Explain home resort

[ACJT]

Is it possible to have multiple home resorts? What's the minimum points needed at a resort to consider it home if you have multiple contracts?

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[com_op_2000]

Is it possible to have multiple home resorts? What's the minimum points needed at a resort to consider it home if you have multiple contracts?

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Yes it is possible to have multiple home resorts.

The minimum contract that DVC sells is 25 points. That is all you need to be able to book a room at your home resort at 11 months.

 

[disneynutz]

Your home resort is your deeded purchase, with your deed you have the right to book at your home resort at 11 months from check in.

Bill

 

[DVC Dude]

Your home resort is where they Welcome you Home.

Seriously, it is the DVC location where you bought your points (DVC is a real estate timeshare) and it is the location that determines your annual dues, your RTU (years left on contract), and where you get priority booking at 11 months vs non-home resorts booking at 7 months.

Most people advise buying a home resort where you WANT to stay as it gives you a 4 month advantage with booking your trips there.

If you book your vacations at 7 months or less, then it does not matter where your home resort is.

The annual dues can vary a lot based on home resort from the lowest BLT $4.50 to highest VB $7.41 and this is probably the SINGLE most important factor in buying DVC as 30-50 years of dues will far outweigh a few dollars difference in the initial buy-in.

Also, YES you can have several different home resorts but they will be different contracts in the same (or different) membership number.

If you own 450 DVC points in one membership number in three different resort contracts of 150 points each (i.e. BLT, SSR, OKW) then you can have 150 point booking at each resort at 11 months or 450 booking at one resort at 7 months (assuming you dont borrow or bank)

 

[ACJT]

So having a minimum 25 points at resort "a" and 250 at resort "b" will still only allow you to book 25 points at 11 months at resort "a"? Not 275?

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[DVC Dude]

So having a minimum 25 points at resort "a" and 250 at resort "b" will still only allow you to book 25 points at 11 months at resort "a"? Not 275?

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Unfortunately, that is correct or we all would buy 25 point contracts at VGF and VGC to get the advantage.

 

[disneynutz]

So having a minimum 25 points at resort "a" and 250 at resort "b" will still only allow you to book 25 points at 11 months at resort "a"? Not 275?

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True, what would be the point of a home resort if they allowed you to combine points at 11 months.

Bill

 

[ACJT]

Makes sense.

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