Just when you think you have a strategy...

[intamin]

I don’t think you have to account for dues inflation unless you think there’s a reason that dues would grow faster than the room rates at the hotels, since ultimately that’s really what you’re comparing to, not broader inflation as a whole

Yeah I account for dues inflation for years in the future to give myself an idea down the line but once the actual dues comes out I just replace it with that

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

Although our resale points could be used at RIV, it's hard-to-impossible to get a standard view at 7 mo. I think I have found the issue to be: no one ever buys points to stay in 1-2br and then decides to go down to studios. We are always "expanding" how we book, so I look back on the pre-opening prices and think, why didn't we get more points then? We'd planned to use them for epcot/hs splits with our BLT points but it hasn't tended to work out that way. Instead, we like being at RIV around New Years, and when we think about bringing my dad (mom passed in 2021), we "need" a 2br... I would love to stay longer at RIV than we have tended to, but I'm really bad at budgeting my RIV points.

Also: during COVID we toured a grand villa there. #DVCgoals
Don't do that unless you want chronic addonitis. I look at my points and think, how many nights in a grand villa will that get me in [month]? And the answer is never enough.

um yeah, that's what happened last spring with Aulani. First it was WDW, THEN I GOT VGC at 7mo and THEN they were like, let's go to Aulani! In Hawaii, we went to the DVC party and I considered AUL direct (and resale) and then VGF had that great sale, and ... not sure I can do that 2 years in a row.

Also: despite saying how hard it is to get VGC or AUL at 7mo, I have managed to get both. So now my family is like, "make it so... "

not disagreeing with you. I still stalk for "perfect" VGC contracts ...

This is the way.

How ya doin' NYC neighbor! We have been doing split stays since the kids were babies, and it's only gotten easier. Even so, this last stay was too short for a split and I found our VGF - Epcot commute to be quite the shlep. Also: I have walked from MK - VGF *once*. The rest of the time it's monorail to MK and boat home. Except when it's raining ...

Hi back, neighbor!

My 5 year old is the trooper when it comes to split stays…me not so much