Can you rent points from people if your not a member?

[jesuslovesyou]

How much do the points costing if renting from people?
Would it be cheaper to rent points or book direct with Disney website to stay ?

One of the resorts we looked at for an 8 bed place was 440 points for 2 weeks.

Thanks.

 

[crabbie1]

Do you mean to sleep 8? Dont know of any 8 bedrrom DVC resorts. It depends when you go which resort which season regards dvc points chart you want to go.Each member charges different but if you go on an average of £7 a point some charge more some charge less. Remember that fr and sat are dearer than week days. There is a points chart on the home page of DIS. I have rented points for 3 years now and going out of season it is definatley cheaper .If you dont qualify for the free DDP in these months then yes it s cheaper. If you are splitting the cost between 2 families I would book dvc. SSR and OKW and the offers for free DDP seem to be better deals but these wont be around for ever and to be honest I like to stay at AKLv.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Keep in mind free dinning is "not" available to people staying at a DVC resort and are using points to stay and both SSR and OKW are DVC resorts. Even though you are paying cash to rent the point, the reservation is made with points. Only people staying on a cash reservation get free dinning.

 

[paulh]

AKV 2 bed All sleep 8 most sleep 9,Grand vila sleeps 12
BLT 2 bed sleep 9,Grand vila sleeps 12
BCV 2 bed sleep 8
BWV 2 bed sleep 8,Grand vila sleeps 12
OKV 2 bed sleep 8 ,Grand vila sleeps 12
SSR 2 bed sleep 8 , Tree house 3 bed villa sleep 9 Tree house Grand villa sleeps 12
Beds are usually a combination of double and sofa beds
Paul

 

[starry_solo]

It also depends on whether you want deluxe resort accommodations (that the villas are) or whether you want value or moderate.

If you go with value or moderate, free dining is supposed to be a better deal, especially if you have a whole family (4 or 5 to a room).

If you go with deluxe (which they usually discount 30-40% at various times), the discount on the rack rate is better than free dining.

With DVC, renting points from members (anywhere from $10-13 per point, depending if you go directly with the member/owner or through a rental site) will save you about 40-50% off, depending on the resort and accommodations. But, you have to pay a lot sooner with the rental sites (within 1-4 weeks of the reservation being made) than with owners (some owners will take a deposit then you pay the rest 60 days out).

But, booking with Disney, you supposedly don't have to pay until you check in (other than the one night's deposit) if you just do a room only trip. I think if you do vacation packages, final payment is due 45 days before the trip (but this could have changed).