DVC on Interval International

[Dean]

For those that might have other timeshares there's a BCV studio on II right now for 4th of July. This is the second I've seen in this scenario.

 

[disney4me4ever]

Dean--

Can you explain something to me? Since DVC is a points based system, how would a person be able to indicate it was a studio up front?

Ex: according to point charts for BCV, that week of July 4th would be 134 points in a studio. Would this be a person that already made the reservation that now wants to trade it?


Thanks,
Nancy

 

[Werner Weiss]

Originally posted by disney4me4ever
Would this be a person that already made the reservation that now wants to trade it?

That's possible.

But in any case, when DVC accomodations are deposited with II, they're not deposited as points -- they're deposited as 7-night stays in a specific unit size at a specific DVC resort with a specific check-in date. This is true if a DVC member books a 1-week stay and then deposits it with II through DVC Member Services, or if Member Services picks an exchange week in order to facilitate an II exchange.

 

[Dean]

My assumption is this is a developer deposit from the points still owned by DVD. We also saw a number of all units last year online from VB with a history of having about about 1-2 deposits total per year and there were maybe 8-10 I saw online. It's a strategy used by timeshare companies all over the world to get in fresh meat. Not only that, DVC gets the $95 resort services fee and Disney gets extra bodies at the parks, restaurants, etc.

The other alternative would be it's from points deposited for II exchanges but it's been against DVC's policy in the past to deposit holidays and premier times so I hope that's not it.