kristenrice
NOT just an ambulance driver
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2006
Struggling to find the mathamatical benefit here of joining DVC? Don't get me wrong, I want to, but it just doesn't seem to make sense financially, at least not for the Wilderness lodge. Is something wrong with my math here?
DVC: Wilderness Lodge (Expires January 31, 2042):
Re-Sale Cost: 150 Points for roughly $9,500.00
About $1050 per year in maintenance fees (rounding and adding up just a bit to encorporate for assumed raises and inflation) ($88 per month)
$9,500 initial buy in
About $32,000 in total maintenance over 30 years
Total: $41,500 not including food or tickets.
*This would get me about 8 nights in a one bedroom studio every 2 years during the summer (that is when we can travel)
Booking a Deluxe, Courtyard view Room at Rack Rate straight through Disney
$2,900.00 for 7 nights every other summer.
Total for 15 trips (every other summer for 30 years): $43,500.00
So, I would only save $2,000 total by choosing to join DVC?
And that is at rack rate...so, conceivably, I could/would save money booking Disney hotels at whatever promotion they have going on instead of DVC?
The only "flaw" is that you are not comparing apples to apples. You are comparing a single hotel room to a 1BR villa. The 1BR villa will have a full kitchen, washer/dryer, jacuzzi tub and a separate living room. So, yes, you might only "save" $2000, but you are getting a much "nicer" room.