Having the "we need more points" bug REALLY BAD!

[intamin]

I think you just summarized UY for me. I have owned 8 years and bought the wrong UY. Back when I didn't understand, if I want to vacay in May, I need April. I have June & always end up paying cash for rare fall trips! Thanks you confirmed my April need!

April is definitely better for traveling in May. We told our guide we like going in May and she still assigned us a June UY. Thanks to the people on here though I went and rescinded within 10 days and switched it to an April when I bought my first contract.

 

[Stargazer65]

I'm curious about how many of you have stuck with your one initial contract vs getting a second (or third)?? Did you stick with the same UY (we did). How many points is enough?? (Subjective, I know, but I'm curious about what other people's takes are.) Thanks!!!

I had one initial direct contract for 10 years, then I added on resale two more contracts different resorts, same use year. Still had the bug for a little more and added on another direct contract at a fourth resort. I'm at 560...I thought I might add on even more , but I feel I've reached an upper limit of what I want to pay on dues, and vacation at Disney. I prefer the same UY because I typically only want to do DVC vacations no more than once per year, and we normally combine contracts at 7 months to book our stays. I guess I would add on more points if DVC was our only vacation, but we want flexibility of time and money for some other things as well.

 

[TCRAIG]

5 UY's on purpose? Could you elaborate?

Sure - 2 UY are Hilton Head only - I live in SC so HH is only 4 hrs away - those UYs are months apart so that if I need to cancel, I don’t have to worry about bank/borrow points. The other 3 are April UY for Spring, June for Fall and Oct for Christmas trips…in 15 yrs of owning - I’ve never lost a point.

 

[gleddo]

My wife and I have six contacts all the same use year. Four direct contracts and two resale for a total of 722 points. Two contacts each at BWV, VB and BLT. The VB contracts we bought in 1997. The dues have always been high there but we love the resort and never regretted the purchase. We go to VB for a week every Memorial Day followed by a week at BWV. We’re taking our first BLT trip with our points in September.

 

[CVG]

$64/pp?? WHOA!

I'd guess that there are a load of original owners out there who paid pennies for their contracts back in the day. They come to put their contracts on the market and get told the price to use. Then sit bemused for months while their contract fails to sell (those are the ones to target - not the ones that have just come on). After a while someone like me comes along and offers far less than asked but far more than paid. It's a win-win all around.

Or perhaps they're just keen to offload to stop the dues and want to share the magic.

 

[DOPEY44]

Hey everyone. LONG time lurker, but haven't posted much (and apparently I can't even get the cool pics in my signature until I post more so I thought I'd say what I've been thinking about DVC)...!

We got 300 points at OKW and absolutely love it (despite many people sort of dogging on OKW we just thought it was wonderful.) I can't wait until the boats are working again to DS as we remember riding boats from POFQ to DS and having a grand time years ago.

Well, you'd think that 300 points would suffice but NOPE; I find myself parusing the DVC resale sites almost daily and after maybe just a few weeks of "the bug", we've made an offer on AKV.

I'm crazy excited about it; we're in ROFR right now, so fingers crossed.

I'm curious about how many of you have stuck with your one initial contract vs getting a second (or third)?? Did you stick with the same UY (we did). How many points is enough?? (Subjective, I know, but I'm curious about what other people's takes are.) Thanks!!!

Yes, you never can have enough points!!!!

 

[DOPEY44]

Always looking to buy more!!!

 

[tx911]

Boardwalk is amazing. DO IT!

This board is a bunch of enablers! I kid (kinda) I may have not bought up to 1000 if it weren't for this board. But also if it weren't the boards I never would have bought period since I had no idea resale even existed and that I could negotiate!

Well our October RIV trip just turned into a RIV/BWV split stay, so we shall see!