Cancun Airport-Please Beware!

[londons]

We were approached by a very friendly uniformed man at the airport who wanted to help with our transfers. He took us to a counter which we thought was an official tourist information counter. It wasn't! The person at the booth was a time share/vacation club (difference?) salesperson, which we discovered the next day. We were offered discount tickets to Xcaret for 90 minutes of our time to see a hotel. We went to see the hotel (Krystal in Cancun) and sat through 3 hours of bullying, aggressive sales pitches and insults when they decided we were not buying. Please know that these salespeople buy licenses to work at the airport. There is nothing official about them. It was an awful experience-please beware!

[BSQ]

Originally Posted by londons

We were approached by a very friendly uniformed man at the airport who wanted to help with our transfers. He took us to a counter which we thought was an official tourist information counter. It wasn't! The person at the booth was a time share/vacation club (difference?) salesperson, which we discovered the next day. We were offered discount tickets to Xcaret for 90 minutes of our time to see a hotel. We went to see the hotel (Krystal in Cancun) and sat through 3 hours of bullying, aggressive sales pitches and insults when they decided we were not buying. Please know that these salespeople buy licenses to work at the airport. There is nothing official about them. It was an awful experience-please beware!

Yup, we always warn the sharks you need to be concerned about aren't in the ocean, it's the Timeshare Sharks at the airport. Our advice is usually to collect your luggage after you get through customs and walk with purpose and lots of "No Thank yous" straight out the door to the real transportation companies.

So sorry they nabbed you. Hope the rest of your vacation was amazing.

[kickballpro]

Lol, after suffering and almost biting a couple of times, I can sit through a timeshare presentation and take my free stuff and walk out.

In fact, I can give a timeshare presentation. They are all exactly the same sales pitch.

"Do you realize that right now you are merely renting a vacation?"

"How would you like to own your vacation?"

[mrsfuzzmo]

As an agent, it's one of the things I ALWAYS remind by customers of....Time Share Sharks. It's too bad your TA didn't tell you about them. If you don't know, it can be a really bad experience and sour you to the destination.

[Wahlflower]

It amazes me how many people let go of their travel documents to someone asking. I warn everyone I know about the timeshare sharks in Cancun, but people easily get caught up in the ones at the airport pretending to take you to your hotel.

I warned a friend on a trip our families took together, and she fell for it anyway. I literally had to back track and grab the documents out of the persons hand she would not let them go, it got a little ugly for a minute, but we had been there enough to know better.

[we're sailing away....]

It has been that way for years ...

[Travelcat2]

The "sharks" in Cancun are not only in the airport -- they are in hotels, on sidewalks -- almost everywhere you go. Usually a simple "no, gracias" gets rid of them. If that doesn't work, tell them you are your way to the airport.

[jonny2]

Why the officials give such persons authority to deceive peoples.

[we're sailing away....]

It has been that way for years ...