I don't know if we were just lucky or if smaller contracts are not requested as much . . . . I recently considered adding on again 
via DVC because my last add on at VWL (for 25 points) was just soooo easy and fast and perhaps even cheaper (since we only paid one months worth of m/fs, got all of current points, and we were allowed to bank the points well past the deadline because it was an add-on via DVC). But I was not convinced this is the right time to do it with so many maintenance fees bills coming this next month and we're about to remodel our house. Also, we started with 160 BCV points this spring and we now have 365 points at three different resorts; we really do have enough for our use right now.
Anyway, I recalled reading here about the ultra long waiting list for BCV add ons, so I figured I'd get myself on the list now and I would be prepared to pay for the add on next year. I called my guide who said the current average waiting time for BCV contracts is one year. Wow, I thought. And since I only want the same use year as my current BCV contract, I figured my wait would be longer. So I went ahead and added myself to the waitlist for a 25 points contract with April use year. My guide called me back THE NEXT DAY with an available contract!!!! He said he was shocked as well, and he wondered if it might be because fewer people are requesting the small 25 points contracts?? I ended up letting the contract go because I was just not mentally prepared to pay for it right now
-- I had thought I had roughly a year before I'd have to commit! So those of you waiting for a BCV add on via DVC, perhaps you ought to consider adding on multiple times via a smaller contract until you reach your minimum; your cost would be the same since there are no closing fees. Of course my guide could be completely off the mark and we were just super lucky at having requested a points size and use year that nobody else wants.
via DVC because my last add on at VWL (for 25 points) was just soooo easy and fast and perhaps even cheaper (since we only paid one months worth of m/fs, got all of current points, and we were allowed to bank the points well past the deadline because it was an add-on via DVC). But I was not convinced this is the right time to do it with so many maintenance fees bills coming this next month and we're about to remodel our house. Also, we started with 160 BCV points this spring and we now have 365 points at three different resorts; we really do have enough for our use right now. Anyway, I recalled reading here about the ultra long waiting list for BCV add ons, so I figured I'd get myself on the list now and I would be prepared to pay for the add on next year. I called my guide who said the current average waiting time for BCV contracts is one year. Wow, I thought. And since I only want the same use year as my current BCV contract, I figured my wait would be longer. So I went ahead and added myself to the waitlist for a 25 points contract with April use year. My guide called me back THE NEXT DAY with an available contract!!!! He said he was shocked as well, and he wondered if it might be because fewer people are requesting the small 25 points contracts?? I ended up letting the contract go because I was just not mentally prepared to pay for it right now
-- I had thought I had roughly a year before I'd have to commit! So those of you waiting for a BCV add on via DVC, perhaps you ought to consider adding on multiple times via a smaller contract until you reach your minimum; your cost would be the same since there are no closing fees. Of course my guide could be completely off the mark and we were just super lucky at having requested a points size and use year that nobody else wants.
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