Fall Direct Incentives

[darkconz]

Wow, so I guess I'm glad we hedged our bets and locked in a contract last week under summer incentives. I didn't expect Riviera to get worse pricing, but with Polynesian being so high it still looks great in comparison.

Sounds like you are playing stocks with DVC contracts =)

 

[Genie+]

Direct looks like it has changed strategies with pre-sales and opening prices. Up to and including VGF2, they were very generous with incentives to push those initial sales numbers.

VDH, CFW and now Poly2 look different, letting the extra-enthusiastic customers buy first at higher pricing, then deeper discounts are offered later to motivate the interested who will only buy under a certain price.

We figured Poly2 would be similar to VDH and eventually those really good incentives would arrive after a year or so.

 

[Brian Noble]

So there is no incentive to buy.

If you have a time machine and can sign a contract yesterday, no there is not.

If you don't have a time machine, the story is a little different.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Direct looks like it has changed strategies with pre-sales and opening prices. Up to and including VGF2, they were very generous with incentives to push those initial sales numbers.

VDH, CFW and now Poly2 look different, letting the extra-enthusiastic customers buy first at higher pricing, then deeper discounts to are offered later to motivate the interested who will only buy under a certain price.

We figured Poly2 would be similar to VDH and eventually those really good incentives would arrive after a year or so.

disney land at least offered 20 a point discount on 150 points. And was good for 50 years. Grand floridian's discount was around the same too. They just started lower because $207 was the going rate when thye opened.

The cabins were the first property with such low discounts since pre-covid. Unlike the cabins the poly tower will still probably do well.

 

[CastAStone]

That's exactly what I mean.

So there is no incentive to buy.

You watch. In 2 weeks we will get posts from new users, “hey these incentives look pretty good!”

 

[atthebeachclub]

This is all a bit anticlimactic. What shall we discuss now?!

 

[Genie+]

disney land at least offered 20 a point discount on 150 points. And was good for 50 years. Grand floridian's discount was around the same too. They just started lower because $207 was the going rate when thye opened.

The cabins were the first property with such low discounts since pre-covid. Unlike the cabins the poly tower will still probably do well.

My point was from a buyers perspective. Used to be getting in on the first round was better than the next few rounds. That seems to have changed. Now they start out the gate higher and put the more enticing pricing later down the line.

 

[davidhr]

This is all a bit anticlimactic. What shall we discuss now?!

They resumed work on the Reflections site, so we need to ramp up that discussion

 

[njcoach24]

This is all a bit anticlimactic. What shall we discuss now?!

This, lol. I was hoping for Black Friday pricing today on everything else. The boards would have been going crazy.

 

[disneylandtour]

My point was from a buyers perspective. Used to be getting in on the first round was better than the next few rounds. That seems to have changed. Now they start out the gate higher and put the more enticing pricing later down the line.

Or Disney better be really, really good at selling cash rooms there.

 

[TheDailyMoo]

what does this do to resale prices both of Poly and others if anything. More rhetorical than anything else. We shall see I

 

[njcoach24]

Or Disney better be really, really good at selling cash rooms there.

I was looking for next October and some nights are gone already via cash. I

 

[Mikey15]

I suppose in theory they could add WH anytime, right? Or take it away (set an earlier expiry like the Visa deal)? Something not being live on the first day of a quarter doesn’t mean it won’t appear later? (Didn’t OKW deals come out mid-incentive cycle?

For now I would guess they’re gauging that PIT interest is high, and they don’t need to give launch pricing a haircut, but that can always be adjusted. If you think about it, it’s still cheaper than VDH (because they can charge more for DL resorts even with TOT and restrictions…).

 

[vdangelo239]

They resumed work on the Reflections site, so we need to ramp up that discussion

this is the way

 

[disneylandtour]

I was looking for next October and some nights are gone already via cash. I

I’m almost positive that is because not all cash inventory has been released because Disney is waiting to see how well the Poly points sell.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I think this sums it up as well as can be done: https://dvcnews.com/dvc-program-men...-good-for-some-resorts-not-so-good-for-others

 

[VGCgroupie]

Well guess I’m not buying more VDH. The old link is still working as of now to remind me how much better incentives were last round.

 

[jess2022]

I think this sums it up as well as can be done: https://dvcnews.com/dvc-program-men...-good-for-some-resorts-not-so-good-for-others

It doesn’t mention Magical Beginnings in here. Has anyone heard of they are still offering it?

 

[JackosinDIS]

It doesn’t mention Magical Beginnings in here. Has anyone heard of they are still offering

No MB on Poly. Not sure about others.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

No MB on Poly. Not sure about others.

It’s not on any of them. The per point discount is higher than last cycle but less than welcome home savings combined with the per point incentive over summer