Can someone explain this point rental pricing to me?

[saraheliz]

Trying to price out potential DVC rentals for April 2021 on a couple of different popular broker's sites. Over the past week, the prices have gone up twice. How is this possible? What is happening here? The actual number of points is set, yes? And it's not a case of supply and demand yet, because we're still well over a year away. But some resorts have increased several hundred dollars in pricing them out over the last week. Can someone explain how this works to me? Is there a chance it goes back down? (I'm not sure where the best place to put this is, so I'm putting it in resorts instead of DVC hoping I get more experience with those have rented points but feel free to move it). Thanks!

 

[Grant Parkins]

We are looking to rent points for a Jan 2021 stay, so have been in contact with points brokers. I have not noticed any pricing increases, thought maybe we're looking at different brokers.

I can't speak to any specific broker's pricing, but generally each broker has a set cost per point. When you, where you stay, and the room type determines the number of points you need. To my knowledge, none of this has changed since the 2021 dvc points charts were released

Some brokers will charge a premium (say $1/point) if you are requesting your reservation to be booked from 7-11 months out at many resort's. This is because during that time frame, the only people who can book a stay at a resort are people who own at that resort. Meaning if someone owns Polynesian points, they can only book stays at Poly in that 7-11 month time frame.

For this reason, the same room at the same resort on the same dates will cost different amounts if you book 8 months out vs 6.

You may know all of this & maybe it doesn't answer your question. But is it possible also that when you first looked you mistakenly plugged in dates for April 2020 & when you went back you looked at 2021?

I ask because that is just the type of thing I would do

 

[kaytieeldr]

Is it possible (enough) others have requested that week since you first looked, so that demand increased the price?

 

[Hopefully]

Trying to price out potential DVC rentals for April 2021 on a couple of different popular broker's sites. Over the past week, the prices have gone up twice. How is this possible? What is happening here? The actual number of points is set, yes? And it's not a case of supply and demand yet, because we're still well over a year away. But some resorts have increased several hundred dollars in pricing them out over the last week. Can someone explain how this works to me? Is there a chance it goes back down? (I'm not sure where the best place to put this is, so I'm putting it in resorts instead of DVC hoping I get more experience with those have rented points but feel free to move it). Thanks!

I believe you will get better answers on the DVC Forums

 

[SleeplessInTO]

I was chatting with a friend that normally rents out points and they aren’t planning to do so for 2021/2022 due to the anniversary celebration and all the new rides opening. She’s also saying there’s been an increase in interest for renting her points (not sure if it’s brokers or individuals). I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that demand is up and so are prices.

 

[Chy]

It does seem to me that some brokers have increased by $1/pt but some don't list the exact per point costs.

 

[Sandisw]

There were some changes in the 2021 DVC point charts for many rooms and times of year, It is possible that if you first checked dates It was still using 2020 point chart amounts and now the brokers sites have been updated. This could be the difference.

Or, the brokers already know they are going to be increasing the rates for 2021.

 

[saraheliz]

There were some changes in the 2021 DVC point charts for many rooms and times of year, It is possible that if you first checked dates It was still using 2020 point chart amounts and now the brokers sites have been updated. This could be the difference.

Or, the brokers already know they are going to be increasing the rates for 2021.

I had checked the 2021 charts a couple of times, it just seems odd that the've increased twice within the past week. Thanks for the info.

 

[saraheliz]

I was chatting with a friend that normally rents out points and they aren’t planning to do so for 2021/2022 due to the anniversary celebration and all the new rides opening. She’s also saying there’s been an increase in interest for renting her points (not sure if it’s brokers or individuals). I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that demand is up and so are prices.

Thanks for the info. I was hoping to slide in at the beginning of 2021 before all of that but you're right in that it may still impact prices. I was just surprised to see it go up twice in one week! So odd.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Thanks for the info. I was hoping to slide in at the beginning of 2021 before all of that but you're right in that it may still impact prices. I was just surprised to see it go up twice in one week! So odd.

If you are planning on renting points for early January, you need to be finalizing that rental now since you are 11 months out from Jan 1. Make sure you ignore any private messages you get form people offering you either confirmed reservations or points. Notify the webmaster if you get any private messages like that.

 

[saraheliz]

If you are planning on renting points for early January, you need to be finalizing that rental now since you are 11 months out from Jan 1. Make sure you ignore any private messages you get form people offering you either confirmed reservations or points. Notify the webmaster if you get any private messages like that.

Thanks for the advice, we're looking a little later in spring so trying to sort everything out before it's actually time to try to find something.