2 better than 1 ?

[bibbidi_bobbidi_boo]

We are thinking of doing 2 50 pt contract at 2 different resorts same use year. We only stay 2-3 days at a time. Maybe twice a year. What are your thoughts? Or should we just do a 75 pt and maybe add on 25 later if needed?

 

[disneynutz]

I would buy enough points for half of the stay at your favorite resorts and bank your points. One year stay at resort 1, the next year stay at resort 2.

Bill

 

[magicaldisney]

Smaller contracts are harder to get. It might take some time to get the same UY. It also might take some time to find a 25 point contract to add on to the 75 points. As for what to buy, do you want the option of reserving at 11 months out for specific resorts, then you would want the 50/50.

 

[Dean]

We are thinking of doing 2 50 pt contract at 2 different resorts same use year. We only stay 2-3 days at a time. Maybe twice a year. What are your thoughts? Or should we just do a 75 pt and maybe add on 25 later if needed?

Unless you're looking at VGF, VGC or Poly retail, I'd just do one total for this number if your set on buying. The first question is whether you should buy at all and without knowing all of your info and situation, my guess is it's not worth buying for what you've described so far. Just rent privately or pay cash to Disney. The total savings is unlikely to be worthwhile for this situation.

 

[DisneyGirlFlorida]

It depends. While Dean mentioned 2-3 days twice a year may not be worthwhile, I respectfully disagree. 2-3 days twice a year is equivalent to a 1 week vacation (approx). If you up it to 2-3 days 3x a year, now you're closer to hitting a worthwhile situation with DVC. Buying 2 different contracts with small points WILL give you flexibility in booking two different resorts at 12 months out. However, note that you can ONLY book your home resort at 12 months for those available points. For example, if you have AKV 50 points and BLT 50 points, and you want to book 12 months at AKV, you can only book up to 50 points. You can't use the BLT points until the 7 month mark. Since you're only staying 2-3 days, that shouldn't be an issue.

Have you looked at the point charts to determine if 2 50 point contracts will be sufficient for your stays at the resorts you want? Do you have two resorts that are your favorites? Why are you considering 2 different contracts? (Not being judgmental, just trying to help you think). If it's a financial issue, that's one thing, but if it's preference, that's another. One thing I learned from my purchasing experience so far is not to compromise finances and rush to buy "anything" or "the cheapest" just to get in the door. Doing so is likely to lead to buyer's remorse down the line.

 

[Dean]

It depends. While Dean mentioned 2-3 days twice a year may not be worthwhile, I respectfully disagree. 2-3 days twice a year is equivalent to a 1 week vacation (approx). If you up it to 2-3 days 3x a year, now you're closer to hitting a worthwhile situation with DVC. Buying 2 different contracts with small points WILL give you flexibility in booking two different resorts at 12 months out. However, note that you can ONLY book your home resort at 12 months for those available points. For example, if you have AKV 50 points and BLT 50 points, and you want to book 12 months at AKV, you can only book up to 50 points. You can't use the BLT points until the 7 month mark. Since you're only staying 2-3 days, that shouldn't be an issue.

Have you looked at the point charts to determine if 2 50 point contracts will be sufficient for your stays at the resorts you want? Do you have two resorts that are your favorites? Why are you considering 2 different contracts? (Not being judgmental, just trying to help you think). If it's a financial issue, that's one thing, but if it's preference, that's another. One thing I learned from my purchasing experience so far is not to compromise finances and rush to buy "anything" or "the cheapest" just to get in the door. Doing so is likely to lead to buyer's remorse down the line.

No doubt DVC can be a savings for 4-6 nights a year. My reasons for saying DVC might not be a good choice in this situation goes far beyond the math of 2 short stays per year but does include it. In this situation we're talking an up front of anywhere from $9000 to $17000 depending on home resort and resale vs retail and yearly dues of roughly $600. One can basically always get a discount for Disney of at least 10% and often 30-35% at slower times. 20% is a good average reference point for many. Plus one can always rent and control home resort far better than owning for all but a VERY small % of people who own a lot of points at most all resorts. So the real savings for a studio for 5-6 nights a yr for 100 pts is more in the $200-300 range compared to renting and maybe $500 a yr compared to cash with discount (round numbers). More specifically I don't get the impression the OP has sufficient information to make a good decision and that their trips may be more short notice making DVC difficult to manage successfully. But I think we can all admit we have limited info for the OP's situation and current knowledge based but that's really all we have to go on at present and what I based my caution of buying on.