DUES Info! - All resorts dues have been released

[walt34]

Things like the doors, cabinets, counters, etc were made out of less durable materials than VGF BPK. I’m thinking higher upfront material costs might be saving maintenance costs down the line? Boardwalk was already having issues with the cheaper type bathrooms cabinets and door damaging each other. Now that’s also explained by planning, but those and some other materials around the room seemed more vulnerable to wear and tear than VGF BPK.

Last time I stayed at BPK I thought some of the wardrobe doors felt quite flimsy. The white door in front of the beverage cooler seemed particularly thin. So it's even worse at Boardwalk, then? I guess these wooden elements are at least cheap to repair?

 

[Sandisw]

I thought you wanted to leave this topic?


Just a number. As I said, taking cleaning out of the dues and charge per stay would be my preferred option. Everyone carries their own cost.


I don't. And allowed is the wrong word. I'd suggest removing them from the dues completely. But everyone needs at least one and fewer than one per week doesn't feel right to me so keeping one per week in the dues seems a reasonable alternative.


Luckily not everyone optimises in this way - otherwise dues would be significantly higher than they are.


This is now the third time you suggest that I want to have a higher minimum number of nights and the third time I tell you: I don't.

That comment was the general "some" not necessarily to you specifically....it has been mentioned about tokens for X cleanings a year and that a charge if you stay shorter stays, etc. so a minimum stay would limit the number of times a room is cleaned a year., which I thought was your point...you don't want to have a dues budget that considers the cleaning needed to cover shorter stays, even though we are allowed to stay as little as one night.

What would be very interesting, and maybe I will ask it at the meeting, is what the average length of stay is for DVC guests....because I have said a few times now, that is how the housekeeping budget at a resort should (and I think it is) built....and that dues cover based on that.

Some will stay longer, some will stay shorter, but in the end, its based on average length of stay, than it is matching owners use. If all you want is to see housekeeping not part of dues and make it fee charged at check in, then length of stay no longer matters.

My guess is that a majority of the owners, while not thrilled with how much dues are, would much rather have it rolled into the dues. Its why the way TOT is rolled into the VGC dues seems more popular than having to pay at check in for VDH.