Is availability the same for all DVC members?

[HoyaIke]

Hi all,
I am looking into renting DVC points for an upcoming trip. It is somewhat of a last minute trip Xxxxxx. Removed info. I had messaged a few folks about potential availability for renting their DVC points. I was a bit confused that one person told me there was no availability for my dates, another said there was 1 resort available, and a third said there were 3 resorts available. And all three of these differed from availability reported on some DVC rental sites. This all happened within an hour or so. This might be a silly question, but I assumed availability would be the same for all members? I know there can be fluctuations, but this seemed a bit odd that there would be such a difference in a matter of minutes? Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

 

[Marionnette]

Hi all,
I am looking into renting DVC points for an upcoming trip. It is somewhat of a last minute trip xxxxx removed info I had messaged a few folks about potential availability for renting their DVC points. I was a bit confused that one person told me there was no availability for my dates, another said there was 1 resort available, and a third said there were 3 resorts available. And all three of these differed from availability reported on some DVC rental sites. This all happened within an hour or so. This might be a silly question, but I assumed availability would be the same for all members? I know there can be fluctuations, but this seemed a bit odd that there would be such a difference in a matter of minutes? Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

Availability on the rental websites is not in real time and I would only use it as a guideline but not as gospel truth.

As for who can see what is available, all members see the same available rooms but how they are searching can affect what they see. For instance, you may have asked for a studio at BCV for next month and the first member only searched for that, the second member searched for studios at Epcot area resorts and the third searched for studios and 1BR villas at all WDW resorts.

 

[SleeplessInTO]

Some can see Riviera and some cannot. Resort availability also fluctuates. As a previous poster stated it might also be how the member interpreted your request.

 

[Best Aunt]

Availability can change within the course of an hour. Owner # 1 checks for you at 7:00 and sees a studio for your dates at resort XYZ. Owners can't see how many units are available; it might be just one. At 7:05 somebody else books it. Owner # 2 checks for you at 7:30, and they see that nothing is available.

The agencies sometimes have listings of confirmed reservations - somebody already made a reservation, later realized they can't go, and would prefer to rent out the existing reservation rather than cancelling it. They might do this because their points are expiring, or because of DVC rules regarding cancelling at the last minute. Have you looked into that? (They might refer to it as a "dedicated reservation for rent.")

 

[Meglen]

Was booking with a family friend for our upcoming Dec trip at 11months.. we sat there for an hour and days kept going in and out. The availability legit changed by the minute.

 

[HoyaIke]

Good to know. Thanks for the info and advice everyone!

 

[Sandisw]

I removed some info from post as to when you will be traveling.

As already mentioned, things can change very quickly and it’s why we do not allow owners to post here what is available.

Until you go to book, it doesn’t matter. I was able to change my one night in March 4 different times in 24 hours to end up with what I have now.

If you are dealing with owners directly and each gave different answers it was because that was what showed right then.

 

[HoyaIke]

I removed some info from post as to when you will be traveling.

As already mentioned, things can change very quickly and it’s why we do not allow owners to post here what is available.

Until you go to book, it doesn’t matter. I was able to change my one night in March 4 different times in 24 hours to end up with what I have now.

If you are dealing with owners directly and each gave different answers it was because that was what showed right then.

Thanks for the info. And my apologies - I didnt mean to break any rules and was not trying to ask for anyone to tell me the availability here. Was just trying to give context, since I know there can be a big difference booking last minute and 12+ months out.

 

[Sandisw]

Thanks for the info. And my apologies - I didnt mean to break any rules and was not trying to ask for anyone to tell me the availability here. Was just trying to give context, since I know there can be a big difference booking last minute and 12+ months out.

Absolutely! Just wanted you to know why I removed what I did!

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[LynJ]

I changed a room for April twice in 20 minutes today. Originally had OKW booked. Ran a search and Jambo was available. Booked it. Looked again 20 minutes later and got Copper Creek. At the time 5 nights in a row were available at Copper creek (I only needed one). An hour later, 4 of those nights were gone. So changes can happen very quickly.

 

[sndral]

Some can see Riviera and some cannot. Resort availability also fluctuates. As a previous poster stated it might also be how the member interpreted your request.

I’m aware that resale points purchased after Riviera opened cannot be used to book Riviera Villas, but that’s the first I’ve heard that folks who’s membership exclusively includes ineligible to book Riviera points aren’t able to see it on the RAT. I’m surprised DVC’s tech is that sophisticated - for example, I can see 11 month availability at all resorts, I just can’t book any before 7 months except the two I own.

 

[Sandisw]

I’m aware that resale points purchased after Riviera opened cannot be used to book Riviera Villas, but that’s the first I’ve heard that folks who’s membership exclusively includes ineligible to book Riviera points aren’t able to see it on the RAT. I’m surprised DVC’s tech is that sophisticated - for example, I can see 11 month availability at all resorts, I just can’t book any before 7 months except the two I own.

They figured out how to do it! Lol

 

[SleeplessInTO]

I’m aware that resale points purchased after Riviera opened cannot be used to book Riviera Villas, but that’s the first I’ve heard that folks who’s membership exclusively includes ineligible to book Riviera points aren’t able to see it on the RAT. I’m surprised DVC’s tech is that sophisticated - for example, I can see 11 month availability at all resorts, I just can’t book any before 7 months except the two I own.

I used to see Riviera availability but it went away several months ago. Sometimes Riviera is still listed as a resort I can select to see availability but even if I select it, no information comes up. So looks like they spent their time updating this instead of fixing the borrowing glitch.