Erick
can they be helpful, really? when?
Actually as a Marriott timeshare owner I used the "services" of Interval International through their website and very rarely interacted with them. Since two years I started interacting more for various reasons, one being the either Marriott or Interval International (which is part of Marriott) messed up with my account. Not a nice experience and both customer services were not up to their job. Their computers landscape must be quite a nightmare ;-) Anyway I have been calling Interval International a few times this year to plan vacations and use some gateways. With very few exception their service is abysmal. No added value at all. A simple waste of time and money to call them. Even their terrible Web application is better at providing some support. The human interaction is terribly slow and the seem to have exactly the same view on the inventory as a user facing the App on his phone or computer. Some are even arrogant (I wish they really record the conversation ... but I doubt it a bit .. definitely a great source for improvement). The only thing they are after is selling but not helping. Terrible culture. As the latest example in quite a series of disappointments: I was interested in a gateway in a specific resort and did not see availability for the time window that was ok for me. I called them. I explained the situation and gave some reasons for my specific requirement. The agent told me what I could see myself on the app. I asked if they had not better visiblity and the response was that for gateways they basically do nothing (except for the booking process which I can do more efficiently anyway). There was not the slightest move to help... not even was I told that using the app on the phone I could set up so called (very basic) alerts. Nada. Added to that an attitude. So it sums it up. No added value. I wonder in which situation they can actually add some value. Possibly only for cancelations? worst case scenario when there is nothing you can do by yourself and just have to call... Not speaking about the value of the timeshares, the exchanges, etc... another topic. But Interval International... what A PAIN... or looking at it more positively: what a great company with SO MUCH room for improvement on all fronts. Stay away or stay with the app if you are with them.



