Best Economical Resort

[Chili327]

LOL you guys are working me today. Here is what happen when I plug in the Fidelityrealestate.com numbers and sort by 5% discount rate. I've included the rankings for various other discount rates. The order for simple math is identical between the DVCRM prices and the Fidelity prices, but obviously the total costs are different. These don't factor in non-dues closing costs either, and Fidelity has an extra closing cost vs DVCRM that works out to $1-$2/point for most contracts.

Fidelity wasn't lower on every single resort!


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Great info!!

Nice to see 3 of my faves in the top 5, but also not so great to see 2 that I own in the bottom 5. lol

 

[Disney_escape]

That's a great overwiew and in my opinion a more accurate comparison of value than just comparing the cost per point per year. Factoring in points charts is essential given the high differences between points cost per night for different resorts.

Slightly disagree, here is how we look at it.
Since the lower point resorts like SSR and OKW are easier to get, it seems better to have one of the top 4 listed (excluding restricted RIV) listed for price and then use them at the lower point resorts if cost per vacation is your goal. This way you have more flexibility with your 11/7 window.

 

[intamin]

Slightly disagree, here is how we look at it.
Since the lower point resorts like SSR and OKW are easier to get, it seems better to have one of the top 4 listed (excluding restricted RIV) listed for price and then use them at the lower point resorts if cost per vacation is your goal. This way you have more flexibility with your 11/7 window.

Agreed. The point chart only matters IF you can't get in there without owning there. The point charts at SSR, OKW, AKV point charts are largely available to everyone because most of the time you can book these resorts at 7 months so the only thing that matters for them is their cost per point.

Now you compare this to like Boardwalk standard where you aren't staying there for a meaningful amount of time without owning there and yeah THEN you can factor in the point charts.