Any reasons why not to buy at Hilton Head

[Pennyguy23]

We looking at a piece but got the wrong papers sent to me and can't get new ones until money morning so I figure this would be the chance to ask People that own HH property.
How do you like?
Are the dues the same?
How hard is it to make reservations on different propertey at the 7 month mark?

Any reason why you wouldn't buy there again if you had the chance?

 

[bobbiwoz]

Have you read this thread? I don't own at HH, but others have replied to that thread..

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1272838&page=1&pp=15

Bobbi

 

[dianeschlicht]

Buying at HH and never planning to stay there, but always use it for the 7 month booking at WDW has one big flaw that I can see. That is that with the off and on threat that Disney will sell HH and or Vero because of the maintenance issues with hurricane damage, you could at some time in the future find you are outside of the DVC system. Do I think it's possible that DVD would sell HH? Yes, I think it's possible, but not highly probable at this time. It took a long time for HH and VB to catch on with the DVC crowd, so I think it is probably less likely now than it was prior to the resort selling out. It's just that it would be enough of a threat to prevent me from buying there if I would not be happy with the location, should it no longer be in the Disney system.

 

[JimMIA]

As Dean mentioned in the other thread, if you buy HH with the intention of using it only at WDW, you're really dooming yourself to booking only after the 7-month window opens.

You can certainly get something at 7 months, but you may not be able to get what you want. For example, earlier this week I called to reserve a stay in a BCV studio. I was looking for the second week of May...6 months off, and hardly a prime time. Couldn't get it. I could have gotten a one-bedroom, but no studio. Fortunately, we are flexible on our travel dates, so we were able to move the ressie to a 4/29 arrival.

If you want to travel during heavy booking periods, it's mighty comforting to be able to book a backup ressie at your home resort at WDW and then try to get something else at seven months if you choose. At least you know you won't be shut out...which could happen during certain periods if you only own VB or HH. (Keep in mind that peak Disney times are not necessarily peak DVC times, so you'll hit some unexpected tight periods.)

 

[Dean]

It is the cheapest long term way to get into the system. If you want to stay at HH, esp in summer, or you wont' be at WDW at the top times; I would say it's workable. I just depends on your mentality.

 

[JimMIA]

As another example of what I was talking about,

if you to to this thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1074823

you will find people waitlisted in very early April for early December arrivals -- that's at their home resorts...eight months out.

 

[NCRedding]

We own 155 points at HH, and then added 50 points at BCV.

I bought at HH because at the time they were offering $15 per point discount. I also love HH. It is only 5 hours to HH from my home, as opposed to 9.5 to WDW. I felt as if I every tired of WDW (yeah, right) then I could vacation at HH. I also planned to do HH more in the summer, and WDW in the off season, and I knew it would be difficult to book HH in summer without the 11 month priority. I do worry about hurricane damage, but know that any of the DCV resorts can be subject to damage.

I bought at BCV in part because of this site. I wanted to have points onsite for that 11 month booking. I regret this purchase more than my HH. 50 points just aren't enough for this for me. I wish I had bought more, or none. We have enjoyed our stay at BCV the least of any of our DVC stays. I am thinking of selling this contract (and at this point, could make a profit on the transaction).

We've been members since 2002. I have been able to book an OKW GV in October (exactly 7 months out, and for one night); I booked BVC studio in early December, using HH points at 7 months out. The only things I've tried and couldn't book: a standard view studio at 6.5 months for January; and a one bedroom at OKW in January, when I was trying about 2 months prior.

It works for us, so far. I realize adding SSR and AKV will probably affect my booking abilities, but this is my experience so far.

 

[CarolA]

I had HH points. Sold them as to me it's a subpar DVC resort that I don't want to stay at again.

I kept my BCV and OKW points as I enjoy staying there. I genreally plan two trips during high DVC demand periods (Food & Wine and first two weeks of December) and I like to book those before the 7 month window.

 

[Judique]

We looking at a piece but got the wrong papers sent to me and can't get new ones until money morning so I figure this would be the chance to ask People that own HH property.
How do you like?
Are the dues the same?
How hard is it to make reservations on different propertey at the 7 month mark?

Any reason why you wouldn't buy there again if you had the chance?

We love Hilton Head. But, we just have an addon there. The bulk of our points are at BWV.

The dues are cheaper then some DVC's.

I mostly use the 11 month advantage to book what I want. I waitlist if necessary when booking later and have been pretty successful.

If you are not planning to use a HH package to stay at HH most of the time, it's not a good idea to buy there. Buy what you will use, even if it costs a few more pennies.

 

[mj2vacation]

In my opinion, the dues at the offsite props, HH and Vero Beach will continue to rise by the highest percentage. Vero is already the most expensive to own, although you can buy the points for less.

The majority of your costs will be in the dues, not the purchase price.

 

[salmoneous]

The majority of your costs will be in the dues, not the purchase price.

There's another aspect to this as well. Even if dues at HH remain exactly the same as at the on-property resort, you still have to factor MF's into the equation.

I think people look at the upfront cost and see that HH is, say, 10% cheaper than an on-site resorts. So they are thinking they can either save 10%, or get 10% more point for the same money. But that's the case - once you factor the MF's into account, HH only works out to be 2-3% cheaper. Even if HH is 20% cheaper up-front, that's only 5% cheaper in total.

 

[Pennyguy23]

The dues are like 4.34 right now. I don't really think that is all that high.

 

[dianeschlicht]

The dues are like 4.34 right now. I don't really think that is all that high.

I thought the statements folks were getting for next year put HH up over $5 a point?

 

[InstImpres]

HH did just get hit with a big increase in dues!!!

FYI, I bought HH b/c of the lower dues and it has really not been the case in the long run. Look at these numbers.

The first is the percent increase over 2006 and the second is the percent compound annual growth rate

HH is 14.8% and 5.7%
VWL is 2.5% and 4.5%
BCV is 3.4% and 4.2%
BWV is 3.4% and 2.5%

So if I understand the number (as of today of course) BWV is the "slow and steady" that is coming out to be the best in fees.

 

[Pennyguy23]

Ya I was just told by Disney that the dues will be 4.98 in 2007. I might be wrong