DUES Info! - All resorts dues have been released

[VGCgroupie]

Turns out I didn't overpay yesterday. I had to make an additional payment of $25 to fully pay. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Turned autopay back on so it's ready if I ever need to use it.

Xmas at home is looming closer! One DD will be out west for a bit over a week to include Xmas. We will miss her but she will be home shortly after the holidays.

Dues are paid but no stress in booking early December for next year as I'm skipping that time frame for Dec 2026. Have done it a few times in a row and have changed plans for at least a year as with DVC I have the flexibility to do so. I may bank most and do an offsite visit with minimal DVC to stretch my points into more rooms for a larger family trip in the future. My guide would like me to just buy more points. Truth I've learned over 25 plus years of this is that there are other options and if you follow the same plan year over year there is a possibility of burn out.

I will want a winter vacation in January-February 2027 and I'm thinking of a few weeks in other parts of Florida. Blasphemy I know but a change is as good as a rest sometimes. (No point renting involved!)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. I think skipping a year is a great plan.

 

[VGCgroupie]

This is only my second full year paying dues but their dues accounting is whack. I have two contracts, CC and SSR. I prepaid 1500 on CC on dues of 1829.96 which leaves 329.96. I prepaid 1900 on SSR on dues of 2658.46 which leaves $758.56. So far so good, the transaction history for each contract through the first entry on Dec. 15 of "2026 dues" reflects exactly this in the running balance column. Then each contract shows a huge bunch of "adjustments," some of which I can tie to dues subcomponents or prepayments and some I cannot. The net result is that the SSR contract shows -0- due and the CC contract shows the full 1088.42 remaining balance. Why in the world would they do it this way? I guess I don't care since I owe it one way or another, but it's weird as all get out.

Thats why I didnt prepay. I did that last year and it was very confusing to me the manner in which they applied it. This year I prepaid $20 to test something out and even that was confusing to figure out which contract was getting a tax credit and which my $20 went towards. They spread the $20 out over 3 contracts, after crediting, rebilling then crediting again.

 

[Judique]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. I think skipping a year is a great plan.

Actually I have a 2026 trip in January and I'm considering a few nights of beach time at Hilton Head for 2026, or maybe even Thanksgiving in a two bedroom or grand villa there, so just letting go of the December BWV rat race hysteria for resort view studios.

So there would be almost a year between Disney trips if I book January/February 2027 for my 2027 away from cold and snow break.

I have to say I'm seriously thinking of offsite for that also. I love more nature inspired activities and if I get away from the parks, it's easier to settle into a different mindset, especially with Florida full of state parks, beaches, and other natural attractions. Can always do a night or two at Disney on the fly while maintaining my other possible digs.

 

[Sandisw]

BWV actual for 2025 and 2026 is actually quite different from what was in post 1:

Quoted:
BWV - $9.6717 (Old $9.0570)

Actual:
BWV - $9.8072 (Old $9.2058)

So while this year's increase is slightly less than anticipated, a 6.32% increase is far above the average for the past three years if the chart is correct showing 4.3% over the past 3 years and 4.6% over the last 10 years. Guess we're paying off the renovations!

The difference is because you underpaid in 2025 for taxes.

So, it’s an additional cost charged. The dues for 2026 remain the same as what was quoted.

It’s just BWV owners who owned in 2025 will now have a second charge for the 2025 shortage in taxes that was collected.

 

[chazas]

Because when you thought you were prepaying at Copper Creek and Saratoga, you weren't ACTUALLY prepaying at Copper Creek and Saratoga. You were prepaying on your membership and any application to specific contracts was artificial.

The best way to think of it is like this... If you had prepaid a bunch of money on Contract A and prepaid a bunch of money on Contract B, then you decided to sell Contract B, the credit balance would not transfer to the buyer because it's not actually attached to Contract B until the dues are charged.

There are a lot simpler ways of reflecting that. Their approach is really weird, but I guess not an issue.

 

[Chili327]

Can someone explain "Adjustment" in my dues?

100pt BLT (for example). Dues are $890, i had prepaid $500, so total should be $390, but what is the $237 Adjustment?

 

[VGCgroupie]

Can someone explain "Adjustment" in my dues?

100pt BLT (for example). Dues are $890, i had prepaid $500, so total should be $390, but what is the $237 Adjustment?
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It looks like you prepaid on 11/11. They then rebill the $500 and then distribute a credit across contracts. So your other contracts should have credits and they all should total $500

 

[BLTStitch]

Is DVC official website very busy today because of the dues are loaded? I see the page saying need to wait in line and when try to chat with a CM, I'm in queue of 34, with an estimated wait time of 17 mins. Never seen this before.

 

[Judique]

Can someone explain "Adjustment" in my dues?

100pt BLT (for example). Dues are $890, i had prepaid $500, so total should be $390, but what is the $237 Adjustment?
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It asks you if you want to pay by contract. Then it reallocates the payment across your actual membership. It all comes out in the wash eventually but it will continue to confuse until you get that 'contract paid in full' message.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Is DVC official website very busy today because of the dues are loaded? I see the page saying need to wait in line and when try to chat with a CM, I'm in queue of 34, with an estimated wait time of 17 mins. Never seen this before.

It's Moonlight Magic registration day. That is likely why.

 

[Judique]

Is DVC official website very busy today because of the dues are loaded? I see the page saying need to wait in line and when try to chat with a CM, I'm in queue of 34, with an estimated wait time of 17 mins. Never seen this before.

Yes, it's very busy. At least they are doing the queue.

 

[jennypenny]

Did they really drop the dues on the same day as moonlight magic registration?

 

[VGCgroupie]

Did they really drop the dues on the same day as moonlight magic registration?

Dues info came out awhile ago. The actual bill went out yesterday.

 

[BLTStitch]

Dues info came out awhile ago. The actual bill went out yesterday.

Moonlight registration has to be done through CM?

 

[VGCgroupie]

Added the actual billed for the ones I saw posted to the first post. I know this isnt technically the official dues. But it changes some of the numbers by alot imo. BLT faired even worse and VDH came out better. My dues were about $300 more due to the tax adjustments on just 3 of the 5 resorts I own.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Moonlight registration has to be done through CM?

No but people will call in with questions and to complain

 

[WinterSolider]

Can someone explain "Adjustment" in my dues?

100pt BLT (for example). Dues are $890, i had prepaid $500, so total should be $390, but what is the $237 Adjustment?
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You paid $500 on November 11.

Then they reversed the payment on December 15 (the positive $500).

Then they re-applied $237.13 of the payment.

If you have one other contract, you should see an adjustment of $262.87. If you have multiple other contracts, you'll see multiple credits that total $262.87.

Essentially what they did is they took the $500 you prepaid on THIS contract and redistributed across your multiple contracts.

 

[PolyRob]

Thats why I didnt prepay. I did that last year and it was very confusing to me the manner in which they applied it. This year I prepaid $20 to test something out and even that was confusing to figure out which contract was getting a tax credit and which my $20 went towards. They spread the $20 out over 3 contracts, after crediting, rebilling then crediting again.

I only have one home resort so it may be different, but I see a "Total Balance Forward" line and it's the amount I pre-paid in DGCs. That's how I have been tracking it.

 

[VGCgroupie]

I only have one home resort so it may be different, but I see a "Total Balance Forward" line and it's the amount I pre-paid in DGCs. That's how I have been tracking it.

Mine didn’t say that, that I can remember. It just looked the same as the tax credits.

 

[airjay75]

Mine didn’t say that, that I can remember. It just looked the same as the tax credits.

Are you looking at it on a mobile browser or a full desktop/laptop browser? On my phone, it is a bit wonky they way they display it, but on my laptop browser, it is very easy to read and see how they took what I prepaid, applied it as a balance forward against my two home resorts, then line by line the amounts due for 2026, and what I owe after my balance forward was applied. This is on a laptop browser. The same information is on the annual dues statement page on my phone, but it would be much harder to make sense out of if I had not seen the laptop version first.

I'll also add, I'm now convinced going forward to just prepay anything on my .0 contract.