For those that get Addonitis but don't add on...what helps

[edk35]

We have added on 5 times in the past 13 months

We just did again this Sat (small 25 point at BCV) and I am still not cured

Just booked a March vac at BCV (1 bedroom)......need more points now

OMG YOU MUST BE FEELING REALLY ILL IF YOU NEED MORE POINTS?!!

 

[wildernessDad]

I usually go through a 'retraining' session ala 'A Clockwork Orange' where videos are forced into my brain with messages such as "You don't want to add on. If you add on, your hair will fall out..." Oops, too late!

 

[edk35]

Well if I can talk dh into this "add on" then i will be trying to figure out where to add it on. Our home resort is SSR so they are supposedly sold out....but I would think of all the sold our resorts..it might be the easiest to get. BUT we absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED BCV and I started thinking maybe we should start adding on there...in small add ons. THEN the AVK incentive is out there but I am not so sure he will agree to the 100 pt. add on right now. I am thinking small so then I have to figure all of this out.

 

[yitbos96bb]

maybe the knowledge that many of us have half of what you have - does that help???

We have 170 and probably will add on at some point but it isn't somethign I feel we HAVE to do.

You said what I feel except much more politely than I would have said it... Kudos.

 

[edk35]

You said what I feel except much more politely than I would have said it... Kudos.

OUCH ....I asked for people's opinions that 'have gotten addonitis and yet didn't add on" and how they got through not adding on. I didn't expect that.

 

[Tink-n-Belle]

I have addonits every day, but what stops me from adding on is the fact that we don't have enough vacation time to enjoy more than a week a Disney !!! Now when I retire, that will be a different story

 

[DisDaydreamer]

I bought BWV (a meager 200 pts) in 1998. Ten YEARS... and I have not even contacted our guide once. I am a pillar of concrete... ok, my DW is.

My weakest time has been ever since I discovered that people buy more points than they need at different resorts to have multiple homes then rent the points they don't book for the year to pay for the points they do book.

BRILLIANT! I mean EXCRUTIATINGLY BRILLIANT!

NOPE... NOT ME.... Not until the day we can't book VB at 7 months... Then... Then I tell you... I unleash the power of all the little seeds I have been planting once a week for years... Then DW will ask ME if we can add-on.

OOPS... I'm Daydreaming again

 

[BWV Dreamin]

I bought BWV (a meager 200 pts) in 1998. Ten YEARS... and I have not even contacted our guide once. I am a pillar of concrete... ok, my DW is.

My weakest time has been ever since I discovered that people buy more points than they need at different resorts to have multiple homes then rent the points they don't book for the year to pay for the points they do book.

BRILLIANT! I mean EXCRUTIATINGLY BRILLIANT!

NOPE... NOT ME.... Not until the day we can't book VB at 7 months... Then... Then I tell you... I unleash the power of all the little seeds I have been planting once a week for years... Then DW will ask ME if we can add-on.

OOPS... I'm Daydreaming again

I know your heart is at Vero Beach!! I am so glad I did add-on for VB if for only 50 pts. I can still get that beach cottage for 3 days, inn for the other 2 every 3 yrs.I am in love with the cottage! Now enough is enough with BWV and VB, Sometimes I think there is too much hipe in making poeple believe they have to keep adding on for home resort advantage. I see people getting their requests at 7 mos. with the new booking process. I'm gonna take my hunch I'll do just fine at 7 mos.

 

[PEANUT1]

I think the old saying goes "no matter how much you have, you always want MORE"

we bought last year 150 points and we knew we needed more so we will buy 100 more this year. I don't see us buying any more than that....but never say never.

 

[daisyduck123]

I think the old saying goes "no matter how much you have, you always want MORE"

 

[edk35]

Thanks Laurie......

 

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

I have to admit that I was really content with my 250 points and never wanted to add until the AKV 100 point incentive card came (the tempting part is that it would also make us founding members for GCV from everything I've heard). We could always use a couple more weekends of not driving home from DL on a Saturday night after being in the park all day. It's only 45 minutes, but still..... With me being "restructured" in January and still not having work yet (medical imaging is in an all-time low slump right now), there's just no way. (Wish me luck - I have an interview on Friday.)

That being said, the other thing that keeps me from adding is that I just can't spend that much per point, knowing that I originally got my contracts in 1993 and 95 for basically half of the current value. That alone can't justify the buy!

 

[disnefile]

Think of your kids' college tuitions! That should cure your addonitis for a long time.

 

[ITGirl50]

I've had it since we returned from our last trip in July and we just bought in December 2007! I think it's because I really, really, really want be on vacation. Not that we really, really, really need more points.

My theory on how to cure it is to stop thinking about Disney World all the time. That's all I've been doing since we returned. I think we do that because we have to plan 11 months ahead of our trip and then we have to plan again 7 months ahead of our trip. Disney did this to us!

I'm also really anxious about the BLT announcement. It's like waiting for Christmas day! I want to open the present early by adding on at VWL or AKV instead of waiting for BLT. It's driving me nuts! I'm obsessed with it. I hope it will work out and I won't be disappointed with the "present". My DH will keep me from buying add-ons before the announcement. Though he was more interested in it this morning by looking for the mailer (luckily I already threw it away!). It doesn't help things if we both want to add-on!

Good luck!

 

[ACDSNY]

I have to admit that I was really content with my 250 points and never wanted to add until the AKV 100 point incentive card came (the tempting part is that it would also make us founding members for GCV from everything I've heard).

(Wish me luck - I have an interview on Friday.)!

Sending some pixie dust your way for Friday!

The darn 100 min buy in and GC FM program got us. I started a new AUG UY with our AKV add-on. I wasn't thrilled having 220 points in our FEB UY since we travel in the Fall, so I'm selling 120 points to offset the add on.

 

[Anal Annie]

Getting laid off 6 months ago! (And some Captain Morgan! )

 

[Marc A.]

I agree that it never goes away. Unfortunately, the reality of finances makes it unwise to add on at times, but it still hurts. So, in that case, which usually occurs to a DVCer after an add on or two, plan one a few years down the road. It gives you hope and something to look forward to. (That is what I am doing) But the addonitis itch itself never goes away!

I feel the same way as you do!! It really hurts when they have the free Doorway to Dreams events every so often 15 mins from your house and the incentives look so great. Maybe when the economy starts getting a little better/a year or two, we'll delve a little deeper into adding on.

 

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

Getting laid off 6 months ago! (And some Captain Morgan! )

I feel your pain - January 23rd was my last day! Hopefully things are turning around. I came this close to getting a job with ABC Family..... Boy that would have helped buy an add on!

Thanks to ACDSNY for the extra Pixie Dust! I'll send some to you too, Annie!!!

 

[DVC Mike]

I'm holding fast for BLT; that's the only thing keeping me from adding on (they aren't selling it yet!).

 

[keys2kingdom]

YOU THROUGH THE PAIN!!!???? I really want to add on, dh thinks that 300 is enough and it JUST HURTS SO BAD!!!

Just keep staring at your dues bill, that pretty much does it for me. I'd love to add on but alas it's just not practical.