Charge Relatives? How Much?

[brivers222]

We are charging people a flat rate of $150 each for the week. With 8 people going, we will be then getting $1200. We decided that the money above $1000 will be used as a "HOUSE FUND" where we go to SamsClub and purchase snakes and food for the everyone to share at the house.

 

[greenban]

We are charging people a flat rate of $150 each for the week. With 8 people going, we will be then getting $1200. We decided that the money above $1000 will be used as a "HOUSE FUND" where we go to SamsClub and purchase snakes and food for the everyone to share at the house.

What do you do with snakes at Disney?

Please don't tell me that you use snakes for snacks!?!

 

[patsal]

My sister and her DH decided they'd like to stay with us during 2 nights of our Feb. vacation. To make it easier on us to get to parks, etc. I suggested they stay at OKW in a studio. She priced it out--I really was only doing this so she'd appreciate the points value and not decide to cancel on me last minute. Once she saw teh price she said they'd be staying at Allstars because it was out of their budget, that's when I said they could rent points (they only needed 22) from us at the cost of dues per point. She willingly payed up and understands that it is non-refundable since I would not have time to use them if they go into a holding account. Best of both worlds, she gets a great deal and my points are respected. I'm not making money and we are all satisfied.

 

[doubletrouble_vb]

Where in costco do you get snakes? And what do you do with them when its time to check out?

If someone is traveling with you regularly then it makes sense to work out a sharing charge. I'd probably make it maintenance + principal + $1 for effort...which would work out to around $8 for me. It strikes me that someone who goes with you regularly probably should get a contract of their own...or maybe sponsor a small add on at another resort.

 

[crisi]

Obviously, they are not bringing snakes, as pets are not allowed in DVC units....Duh. Unless perhaps these are seeing eye snakes......

 

[LeftCoaster]

Obviously, they are not bringing snakes, as pets are not allowed in DVC units....Duh. Unless perhaps these are seeing eye snakes......

That's no snake! That's my (Fill in blank with name of unliked family member)

Going way off tangent, some friends and I were driving to a club one night when someone said "Hey, look at the those hookers walking down the street." I looked and said "That's no hooker, that's my brother's girlfriend."

 

[mom2rb]

In general, if I am inviting a family member or members, it's for the cost of the room only (ie. no charge for the room). My invite would NOT include transport/tickets/food.

If it's a joint plan, where everyone pays there own way, I'd go with dues + $1.5/ppt. This is our annual out-of-pocket cost.

Once we brought DMIL down for a week, all expenses paid. It became somewhat uncomfortable when she kept insisting on paying for our meals. The moral of this story: Make absolutely clear up-front who is paying for what, even if you are paying some/all of the expenses.

It must be a Houston thing . This is what DH and I agreed on when bringing people.
We had the same problem last week when we brought DMIL. We saved all year to give her a dream trip for Christmas. We only let her buy her park tickets. We paid for airfare, MVMCP, limo, food. She kept trying to buy lunch. On the fourth day DH and DMIL starting remembering when she had brought her mom to Disney World. DH asked what his grandma had paid for, after that DMIL chilled and let us pay for everything.

 

[KirstenB]

I wouldn't charge them anything for this trip. I'm not sure if you all have vacationed together in the past or not. Maybe they will somehow reciprocate by renting a beach house for a week during the summer and inviting you all. However, if they asked to go subsequent years, (and hadn't reciprocated in some fashion), then it would make sense for them to help you offset your cost. We've never charged anyone in the family, but most of our guests have treated us to dinner one night, or offered to babysit, etc. Good luck with your exams.

 

[brivers222]

What do you do with snakes at Disney?

Please don't tell me that you use snakes for snacks!?!

You people are to much

While you could do a lot with snakes at WDW i was meaning to type Snacks.

 

[tinker925]

This is a tough one, being the youngest of 10 children and my sister's and brother's having always been so good to me and my family, I feel that I would love to take them and/or at this point their children as a "thank you". Of course if it was the same every year I would have to reconsider my opinion, but next month for instance I am taking 4 of my nieces with us and have a 2 bedroom at BWV, I certainly will not charge them anything, but that's my opinion. I hope that on subsequent trips I can share what I have. My siblings can more than afford to go to WDW, even much more so than my husband and I can but I feel its kind of a "pay it forward". Whatever you decide make sure you're all comfortable with it so all goes smoothly and you have a wonderful time! undefined

 

[DisFlan]

We bought DVC with the idea of vacationing as a family, not with any intention of charging family to enjoy it with us. (Non-family is another matter, but I can't forsee any trips to DVC with non-family. They'd have to find their own rooms.)

We'll be travelling to BWV next year with my son and DIL. They're young, starting out and still in school, so we gladly foot the whole travel tab for the privilege of vacationing as a family. We'll keep doing this until the time when they can start paying for US. Their names are on our contract, so they can continue the DVC tradition with their own kids after we're gone.

My sister's family will be joining us the year after next, and they've already offered to pay our MF's for the year, plus they'll pay for their own tickets and food. We wouldn't ask more from them. Luckily for us we all enjoy vacationing together. It's precious time together for us and that's payment enough as far as we're concerned.

DisFlan

 

[dgaston]

Back to the snakes--DH reminds me it could be "Jafar snake" and with the huge lights at MGM in Fantasmic could really do a good job as a seeing eye snake.

 

[Disney-Kim]

We have charged $500 for a 7 night stay. both parties thought this was very fair. We are on the low end with points and have to borrow points to get 2 studios. We are 2 kidless couples, so studios are perfect. We want our own space and would never want a 1-2 bdrm to share.

They are getting a cheap deluxe room and we are getting a little bit of back for using our points.
We find it good for our situation but others may not.

 

[Lesley]

Basically, if I invite guests I plan to offer the accomodations at no charge...unfortunately we can't afford to offer anything else. We did this for our first trip with my parents.

I had never really planned to charge relatives at all...as long as I invited them. But this past trip with my parents came together a bit differently...starting as a trip without them (they're not really WDW fans...so I don't feel bad not inviting...) then coming to the realization that we could seriously use help with the kids. So I offered my mom a plane ticket to come down and "nanny" for a few days and stay with us....hang by the pool, watch the kids when we go out to dinner, etc.... She counter offered with a "we'll both come down, get our own room, take our own vacation and watch the kids a few times". Okay, fine with me...but as they looked at room rates they were finding them to be a bit high, so I mentioned that it was a slim possibility that I could switch our reservation to a 2br...and she said she was okay with it as long as I let them pay the going rate for the additional points. This worked out well for us and they paid us $10 a point for the amount over the 1br we originally reserved...getting a studio for $80 a night compared to the best rate they could find in the main lodge at $179...they were pleased and we got a bit back for the extra points we used.

Honestly though, no one comes and stays at our DVC that isn't expressly invited....and we don't really have enough points to usually be offering accomodations to others or to rent them out. I wish we did. But I'd always make it clear from step one whether or not I was offering the room as a gift or if we were discussing a rental of points situation.

 

[ricapito]

Thanks for all the input and advice. It's now settled, I'm more confused about what to do than before I posted!! I suspect, as of this moment, I won't let them pay me at all. In the grand scheme of things its only money....

Bryan

 

[dianeschlicht]

And my guess is, if you let them know that it is a "gift" so to speak, they will offer to take you out to dinner or something. We have only had one guest that didn't do that.