For those who own at Poly or BLT (or both)

[DoubleBaconBLT]

They can only book a room at a fully declared/sold out resort (like BLT) for a welcome home stay if it available for all members to book with points. If it is being walked, them they would likely be unable to secure it for a welcome home stay.

The easier option would be to ask for them to pull something from the Poly tower undeclared inventory, Cabins undeclared inventory, LSL when it first opens, etc.

This is not true. They can book a Welcome Home stay for you using their cash room inventory. I have a stay in about a week at BWV that I booked in September as my Welcome Home stay. There were no rooms available at BWV on the DVC site at the time (my resale membership showed nothing available to book with points). The Member Services rep explained that for Welcome Home stays, they can book these cash rooms, but it's only for a direct member's first stay and only if you call Member Services to book.

 

[Tatebeck]

This is not true. They can book a Welcome Home stay for you using their cash room inventory. I have a stay in about a week at BWV that I booked in September as my Welcome Home stay. There were no rooms available at BWV on the DVC site at the time (my resale membership showed nothing available to book with points). The Member Services rep explained that for Welcome Home stays, they can book these cash rooms, but it's only for a direct member's first stay and only if you call Member Services to book.

It is true. But yes, they can use their cash room inventory, I never said they couldn't.

Their "cash room inventory" = rooms that are undeclared + the rooms that they themselves have booked with their points (with the same reservation booking dates as everyone else booking.)

That means the room you are staying in, if it wasn't in the website for booking when you bought, WAS bookable by anyone earlier, then DVC was the one who booked it, then later offered it for your welcome home stay. You just started your process after it was already booked and in the cash inventory

Any room at a sold out resort has to be bookable by any owners before DVC can book it themselves and use it for a welcome home stay. Otherwise they can use undeclared inventory, and those are not available for booking yet by members otherwise.
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For more info, I was responding to some talk about DVC maybe being able to book a room that is being walked by other members for a Welcome Home stay. They would not be able to do that because the room will be gone before the 11 month window. If the room is available right at the 11 month window, or in your case if they had already previously booked a room to add it to their cash inventory, then yes they can use those rooms for WH stays

 

[Girlstar30]

It is true. But yes, they can use their cash room inventory, I never said they couldn't.

Their "cash room inventory" = rooms that are undeclared + the rooms that they themselves have booked with their points (with the same reservation booking dates as everyone else booking.)

That means the room you are staying in, if it wasn't in the website for booking when you bought, WAS bookable by anyone earlier, then DVC was the one who booked it, then later offered it for your welcome home stay. You just started your process after it was already booked and in the cash inventory

Any room at a sold out resort has to be bookable by any owners before DVC can book it themselves and use it for a welcome home stay. Otherwise they can use undeclared inventory, and those are not available for booking yet by members otherwise.
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For more info, I was responding to some talk about DVC maybe being able to book a room that is being walked by other members for a Welcome Home stay. They would not be able to do that because the room will be gone before the 11 month window. If the room is available right at the 11 month window, or in your case if they had already previously booked a room to add it to their cash inventory, then yes they can use those rooms for WH stays

I think the wording makes it seem like you are saying that people cant book anything unless it is currently available for all members to book, which isnt true because they have rooms they they booked with their own points they can give to you.

I think thats where the confusion lies. I know thats not what youre really saying, but thats how I took it before really reading it over.

 

[Tatebeck]

I think the wording makes it seem like you are saying that people cant book anything unless it is currently available for all members to book, which isnt true because they have rooms they they booked with their own points they can give to you.

I think thats where the confusion lies. I know thats not what youre really saying, but thats how I took it before really reading it over.

Yeah, I can see that.
For a sold out resort:
Step 1 is they have to book the room like any other member.
Step 2 is they can sell/rent the reservation or offer it as a WH stay. But they still have to book it first.

In the original, I was talking about when they can book specifically, not when they can offer that room for WH stays. I said:
"They can only book a room at a fully declared/sold out resort (like BLT) for a welcome home stay if it available for all members to book with points. If it is being walked, them they would likely be unable to secure it for a welcome home stay."

If they have already booked the room, then they can do what they want with it.