Bowen Family
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2017
After a lot of research, calculations, comparisons etc., we finally decided to go the route of renting DVC points for a 7-night stay at AKL in early May 2020.
I am surprised that despite enquiring with two separate rental agencies, AND trying to book 11 months out (to the day), we are still only able to get a spot on a waitlist.
The issue is that while there is available inventory for our preferred room type (Standard Studio at Jambo or Kidani) there are not currently any AKL owners offering the points we'd need for this stay.
For the record, both companies have been terrific to deal with so far, so this isn't any sort of complaint with either of them. I guess I had just hoped that booking so far out, and in early May during a somewhat less in demand season, this rental process would be relatively painless. But now I'm back to pricing rack rate rooms just in case this doesn't pan out.
Any other DVC renters ever find themselves in this spot? How did it go for you? How long did you wait before pulling the plug on renting points and just going the more conventional route?
I am surprised that despite enquiring with two separate rental agencies, AND trying to book 11 months out (to the day), we are still only able to get a spot on a waitlist.
The issue is that while there is available inventory for our preferred room type (Standard Studio at Jambo or Kidani) there are not currently any AKL owners offering the points we'd need for this stay.
For the record, both companies have been terrific to deal with so far, so this isn't any sort of complaint with either of them. I guess I had just hoped that booking so far out, and in early May during a somewhat less in demand season, this rental process would be relatively painless. But now I'm back to pricing rack rate rooms just in case this doesn't pan out.
Any other DVC renters ever find themselves in this spot? How did it go for you? How long did you wait before pulling the plug on renting points and just going the more conventional route?