The DVC R/T board
Earning My Ears
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- Mar 28, 2006
Heads Up Rent/Trade Board Users
Changes to the R/T Board prices, plans and posting requirements are under discussion at this time. The current R/T rules have been in effect since February of 2011. No effective date has been set for any changes, this is intended only as a basis for discussion:
Did you know that:
Comments and questions about these potential changes are welcome.
**ETA - The first bullet point at the top is incorrect. The total number of rental plans and those meeting the requirements was 382 DVC Members. So the true % should be 134 (# of 2nd threads)/ 382 (# of R/T members) which is 35% who have posted more than one rental thread. So, 65% of the DVC Members using the Rent/Trade over the past 12 months have posted only ONE rental thread out of their allowed number of threads for their plan year (instead of the "Almost 80%" reported above).
Changes to the R/T Board prices, plans and posting requirements are under discussion at this time. The current R/T rules have been in effect since February of 2011. No effective date has been set for any changes, this is intended only as a basis for discussion:
Did you know that:
- Almost 80% of the R/T DVC Members post only ONE rental thread for their rental plan year **
- There were over 300 DVC Members using DIS rental plans since April 16, 2020
- There were almost 40 DVC Members who met the requirements for a fee waiver and were able to use the Rent/Trade Board
- There is no posting requirement or plan purchase for potential renters to use the board.
- There were 1082 R/T threads declined out of a total of 1697 threads (over 60%) during that same time period - due to posters not reading the board posting rules before submitting a rental thread (which made for lots of extra work for the volunteer moderators).
- There were also many warnings issued to DVC Members who altered their approved threads to render them non-compliant with board rules. A few even lost access to the R/T Board as a result of repeated violations.
- SILVER PLAN (this would be new) $29.95 / NOT available for accounts registered less than 6 months. 3 rental threads per year/including ONE existing reservation (30 days or less prior to check-in)
- GOLD PLAN $39.95 ($59.95 for usernames registered less than 6 months) - Allows 6 rental threads , including up to two existing reservations (30 days or less prior to check-in)
- GOLD PLAN RENEWAL (this would also be new) $34.95 - The renewal must be registered and paid before current plan expires
- PLATINUM PLAN – NOT available for accounts registered less than 6 months. $99.95 - 6 rental threads including 2 existing reservations, one of which may be more than 30 days prior to check-in
- PREMIUM PLAN - NOT available for accounts registered less than 6 months. $249.99 - 8 rental threads including up to 3 existing reservations within 11 months of the arrival date
- Has had her/his DIS user-name for at least 6 months, and
- Has made at least 8 posts in at least 4 of the past 6 months (months are counted on a daily basis the same as DVC computes 11 month/7 month priorities), and
- Has made at least 50 non-Rent/Trade Board posts in the last 6 months as verified by the DIS 'Search' engine. (Posts made on the DVC Rent/Trade Board will not count towards this requirement).
Comments and questions about these potential changes are welcome.
**ETA - The first bullet point at the top is incorrect. The total number of rental plans and those meeting the requirements was 382 DVC Members. So the true % should be 134 (# of 2nd threads)/ 382 (# of R/T members) which is 35% who have posted more than one rental thread. So, 65% of the DVC Members using the Rent/Trade over the past 12 months have posted only ONE rental thread out of their allowed number of threads for their plan year (instead of the "Almost 80%" reported above).
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