DVC rental. Am I just screwed?

[Forevermarypoppins]

I feel your pain. I also remember trying to arrange vacation plans around kids college schedules. Unfortunately and realistically you should still plan on your vacation and your daughter has to accept that these exams come first and this all part of being an adult. Bummer indeed! Hopefully she can join you later if only for a few days.

 

[idohair2]

Go and enjoy your vacation and fly your daughter down when finals are over. Make lemonade out of lemons. Nothing says everyone has to be there the whole time.

Changing anything on the reservation requires the dvc owner‘s approval. If I am the owner and have a contract with you, I would not allow you to sublease or give away the reservation. I would have no contract with anyone else - if the villa is damaged, I would be on the hook without a contract.

Also, keep in mind that the points used mat expire soon and can’t be moved to a different time.

Thank you for your kind honest words. This is what we are probably going to do.

 

[idohair2]

Thank you all for the support and kind words. I really needed this. I was feeling so guilty about having to go without her. But we are going to try to plan something for her and some friends over break.

 

[js]

Thank you all for the support and kind words. I really needed this. I was feeling so guilty about having to go without her. But we are going to try to plan something for her and some friends over break.

I am so happy to hear you feel a little better. Maybe your daughter will enjoy the fact she has the house to herself for the week anyway lol

Will you be going alone or with a spouse or friend? Just make the best of it and Im sure you will have a blast especially knowing your daughter will be going back with friends.

My dd was a bio major and after her first year, changed her major and ended up in law school lol. Good luck to your daughter. They are so lucky they can go to school and decide to become whatever they set their minds to!

Happy planning!

 

[Calee]

I work at a college, and often professors will actually give the finals on the last day of class instead of during finals week, or will put it online. Some professors don't even do a literal "final" and instead the "final" is a project, presentation, lab or paper.

Before making any major decisions, I would encourage her to speak to each of her professors and find out their intentions. It would stink to plan to not take her and then find out that she could indeed have gone!

 

[cvjw]

Thank you all for the support and kind words. I really needed this. I was feeling so guilty about having to go without her. But we are going to try to plan something for her and some friends over break.

I totally understand your guilt. I have a 21 and 25 year old. Once they got to high school and college, it was very hard to take a family vacation with everyone there. Just because finals are the week of your vacation, she may not have actual tests the whole week! We have flown our boys to vacation with us for the days they could get free several times. Take the days you can and make the best of them!

 

[dclpluto]

Aside from what was suggested, the only other options are
1) have her stay with a friend or family member at home so she can take the finals. Is there any way possible she could come for just part of the trip? Of course, a lot depends upon her age & ability to fly alone.
2) see if David's will at least let you change all except the lead guest, and offer the reservation to a friend or relative (changing the lead guest requires contact with Member Services, while changing the other guest names is a simple online modification by Owner)

Good luck!

op said she’s a bio chem major. I hope she has the ability to fly alone.

 

[Allison]

I'd first call the school and see if they can make any changes/accommodations for her. I would point out to them then you did check the school calendar and planned accordingly but, as you said, their schedule changed. They may see that as a sincere effort to keep her in school. Depending on what the school says and what you/your daughter want to do, call David's. Aske them to reach out to the DVC Member and see if the are willing to move the dates or pick another time.

The child in question is in college.

 

[cruisehopeful]

As others have already suggested, she can ask her instructors if they are willing to give her the final early or have her do it remotely from the vacation. If not, you go on ahead and have her join you later.

 

[ldo]

Your “kid” is becoming a young adult with her own life separate from yours. That’s a good thing-I’d tell her focus on finals, which are far more important than a wdw trip. Imho, with 3 in college, I would not put extra pressure of asking for remote finals etc.

 

[crisi]

I work at a college, and often professors will actually give the finals on the last day of class instead of during finals week, or will put it online. Some professors don't even do a literal "final" and instead the "final" is a project, presentation, lab or paper.

Before making any major decisions, I would encourage her to speak to each of her professors and find out their intentions. It would stink to plan to not take her and then find out that she could indeed have gone!

My youngest is a History major and has had very few "finals" and lots of final papers - which they work on in the weeks leading up to final week (or are supposed to, in reality they are written during finals week) and are usually due the day of the final. But her roommates are Bio and Chem majors respectively and have formal finals for their major courses - always over finals week. The Humanities seem to be a lot more flexible in their finals than STEM fields.

But it is also true that sometimes the finals stack up so they are done before the end of the week. It isn't something you hope for, because that means you don't have a day between one final the the next to study.

 

[LSchrow]

op said she’s a bio chem major. I hope she has the ability to fly alone.

however, she gave that info after i posted

 

[sndral]

If it were me I’d nail down the exact date of her last final - not the end of finals, but the last final she has to take which may be a bit earlier & then fly her out to WDW to join me. I’d also book a couple of extra days add on at a resort for cash so we had a few days w/ her at WDW, you get to enjoy WDW before she gets there & to look forward to her arrival. I can’t think of a better way to decompress from grueling finals than enjoying WDW & who doesn’t need a longer vacation.

 

[TiggerBouncy]

Thank you all for the support and kind words. I really needed this. I was feeling so guilty about having to go without her. But we are going to try to plan something for her and some friends over break.

I am sorry this is happening to you. I booked our next trip and checked 1000 times my son's schedule as far as I could before I booked. He really, really wants to go because he is worried he will never see splash mountain in it's original. However, his school schedule will not allow it, so I had to disappoint him. Part of growing up, but it's hard as a parent as we want to give our kids everything.

 

[perchy]

Thank you for your kind honest words. This is what we are probably going to do.

Really, that is the best advice. Go. Fly her down for as soon as she can join you. And while I KNOW you've saved up for this, can you possibly tack on time at the end of your trip -- a split stay even?

Adding a couple of days could be lovely. Harder to switch to the values after a deluxe, but extra time at Disney is extra time at Disney. And extra time may let her stress less about missing part of the trip....

 

[keishashadow]

Thank you all for the support and kind words. I really needed this. I was feeling so guilty about having to go without her. But we are going to try to plan something for her and some friends over break.

between a rock & a hard place but, it sounds as though you’ve worked it through & you have your priorities in order.

not sure what year in college, perhaps you could plan a WDW graduation trip for her.

Here’s to many more magical family vacations for you.

 

[AliceIn]

It may be less than ideal, but can she take her finals remotely from WDW?

And, this doesn't help you now, but I believe that DVCrental store actually allows cancellations, unlike David's. For next time

I highly doubt this unless the entire school is remote.