List of Completed Vacations

[islandtimect]

After 7 years of ownership, I decided to do a financial analysis of our DVC purchase and usage. If I call MS, can they provide a complete list of all DVC trips taken? I can get 2 years worth on dvcmember.com.

 

[com_op_2000]

I have gotten a list of mine back in'05 for the previous 12 years.

 

[Disneyepcot]

After 7 years of ownership, I decided to do a financial analysis of our DVC purchase and usage. If I call MS, can they provide a complete list of all DVC trips taken? I can get 2 years worth on dvcmember.com.

I am approaching my 3 year mark with DVC. I would love to know the results of your analysis.

I feel like I have already made my purchase pay off but have not really put pencil to paper to figure it out.

 

[Dean]

After 7 years of ownership, I decided to do a financial analysis of our DVC purchase and usage. If I call MS, can they provide a complete list of all DVC trips taken? I can get 2 years worth on dvcmember.com.

Good luck and let us know how it goes. That's a pretty complicated analysis similar to purchase analysis but far more complicated. To do it correctly you'll need the following.

TMV over that time period adjusted for cash spent on vacations.
Historical discounts info for Disney for DVC and an applicable alternative.
Historical rooms prices.
Interest paid if applicable.
You might possibly consider accounting for any real discounts like the AP but I would not allot for kitchen savings.

I would keep it as simple otherwise for the same days and group size and use the room type previously used for the non DVC option. I'd also compare separately to renting the same options.

 

[islandtimect]

Good luck and let us know how it goes. That's a pretty complicated analysis similar to purchase analysis but far more complicated. To do it correctly you'll need the following.

I would keep it as simple otherwise for the same days and group size and use the room type previously used for the non DVC option. I'd also compare separately to renting the same options.

I used to be a financial analyst so doing this exercise appealed to me. I kept it simple by using what rates we likely would have paid for our visits, ie if there was a discount, I estimated it. I didn't research specific rates because I"m a travel agent and am pretty familiar with room rates and because we would never pay rack rate. We wouldn't have considered renting points, so didn't consider using those prices. I didn't factor in food savings because we've never used the oven and rarely used the stove. We usually eat breakfast in our room so probably save using the microwave, coffeemaker, and toaster. We paid cash so interest wasn't an issue. For savings that we could have earned by not paying the purchase price up front, we used bank money market and cd rates, as we would not have invested this money in the stock market but kept it available in the bank. So interest that could have been earned the past 7 years would not have been significant.

Once I get the complete list of DVC vacations and finish this I'll post it.

 

[jo-jo]

After 7 years of ownership, I decided to do a financial analysis of our DVC purchase and usage. If I call MS, can they provide a complete list of all DVC trips taken? I can get 2 years worth on dvcmember.com.

I'd like to know what kind of list you get. About a yr ago I wanted the same thing, just a list of trips taken in the last 7 yrs. MS sent me about 20 pages of every transaction I did. Banked points, book a room, cancelled a room, book a different room, new points, etc. I couldn't make any sense of it. I'll look at points if I cancelled, to see if the points went back properly, but not every transaction. All I wanted was a list like...... April 06 BCV studio 6 nights, Dec 06 BLT studio 8 nights, Sept 07 BWV 2 bedroom 7 nights. etc.

 

[Dean]

I used to be a financial analyst so doing this exercise appealed to me. I kept it simple by using what rates we likely would have paid for our visits, ie if there was a discount, I estimated it. I didn't research specific rates because I"m a travel agent and am pretty familiar with room rates and because we would never pay rack rate. We wouldn't have considered renting points, so didn't consider using those prices. I didn't factor in food savings because we've never used the oven and rarely used the stove. We usually eat breakfast in our room so probably save using the microwave, coffeemaker, and toaster. We paid cash so interest wasn't an issue. For savings that we could have earned by not paying the purchase price up front, we used bank money market and cd rates, as we would not have invested this money in the stock market but kept it available in the bank. So interest that could have been earned the past 7 years would not have been significant.

Once I get the complete list of DVC vacations and finish this I'll post it.

You're only going to get a rough idea but it should be interesting. I'll say now, what I'm sure I would once you post it, that it will not be a detailed enough analysis for others to make judgements from related to purchasing as you've described it. It'll just give you a general idea. Let us know what you come up with.