A hypothetical situation

[melissa70]

The dues eat you alive with no real home resort advantage for 1 bedrooms.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, look at the thread that shows the most economical to own OVER TIME.

But what if Disney makes more restrictions if hou bought resale you can only stay at home resort? Is that possible? If so , AKL is a place I could visit every year

 

[Sandisw]

But what if Disney makes more restrictions if hou bought resale you can only stay at home resort? Is that possible? If so , AKL is a place I could visit every year

This can happen but only under certain circumstances that are spelled out in the contracts.

But, that situation would apply to all points at the resort and not just resale because that resort would no longer be part of BVTC.

But, they could certainly decide to increase a home resort period for popular resorts which means you can’t trade into them as a non owner as soon…

Sounds to me like you feel AKV meets your needs and I certainly wouldn’t buy something else just because on paper it might be a slightly better financial deal.

 

[Wedgeout]

Initial purchase is a known dollar amount. Most likely already in some slush fund. The dues are the unknown factor. At first, you must know you can budget yearly, at least $10 per point. Soon it will be a budget of $15 a point yearly. (If it comes in less per year..great.. but you must expect the unexpected and have a cost of living budget to handle it, already prepared.

You are a unique member, only wanting one bedrooms every time. Therefore, get those resale points locked in. Whatever the amount….160, 200, 250, 300, or 1000 points! Make the decision that works best for you. Pick the resort that works best for you.

Stay away from direct at first. I feel you know this and understand it’s not the correct path for you here. Perhaps direct will become right for you in the future, but today it’s not.

 

[PolyRob]

@melissa70 I would personally step back for a minute and consider what you're truly looking to buy.

You rescinded BRV. You then stated you wanted a small SAP contract, most likely SSR since it's the cheapest so you could try every one-bedroom. Now you're looking at 300 AKV because there is "no time to mess around."

200 AKV points would get you a full week in a one-bedroom during early December in a resort view one-bedroom. 300 points is a good ~70 points higher than Savanna view and puts you in Club territory.

DVC isn't going anywhere. You need to ultimately decide if you want a true "value" like buying the cheapest SSR contract loaded with points and low dues while rolling the dice under 7-months OR paying a premium for a resort you will be ok staying at if you can't pick something else up under 7-months. You've come around to AKV, but if BRV is still your favorite resort it would make sense to buy that instead.

 

[AstroBlasters]

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But what if Disney makes more restrictions if hou bought resale you can only stay at home resort? Is that possible? If so , AKL is a place I could visit every year

The lawsuits that would happen….

 

[AstroBlasters]

Initial purchase is a known dollar amount. Most likely already in some slush fund. The dues are the unknown factor. At first, you must know you can budget yearly, at least $10 per point. Soon it will be a budget of $15 a point yearly. (If it comes in less per year..great.. but you must expect the unexpected and have a cost of living budget to handle it, already prepared.

You are a unique member, only wanting one bedrooms every time. Therefore, get those resale points locked in. Whatever the amount….160, 200, 250, 300, or 1000 points! Make the decision that works best for you. Pick the resort that works best for you.

Stay away from direct at first. I feel you know this and understand it’s not the correct path for you here. Perhaps direct will become right for you in the future, but today it’s not.

I could have made a case for an OCT UY direct if they could have gotten 2024 points banked into 2025 with no dues… too late now….

Also, IMO…I believe what you are describing is known as hyperbolic discounting of future cash flows.

 

[Girlstar30]

I’m glad you said this about the dvc agents because talking with a few of them now I’ve noticed exactly that. No f’s given!!

What do y’all think about the animal Kingdom?

Yes unfortunately it seems like a numbers game, i can see why, since most people probably use board sponsor and Fidelity they're probably swamped

 

[Girlstar30]

One of the first questions I asked a broker was, who do you represent? They represent neither buyer nor seller - they are merely a transaction facilitator. They make money if a sale occurs and more money if the price/point is higher. You haven't probably gotten this far yet, but some brokers will let you pick the title company to use because the title company is actually the entity that does most of the work to close the purchase and sale. And, I think it's fair to say that not all are created equal, both in price and service. I think two of the better regarded ones by folks on these boards are dvcclosings.com and masontiitle.com.

AKV - well, you're a 1 BR preferred view person, which at AKV means safari view (which I personally think is great). You need home resort priority during the holidays (sort of like almost every DVC resort more or less), and you need home resort priority for their value and club level 1 BR villas. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can't guarantee a view with those and they can be incredibly difficult to book, even if you're ready to go at 8 am 11 months from your desired reservation date - people probably "walk" them. The club/value room inventory is very low and they are a quite unique category of rooms. For all other 1 BR villas (really, regardless of view), you'd be better off economically with SSR points and using them to book AKV when you want to stay there. They're pretty easy to book at 7 months.

I loved Mason Title both times we used them. I am not a Magic Vacation Title Fan.

Akv 1 bedroom club level is pretty easy to get for owners during non peak season there is a lot of availability. I havent stayed in Club level or value yet

Im not a person that wants the value rooms, I think theyre the best option for people that dont have a lot of points.

Club level is appealing, its really cool they have these different options, its another reason our membership there is worth it. We like to have a lot of options since we're keeping this thing for years.

Aside from that we truly love the resort. We stayed this year and were staying again next year when there's other SAP options available so that tells me we made the right choice. We also are very excited to bring family here to see the animals from the balcony and it has one of my favorite pools. The food is phenomenal. The cast members are some of the best and the resort is beautiful. Doesn't get much better than that in my book.

The grand villa has a pool table, I believe its the only one. The resort for us has the same fun vibe we felt at bwv. If you love a resort, you wont regret owning there

Im sure the refurb will be beautiful. If you like the resort go for it, there's nothing else like it.

 

[Girlstar30]

I don't mean to take you in another direction lol, but if I had to wait even longer with all of these holiday delays I would have gone insane and you seem a little driven by your emotions like me

If you like Poly, and it seems like you have the cash, I say go poly direct. Then you can book 320 points worth of stays immediately and add on resale to it stress free right after. Book your welcome home stay, they may even be able to get you something wonderful for this holiday season, what a great way to start maybe BRV for the holidays! That ain't gunna happen with resale now, with direct youll have a chance at something good

Absolutely gorgeous rooms, one of the best views of fireworks, on the monorail line and the last chance to own direct without restrictions. Now is the time to buy direct imo. The incentives suck but I dont see the need for them to make them better. The resorts are selling better than ever and January was the time last year that the price went up even higher.

 

[Girlstar30]

Since you love AKV I think its a better choice than brv, sorry im catching up with the thread

In February I paid $95 a point and I was happy with that, I would make offers at $92 and try to get to $95 although I heard the price went up, you never know