DVC Retirement

[Stargazer65]

On another note, out of curiosity, after you stay a month, how long do you have to leave for before you come back

As I understand it, you don't really have to leave the resort at all, you just need to check out of your room. I believe you can check in on a reservation in a new room on the same day.

 

[Girlstar30]

As I understand it, you don't really have to leave the resort at all, you just need to check out of your room. I believe you can check in on a reservation in a new room on the same day.

Oh wow that's awesome

 

[gmi3804]

As I understand it, you don't really have to leave the resort at all, you just need to check out of your room. I believe you can check in on a reservation in a new room on the same day.

I wonder if you book the same room category at the same resort if you can just check out and back into the same room at the same time.

 

[Brian Noble]

If it saves the front desk a turn, probably.

 

[Simba's Mom]

As I understand it, you don't really have to leave the resort at all, you just need to check out of your room. I believe you can check in on a reservation in a new room on the same day.

That kind of makes sense. Or I know of people who spend a month at Hilton Head, then a weekend at WDW, then go back. You could do that, or vice versa for a change of scenery.

 

[🍀TwinsMom]

This is our goal, do MLK-ish to President's weekend-ish. Figure if we do studios M-F and 1B S/S somewhere economical we can do laundry and eat normally a bit. We are from MA, so snowbirding in the winter doldrums seems nice. We'll see! I'd love to have the kids know where we're at and they can pop down for a long weekend or something when we're in a 1B or maybe splurge on a 2B.

 

[GrumpyInPhilly]

I've thought about doing this at a 2 bedroom villa or treehouse every other year. That way instead of trying to coordinate vacation times we could just say to the adult kids "This is the month we are there if you want to visit". Then it's on them to figure out if they want to go or not.

I like this idea!

 

[E2ME2]

Hi Everyone.

I was talking to my wife about how neat it would be to get enough points to stay a whole month on property when we retire. Does anyone else do this?

I just thought thought it would be great to get away from the cold and spend time just hanging out and enjoying the parks and atmosphere.

Its funny you brought this up as we were just talking about it. We have 150 points at VGF and 100 at BLT. I think you could easily do this depending on the resort you want. I know we looked and at VGF points alone we could do 3 weeks at OKW if we wanted depending on time of year. I would study the time of year, the type of room you want and ideal resort location and back into the points you would need. Happy retirement!

Recently retired, I have contemplated doing this as well. Would need a 1BR for the space, however. After 45 years of marriage, we're not honeymooners anymore.

This is my goal as well. I'm still a while off from retirement but that's the plan! Originally I was thinking one month but now I'm leaning towards two 2.5-ish week trips to break up the winter...but that's the beauty of DVC. I can wait and decide, and/or alternate!

My People!! We've been doing this since 2021 (Retired 12/31/25).
29 Nights In 2021
49 Nights in 2022
57 Nights in 2023
63 Nights in 2024
59 Nights in 2025
58 Nights in 2026 + 30 Nights in a Marriott in Lake Buena Vista
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