i'm sure the answer is no but...

[dumbo_buddy]

...i'm curious what the rules are and where i can find them...

we are currently waiting on ROFR for SSR. i would really like to take my wonderful aunt, uncle and their three kids on a vacation stay at the treehouse villas. of course i can't make the reservation until we actually close on the contract.

can you book the treehouse villas as a regular cash paying guest and then transfer it to DVC once you're a member?

it sounds a little sneaky but it's worth asking. also wondering if the rules on that are written anywhere i can check out.

thanks friends

 

[YourEveryDayAdam]

The answer is no. Villas reserved with cash come from a completely different inventory from the villas reserved with points. If you book a villa on cash, and cancel it, it would go right back to cash inventory and wouldn't open up anything on points.

If you absolutely MUST have a treehouse, then I would book it with cash. Availability with points is going to be very unlikely. I hear that the treehouses get booked up very quickly right at the 11 month window.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

The answer is no. Villas reserved with cash come from a completely different inventory from the villas reserved with points. If you book a villa on cash, and cancel it, it would go right back to cash inventory and wouldn't open up anything on points.

If you absolutely MUST have a treehouse, then I would book it with cash. Availability with points is going to be very unlikely. I hear that the treehouses get booked up very quickly right at the 11 month window.

ah, i see. the separate inventories. makes sense. well, THV will always be there so if we can't do this year we can always try 11 months out for next year!

thanks

 

[pixiedust23]

I hear that the treehouses get booked up very quickly right at the 11 month window.

My parents booked a treehouse just a month or so in advance. They are FL residents though, so they were just going for a single night, during the week to check it out.

 

[Pakey]

Yes, if you are going to try to stay there for a week or so, you will need to call at the 11 month mark.

 

[Coach81]

We'll be there in MAY