DVC veterans question is it time to go

[sjpvac]

I currently pay the same ($1500) for my OKW points purchased at resale in 1995 and if it were not for being able to knock off $400-500 each year by using the rewards part of the Disney Visa card, I would have left long ago. Without the free park tickets that we used to get until 2000, I find that the five or six days a year I spend there just don't justify the declining perks and trying to rent the points in this market is a lot more difficult than it used to be.

 

[Granny]

We are thinking we would be better off banking these fees and paying OOP and possibility saving ourselves money in the long run with Disney offering free dining at Mod . resorts .

I'm not sure that anyone commented on this part of the original post. It sounds like you still want to go to WDW regularly so burnout isn't the issue. I wouldn't make a decision like selling DVC based on current discounts or promotions to cash paying customers. If the economy turns around then these will disappear as they did several years ago.

At that point, the cash paying guests were lamenting the lack of codes and discounts. Bottom line is that Disney won't be offering a lot of discounts unless they need to do it to fill up the resorts.

Personally, I like the fact that I don't have to worry about searching for deals, and I get upgraded accommodations (1BR for two of us) for a price I could never afford as a cash customer.

Nothing wrong with selling the DVC contracts, but don't want you to do so based on assumptions that could change.

 

[crisi]

We feel close. We'd just rather spend our vacation time and money in other places. But I suspect we will hang on for another six years while the kids are still home and maintain the Disney family tradition

 

[crisi]

We feel close. We'd just rather spend our vacation time and money in other places. But I suspect we will hang on for another six years while the kids are still home and maintain the Disney family tradition

 

[4GoofyCrew]

Very insightful thread. We just returned from our third WDW trip and were starting to discuss a more 'permanent' option. Reading these posts have made me think more deeply into what the next 5, 10, even 20 years will bring. The DVC is a big investment for an uncertain time. I think socking away money for a trip to where ever (not just Disney) we want to go might be a better option. Granted, it sounds like you can sell/rent out your points that you buy, but I am not sure that is the way for everyone to go. It definitely sounds like if WDW is the place you will frequent then it isn't recommended to purchase points at VB, etc. All good info for a newby to the DVC research. Thanks!

 

[rmcildw2m]

I love my DVC . Without it I could not never afford to stay in the deluxe resorts ,when you divide your fees by the # of nights you might be staying it really is cheap to stay at the deluxe resorts over what cash prices it would cost otherwise .

 

[lilpooh108]

$1550 for 225 pts is quite high. Perhaps if you plan on continuing to vacation to WDW, you can sell your points and buy a smaller OKW or SSR resale contract to continue using DVC resorts rather than moderates. You'll save approx $500 or so a year in dues.

 

[FreeTime]

When I see what some resales are going for and I think about the cash I could have in my pocket, I think about selling. But only briefly. That quick cash I am sure would be just that...quick and then I would be left with maybe a new car that will wear out in a few years. We have been able to do so much with our points that we will likely hang onto them and give them to our children to take the grandkids for the last years of the membership. Without DVC we would not have been able to give new experiences to others on both sides of the family. We returned from a trip with grandparents, kids, grandchildren in December and will enjoy the memories created. Later this year, we have donated some villas to our daughter's scout troop. Some of these girls have never left our state. One of them, we rented a room for dirt cheap (they would never have taken it for nothing) so the rest of the family could go.

If there are a few years where we don't want to go, we will probably donate to Make a Wish, or let our families go and stay.

 

[Sammie]

I've always wished I could get a big enough group together to justify a GV trip. I'm jealous.




I drive, too. It just isn't nearly as enjoyable to fly anymore, though prices are better now that Southwest has non-stops to MCO. It seems our San Antonio airport is always on some sort of security alert, I assume because we are "Military City USA." It is just a mess. So I plan at least 8 nights minimum and really like 10 or 12 to justify the drive.

Well Chuck if you want a big group, we all would be glad to help out.

 

[Crazy4Disney06]

This is the reason we decided to buy a smaller contract. To keep our dues low and so that we don't burn out on feeling that we have to go every year. With a small contract it will allow us to visit every other year or every three years and stay in deluxe accommodations that we would not be able to with out DVC.

 

[icydog]

I think the OP is sick to death of Vero Beach and I can sympathize. The fees there are outrageous. But you will lose a lot more,in proportion to your buy in costs, by selling VB than at the other resorts with the exception of SSR. if you can afford to take the loss then do it. I sold my VB contracts at a loss to buy BCV points resale.

You have to do a cost comparison. Vero Beach with a loss in monetary value when you sell it versus paying less per year at say SSR. I did it and the pay back figure was not that long.