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From: mpalmer@dvinci.DEC (M. Lawrence Palmer)
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 23:14:43 EST
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A few weeks ago, I received a flyer in the mail promoting a new condo
timeshare development to be built in Newport.  Like the many other flyers
of this sort that assert their ways into my mailbox,  it promised a
week's vacation giveaway for just coming down to hear the salespitch.
The difference with this one was that it also included roundtrip airfare
- usually if you read the fine print they pay for a hotel room but the
airfare is up to you.  The destination - Honolulu!  Specifically,
it promised roundtrip fare for one and a hotel for two for 6 days.

I called the 800 number and asked some questions; it seemed legitimate
enough to warrant a try.  So I drove down to Newport, listened to the
pitch (not very high pressure), said a polite "no thank yew", and got
a *trip voucher* for the Hawaii holiday.  I was waiting all along for
some catch, but the only restrictions seem to be :
a) reservations 60 days in advance
b) go before November
c) * a $200.00 deposit * to be refunded upon arrival at resort

they also include no phone number on the voucher and specify that everything
must be done by mail.

Has anyone heard of this?  If I hear no bad news I'm going to send in the
200 and see what happens...

the companies involved are:
1 - The Wellington Group, Newport - the guys building the condo who contract
2 - a marketing company whose name I forget, who offer vacations from
3 - Hawaiian Adventures, Inc. of Naples, Florida


thanks for any help

M. Lawrence Palmer

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