So some time back at the shopping mall a guy convinced me to fill some form, and a week later i was called and congratulated for winning a holiday at some coastal hotel (minus the transport cost). I was then asked to go to westlands on a certain date for the voucher presentation and it was mandatory that i was to be accompanied by my wife. I was out of town and thus couldn't attend on that particular day. Since then they have been calling/texting daily pestering me to go for the voucher presentation. Hii ni maneno gani? Why are they so desperate that I go? What's cooking here?

You haven't yet won until you pay for the time share. They require you to be accompanied so that the pressure on you to buy time share increases.

Either ni time share or worse. Ive heard of guys being jacked or mugged with the same story

Unless they've changed their policy; I've "won" these holidays many times and I didn't have to buy anything!

All they wanted was for me to sit through a 3-hr presentation [they tell you it will be 45min, but it lasts at least 3hr]. I've always gone knowing that I will not buy no matter what because they annual "maintenance payments" are always higher than what I spend on my holiday accommodation.

Time-share works for those who stay in hotels while on holidays..... If you're a budget traveller staying in campsites, bandas, and self-catering cottages, then these time-share things are simply too expensive.

You buy it for something like 500k then every year you pay another 100k for maintenace. Simply doesn't add up for me....again, unless the policies have changed. the last time I attended the presentation was 3 years ago at Leading Resorts of the World, a.k.a. Africa vacation Club, sclaters House Westlands.

Happened to me in 2001. I was called and informed that I had won after filling the form but had to go with my wife for the docs. The evening we were to go for them in westlands my wife had a matanga meeting. I pulled her out of it early so as not to miss this freebie. When we got there we saw like 50 couples sitting in what looked like they were being given a lecture. We asked the lady at the door how long it would take and she said 45 mins. We needed to be elsewhere within that time and asked if we could just sign for our vouchers. (Trip to Jinja) They said no that we had to sit through. We decided wacha ikae. Later on we got to hear stories from others and ofcourse she was not amused I had pulled her out of the matanga. It was of an Aunt whom she loved and was the funeral committee treasurer.