Future Riviera Incentives...

[SpaceYeti]

Currently own at Riviera and I am looking to increase my point total. I am wondering if now is the time to act if I wish to add on.

What is the possibility of Riviera incentives getting better or worse from this point forward, and what are the factors that you have considered to make your assessment?

 

[Ruttangel]

I think you could argue that RIV sales could drastically slow down while VGF is on sale and therefore incentives should at least not get worse, 2 million points at VGF should take about 18 months to sell.

The counter argument is that prices just go up and up. The current incentives are pretty good.
Not sure how many points you need but incentives start at 100 points atm

 

[tjkraz]

I don't see incentives improving anytime soon. Grand Floridian sales just opened and have seemingly been very strong. That will help the DVC business unit post good numbers for at least the next few months. Eventually we may see some greater pricing separation between GF and Riviera, but not for a while. But DVC may create that separation by simply raising the price of GF, not by discounting Riviera.

 

[CarolMN]

Currently own at Riviera and I am looking to increase my point total. I am wondering if now is the time to act if I wish to add on.

What is the possibility of Riviera incentives getting better or worse from this point forward, and what are the factors that you have considered to make your assessment?

If you want less than 100, my advice is to add on now if you are fiinancially ready. The price will only go up and it's rare to see incentives for less than 125.

FWIW, I don't think the incentives will get better for larger purchases and IIRC, they decrease at the end of March. Buy now if you are ready.

 

[Sandisw]

I agree with others that if you are ready to buy, I'd do it before the month is over. One thing you can always do is buy toward the end of the month, so that you will overlap when these expires as part of your 10 day rescind. If they are better come April 1st, you can ask to qualify for the new ones, but if not, you have locked in the current incentives.

 

[SpaceYeti]

I don't see incentives improving anytime soon. Grand Floridian sales just opened and have seemingly been very strong. That will help the DVC business unit post good numbers for at least the next few months. Eventually we may see some greater pricing separation between GF and Riviera, but not for a while. But DVC may create that separation by simply raising the price of GF, not by discounting Riviera.

So you would say incentives are typically influenced by how DVC business is performing overall, and not necessarily related to how a specific resort may be performing? Or other factors like future resorts in the DVC pipeline, such as Disneyland Tower?

I agree with others that if you are ready to buy, I'd do it before the month is over. One thing you can always do is buy toward the end of the month, so that you will overlap when these expires as part of your 10 day rescind. If they are better come April 1st, you can ask to qualify for the new ones, but if not, you have locked in the current incentives.

Wow, this is a savvy veteran move that I did not know was possible. Thanks for the tip

 

[tjkraz]

So you would say incentives are typically influenced by how DVC business is performing overall, and not necessarily related to how a specific resort may be performing? Or other factors like future resorts in the DVC pipeline, such as Disneyland Tower?

Aulani has been selling since 2010. They’ve had some really nice incentives in the last 6 months, but that’s after 10 years of apparently embracing a “slow and steady” pace.

Assuming VGF regularly outsells Riviera over the next few months, I do not believe that will prompt DVC to think “heck, we need to lower our price so we sell more Riviera!” Nor do I think the Disneyland Tower 2000 miles away will have any impact on Florida resorts. Different target market.

 

[JoeDisney247365]

I agree with others that if you are ready to buy, I'd do it before the month is over. One thing you can always do is buy toward the end of the month, so that you will overlap when these expires as part of your 10 day rescind. If they are better come April 1st, you can ask to qualify for the new ones, but if not, you have locked in the current incentives.

This is what I did (unknowlingly tbh) but I purchased RIV at the end of February and rescinded my contract within the 10 days for a larger RIV contract with the better incentives. Still waiting on the paperwork and points though and that was Friday.