If you are 30-35yrs old, please help me!

[matt_in_nh]

You want to encourage them to buy into something that have but want to keep it secret, that makes it kind of hard. Just be straight forward and explain you bought and here is why. Otherwise you can just dance around the topic I guess. DVC is really complicated and it is a timeshare which can be turnoffs for some. Many people won't buy in even if they are planning on an expensive vacation. There are a lot of people who own and have no clue how it actually works, people ask the most basic questions on Facebook. So if they are not going to invest the time and effort to truly understand the product then it is probably not for them. The world is filled with many different types of people, some may not want to spend hours learning about it and being committed for future years, etc....they just want to go on vacation next year. There are a variety of legitimate reasons they may not be interested. ChatGPT or other LLM can be really helpful if they do that, I have had it do various analyses of things like DVC and prevent a case for and against.

I will say I understand not wanting to go around telling everyone you own because I know people judge (I don't really care). I just don't want to get wrapped up in a discussion trying to defend myself against someone who does not actually understand not will they truly listen, their minds are made up already.

 

[jparilla]

Everyone's relationships are different but I would be open about the ownership, especially if you want to influence them to buy-in. You could be a valuable source of knowledge before and potentially after buying in. Your home resort and use year could influence them.

I would find it bizarre if my parents influenced me to buy into something this expensive and then years later find out they did too but wanted no one to know. Like how long would the charade go on? Imagine they buy in and you guys go on trips together or discuss plans about future trips; would you just tell them you're paying cash or renting points or something?

 

[Girlstar30]

Maybe she just doesnt prefer to travel with kids all the time and knows they will ask, maybe she doesnt like the husband and knows they will ask to go year after year and doesnt want the awkward conversation of saying no, maybe DVC is her way of unwinding and she just wants this break for herself once in a while and to keep it private, maybe they have asked for money before and she said she didnt have it, but has dvc, who knows
There is a reason and its probably valid...