sethschroeder
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Are you trying to get everyone to love only Riviera to make it more difficult for yourself to book it?
Every resort has avid fans who stay at them more than other places. I'm good with any of those three you list and one is right at the top of the heap although my heap is more an upside down pyramid with lots at the top.
RIV will be no harder or easier to book based on my interaction here likely as this is such a small subset of owners. As of 12 months ago I wouldn't have really thought about buying at RIV which 100% has its flaws for ownership.
Also based on availability at 7 months and what goes first the resorts closer to parks are already going first I am just pointing it out. Same with resale the prices are already higher I am just calling it out (even direct prices map that way).
I just think not enough people have saw the math on how 2042 O14 resale will change for booking opportunities. People also keep getting fed the "average resale owner owns for 8 years" which is also incorrect from both a historical analysis on this board as well as one I did earlier this year which shows roughly 1% turnover annually or 20% every 20 years. So they expect a much harder time booking rooms at RIV as they expect 50% or more of the resort to be turnover in 2042 which is highly unlikely. Also there is an argument to be made that RIV resale buyers will actually be more likely to travel during "slow times" and more flexible since there is a risk with the points possibly helping spread out demand through the year.
Part of what made it easier to decide to jump in with RIV (own BWV as well) is that I was able to get direct points at $155/point at the time which basically wasn't far off from BLT/CCV/VGF which had longer contracts that I was looking for.
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