how do you insure your points?

[Joan1]

We normally do not get insurance on a land trip where cancellation policy is where you can cancel almost up to the day of the vacation. We always purchase insurance for non-refundable vacations and cruises

Does anyone purchase insurance for any vacations booked under your DVC points? If you do how do you figure out the $ to insure? We have parents that are getting up in age and have some health issues and it is something we have been discussing lately

TY

 

[DebbieB]

We normally do not get insurance on a land trip where cancellation policy is where you can cancel almost up to the day of the vacation. We always purchase insurance for non-refundable vacations and cruises

Does anyone purchase insurance for any vacations booked under your DVC points? If you do how do you figure out the $ to insure? We have parents that are getting up in age and have some health issues and it is something we have been discussing lately

TY

If you buy the insurance through DVC, you get your dues money on the points lost. Unless you are at the end of your use year and will not be able to reschedule, I would not insure unless it's a huge amount of points. I have insured airfare directly through the airline and I used it when my mom passed.

 

[erionm]

The insurance offered by DVC is $79 per UY and covers all trips (and all persons listed on reservation) taken during that UY. If a trip includes points from multiple UYs, a fee must be paid (or already) for each UYs points. Details of the DVC Travel Insurance is available on the Member Website. There's a link at the very bottom of the main page.

 

[Muhlenberg]

I buy the insurance from DVC. The first year was expensive, as I used banked, current and borrowed points, but it was a family trip, and I just felt better with the insurance. My mother is 88, and well, anything can happen at any time, and we take her with us when we go. The DVC insurance covers trip interruption, cancellation, and all the normal things, and I look at it like I might not be able to re-book if I have to cancel. (Only child...no siblings to leave "in charge", etc.) After that initial year when it was $79 x 3, it's now just $79 a year, as I'm usually in the borrow mode. It's well worth it to me.

 

[vek239]

We purchased the DVC insurance this year. Multiple trips with various family members. Healthy but aging elderly folks back home.

 

[DVC Grandpa]

I just insured my 2014 UR points prior to making a long October 2014 Food and Wine stay. It was the forth consecutive year doing so. Being in my 70’s I feel it is wise to have the insurance and by purchasing it before any points are barrowed or prior to the UY, any pre existing conditions are covered. I hope we never have to use it, but it’s there if we do.

 

[maburke]

I just insured my 2014 UR points prior to making a long October 2014 Food and Wine stay. It was the forth consecutive year doing so. Being in my 70’s I feel it is wise to have the insurance and by purchasing it before any points are barrowed or prior to the UY, any pre existing conditions are covered. I hope we never have to use it, but it’s there if we do.

This is an important point: if you pay it with your dues, pre-existing conditions are covered.

 

[runmommyrun]

I echo everyone's comments. I'd just buy the DVC insurance. For $79 per UY, it isn't that big of a cost, particularly given how much we spend on DVC and the vacations! This year I had an actual scare... spent a TON of points for my family to do a WDW/cruise 10 day trip and I had my first major gallbladder attack two days before leaving port. While I was beside myself with the thought of canceling a cruise 18 months in the making (and I was in WDW, nonetheless), at least knowing we had insurance to cover staying wherever we needed made it a bit more comforting. Luckily with modern medicine, I was able to go on the cruise and I dealt with the gallbladder issue after the vacation. But I'll never go without insurance again. We also have had TWO previous, non-insured trips where one of my kids came down with a major sinus infection after flying to FL. The infections were so severe that we couldn't fly home and had to rent a car to drive back to IL (plus pay a hotel room for the night driving back). So after these experiences, I'll continue to buy the insurance while we are heavy DVC travelers. I think it is worth the $79 and hope I NEVER have to use it!

 

[bobbiwoz]

I buy the insurance from DVC. The first year was expensive, as I used banked, current and borrowed points, but it was a family trip, and I just felt better with the insurance. My mother is 88, and well, anything can happen at any time, and we take her with us when we go. The DVC insurance covers trip interruption, cancellation, and all the normal things, and I look at it like I might not be able to re-book if I have to cancel. (Only child...no siblings to leave "in charge", etc.) After that initial year when it was $79 x 3, it's now just $79 a year, as I'm usually in the borrow mode. It's well worth it to me.

This is what I was wondering about. So after the first year, are you only paying to add on the borrowed points into the pool?

 

[zavandor]

I don't understand why it's fixed price.
I own (for the moment, addonitis is striking) 65 points, with the idea of using them every 3 years. If I insure them, I would need to pay a 237$, around 1/3 of the MF I pay for the points.
It does not make sense.

They should charge a few cents per point: for a bigger risk (more points) one would pay more, for less points one would pay less (and would get back less in case of cancellation).