Dues and Age of Resort

[Cfabar1]

I find myself thinking about Annual Dues from a different perspective....

Everyone always points out that VB dues are high because of the fact it is on the ocean... But I find myself wondering if the issue isn't that, but is actually the size of the resort.

OKW has 587 Units spread over 46 buildings according to Bing (who knows, but I'd agree generally with those numbers)

VB has 211 Rooms according to Wikipedia (again, I'd agree generally with that number)

OKW is not on the ocean, but does have a lot more land it seems... Dues are $10.51

VB has dues much higher... $14.30... despite a slightly less attractive points chart...

BUT WAIT.... Vero Beach didn't build the entire resort.... they only built half of it.... the dues that "should be there" if the entire resort were built (VB Subsidized) are $11.24... Not too far from 10.51... and you could explain that difference on a number of factors - whether it be beach, still a smaller resort, etc.

HHI is another example... 123 rooms... and dues are $11.92...

Not really sure what all of this means... but it does make me wonder if this is why DVC isn't building stand-alone (non shared resources) small associations too much anymore...

 

[DoubleBaconBLT]

I find myself thinking about Annual Dues from a different perspective....

Everyone always points out that VB dues are high because of the fact it is on the ocean... But I find myself wondering if the issue isn't that, but is actually the size of the resort.

OKW has 587 Units spread over 46 buildings according to Bing (who knows, but I'd agree generally with those numbers)

VB has 211 Rooms according to Wikipedia (again, I'd agree generally with that number)

OKW is not on the ocean, but does have a lot more land it seems... Dues are $10.51

VB has dues much higher... $14.30... despite a slightly less attractive points chart...

BUT WAIT.... Vero Beach didn't build the entire resort.... they only built half of it.... the dues that "should be there" if the entire resort were built (VB Subsidized) are $11.24... Not too far from 10.51... and you could explain that difference on a number of factors - whether it be beach, still a smaller resort, etc.

HHI is another example... 123 rooms... and dues are $11.92...

Not really sure what all of this means... but it does make me wonder if this is why DVC isn't building stand-alone (non shared resources) small associations too much anymore...

Maybe. They bought and declared 63 cabins at Ft Wilderness and that's only 63 units, each in a standalone building. Sort of the epitome of your example. And the dues there are punitive.

Lakeshore Lodge on the other hand...

 

[D-Trick]

according to Bing

I read this and thought @Bing Showei was back on the boards and got excited. Then I realized you meant the search engine. Didn't even know it was still around. Excitement gone.