How many points do you have?

[MelissathePooh]

660 pts. 150 BCV, 200 VWL, 150 AKL, 160 BLT. Family of 4 - we can usually get 2-3 5 nights stays in a 1 bed or studio with a couple of nights at Vero during the summer in the Inn. We like having the 11 month window at the various locations for specific times of year. We can usually move some points around at 7mos if we're short for a particular trip.

 

[speakupjc]

We own 900 pts. Our home resorts are SSR and AKL. We enjoy going on a cruise a year and staying in a 1 BR concierge level room at AKL. Next year we are going to do a ABD. We love DVC

 

[LocustPoint]

475 points, 375 at BWV and 100 at BLT. I would love to add on at GCV, but its not in the cards at the moment.

 

[ToddyLu]

Just DH and I, no children, so we do studios and own 210 points at AKV.

 

[OH 6]

We started with 160 at SSR. Used our points twice and really realized the value. We also know we want to do ABD among other things that we don't want to have to save cash for - so we added another 180 at BLT and 300 at VGC on our last cruise.

So we now have 640 total - which gives us the 4 weeks of vacation we get every year from work covered by points to use as we see fit.

 

[BWV2001]

I feel like I can barely call myself a DVC'er among this points-rich crowd. I share 150 BWV points with my cousin. Only allows for us to do about 5 nights every other year, but we've really enjoyed ownership.

 

[lmshaggard]

Bought 160 at BLT in Jan 09 after 2 tours (not sure why it took us so long to decide but it was best as BLT was the right choice for us) and just bought another 100 at VGC (I am from San Diego) in Dec 09 since we needed more points. Now, I am deciding where are next points need to be purchased It is a serious addiction and we love spending every single point!!!

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

I have 160 at BLT and would like to do a 50 pt add on soon, but probably not within the next 2 years, we are going to bank and borrow and go every other year for 2 yrs so we cant stay in 2 br next time at BLT

 

[Meriweather]

Just the 2 of us also and we stay in studios

150 OKW
120 VGC
and....waiting for closing on 100 VWL

Would like 100 more at VGC....maybe someday

 

[sadiespicks]

We are fairly new to DVC and I am wondering - How many points do most people have and how do you typically use them? We currently have 340 - 240 at GC and 100 at BLT, but I wish I had more! My DH thinks I'm nuts and that we already have a ton. So....I wondered what others had and if they think they have too few or too many

240 at BLT and a recent 100 at SSR.

We wanted enough for a 2-bedroom for 6-7 nights at most resorts for the time that we generally go (Oct/Nov).

 

[Debi]

390, all at BWV (split between 3 contracts). Would love to add another 75-100, but need to get a little more cash in the bank first.

 

[ajjollie23]

too few, wish that we could add on but really not in our budget at the moment...
we only have 161, which is ok but pretty much limits us to really short trips in 1 BR or a longer trip 10 days or so in a studio (during Jan or Oct). We have two little ones 5 & 2 so a studio is terrible at the moment, but they are growing fast and I would really love 1 BR +

 

[dclfun]

450- Our original 150 at OKW, 200 at AKLV, and 100 at VGC.---Kathy

 

[friskykitten]

We used to have 650 points; 150 OKW; 170 OKW, 200 VB and 130 SSR. Unfortunately, we have had to sell VB and SSR due to both of us losing our jobs in 2009. So we are down to 320 pts. Nowhere near enough with a family size of seven yet still way too many points if you happen to let someone know you were having financial difficulties due to job loss. Then, according to some, we were just irresponsible flops for purchasing them in the first place even though the loss of our jobs were something we could not control. We are both back to working two jobs and are living without the use of credit cards and will one day buy back more points. Just as other families have said, Disney is the one and only extravagance that we have.

When we lost our jobs, two days apart from each other, we posted on the budget board for ideas on how to keep afloat as we had no idea how long we would be without work and a steady income. We got some really nasty comments about how many points we owned. (we also got very good help from most of the posters) It didn't matter that we purchased them when we could afford them. Or that two of the contracts were already paid off. Or that we had been living off of a savings account with seven months worth of cash in it & 401k's with money in it that we wouldn't touch anyway. We had done what we were supposed to do as responsible consumers except for having too much credit card debt which we have since fixed. So just a warning for the future in case anyone else runs into a similar situation and have more points than someone else deems are too many. They will dig up past posts you have made and try to make you feel like an irresponsible drain on society if you put your money into DVC. With that said, we will still purchase more points in the future when I have saved up enough cash to buy more. We have had to adjust our living and spending due to our new incomes and we have definately learned a few lessons along the way. But we are still DVC owners and proud to be!

 

[Sojas3]

We have 160 @ Kidani and 75 at Hilton Head. With our crowd of kids, we do 5-7 days/year in a 2 bedroom..although DH added a golf trip this year and wiped us out :lol

 

[Pluto 2]

555

 

[DisDaydreamer]

200 for us since 1998. It is plenty. We've never really had the time off from work to need more, plus we like visiting the national parks a lot.

 

[Gary Pinkos]

We own 270 points at OKW since 1993.

Looking into adding on......about 100points, now that my oldest daughter and I am sure soon my two teenage daughters will soon becommng able to go down without Mom & Dad......and Mom and Dad can have a getaway here and there also.

Gary

 

[sandieb]

We have 450 BCV points that we bought presale and then added on with 2 more contracts. We also hae 200 HH points - we thought we would go every other year, but we love to spend a week at WDW and a week at HH. We need more HH points, but hubby thinks we have enough!

 

[kkbeaton2]

We have 800 between SSR and AKL. We use them all the time. We have used them for WDW trips, cruises, concierge collection, we just used some in December for a trip to Hawaii, and we use them ALL THE TIME at DL! I'm trying to get enough points to be able to live at Disney!