contracts every time we’re at a Worldmark trying to enjoy a vacation as soon as we check in. My husband and I were celebrating our one-year anniversary in Big Bear when they asked us to go to a “class” for only 60 min. Not knowing exactly what it was, we said yes. We were in there for 6 hours being pressured into signing a contract!! This was almost our entire anniversary trip. The guy trying to sell us said what he was doing would not affect our credit, but when we checked the next week, we had a hard inquiry from them! Since then, we said no to every presentation, which leaves a sour face on the staff (making the rest of our trip very uncomfortable). Why would we want to visit a place that hates us if we say no to giving them more money?