Hotwire Hotel: Orlando 3*

I was about to pay for what I thought to be the Westgate Lakes Resort package in Orlando for this weekend (10-26---10-28) but wanted to post a thread here to be sure. I registered, and waited for over 2 hours for the confirmation to come in the email, but it never did. I grew bored (and annoyed) so I just called the property directly.

They not only gave me the hotel package for less than Hotwire would have (if it was actually WGL that I found) for $110 ($99 + 11% tax) vs. the Hotwire price of $150 ($128 + $22 in fees), but they also threw in 2 one day passes to Seaworld for free. Something I was going to buy anyway! And all I have to do is eat a complimentary breakfast buffet while they pitch me to join their timeshare. How awesome is that.

So, instead of paying $275 for the weekend, I got it for $110. How's that for 40% off?! So I guess I should thank whatever glitch made the confirmation letter never show up to my email address, so I could pose a question here and check to see if the condo resort was actually the WGL!

I just saved so much money, I may stop over in Savannah on the way back home.

Not your typical success story that this board sees, I guess, but I just wanted to post it anyway. BTW, I had to register again under a whole different name and address just to join. Oh well.

Have fun!

Just an update on this. We stayed at the Westgate for two nights, and two days for $99 and got two free passes for Seaworld which we upgraded to season passes for $30 each after we arrived at the park.

Westagate was very upstanding. They allowed us to check in early so we could put our luggage in the room and get to Seaworld earlier in the day. The room was nice, and the staff there was immense. Probably 5 to 1 ration per guest. Very odd IMO.

The only negative thing I could say about the trip was the sales pitch that we had to endure for the weekend. They really close you hard. I asked before booking and was informed the sales approach was soft, but it was really not. They promised us a maximum of 90 minutes plus breakfast, but it turned out to be almost 3 hours including the breakfast and the golf cart tour of the property. By the time it was over, I was very glad to be free. I didn't want to be rude, but I was getting very tired of the pitch about an hour into it. They just kept going and going.

Anyway, I just wanted to post my experience if anyone was interested. Over all, I'd say the 2 hour 45 minutes sales pitch was about as painful as paying full price for everything. We saved $175, so in the end I feel we got off pretty good.

Thanks,