Is booking difficulty hurting DVC value?

[Dean]

Yeah, our favorite resort is Beach Club and our favorite time to go is during F&W, which means we would definitely have to own BCV. Problem is that it doesn't seem like much of a value given end date of 2042. We are in early 40s and that will fall right at retirement.

The split stay option seems reasonable and maybe a little fun.

By "staying at different places " and "not wanting to be flexible " I mean that we like to plan vacation (parks, restaurants, etc) first and then book the resort that works best with those things. In this case, we would no longer be able to do that.

We understand the savings, but are just having a hard time giving up being able to stay at BC or WL or Poly whenever we want to.

For BC this time you'll need to own there to stay routinely. It is a lower value compared to some others but those others won't give you want you want as you've laid it out. And you can still stay those other places on cash if you can't get an exchange. And you could buy more than one resort if you wanted. I'm still a little concerned you won't be OK with the planning and compromises of a timeshare, you need to be fairly certain about those issues or it'll be a curse and not a blessing.

We started off thinking that we wanted to stay at different resorts. Bought several and stayed at all and after a few years things changed. The parks were the same year after year still fun but different now and the resorts became more important. As time went on we found that VGF and VWL became our favorite MK resorts and BWV became our Epcot/DHS favorite resort. By alternating with either split stays, or MK this time, Epcot the next, we stay close to the parks and love staying in our favorite resorts.

Bill

MBut can anyone make a case that buying BCV or BWV is still a good value at this point?[/QUOTE]Sure! Value can be subjective, I'll just concentrate on $$$ savings. SSR, BLT, AKV and BLT are going to be cheaper just looking at points but those don't seem like they'll do what you want as stated. BWV will be cheaper per point and could require less points if you plan and book standard view villas. Certainly as compared to cash you should come out ahead for either BCV or BWV. BWV will also have more contracts to chose from.

Don't get me wrong, I definitely understand that it would still save us $ to buy at BCV vs. paying cash. I am comparing it to the savings of buying AKV or BLT resale or even Poly direct.
That is what I mean by not as much value.

They will be cheaper than buying Poly direct if you buy either BCV or BWV resale.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Sounds like a simple evaluation of flexibility vs savings. It doesn't sound like BCV is even a place you'd always want to stay it. If it were then it still makes sense vs paying cash. Or, just plan differently. Do your resort and then plan your restaurants etc. around it.

But if you don't want to change it seems unlikely that any savings are going to make you happier than the continued flexibility of a cash resort reservation.