Beach club villas

[p0pp1es]

We are interested in staying at the Beach Club Villas for 6 nights starting September 13, 2004 and want a 2 bedroom villa. We understand you can rent points. Has anyone done this? How can we protect ourselves so that we can be sure our reservation is intact when we get there and the owner has not taken our funds and then resold the point to someone else? I read someplace about an escrow account. How does that work? Does AP discounts ever come available for the villas? We really want to stay here as we have five adults but are not thrilled about the $3600 price tag for 6 nights. Help!

 

[BCV23]

There is a forum right here on the DIS that explains all you ever wanted to know about renting a Disney Vacation Club villa. Although we do own at BCV we've never rented our points nor rented from others but it sounds pretty slick.

I've noticed AP rates for studios and perhaps the larger villas are offered at AP rates too? Hopefully someone else can help you there. But do check out the DVC forums.

 

[niks81]

Yep, head over the Disney Vacation Club forum to read more about it. And then you can post on the Rent/Trade board if you want to end up renting points.

Renting points is easy and it usually goes very smoothly. You should read the FAQ's over there to help you understand more about it. If you have other questions you can PM me as I have rented a ton.

One thing to consider: The way that it sits right now, you would need 240 points for a 2BR at BCV. Avg price per point is 10-12 bucks, so at the minimum it would be $2400. You could save a lot of money if you'd knock one of those weekend nights out--weekend nights are double points. If you stayed Sun-Sat it would only be 210 points.

Good luck.