My business partner won two"free" airline tickets to be picked up after a short sales pitch for the time-share in the Catskills. The Friar Tuck Inn to be exact.
I decided to go along for the ride and to see the sales pitch. Of course, I wanted the additional air fare ticket.
We actually were given an appointment time: 11:30AM on Sunday morning. We are both notoriously early or punctual as the case may be. We did not see many guests. Under ten that we could see. This seemed strange, but maybe they were still sleeping from a party the night before. We walked some more, until it was our time to enter the main building.
Upon entering the building, I was convinced that we were in Hogwarts and soon we would be greeted by Harry himself. I actually saw cages with brown & grey Owls (they were not real). Finally we were greeted by our salesperson: "The half-Blood Prince". His sales pitch began immediately. It was excellent. I rated it an "8". His first mission was to show us around the inside of "Hogwarts" AKA the Friar Tuck Inn. Most resorts feature many meals: so off we go with the "Half-Blood Prince" to the Great Hall. Long tables were set up for lunch or dinnner or maybe a wedding. I say a wedding because of the Dais in the front of the room. No talking hats or signs of Dumbledore. I thought we would sit with the Gryffendors if asked, but that option was never offered.
Our next tour of the facility was outside. The "Half-Blood Prince" asked how we arrived. I was tempted to tell him that we walked through a brick wall and caught a train. I didn't. We showed him the car we arrived in. I think that they determine how much money one has by their car. WE were in a jeep wrangler, the impressive car was at home.
I am now glad to see the grounds and continue my search for guests (muggles). Very FEW to be seen. I know where they are!!! They are all attending the Quiddich games. But no such luck. All I saw was a horsehoe pit.
Back at the main building the Prince tries to close us on the merits of this time share, but we were not there to buy. We were there for the airline tickets. We did confuse him: he wasn't sure about our relationship. We didn't tell him that our relationship was only a business one. He didn't know what to do next, so he went for the "CLOSER" (Lord Voldemort). The closer told us that he was upset that his salesperson couldn't convince us to buy. But neither could he. We left with the "free" airline tickets that had so many limitations that they were worthless.
We did have a fun day and I hope you enjoy my true adventure story.
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