Another way to "Create" points when the resort is first opened is to have a category of "Super Villas" that initially are set to require an excessive number of points. Many buyers do not plan on ever staying in those Super Villas, so they do not even look at the point cost for those Villas. They only look at the cost per point and the number of points required for the Regular Villas they plan to stay in. However, after the resort is sold out, the point requirement for the Super Villas could be lowered and the points for the Regular Villas, the ones that drove the sales for many buyers, could be increased.
Yes but.
I think DVC was being a tad sneaky here, but also smart.
Many people believe there will be plenty of availability at PVB at 7 months because there are so many studios. - 360.
I don't share that view. Most, by far, of the points being sold are not in totals that will allow booking the bungalows. Yet, bungalows are 25% of total points.
The people using home resort advantage at Poly are going to be booking studios. They might try a day or two in bungalows, but that's it.
Those booking out (other DVC resorts, cruises, etc) are going to create vacancies that will be absorbed into the bungalow points.
For other DVC members, that means what will be available at 7 mos will be bungalows. So, after Poly sells out, the entire DVC collective will be able to sample a night or two in the bungalows, but the studios are going to be full of home owners.
Same for DVC. When they get points to sell (from cruises, concierge, breakage), it will be bungalows. And that's a great profit margin for them. It's a great deal for DVC: routine access to CRO bookings in bungalows with members paying for upkeep. I don't think the goal of bungalows was to inflate points for sale. I think the goal was routine access to high end CRO bookings with upkeep paid by someone else - for 50 yrs. Bazinga!
I'm not so sure DVC will reallocate bungalows. I think they intended the price to play to be quite high. I think they're going to be just fine with that.
I think there's a very good chance that they will reallocate first floor lake views and parking lot views.