[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.21.09 under Family, MVCI (Marriott Vacation Club International), Travels

Well received an invitation to an event at Marriott Vacation Club last evening. Holy crap …. its las vegas nite!!!! Ok here is the deal each participant, be it member or guest was given $300 chips to play for the nite. At the end of the day the highest roller would win a 3D2N stay at the Venetican, Macau.. lol ermm air tix not included but a 3D2N stay in the Royale Suite!!!! Isn’t that awesome?
Well i bought a couple friend along…. Janice and Winson… together with my wife we set off for the night whooo…. Was greeted with warm smiles from the staff at MVCI once we stepped out of the lift. Attendance taken and chips given we were then introduced to 1 of the staff there Mr Satchi who would be our host for the day. Mr Satchi was a nice guy and shared a lot with us, from his day in the army to his travel experiences and his family. All during the time when we were munching on the buffet dinner catered for us.
Had our fill of food and beverages now is the time for the “highlight” of the night. Proceeded to the tables and realized we didn’t have much of a choice. There was “Big Small”, Black Jack and Roulette. Well we seems like the 1st few there and it was kinda hard chosing which table but we settled for Black Jack in the end. Lol quite intimidating to see the croupier of 3 empty tables looking and grinning at you. Thankfully there were not dressed as toothless pirates holding scimitars.
Well since we were given $300 per pax and both our partners didn’t want to played lol both winson and i had $600 worth of chips. There was only 1 prize so to us it is either a “Do or Die” mission. Played cautiously in the beginning but towards then end when i heard someone have already raked in over $4k i was like ohhh noooo how is my $1.5k ever gonna beat that? Even with the combined chips we have on hand its still slightly below $4k. By then we have already moved on to the “Big Small” table so i threw all i had on “big” …. ding ding ding…. hands off no bets… dice revealed 4, 4,……2…. ohhh no its 10 and “Big” (which is 11 to 17) was only 1 point away. Ok i’ve successfully kissed byebye to the trip… Winson followed suit and gave all he had in 1 game lol we had the same results *Grinz*. Ok my friend wasn’t gonna go on that trip either muahahaha….
Times up!!! Game ended…. we were all ushered into another room and a small presentation was given on Marriott Vacation Membership, during which chips were collected and calculated by the staff…. We had quite some fun and lots of jokes during the presentation. One of the few whereby participants were actually joking around…. guess the “casino session” really lightened up everyone’s mood. At the end of the presentation the final results were announced…. *Drumrolls* The winner of the 3D2N stay at the Venetican Macau…… Ms …… (i didnt really catch the name) with a total of $11,000+ ($#%$#^#) crap $300 to over $11k she must be a darn good gambler….
Proceeded to have a small chat with Mr Satchi who went into a bit more details of the membership and tempting Winson and Janice. Well as always people at Marriott aint the pushy kind, explained what it was all about and analyzed it all. When it came to the decision it was really easy … interested? Or not? Can see that Winson was a bit tempted but i guess it wasn’t a good time for him now so no deal lol. With the ever friendly smile Mr Satchi presented the gift (4 vouchers to hi-tea buffet) to Winson and gracefully showed us to the exit. Well overall it was a great night with lots of fun… i hope they (Marriott) do organize a few more of such events for their members.
[ 1 Comment ] Posted on 10.20.08 under MVCI (Marriott Vacation Club International), Travels
Well some of you might know about this but some don’t…. Anyway would like to share with you on Marriott Vacation Club International. Couple of months back, i was enticed to attend this seminar by Marriott Vacation Club International (MVCI for short). Was told that i would be given a choice of gift for spending 2 hours of my valuable time hearing what they have to say. As both me and my wife love traveling and “freebies” we decided oh well lets just go ahead and attend this seminar. As some of you may be wondering what “freebies” am i talking about yeah? Well there is a choice of a 2D/ 1 N Ritz Carlton Stay in Singapore or a $200 Tang’s Shopping Voucher!! Now in a time like this $200 Tang’s Shopping Voucher would definitely bring a smile to any lady…. my wife is no exception and mind you…. this is given to you FREE irregardless of whether you decide to sign up with them or not. Anyway they aren’t very pushy nor hardsell either like some MLM talks i’ve been to. All in all they seem to be quite confident of their membership and well both me and my wife are very confident too.
Whichever the case, i’ll recommend anyone of you married couples out there who are really into traveling to go hear what MVCI have up for you. In fact even if you don’t give a damn about traveling an extra $200 Shopping Voucher wouldn’t hurt. For those interested, do drop me a mail @ mvci@dukealvinlim.com with your name and contact no.