History of Rental Rates

[nedlanders]

Calling DVC data crunchers! Where can I find a history of per point rental rates? Very curious about year-over-year increases in rental rates.

 

[Best Aunt]

Well, there isn't a standard rate. There is more than one agency, and they do not all pay the same rates. It's not like every agency paid every owner $x per point during 2024.

If I wanted historical data, I probably would try to find out how much owners were paid, per point, for using https://dvcrequest.com/ over time. Getting info about just one agency over time would give you some consistency. And if you were to use https://dvcrentalstore.com/ you need to know that they sometimes change what they pay owners throughout the year, depending on supply and demand.

Currently, https://dvcrequest.com/ pays $18 per point for some resorts for reservations more than 7 months in advance. It pays $16 per point for other resorts, and for reservations less than 7 months in advance. They may have changed those rules over time.

 

[Brian Noble]

...and you can probably use the Wayback Machine together with etiher DVC Request or the rental forum here to get snapshots of the past.

https://web.archive.org

In general, the rates have not followed an orderly increase. There was a period in the late oughts/early 10s when they were pretty flat, but that was more a consequence of the Great Recession.

 

[Noodlez]

Well, there isn't a standard rate. There is more than one agency, and they do not all pay the same rates. It's not like every agency paid every owner $x per point during 2024.

If I wanted historical data, I probably would try to find out how much owners were paid, per point, for using https://dvcrequest.com/ over time. Getting info about just one agency over time would give you some consistency. And if you were to use https://dvcrentalstore.com/ you need to know that they sometimes change what they pay owners throughout the year, depending on supply and demand.

Currently, https://dvcrequest.com/ pays $18 per point for some resorts for reservations more than 7 months in advance. It pays $16 per point for other resorts, and for reservations less than 7 months in advance. They may have changed those rules over time.

I think looking at what the rental agencies pay out could give quite a skewed impression as they have started taking a larger cut. Looking at the amount DVC Request pay owners it would seem that my BCV points haven't increased at all in the last 5 years, whereas they're actually taking $7 a point now rather than $5. The difference at DVC rental store can be even more dramatic. A few years ago they actually reduced what they paid owners as they advised that points weren't in as high demand, but started charging around $30 a point for confirmed reservations. Looking at how much they charge might give a better idea of the rates.

If someone had a lot of free time they could go through the boards here as there are decades worth of rentals! I can see that OKW went for $9.50 in 2002.

 

[CraigInPA]

I think direct rentals from member to purchaser yield the most useful data.

I can start with a few data points of my own:
2015, rented points at $11pp for BCV (I rented 200 points from an ebay listing. Seller told me what a great investment it was!)
2016 rented points at $12pp for BLT
2017, rented out my points for $13pp at BLT
2022, rented out my points for $16pp at BLT, and a confirmed reservation for $18pp
2024, rented out my points for $20pp at BLT