Okay, you didn't mention what size villa you'll be renting the points for but the biggest thing I can think of for you to know ahead of time is that when you rent points for a stay you will be subject to the
DVC housekeeping schedule. DVC members do not get daily housekeeping. We get Trash-n-towel service on day 4 of a stay that is less than 8 nights. If your stay will be 8 nights or more, you'll get a full cleaning on day 4 and then T-n-T on day 8 and the cycle will repeat every 4 days that you are there for.
Trash-n-Towel means that they come and empty the trash cans,replenish towels with clean ones and replenish supplies like coffee,creamer, (laundry detergent ~ if in a 1bdrm or larger).
Full cleaning means you'll get the bed linens changed out and beds made,bathrooms and entire villa cleaned vacumed,towels all replenished with clean ones, the works basically.
Now the up side to not having daily housekeeping is that you won't have the maids banging on the door every morning to get in to clean and being in your villa while you're not there. Making the bed is really no big deal when you consider that you're saving usually a dramatic amount of $$ by renting points rather than booking directly through Disney. So it really is totally worth it. As for the clean towels issue....if you will be in a studio size villa you have access to the washers and dryers in the DVC resorts FREE OF CHARGE you'll just need to bring or buy some detergent (Tide tablets travel well or you can purchase single load boxes of Tide in the resort gift shop for $1 each). If you'll be in a 1bdrm or larger villa, you will have a washer and dryer right in your villa. It's very easy to just throw in a load of towels before leaving for the parks in the morning and just throw them in the dryer when you return. Same goes for if you'll be staying in a studio (at OKW...you can just throw them in while taking a swim at any of the pools as the w/d's are by each pool.)
Anyway...beyond the housekeeping issue there isn't anything too pressing I can think of at the moment that people tend to be caught off guard about if they don't know ahead of time but...the last thing I'll leave you with is that if you REALLY WANT the daily housekeeping, you can get it...but you have to pay extra for it. I think the current charge is $25 per day for a studio,$30 for a 1bdrm ....and it goes up from there depending on villa size. You can also pay extra just for a day here and there if you want to but to me it's not worth it since you can do it yourself for alot less$$.
Have a wonderful trip!
It worked out great for both of us, I think! I can't wait to go!!!
