Best Home Resort

[Mbm1014]

Any advice on which Home Resort is the best Bang for Your Buck?? Thanks SO much!

 

[suebeelin]

Any advice on which Home Resort is the best Bang for Your Buck?? Thanks SO much!

I would say SSR. Lowest price, lowest maintenance fees, longer life span.

Personally, I like being sure that I can walk to a resort, so the best bang for me was bwv and BLT. However, every situation is unique . Good luck!

 

[OutNChiTown]

I would agree that SSR has the best negotiating power right now. Since there's so much inventory, you're capable of working with a seller a lot more to get what you want. If the seller isn't willing to get where you want to be, then say no and find another seller.

With that said, AKL does have a longer contract. But, the maintenance fees are a full dollar per point more expensive. For me, it's not worth it over the span of the contract.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

If you're out for cheapest cost per point and dues, SSR. However, if you want to mostly stay at Boardwalk Villas in October, SSR is a terrible choice.

You need to understand where you want to stay, the size of the villa you want to book, and the booking seasons to make a balanced decision. If you want a studio at VGF most of the year, SSR points aren't going to consistently get you that villa.

 

[crisi]

It depends on what you consider bang.

 

[Mbm1014]

What about for 'resale' value if we only keep it for 10-15 years until daughter graduated high school, etc?? does that matter which resort than??

 

[_auroraborealis_]

What about for 'resale' value if we only keep it for 10-15 years until daughter graduated high school, etc?? does that matter which resort than??

To be honest it's hard to predict. One would guess that the 2042 resorts, especially Old Key West with the two expiration dates, would be declining in value at that point, but it could surprise us all. Or the zombie apocalypse may have started, and no one will be buying timeshares at all.

 

[BillPA]

Buy where you will not mind staying. If you would just hate to stay at say, Saratoga, then don't buy there. You may not be able to switch at the 7 month point. So don't just look at the lowest cost, look where you would be happy to stay, if more than one location fits that then look for the best price. In the long haul dues will be your largest expense, not the buy in cost.

 

[lovin'fl]

SSR is a good bang for your buck. Cheaper buy in and longer contract life with decent annual dues. If you don't mind contract expiration being sooner, OKW is a similar bang for your buck and owning at OKW gets you 11 month booking priority for HH section and cheap 3BR grand villas (can't get a GV for so few points at the other resorts). Tough to book those GVs unless you own there, same with booking in the HH category. But now SSR has booking categories too...not sure which will be toughest to book but it might be nice to own there to get the category you prefer.

We also went with HHI as that is a really low buy in (we got for $50pp a while ago). They have a shorter contract life too AND they have really high annual dues. But it will take like 12 years or so for those high annual dues to eat up the buy in savings. If you might only own for a few years, then HHI might be good. Or, like us, we figured we take the savings when we bought the HHI over the long term savings of a lover annual dues resort as we figured we'd be more financially sound later down the line. And we like to use our HHI points to stay at HHI in the warmer months which are tough to book at 7 months out. Vero Beach is similar but even higher in annual dues so the savings get eaten up more quickly.

 

[disneynutz]

You may feel that least expensive is the way to go but later when you end up adding on your favorite resort, you might think differently.

Bill

 

[Mbm1014]

Buy where you will not mind staying. If you would just hate to stay at say, Saratoga, then don't buy there. You may not be able to switch at the 7 month point. So don't just look at the lowest cost, look where you would be happy to stay, if more than one location fits that then look for the best price. In the long haul dues will be your largest expense, not the buy in cost.

Thanks so much, Bill! That makes a lot of sense!!

 

[Mbm1014]

You may feel that least expensive is the way to go but later when you end up adding on your favorite resort, you might think differently.

Bill

I totally get it!! Did that happen to you??

 

[Mbm1014]

SSR is a good bang for your buck. Cheaper buy in and longer contract life with decent annual dues. If you don't mind contract expiration being sooner, OKW is a similar bang for your buck and owning at OKW gets you 11 month booking priority for HH section and cheap 3BR grand villas (can't get a GV for so few points at the other resorts). Tough to book those GVs unless you own there, same with booking in the HH category. But now SSR has booking categories too...not sure which will be toughest to book but it might be nice to own there to get the category you prefer.

We also went with HHI as that is a really low buy in (we got for $50pp a while ago). They have a shorter contract life too AND they have really high annual dues. But it will take like 12 years or so for those high annual dues to eat up the buy in savings. If you might only own for a few years, then HHI might be good. Or, like us, we figured we take the savings when we bought the HHI over the long term savings of a lover annual dues resort as we figured we'd be more financially sound later down the line. And we like to use our HHI points to stay at HHI in the warmer months which are tough to book at 7 months out. Vero Beach is similar but even higher in annual dues so the savings get eaten up more quickly.

Do you mind if I ask, how many points you own at each resort, and if you use all your points, or rent them out? We are also trying to figure out how many points to buy and if we want them all at the same resort or different? so any advice would be really appreciated! Thanks again!

 

[Dean]

Any advice on which Home Resort is the best Bang for Your Buck?? Thanks SO much!

The best dollar value to use across DVC will be SSR followed by BLT. If and only if one actually knows they want a given option almost all the time like BWV standard or AKV value will those options give enough value to drive the decision. IMO better to buy low and learn the system. If one figures out later they must have a given resort then they can buy there.

 

[Minniesgal]

For my VGC has the most bang for buck as it has retained its value the best. After that BLT.