How did you convince your spouse to add more points?

[vandy]

Tell them afterwards. It's always ended well for me

 

[stormer]

Tell them afterwards. It's always ended well for me

That might be the best bet!

 

[n2mm]

Tell them afterwards. It's always ended well for me

That's exactly how I do it. I just add on and when the package arrives, I just say, "hey, when you get a chance, there's some palm trees that need your signature". I have 7 contracts now, and that's probably it for us....all I need to do is look at my dues bill and it cures my addonitis.

 

[sandieb]

We have a "vacation fund" that we put money into each month. When it gets to a certain amount we have tended to add on. I wait and find the right contract at the time we have the payment covered and let her know what the plan is and just kind of do it...

We're still married and she doesn't seem to mind we're spending 12 days at Aulani over Christmas.

I second this option for this purpose- save the money and when you have the desired amount, then discuss it with your husband. If you can carve this out of your budget, you should be ok.

I added on 3 times, and I used the extra money I earned from being on-call or working overtime (I'm a nurse) and pretty quickly had what I needed for the add-ons.

 

[CoffeeCup]

We have added points three times, and I haven't had to convince DH it was a good idea. Our home resort is AKV, and we've always gotten a 1-bedroom, savanna view, even though it is just the two of us. DH loves sitting on the balcony watching the animals, and we go there for at least 8 nights once a year or more. We were fine until we discovered we love HH and also need to go there at least once a year. We tried a studio at HH, came home and added points, we tried a 1-bedroom at HH, then a 2-bedroom when we took friends, and we have more than enough points for now. However, when DH retires in about a year, we'll have time to travel more often. Hmmmm...we may need to think about buying more points in the future.