How to bring your mate into the DVC world?

[TCARON]

My wife has finally seen the light and become a DVC and Disney fan. See wants to know more about Walt E. Disney, the history of WDW, etc. It took time but clearly our first DVC trip is what did it.
BWV July 4th week: Early morning strolls on the boardwalk, a specialty cruise on the Breathless, save your pennies for this one, its worth it! Has anyone else been able to sway a mate to DVC using conventional means? We took a trip to Port Orleans same week in 2002. Small room for the four of us, still a lot of fun. She asked is there was something bigger...a ha! DVC! The reast is history. Love to hear your successes and failures?

 

[antnee]

lets see I just mentioned to my girlfriend that I owned DVC and took her her 2 kids and parents last week and they all loved it

 

[dianeschlicht]

After our first on-site stay at WDW, it only took convincing my husband to spend the money for DVC. He was convinced it was a good deal, but wouldn't do it if he had to finance. We first looked at it in 1991 just before it opened, and didn't purchase until 1996. What a waste of time and money! We cringe now at how much more we could have saved if we had done it right away and had those years of free passes too! As it is, we joined just AFTER the free pass promo ended!

 

[SheriB]

My DH is a closet Disney fan, but he is now definitely a DVC convert. He suggested that we add on so that we can visit every year, instead of every other year, as originally planned.
He won't admit he's addicted, but I know he would go every year with me. And we joke about how when we retire we're going to move to Florida and work in Disney. He says he wants to be one of the nice old men that clean the streets (he figures-how hard could it be, since the place is so clean to begin with).
He was actually skeptical during the purchase process (perhaps nervous is a better word). He wasn't sure we did the right thing. But now that he's stayed in a 2BR at BCV, I think he's seen the light. A small hotel room will never do again. And although there are so many places in the world to see, Disney will always be our favorite.

Sheri

 

[minivan3]

I am soooo trying to convince my DH that joining the DVC would be a good thing, but he still is holding out . He says the package deals we seem to get and when we stay at Fort Wilderness with our family of 5 will always come out cheaper than spending $13-14,000 and then paying annual dues on top of that. If tickets were included in the DVC membership,or at least a discount , I think he would bite, but now he thinks spending $2200/yr (this includes tickets for 5) for our family is the best thing to do. We used to only go every other year, but now we are trying for every year, so I thought the DVC might work . We especially love HH too.
ANy suggestions on how to convince my very stubborn DH?
THanks.

 

[tinksmom]

After years of going every year and staying first at Dixie Landings and Port Orleans; then switching to Wilderness Lodge last year; I was never able to convince my DH. He always thought we would go somewhere else. I even tried the, "but we can use it other places line. Too no use.

This year I had the opportunity to rent points for a studio at BCV. Well, that was it. We're now waiting out the ROFR for 200 points at VWL.

 

[mikesmom]

Minivan -
Tell your DH that while the price of those "deals" will go up on a consistent basis, the DVC accomodations will not go up. Yes, there is some change in dues from year to year, but I consider it nominal. We've owned for 3 years, and one of those years, the dues went DOWN.

The price of Disney (and even offsite) accomodations will go up as time passes.

By the way, as someone who has traveled to WDW for almost 14 years, I can assure you that these deals you are seeing are not the norm. Definitely 9-11 and the crunched economy are causing Disney to offer more discounts. I can remember years when not only were there no "deals" to be had, but if you didn't book early you couldn't get a reservation at any price.

 

[5infam]

minivan3,

I'm not sure if this is doable for your family or not, but if you can take money out of your home to pay for your DVC, then you will be paying for it over time at a good interest rate, and the interest is typically tax deductable. If you can figure out your costs here, less the tax deduction, then compare that to what you spend on logging during your current visits, this will tell you how long it will take to recoup your DVC investment. I know this seems like a lot of math, but it can be pretty simple. The points that others are making are true...your Disney inexpensive logging will not always be around, nor will the prices stay the same, they will probably go up and up. You may also want to look at a resale contract with a lot of banked and/or unused points. This can be very helpful in convincing him because you could take existing or banked points and use them for your current years trip. This would free up your current logging money for other uses, such as a down payment on your DVC. In other words, why throw away good money on renting when you could own!! (isn't this the American dream!!!)

 

[minivan3]

You may also want to look at a resale contract with a lot of banked and/or unused points.

5infam,
I am very new to this, so what exactly is this and how do I do it?

Also, can someone tell me what is ROFR? I'm reading about this in several posts and don't know what I'm reading about.

Thank you all for your patience and all your suggestions.

 

[Doc and Family]

I was the holdout. DW was ready to join after a trip with her family to WDW. I was unable to attend, and when she came home, all she talked about was DVC. Got a guidebook, video, etc. Drove me nuts. I put her off for a couple of years, then finally gave up and succumbed. What an idiot! But I showed her, I recently added more points (which she doesn't know yet). I guess you just have to try it. But be careful, once you do, you will probably be hooked.
Good luck!!!!!!!

 

[flexsmom]

Minivan3,

We just made an offer on a 200pt resale for BCV - and DH still isn't totally convinced we're doing the "right" thing! If you look at the top of this page, you'll see a link to "DVC Resales". It is to one of a couple of DVC resellers - brokers basically. The link will list all of their available pts, the resort, the use year, and whether or not there might be banked or borrowed points. Some of the offers have a full year's points banked from last year, plus you get this year, so you can get a lot for your money. With a resale you have to pay nominal closing costs - $475 in our case. If you buy Disney direct, there are no closing costs, but the price per point might be higher - even with their "Magical Beginnings" offer right now the price/point is $74 and that means you sell back this year's points. Otherwise, they are $84/point. Oh - your last question on ROFR - that is "right of first refusal". This is Disney's way of "managing" the price on the open market for resales! For every private resale, Disney reserves the right to step in a buy the contract from the seller at the terms the private buyer offered. This way they can buy back contracts they might think are going too cheaply and it keeps the price/point at various resorts at a market-competitive level (at least for Disney!)

Good luck with your convincing - I had to call in just about every favor I had outstanding with my DH to get his OK. I told him I didn't need his 100% enthusiastic buy-in - just his begrudging OK to move forward! I think once he's happily enthroned in a 2BR with DD4 and DS1 in another room, he'll never look back!

 

[5infam]

Here are the three top resale agents (or at least the 3 most listed here). The first one is a sponser of this site. I have spoken to all of them at one time or another and they all seem pretty helpful. I am currently using Jaki @ A Timeshare and she is wonderful!!!


http://www.dvc-resales.com/

http://www.dvcbyresale.com/

http://www.atimeshare.com/index.html

 

[minivan3]

THanks to one and all for all the wonderful info. We are looking into the resales pretty seriously now. My DH likes this idea better . THough he's still not 100% convinced it is a wise investment, he is at least looking now!

I'll let you know if I get him to bite!