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This is a true story, the outcome was purely accidental so I lay no claim to being a clever smart arse or anything like that.
By chance we received a purely speculative offer in the post from Marriott resorts, I am going back to 2000 as it was the millennium year at Disneyland Paris. Without my knowledge my wife responded and presented me with a trip to Disneyland staying at the Disney Newport Bay hotel which is on resort with direct access to the park our children were aged 6 and 4 years old at the time. We had 5 days bed and breakfast with full park access for £69 EasyJet flights to Paris brought the total to just under £250. It was made clear from the outset we would be required to spend one afternoon at the nearby Marriott resort, a model French village of cottages and apartments developed as a timeshare location.
Everything was exactly as described, the hotel, park access, transport etc. All was very well managed and organised with a first class service. We attended our compulsory afternoon hard sell although the sell wasn't that hard but must have worked as we signed on the dotted line. So here is the bit I'm not particularly proud of, we signed up for one of there most valuable packages and agreed to finance it through their own finance package, once the deal was done they took us to a lovely restaurant on the resort where we ate and drank champagne for hours until they returned us to the hotel...the children had been looked after and entertained by the onsite children's club and returned with all sorts of Disney goodies and gifts.
We returned home and after a few days started to have doubts about the commitment, within the document pack they gave me was a cancellation document, we had 14 days cooling off period which I decided to exercise. During this period we took receipt of a delivery from Marriott resorts containing a case of Champagne a Mont Blanc pen and three individually boxed orchids which I assume would have been quite valuable given the value and quality of the accompanying items. I did try to contact Marriott, although not very hard, to see about returning the items! In the mean time it was a simple task of completing a form signing and faxing to their solicitors office, they confirmed acceptance and that was that. In summary, a 5 day family holiday at a Disney resort, a ridiculously expensive meal, case of champagne some orchids and a Mont Blanc pen all in £248. |
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