BLT and VGF combo

[jcf]

Anyone do points at both? How did you divide points?

 

[Lorana]

I don't own there, but I do own at multiple resorts. The questions I'd ask yourself is:

1. Do you plan on doing a split stay each time? If so, for how long at each resort and in what room category? What time of year? Purchase a number of points - plus a small cushion to protect in case of point reallocations - each to the amount needed each year at the resort

2. Do you plan on switching between resorts (one year VGF, one year BLT)? If so, again, what category, what length, and what time of year? Use the point charts to determine # of points needed, though in this case buy half the amount. You can bank or borrow. For example, first year is VGF, you use current UY points + borrow for your stay. Bank your BLT points. Next year, stay at BLT on the banked and current UY points. Repeat.

We ended up buying points to allow us to do at least a week in our resorts, with the exception of HHI and VGC which are for long weekends. We figure we can bank to upgrade accommodations if we don't go to a given resort (so going from Studio to 1BR, or 1BR to 2BR), and worst case rent out points to cover dues if we decide not to use them at all.

 

[Sandisw]

Just want to add that we don’t know when the 50% borrow rule will end so if buying soon, keep that in mind if you want to do every other year,

We own BLT, RIV, and SSR. I thought about buying VGF again too as it is my favorite resort, but decided I wanted an Epcot area and MK area as we tend to do split stays.

RIV mostly for Food and Wine and BLT for December.

 

[justme0729]

Love BLT and GF! Make sure that you are ok with doing a split stay though if you don't have enough points at each to do a week or however long you want to stay.

 

[RoseGold]

BLT's not my jam, but I do have multiple resorts and use years. This does require some planning and maybe some flexibility.

I like split stays, so there's always that. But you can also use them as independent stays, like using one contract one year/season (borrow/bank) and the next for the next year/season. Of course, I'm assuming non-Covid borrowing rules. Current rules make this even harder to juggle.

 

[Marionnette]

Anyone do points at both? How did you divide points?

I own at 3 resorts: AKV, BWV and VGF. I have the fewest number of points at AKV because it’s rare for me to spend more than 3 or 4 nights there. I have the most at VGF because it has the highest points chart. And then BWV is in the middle because while I love it, I don’t need as many points there in order to be able to book the same amount of nights as I book at VGF.

 

[jcf]

VGF is $255...stay with BLT

 

[kboo]

We own resale points at both. We own about 50% more points at VGF because we plan to mostly use VGF for stays during Xmas (and sometimes Easter). BLT is more for larger groups (1br/2br) if we bring family, and also for sleeping around. We do like having both. VGF points have never (yet) been used for sleeping around.