Buying DVC: AKL or BLT

[eticketplease]

Can standard view at BLT be booked easily even at 11 months? When we owned at BWV, we always had to book garden/pool for a 2 bdrm event at 11mos. I'm worried about running into that problem again as difference in points between lake view and standd is pretty significant.

Well it’s certainly easier than BWV as there are lock-off and dedicated 2 bedroom units. Obviously July 4th and around MNSSHP and the Christmas party are harder but not impossible. If you can’t get in do as @intamin suggested and use them at AKL-K so you are still getting 3 bathrooms and about the same price.

Remember that extra expense on the BLT contracts comes with 3 years of extra vacations over buying AKL.

 

[intamin]

Can standard view at BLT be booked easily even at 11 months? When we owned at BWV, we always had to book garden/pool for a 2 bdrm event at 11mos. I'm worried about running into that problem again as difference in points between lake view and standd is pretty significant.

Have you looked at the charts? The difference between lake view and standard is not that different, there's a big jump to theme park view but I think most of the time the jump from resort to lake view is closer to 10% which isn't that bad.

It's part of what made me okay with booking BLT at 7 months actually was the availability and relatively low cost of preferred view

 

[Genie+]

Cost wise BLT is more upfront but with dues factored in, a slightly better costs savings for the life of the contract. Kids are young now (10, 8, 3, 3) but we enjoy all the parks.

I’d also think about it from this angle:

Buying BLT is likely to bring your average point cost per night down because owning means you’re likely to get standard view more often than trading in from AKV. And even if it’s just 5 or 10% lower point cost per night over the years, that’s going to push the ‘slightly better cost savings’ even further.

 

[Genie+]

Have you looked at the charts? The difference between lake view and standard is not that different, there's a big jump to theme park view but I think most of the time the jump from resort to lake view is closer to 10% which isn't that bad.

It's part of what made me okay with booking BLT at 7 months actually was the availability and relatively low cost of preferred view

This is true. BLT’s point jump up from standard is not bad at all. Especially compared to most every where else.

But I think it does help push the savings a bit deeper if BLT is already working out to be most cost effective otherwise.

 

[Cfabar1]

Keep in mind AKV standard views are frequently available at 7 months...

I rather like BLT preferred view and AKV savannah view...

other than that, I'm pretty much a "cheapest view" kind of guy...