Can my sis actually do this???

[sajetto]

Okay, first of all I'm the biggest dope ever for even mentioning that my sister can rent points for my wedding I sent her the links to the dvc website so that she could figure out if she wanted a 1 or 2 bedroom for herself, husband, and 2 kids.

Well....She wants a grand villa at boardwalk for just 4 people! Can you get one with so few guests? I don't have that many points and I'm not throwing away the ones I have to put her in there.

Serves me right for telling her about renting at $10 per point. They are extremely wealthy people and have to have the best of the best. When she calculated the cost of staying in a grand villa on points she got all excited and said "Oh we'll cancel our reservation at the Walt Disney Suite! I'm not paying for that when I can get something bigger for less."

So, yeah....can she do that with so few people and is it even possible a GV would still be available in January right after the marathon?

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

She can do it by herself if she wants. I suppose this way she and her husband will have their own bedroom/bath as will each of the kids. She will have lots of room, that's for sure.

HBC

 

[sajetto]

It just seems bizarre to me the kids are less than 1 and 4!

 

[CarolMN]

Wouldn't it be nice to have all that room (living room, dining and kitchen) to have a party? Maybe she is planning on throwing a special little get-together for you and your soon to be DH, LOL! Wouldn't you like to open gifts there or something the day after the wedding?

Best wishes -

P.S. Good idea to point her to the Rent/Trade Board. Let her make all the arrangments herself and as long as you "warn" her about the risks, etc. you should not worry about it. Her deal.

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

It just seems bizarre to me the kids are less than 1 and 4!

Yup. There is really no need (and possibly unsafe) for the three bedrooms. The other two bedrooms are really far away from the master bedroom. I'm not sure how comfortable she would be having the 1 year old so far away. Maybe she palns to bring a sitter/nanny? Then it might make sense.

HBC

 

[sajetto]

I know that they are planning on bringing the nanny (seems like that lady is everywhere they turn) Still seems dumb to me...but, anyhoo, what about the possibility of one being available at BWV? Also, she would have to find someone who owns there and actually has that many points at the same time

 

[dianeschlicht]

I'd say it will be difficult to impossible to find a GV available in January right NOW, much less later if she hasn't done it yet. Her best bet is to try to rent the GV directly from Disney. Even at that, I'm sure she would not get a GV at BWV, since there are so few of them there. She might have an easier time trying to get an OKW or SSR GV. The other problem is finding ONE person to rent them that many points!

 

[RobDoc]

She should get right on it- as it's already inside of 10 months and there are only 6 GVs at the BWV.

Disney won't care how few are in the villa- the max occupancy is 12, but 4 or 5 is permitted. I sure wouldn't cancel the suite until everything is in place though. ( ... and those suites are wonderful too!!)

 

[LSchrow]

just a suggestion:
have HER check into transferring points into YOUR DVC acct.
let HER pay the other owner for the points.

you can make the ressie then (& still retain control of it), & not use up all your points.

sounds like she wants the "best of the best", which is fine , but i would make her do the work of setting up the transfer & paying for it.

 

[sajetto]

LSchrow, thats the best advice for me to take. I love her, but I'm not going to kill myself trying to scrounge up points for her.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Make sure she knows about the DVC housekeeping issues. If she wants daily maid service, she'll have to pay extra for it.

 

[sajetto]

I did tell her about it and her response was "oh don't worry, Cheryl (the nanny) will do it."

 

[4mcbjCtr]

The GV at SSR are absolutely gorgeous. I know alot of people on here knock that resort, but they are definately worth checking into.

Like the others said, she needs to get on it right away and be checking these boards constantly. She will ideally want to get all the points from one person, so she will need to stay on it like white on rice.

 

[greenban]

LSchrow, thats the best advice for me to take. I love her, but I'm not going to kill myself trying to scrounge up points for her.

I disagree. If there is any problem (real or imagined) then YOU would be responsible in her mind.

Let her sink or swim on the Rent/Trade Board by herself!

JMHO, YMMV.

Best of luck!

-Tony

 

[greenban]

Make sure she knows about the DVC housekeeping issues. If she wants daily maid service, she'll have to pay extra for it.

Diane:

That's what the nanny is for!

<Sheesh>

-Tony

OMG, I was actually right! That's so sad, and I'm so jealous!

 

[dianeschlicht]

LOL! Yep, poor nanny gets to do everything except enjoy the trip!

 

[DisFlan]

Wow, I hope that nanny is really well paid. Doesn't sound like a fun job.


DisFlan

 

[byoung]

When you have it there is no problems.