booking luxury resorts

[Nathan]

i am looking into buying DVC resale for boardwalk villas. I want to know how easy/difficult to book other luxury resorts like grand Floridian, if ou have enough points/ How far ahead can you book? Do they have blockout periods?

 

[anniet]

Hi Nathan-

There are no "blockout" periods for luxury resorts. I'm not sure how far in advance you can book them, but I would say it is a year, since the points for luxury resorts change every year.

Also using points for luxury resorts like the Grand Floridian or The Poly will cost you more than twice the number of points than if you stayed at a DVC resort. Also DVC points do not change from year to year where Disney Resorts points keep increasing

In other words, buying DVC to stay at Disney's Deluxe Resorts is not the best idea. If you buy DVC you should want to stay MOST of the time at DVC and occasionally at Deluxe resorts, unless you are purchasing a VERY LARGE number of points. Personally I wouldn't use my points that way unless I owned more than 800 points.

 

[spiceycat]

some other members brought to stay every other time at a WDW resorts - then they started to stay at the DVC resorts

there is no way a hotel room can compete with a 1-bedroom -

go rent points from a DVC member and stay one night in a 1-bedroom at VWL - then see how you feel about the GF

now for occassionally trips - it is fun for a change - but kept in mind staying in one of the deluxe resorts is enough to stay in a 2-bedroom - sometimes almost a 3-bedroom.

 

[RobDoc]

You can reserve non-DVC options- rooms at other WDW resorts, Cruise, Concierge Collection, etc.- 11 months in advance.

Using DVC points at non-DVC resorts is one of the options available to DVC members. You'll have to do the math to decide if that's the best use of your points in your situation but, in general, you will get a better value using DVC points at DVC resorts- at least while you are at WDW.


Enjoy!