Advice wanted regarding renting/auctioning BW villa (Oct)

[Boardwalk III]

Hi all,

I'd like your opinions please. I just found out that I will not be needing a 2BR villa that I had reserved for 6 nights in October (some friends can't come). It is a guaranteed BW view and I was wondering if it would be better for me financially to try the e-bay route as I have heard of people getting up to $15/pt there for rentals. I would normally just rent the points here on the board but it's such a great reservation I'd rather keep it and rent it out as is. I also think the guaranteed BW view values it at more than $10 per point.

Any thoughts or comments? At 250 points total it certainly makes sense for me to consider all options!

 

[nuthut]

I say give eBay a try. It only costs about $5 to list an item. I have gotten up to $23 a point on eBay.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Or you could cancel your reservation and give another member the opportunity for this reservation. Then just bank your points if you are not going to use them.

 

[Dean]

I haven't rented on ebay except a couple of times several years ago when I had a reservation someone backed out on. I am told that you must become "verified" through Square Trade to rent accomodations now. You might ask nuthut about this as I believe he does rent there. I wouldn't think it's be worth the hassle and expense to do so.

 

[nuthut]

I have not used eBay in over a year because I have not had any extra points. The repeat renters just keep coming back and using all the available points. eBay's square trade deal changes $7.50 a month for the verifcation which is a total rip off...

 

[Boardwalk III]

Thanks for the input- I'll have to give it some thought!

 

[luvindisneyworld]

I say cancel the reservation and let another Member be able to stay.