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LC, whoa! No, you don't have to buy or continue. The incentive to tour the resort is called a "gift", primarily by the OPC on the streets, those who arranged for your tour, which was incentivized by the gift. You'll find this shocking no doubt, but some folks actually buy, and some attend with the intention of buying. You can search the percentages online. You may also realize that the sales reps will persist until the process somehow comes to a grinding halt, so to speak. In other words, the prospects demand to speak to a manager (who will be a closer), or the prospects actually stand up and state that the presentation is over. You remind the sales rep that you have fulfilled your part of the deal and you do not wish to buy "any part of the program". You might say that because on the way out (the exit) you will be pitched a low cost intro program, for lack of a better name. Gives you a taste of the resort timeshare industry, designed to convince you to convert to a membership. Which is not so bad if I may say so. Time is on the side of the buyer, time to figure it all out but to try it. Sorry to say, many owners and the disenchanted gripe because they do not understand the program or understand the terms and conditions of what they may eventually buy. That is a good part of the problem, with the industry at fault. The "buy today or it's gone" proposition is a faulty marketing technique, and leaves a sour taste in one's mouth with many good, qualified prospects. The reason they use it is because they doubt anyone would ever come back to a sales room to buy (as you are on vacation). And the majority don't as they are too pissed off anyway. But some would if they weren't so damn mad. Royal Resorts is a major resort developer that didn't use that tactic and were a success. And far as I know, their owners are also relatively successful selling their memberships - those who wish to. Sales people in the T/S business can be dishonest to the core. Too bad they aren't let go, but sales reps generally can be hard to come by. The industry that now bears close watching is the vacation rentals industry, which like T/S, lacks ethics and governance.