Do you rent DVC points to friends?

[dtheboys]

OK,
I don't rent to friends anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Over the years I have rented my points to my friends, not any more!

They all had a chance to get into DVC 6 years or so ago, and choose not to buy.....

I used to rent them points at $10.00, but that gave them a great room, great resorts, at a great price!! THEN THEY complained about weekend points!!!

Also, why should I pay dues, etc. and allow them to get a room at BCV at a silly cost of about 190.00 a night w/ my points.....

For two years now I have not rented them any points....YES!!! The suffering has begun.....NOW they are feeling the pain of paying more for a lesser moderate resort......Now they see the value of DVC....I HOPE THEY NEVER FIND the rent/trade site!!!

I'm not a bad person, just tired of feeling taken advantage of...My one friend said " why own, when I can get Doug's points so cheap" he's not saying it anymore!!

 

[DSNY FN]

O there needs to be a 12.00 a point and up poll as we don't take anything under 12.00 a point it works out great and people still get a great vacation. We have friends calling us all the time looking for trips it is nice to be able to help people take a nice trip without spending a small fortune doing it. I agree though you do start to feel taen advantage of after awhile when they call you every year for points I directed them to some friends of mine that rent to them at 15 dollars a point and up

 

[msdis]

Good for you. I think renting is a great option when in a bind or to do something special for someone but unfortunately it appears there's a line for free milk in your neck of the woods.

 

[dsmith]

Rent out my DVC points?!?

NEVER!

They're MINE, all MINE I tell you.

Nobody gets them but ME and I'm not sharing!

 

[JimC]

At least right now the answer is no. We might if we ever had points we could not use. And that is unlikely

 

[donald@home]

Case #1

A friend of ours (not a close friend) was planning a trip with 5 others to stay in a 2 bedroom at OKW. It as going to cost her close to four thousand dollars for accomadations. We looked at our vacation plans and realized we could offer them the same room (without housekeeping) for the same days, but cheaper. So we knocked off about $1500 from Disney's price and offered it to them. We did not base it on price per point, but a discounted weekly price. They got a great deal on the room and we were able to pay for our dues and pay off a bit of our DVC.


Case #2 (kind of off topic because it is not about renting points)

We traveled quite often with close friends to DVC and let them stay in the living room on the pull out for free. After the trip they made it clear that they did not enjoy the living room and would rather have their own room. On the next couple of trips we rented a two bedroom and they had a room to themselves, for free. During this time we tried to get them to join DVC because we know they love WDW. They were on the fence for a while, but never decided to buy. We then realized that they didn't need to buy when they could travel with us for free. About this time, they said that they were planning a vacation for just the two of them, because they wanted some alone time. I NEVER hinted or mentioned that we would like to join them, they offered the information because they must have felt guilty about planning a trip without us after we had been so generous to them. They called me from their vacation to wish me a Happy Birthday and let it slip out that they were there with another couple. They have not travelled with us to WDW again, even though they have said on numerous occasions that the could really use a WDW fix. We just say "Yes, know what you mean. We are going 3 times this year."

 

[AnnaS]

We have not rented and do not plan on renting our points out. If anything, I would treat them to so many nights if I had the points. I might consider renting them in the future if a friend asked me and I did not plan on using them (which is very unlikely). If that were the case, I would only charge them 1 or 2 dollars above my maintenance fees.

If we don't use them ourselves for WDW, we can always exchange for a place near our home where we don't have as much of a long drive (and no air fare - of course).

 

[WDWLVR]

We have never rented out our points. We have given points to family both for vacations on their own or sharing a two bedroom with us. It is one of the reasons we bought the number of points we did and why we bought an add-on at Vero (my in-laws love it there).

 

[OneMoreTry]

I think this poll is likely affected by sampling error.

I think people that rent points are more likely to use a forum and participate in the poll. That would skew the results.

I don't rent.

 

[lillasmom]

I have rented points to strangers, but when it comes to friends/family, I would only "take them with". I have gotten a room for one night for my parents, but I don't want to set myself up for conflict when dealing with people I know. It's easier to rent to strangers, if you have to rent at all. As for left over points, I don't have any for the next few years!

 

[dianeschlicht]

We take family and friends for free, and they do not ask us if they can go along, we ask them. I love doing that, and I would feel awful charging them.

 

[CarolMN]

Originally posted by dianeschlicht
We take family and friends for free, and they do not ask us if they can go along, we ask them. I love doing that, and I would feel awful charging them.

We feel the same way. So far we have only invited family and they have all offered to pay for other things that we share such as the car or groceries.

So far, we've not had "extra" points, which is a good thing! I dread the thought of having to rent out points - too much work and worry for me, LOL!

 

[dianeschlicht]

I agree, Carol. We usually reserve a 2 bedroom and invite after the fact. We still don't have anyone going with us in December, but I am not worried.

We have had guests buy us Cirque du Soliel tickets, treat us to dinner at a nice restaurant, pay for the rental car for the week, and take us out after returning. Everyone is always very happy that we offered them free lodging, and we are thus happy to offer it to them. We have never felt anyone took advantage of the situation, but I would feel I was taking advantage of them, if I asked them to pay rent.

 

[JLS]

We rented to friends this year. We have 300 points with a December use year. My husband and I don't have kids (yet - we're trying!) and we are making only one trip to WDW this year, which is only costing us 97 points. So we rented out 100 points to friends who wanted to try Saratoga Springs. We were happy to rent - we gave them a good deal - $9 per point (I figured friends who we can trust deserved a "discount" over the price I would give to any random person on the internet), and that almost covered our maintenance fees for the year. We will bank the remaining third of our points for next year, so we will have 400 points next year. Next year we hope to do an exchange and a trip, maybe in a 2 bedroom instead of a studio. We are happy with this. Right now, with just us and not a lot of vacation time, we don't need 300 points per year for our use, but we bought them looking ahead to what we would need in the future.

--Jenn

 

[JVL1018]

I have never rented points, but we have on two occasions taken people with us. Both times we did not get accomodations larger than we would have if they didn't come.
Once my 2 girlfirends came for part of our trip and bunked on the couch of our 1 bedroom(don't worry we only had 1 child then and she was only 13 months old-we were not over the limit )
And once I treated my mom-just the two of us and we stayed in a studio.
My friends asked us if we wanted $$ but we said no, we were not using any additional points or paying anything additional whether they were there or not. They treated us to dinner one night.
My mom's trip was my Christmas/birthday gift for her, all she needed was airfare and spending, so I refused any overture she made, dinners/souvies whatever.

 

[MDonley]

I was going to say "never", but then I remembered that we sent my sister-in-law on DCL for their honeymoon. I'd guess that qualifies at $10.00 and less.
From what I see as the current totals, I'm one of 17 (of 80,000 members) that do rent points. Yep, the results of this poll are really skewed!!!!

 

[kathleena]

We include immediate (daughters & sons and family and parents) family for free, but don't take them along on all of our trips.

We would charge a fee for friends or extended family, especially if the accomodations had to be increased.

 

[kimbamickey]

I am bringing 11 friends down to WDW for New Year's Eve- staying at SSR in a 2-bedroom and a studio. I am charging each of them $80 (which I think is ridiculously cheap- I think it ends up being like $4 a point divided amongst 12 people). Some of them are thrilled about it, but a couple of the others are complaining. I hate that so much. I try to something nice, but then I am made to feel like I am burdening people to come with me for a special occassion and pay. So I can understand why people do not rent out to friends.