How do you describe DVC.....

[Flyerfan]

to people who don't know about it? I don't want to call it a timeshare because it's not, really. It's more like a club, a prepaid vacation of sorts, I guess. I'd like to introduce people to it but I just don't know how to describe it, in brief, without making it sound like your typical timeshare.

 

[disney junky]

I always refer to it as Disney's version of a time share.

 

[StampMom]

I'm not a DVC owner (yet), but I've been looking into it for ages and am just trying to convince my husband to take the plunge! Anyway, like disney junky, I also refer to it as "Disney's version of a timeshare," which then gives me an opening to explain how it's different from a traditional timeshare.

 

[AnnaS]

I say it's Disney's version of a timeshare - I make it a point to say it's onsite, one of their resorts. They all assume right away that it's outside of Disney.

I also say you are not buying the typical weekly timeframe you are normally locked into. You choose your length of stay, size of accomodation and time you wish to go.

If they comment on the cost, then I say - once it's paid - you are staying for less of the price of a value resort and it costs less than two packs of cigarettes a day (if dh and I both smoked, which we used to many, many years ago).

 

[flyerron]

Well it is a time share. The thing that sets it apart from the usual timeshare programs is the flexability. Most timeshare programs give you the right to use a unit for 1 week during a specific week in the year or during a season. The DVC gives you the flexability to travel whenever you want & stay as long as you want in a unit of your choosing. That is the difference! Plus you can add on bits & pieces where as othr timeshsres have to be added on another week at a time.

 

[dianeschlicht]

It is a timeshare and at the time it was developed, it was a revolutionary idea in the timeshare world, but now others are copying the DVC pattern and point system, so it truly is a "timeshare with a twist". I too often say it is Disney's version of a timeshare, and is as different to timeshares as WDW is to a regular theme park.

 

[crisi]

We say "we own a timeshare at Disneyworld." It explains the concept best for what I want to get across to people (which is "why do you go to Disney so often" and "How much do you like Disney." - "we own a timeshare at WDW" answers both those questions.

Most people don't care about the ins and outs of points vs set weeks, housekeeping, dues, benefits, home resorts, etc. about as much as you care about what flowers are in your cousin's wedding bouquet - which is to say "don't give people more information than they asked for - they think its boring."

If I say "we own a timeshare at Disney" and they then ask questions about it, I will follow up with an explaination of the program. That has never happened in five years of ownership.

And if the word "timeshare" carries negative connotations and they want to think less of me, that's their problem.