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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Free vacation in Florida from Holiday House?
Message-ID: <4230@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 10-May-84 12:59:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 12:59:41 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 10-May-84 14:20:28 EDT
Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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We received a postcard in the mail from Holiday House, Inc. in
Sparta, Tennessee, telling us we were selected to receive a free
5-day (4-night) vacation in Florida and to call for more information.
I called and was told the following:
	- either 4 nights in Sebring or 2 in Sebring and 2 in the
	  "Orlando area"
	- accommodation at first-class hotels is paid for
	- we get book of coupons for local meals and entertainment
	- while in Sebring we will be invited to (but don't have to
	  attend) a 1-hour film presentation on timesharing condos
	- transportation is not provided
	- cost to us is $69.50 (Canadian) for processing, mailing
	  and handling our voucher and reservations; payable by
	  credit card
	- once we sign up, we get a voucher in the mail; we send back
	  the voucher 3 weeks before our vacation and they make the
	  reservations
	- if we're not satisfied with the voucher (i.e., we don't take
	  the trip), we can get our $69.50 back
	- we can take the trip anytime in 1984 or 1985

It sounds like a pretty good deal to me. I'm sure we can survive a 1-hour
sales pitch for timesharing condos in central Florida.

Has anyone dealt with these people before? Is there something I should
know about? (I went ahead and ordered the voucher, giving them my VISA number.)
We plan to use the hotel stay as part of a trip to Miami sometime within
the next year.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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