Best value vs. my enjoyment of DVC

[goofyfamily41]

O.K. DVC timeshare enthusiasts, say you have $15,000 to lay down on a timeshare. Would you add on to your DVC or look for a best value somewhere else in the timeshare industry...and what would that be? I love Disney and DVC but I also want to get the best value for my money.

goofyfamily41

 

[rocketriter]

If I wanted to stay even more days per year at a DVC resort, that's what I'd buy. If I wanted to trade out with the new points, I'd buy another timeshare to use for that purpose (and I'd buy it on the resale market).

 

[cobbler]

Me personally I would buy more points into DVC.

 

[Daitcher]

O.K. DVC timeshare enthusiasts, say you have $15,000 to lay down on a timeshare. Would you add on to your DVC or look for a best value somewhere else in the timeshare industry...and what would that be? I love Disney and DVC but I also want to get the best value for my money.

goofyfamily41

I'd consider a Marriott timeshare in a great beachfront location like Hawaii or Aruba. This would give you access to Marriott properties as these have high trading power.


DAVE

 

[DrTomorrow]

You've already made the big decision - that spending $15,000 on a timeshare is the best use of your money.

The rest is simple: do you want more Disney, or don't you? Answer that and you've answered your original question.

Be well!

 

[mbb]

www.tug2.net

LOTS of great info..

HTH!

 

[Dean]

I agree with TUG and spending 6 months getting educated and working through the options. The first question is whether buying any timeshare makes sense. If it does, what's best for you is totally dependent on you situation, what you like, where you are, how well you can plan, the list goes on.

I can tell you what I did and why and how I've changed over the past 7-8 years. My first timeshare was DVC, resale, OKW with free tickets in 1994. A couple of years later I decided I wanted to try other places to I looked around. I wanted a Marriott but for trading. I ended up buying a non Marriott Aruba week very cheaply then later a shoulder season Marriott at Harbour Pointe, HH. I've used them exclusively for exchanging having never been to Aruba and only staying at HP one but in a much better week and unit that I owned. Since then I've gone to a more buy what I use approach buying Marriott's Grande Ocean and Surfwatch, selling the HP week and buying a MX resort. I still own Aruba week but not the one I bought in the 90's. And it's likely I will convert my Aruba weeks to Bluegreen points in the next month or so. I've since bought and sold a number of resorts and week moving up the ladder.

My current holdings are 3 summer top Marriott weeks which I generally use every other year and rent off yeas. A MX resort that work on points which I also use sometimes and trade or rent off years. The aruba weeks which I plan to convert to BG points and can use the points to pay the yearly fees giving me about 2 weeks a year totally free. Two DVC contracts (BWV and OKW) but have since owned and sold two other OKW contracts.

The problem with your scenario is that most weeks that cost $15K aren't worth it. And the ones that are worth it are frequently actually more expensive. And like DVC, it does not make sense to own a BMW and trade for a Chevrolet. Thus you're back to how YOU will use it, when you can go, how far in advance you can plan and where you like to go.

 

[doubletrouble_vb]

I personally would probably split the money between a small DVC add-on and then look for a timeshare that would trade well into ski country. That's assuming that I'm forced to use the $15,000 for timeshares only.

You have to look at what you like to spend your time doing and then figure out what would be the best method to achieve that objective. For me a timeshare has to be an enabler for me to do/see one of the following, disney, snowsports, watching (these days) beach volleyball, watching tennis, and going to the beach.

 

[Cruelladeville]

If I had $15,000 I would probably use it to buy a resale Marriott week for trading, and a smaller resale at DVC to rent the points out. I like DVC and I like Marriott, and I take turns using both for my vacations, and use the left overs each year to pay dues and put money in the bank. This year I am using my Marriott's and renting out 700 of my points, but next year I will do the opposite. I like having options.