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<font color=blue>DVC-Trivia Contest, Apr-2006: Hon
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LOL, I think we scared the OP away!
Why would anyone choose a Value resort when they had the option of DVC??To me, that would be nuts! OP, once you stay at DVC there's no way you'd ever be willing to downgrade to a Value!
We are planning a trip in late September. This is our first trip to Disney. Our children will be ages 4 and 7 when we arrive. I have been doing so much research but I can't decide whether to rent a Value Resort or rent from a DVC member. It appears that the price is the same. Everyone we have talked too says you won't spend any time in your room/condo anyway. I have also read about this free dining that Disney usually runs in September, which I understand is not available to DVC members. Can anyone help me out here?
Why would anyone rent points from a stranger with less flexible cancellation policies when travelling with kids (who are more likely to get sick, break a leg) when they can rent through CRO?
People value different things - if I were traveling on a budget with small kids, there is no way I'd risk my vacation by renting points - its something I would only do if I could afford to be completely out the money. And I'm not talking about the scamming risk - just the cancellation risk.
The first time my DW and I went to WDW ( I had been a number of times before) although to that point never stayed on site. We stayed in a value resort, The All Star Music, to this day our only experience of a value, we hardly saw the place as we were in the parks from opening to closing and for our needs at that time it was perfectly adequate, clean, brightly decorated in a fun style. A few trips later with a more relaxed attitude to the amount of time we spend in the parks we had climbed the tree having stayed at mods, deluxes and finally staying in the most expensive delux of them all The Grand Floridian. I must admit that my only reason for booking the GF was because it was the most expensive and wanted to see feel and smell what the best had to offer. Though not a massive fan of 1900s styling I really loved the ambience of the place and would rate it as one of my favourite resorts.
Having been fortunate to have been able to stay in the deluxes I realised at the present time I can afford to do it once or twice a year but if children come along I might not be able to especially given the fact that airline tickets for the two of us for our next trip come in at the equivelent of around$3300. Add a kid or two to this price and ouch its expensive. This was my reason for buying DVC, to enable us to continue staying in top notch accomodation, once you have experienced it you wont want to go back to the values, they no longer hold the same magic. My other reason which matters to me immensly due to my incredible lack of patience is the fact the value resorts are miles away from the parks, although the transport experience of caribbean beach (mod) absoloutly drove me up the wall and for that reason alone I would rate it lower than the values. With regard to the OP as you have not stayed at Disney before I am sure you will enjoy will really enjoy Disney wherever you stay but remeber hamburgers taste great until you try fillet mignon.
Sorry if this is a little off topic, but I'm looking to rent some points and had a question for you guys. What (if anything) can I do to try and make sure the person placing the ressie for me has actually made it before I send them money via Paypal ??
I have no reason at all to distrust this person (as a matter of fact I'm incredibly thankful for them taking the time), but would like to know if there are any ways that I can validate the ressie on my own as I don't believe that renters can actually talk to MS prior to arrival.
Forgive me for being new and naive to this, but what steps should I take before sending any cash ?
Thanks in advance, can't wait for my first DVC experience in May (hopefully) !
The short answer, you really can't.
The best option, I save for last. PayPal me $25.00 and the name of your Owner, and I'll tell you if they are a member in good standing of the PDRA!
Enjoy your vacation,
-Tony
Google their name, see if demographic details match what you have been given.
Thanks Tony --
That's kind of what I thought, but just didn't know if there was any othe checks out there that I wasn't aware of.
I know going in that there's a lot of trust (on both my part and theirs) involved with something like this, and wanted to make sure there wasn't anything that I was missing.
Anyway, hopefully I hear something later this morning from the member and will know more about what's available in terms of accomodations for our trip and we'll go from there.
I may just hit you up for that check, $25 may be a cheap insurance policy before I send out $800 (via Paypal).
Thanks again,
Chris
Curious how this would help. My uncle has a very common name, last name Jones, if you google his name you get over 25 million replies. Do you really think anyone is going to be able to find anything in that list. Of course the first 10 pages were famous Jones.
My point is regardless of these suggestions, it is not a fail safe method.