135. Where to Stay in Maui: Are Timeshare Presentations Worth It?

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Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Getting a discounted stay at a luxury Maui resort sounds too good to be true, especially when the catch involves sitting through a timeshare presentation. After receiving a letter from Marriott Vacation Club offering a discounted five-night stay at a Westin property, Alex decided to see if the savings were worth the 90-minute sales pitch.

In addition to hearing the pros and cons of attending a timeshare presentation, this episode gives you an inside look at popular Maui resorts such as Andaz Maui, the Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, and Hyatt Regency Maui. Hear the Travel Mom Squad's differing recommendations for visiting Maui based on your travel needs, and whether or not they recommend sitting through a timeshare presentation for the discounted stay.

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what it's like to attend a timeshare presentation for a discounted stay?
0:05.0	Keep listening to hear how I did just that to save on a vacation to Maui, plus how I used
0:10.0	points to extend the trip.
0:11.9	Welcome to Points Talk with the travel mom squad. We are three moms who've discovered how to
0:16.8	leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of dollars of travel expenses
0:21.7	for nearly free. We've used credit card points of miles to take vacations to places like
0:26.6	Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives, Japan, and so much more. And the best part, we each still have
0:33.4	800 plus credit scores. Imagine being able to take the vacation of your dreams for nearly free.
0:39.1	It's totally possible and we're here to show you how.
0:43.0	Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Pam, Alex's mom. And I'm Jess. Let's Talk Points.
0:49.0	Alex and Pam just returned from the Westin Nehaya Ocean Villas and the Andaz Maui. They are here to tell us
0:57.1	all about their stay. Alex actually got a discounted stay at the Weston by attending a
1:02.1	timeshare presentation. So excited to see whether she bought a timeshare or not. Whaler, I did not.
1:11.3	And they used Hyatt points for their stay at the Andaz and points for their flights.
1:17.5	So, Alex, tell us how this all came about because I know that you and your family just went to Maui earlier this year.
1:24.8	So this makes for the second Maui trip since late December. Yeah. So we were in
1:31.4	Maui right after Christmas. We came home January 2nd. So technically we've been to Maui twice in
1:37.0	2025 already. Clearly never would have happened without points. So basically what happened was it was at least a year ago,
1:47.0	well over a year ago, I got a letter in the mail from Marriott. I actually have the letter
1:53.7	with me today. It was actually from a Weston Vacation Club. So years ago, I like had,
2:03.2	okay, so I've done one of these timeshare presentations before where you go, you get a discounted stay, you listen to their spiel. And it was fine.
2:08.5	Like we did it in like fall of 2019 at the new Port Coast Villas in California. I think we got
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