I just priced out my stay for May. We have a two bedroom lake view villa because there will be 4 adults and 2 children. It cost us 465 points. Let’s say our points were as high as $13/point including current maintenance fees (they weren’t). That is $6,045. I priced out a 2 bedroom suite in an outer building with the current 30% discount (if we didn’t have DVC then we wouldn’t have annual passes). That came to $15,520.88 for just the two bedroom suite, no tickets.
When I switched to a single garden view room with the same discount, it came to $4,154.08 for just the room but I need two rooms because I have 6 people so my cost would be $8,308.16 for just the room.
So, just for this stay, I’ve already saved over $2,000 from having DVC instead of two separate rooms and over $9,000 when compared to booking a two bedroom suite.
For us, DVC works out much better for every single trip when compared to paying cash.