1BR Villas?

[muppets3d]

That's just not true. There's always SOME price at which demand will fall off and people decide it's just not worth it.

It's not good for the membership at large if DVC prices some rooms so high that people don't want to book them.

 

[Mommb]

Did you price 2 studios? If you're going to use the kitchen, awesome. If not, 2 studios will probably beat a 1BR.

If all you care about is cost (or if you need 4 separate beds or have two groups wanting privacy), then yes, 2 studios may be better than a 1-bedroom.

If you want a kitchen, in-room laundry, seating space away from beds, a guarantee that everyone is together, and a large tub (in many resorts), then a 1-bedroom is better.

The use cases for studios and 1-bedrooms are different enough that cost (either in points or in dollars) is just one factor to consider.

 

[WinterSolider]

If all you care about is cost (or if you need 4 separate beds or have two groups wanting privacy), then yes, 2 studios may be better than a 1-bedroom.

If you want a kitchen, in-room laundry, seating space away from beds, a guarantee that everyone is together, and a large tub (in many resorts), then a 1-bedroom is better.

The use cases for studios and 1-bedrooms are different enough that cost (either in points or in dollars) is just one factor to consider.

I literally said that there was a different use case for 1 bedrooms in my post.

I'm responding to people who have made the claim that they want "more space."

 

[WinterSolider]

It's not good for the membership at large if DVC prices some rooms so high that people don't want to book them.

You seem to be confused about how demand elasticity works.

You're acting like there's only two options, either way too expensive or way too cheap.

There's a huge chasm of pricing possibilities in between "so expensive nobody books them" and "so cheap that they're impossible to book" and DVC has done a very poor job of finding that equilibrium. Not only *should* DVC be doing a better job balancing pricing with seasonal demand, they are *contractually obligated to do so.*

A conspiracy theorist might look at their points charts and conclude that they might actually like have charts that are out of balance because it increases breakage.

 

[Genie+]

Did you price 2 studios? If you're going to use the kitchen, awesome. If not, 2 studios will probably beat a 1BR.

I did actually Previously I had seen where BWV would cost us 20pts to rent 2 studios while 1BR was 25pts. OKW has that as well. The first time I used our VGF to book 2 studios there for 4 people it surprised me that a 1BR would’ve been less points (Nov trip). We still went with 2 studios to have 2 bathrooms. To me that is the weak spot of most DVC 1BRs.

Our upcoming VGF trip is 3 people and we’re actually saving 2pts/nt taking the 1BR over 2 studios (Apr trip). In this case the bath situation is fine and the layout will be more comfortable to spend time together in the room. When we did 2 studios we didn’t bother getting connecting because there’s nowhere to hang out together anyway. The 1BR is nice like that. We’ll have the living room, kitchen dining room.

It would’ve been relatively easy to get 2 VGF studios, that is not the case for VGC. I think it’s only because we were interested in 1BR that we found 7 month availability at VGC. And that is saving 3 or 4pts/nt not doing 2 studios (Sept trip).

The idea of a villa has grown on us though. At first those expensive examples jumped out to me - where 2 studios are a decent amount less points than 1BR. So it surprised us when the rooms and seasons we gravitated toward were actually cheaper when booking 1BR.

 

[IsDVCForMe?]

You seem to be confused about how demand elasticity works.

You're acting like there's only two options, either way too expensive or way too cheap.

There's a huge chasm of pricing possibilities in between "so expensive nobody books them" and "so cheap that they're impossible to book" and DVC has done a very poor job of finding that equilibrium. Not only *should* DVC be doing a better job balancing pricing with seasonal demand, they are *contractually obligated to do so.*

A conspiracy theorist might look at their points charts and conclude that they might actually like have charts that are out of balance because it increases breakage.

If people are still booking value and club level rooms at AKV in 2027 as quickly as they are today, the point chart isn’t leveled out.

For instance, why not make a value studio one less point year round than a resort studio at this point? They will still go because they’re one point cheaper. I don’t get it.

 

[Mirabell Rose]

It's not good for the membership at large if DVC prices some rooms so high that people don't want to book them.

It’s not good for the membership to advertise a level of villas to them when you are selling the product that there is extremely little chance they will be able to book. The value rooms were ‘false bait’ for buyers as were the concierge rooms. It has caused a lot of hard feelings amongst AKV owners. Someone will still book at a very high price and at a very small difference from standard and Savanah views. The key is to match price in points to demand.