New here and trying to understand some things about resale better.

[mjmjbelle1023]

Not buying NOW, but I know I want to within the next 5 years. We have gone 2015 AKL, 2017 AKL, 2019 split AS Movies/Yacht, 2021 I went 3x; 1nt at Pop, 7nts at AKL , 1nt at SSprings, 2022 we just went last month Riverside/Beach. We always stay beyond 7 days unless it's these frivolous 1 night stays lol so I understand Ill have to pay for the extra days. My 2 major questions are : how the heck do you decide which resort?! We LOVE AK and Beach, but I hear that AK is typically the easiest to reserve (aside from Club Level rooms) so I feel like it makes more sense to buy a "harder to get" home resort? I plan on staying at GF soon because I finally got to visit it and OMG wow and also Boardwalk. My other question is use year - our times we can go (kids cannot be taken out of school going forward) would be last week of August or day after Christmas -neither are ideal haha. Do I need to look for a use year of Jan/Feb so my points drop way in advance? OR can I go with another month since we would most likely bank points. (my husband is NOT an annual Disney guy boo)

 

[davidhr]

I don’t understand the part about paying for extra nights. With DVC you can book more than 7 nights if you have the points. When the booking window opens you can only book 7, but you can add more nights as the window moves.

About the resort, it’s repetitive but it’s always a good point. Buy where you want to stay. With DVC sometimes it might be hard to book another resort, so if you’re stuck with your home resort, it should be one that you like. But your point is correct, AKV is easy to book for now as a non owner. My first contract was AKV and I sold it and got a much harder to book resort because AKV is easy to book most of the time at 7 months. But I did this because I like CCV even more, not just because AKV is easy to book.

If you expect your travel dates to stay constant most of the years in the future, it’s better to look for a specific use year. In your case June is the best one. Feb/Mar/Apr will also work, but the closer to August, the better. It’ll give you more time to act if you have to change a reservation and bank.

 

[tom1944]

I am also looking at purchasing

Here is what I believe you have to decide

What is your budget

How many days a year will you vacation at your DVC resort

Purchase direct or resale

Length of the contract. Are you willing to purchase a contract that expires 2042

Are you financing or paying cash

Look at the dues which is a yearly cost and increases each year

Look at each resorts point chart

Decide what time of the year will you usually vacation because that impacts what use year you should select and the points you need

Picking the resort is really hard to me because there are pro and con to every resort

 

[lorie13]

Book where you want to stay is a good rule of thumb as many of the high demand resorts require the home resort booking priority, especially travelling at peak times like after Christmas.
AKV is usually available at the 7 month window except for Value and Club Level rooms. SSR & OKW are usually the last resorts to fill up.
Even though BCV and BWV are highly desirable, the contracts expire in January 2042, only 19 years away from today, less in 5 years. Consider that when purchasing. VGF contracts expire 2064, so if you love VGF it might be a good choice for resale.
If you plan to travel in August or December, August may be a good choice for your UY, banking points for August UY is not until March the following year.

 

[RoseGold]

DVC is a big commitment. It has a lot of rules and is expensive. It sounds like you need to start on Youtube with the basics, because the "7 day" stuff is not how DVC operates.

There are other options here, like renting points. I am glad I rented points before I bought in. One night in WL was enough to convince me it wasn't for me, though others truly love it.

If you aren't going to Disney every year, I'm not sure I would buy in at all. This is a long term thing, and if you aren't going regularly for many years, you don't need to buy in for five figures. That said, I do think now is a good time to buy if you are really in for this. There is a lot of uncertainty with APs and other Disney decisions, and a lot of DVC owners are headed to the door. Resale is def a buyer market right now.

We have no idea what resort you should buy. We have no idea what kind of room you want to book or what you want to spend.

 

[mjmjbelle1023]

I don’t understand the part about paying for extra nights. With DVC you can book more than 7 nights if you have the points. When the booking window opens you can only book 7, but you can add more nights as the window moves.

About the resort, it’s repetitive but it’s always a good point. Buy where you want to stay. With DVC sometimes it might be hard to book another resort, so if you’re stuck with your home resort, it should be one that you like. But your point is correct, AKV is easy to book for now as a non owner. My first contract was AKV and I sold it and got a much harder to book resort because AKV is easy to book most of the time at 7 months. But I did this because I like CCV even more, not just because AKV is easy to book.

If you expect your travel dates to stay constant most of the years in the future, it’s better to look for a specific use year. In your case June is the best one. Feb/Mar/Apr will also work, but the closer to August, the better. It’ll give you more time to act if you have to change a reservation and bank.

Oh wow ok Someone that owns told me I'd have to pay for addtl nights. So on a points chart it's points you need PER NIGHT except where it says weekly then that is total points for 6 nights? Why do they list certain days per week then also weekly?
I want to stay at various places is my problem. I like certain aspects about certain resorts.
But wouldn't June be a problem because if points dropped in June I am way to close to August and room could be gone already?

 

[mjmjbelle1023]

I am also looking at purchasing

Here is what I believe you have to decide

What is your budget

How many days a year will you vacation at your DVC resort

Purchase direct or resale

Length of the contract. Are you willing to purchase a contract that expires 2042

Are you financing or paying cash

Look at the dues which is a yearly cost and increases each year

Look at each resorts point chart

Decide what time of the year will you usually vacation because that impacts what use year you should select and the points you need

Picking the resort is really hard to me because there are pro and con to every resort

I will spend as much as I can because I know I need more points as we will need a 1BR MOST of the time. Our twin girls are 11 and privacy is huge now and as they grow. I dont mind missing out on the perks of direct as many have told me it's not THAT great to have.

 

[lorie13]

Oh wow ok Someone that owns told me I'd have to pay for addtl nights. So on a points chart it's points you need PER NIGHT except where it says weekly then that is total points for 6 nights? Why do they list certain days per week then also weekly?
I want to stay at various places is my problem. I like certain aspects about certain resorts.
But wouldn't June be a problem because if points dropped in June I am way to close to August and room could be gone already?

DVC does not require you book 7 nights at a time, point charts are listed with the weekly total, which is just a total of 5 nights Sun - Thur which is less points per night and then Sat/Sun. You can book 1 night if needed. If you are short a few points at the 7 month window, you can purchase up to 24 one time UY point directly from Disney for $19 a point, this can help with bookings.
You can book rooms 11 months out, irrelevant to when you get your new points. Booking right now for 11 months out is December 11, so as long as you have points whether current UY or banked or borrowed, you can book your home resort.

 

[RoseGold]

Oh wow ok Someone that owns told me I'd have to pay for addtl nights. So on a points chart it's points you need PER NIGHT except where it says weekly then that is total points for 6 nights? Why do they list certain days per week then also weekly?
I want to stay at various places is my problem. I like certain aspects about certain resorts.
But wouldn't June be a problem because if points dropped in June I am way to close to August and room could be gone already?

I mean this kindly. You need to start at the beginning. You don't understand how DVC works. This is a big decision, and you need to you do more research. Points don't "drop." There is no weekly anything. The 11/7 month booking windows are important, and you need to know how they work.

 

[mjmjbelle1023]

Book where you want to stay is a good rule of thumb as many of the high demand resorts require the home resort booking priority, especially travelling at peak times like after Christmas.
AKV is usually available at the 7 month window except for Value and Club Level rooms. SSR & OKW are usually the last resorts to fill up.
Even though BCV and BWV are highly desirable, the contracts expire in January 2042, only 19 years away from today, less in 5 years. Consider that when purchasing. VGF contracts expire 2064, so if you love VGF it might be a good choice for resale.
If you plan to travel in August or December, August may be a good choice for your UY, banking points for August UY is not until March the following year.

I want to stay at several haha! Ohhh good to know about 2042!! That is out!
Still not following on use year...if i get points August how would I go in August - or you mean wait it out a year?

 

[MrWonderful]

mjmjbellw1023 - I am noticing you are having many misunderstandings of how the point system works... Take a step back and perhaps read a bit deeper, or watch more videos... These should be helpful:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrqGInKji-x7Rva_7M0WmrQ

 

[lorie13]

I want to stay at several haha! Ohhh good to know about 2042!! That is out!
Still not following on use year...if i get points August how would I go in August - or you mean wait it out a year?

If you want to go in August and you have an August UY, you can book your home resort in September of the prior year, you can book non home resort February of that year. UY is irrelevant to when you can book, 11 months at home resort and 7 months at non home resort are the most important elements when booking.
The reason I suggested an August UY for travel in late August, is that your points have the longest use, so if you need to cancel, those August points could be banked by March 31st, the following year and be good for 2 years.

 

[mjmjbelle1023]

I mean this kindly. You need to start at the beginning. You don't understand how DVC works. This is a big decision, and you need to you do more research. Points don't "drop." There is no weekly anything. The 11/7 month booking windows are important, and you need to know how they work.

I get what you are saying but this is me repeating what I have been told in a group-not guessing. That's why I am on here. I know this is for me because I will be going every other year -maybe each year- for the rest of my life and we prefer deluxe resorts. With what we have spent since 2015 we may have broke even by now. But in 2015 my husband said no because he didn't want to be stuck only going here. Yet here we are still going lol! Someone said "your points will drop" during a certain month when I was asking about use year-that's why I said that. What does "weekly" mean on the chart? Where it says Travel Period 4 Jun 11- Aug 31 Weekly AK 1BR Villa Sav view 242. So it's NOT 242 points for a week?

 

[Genie+]

Oh wow ok Someone that owns told me I'd have to pay for addtl nights. So on a points chart it's points you need PER NIGHT except where it says weekly then that is total points for 6 nights? Why do they list certain days per week then also weekly?

Where the charts say weekly, that is for 7 nights (not 6). Weekly is equal to adding up 7 consecutive nights in that point season. No matter which day of the week you start, there will be one Fri, one Sat, and 5 weekdays. DVC point charts do have different rates for Sun-Thurs (lower) and Fri/Sat (higher).

 

[davidhr]

Oh wow ok Someone that owns told me I'd have to pay for addtl nights. So on a points chart it's points you need PER NIGHT except where it says weekly then that is total points for 6 nights? Why do they list certain days per week then also weekly?
I want to stay at various places is my problem. I like certain aspects about certain resorts.
But wouldn't June be a problem because if points dropped in June I am way to close to August and room could be gone already?

What the owner might have said is they need to pay extra nights because they don’t have enough points for more. But that’s their particular situation.

The point charts tell you how many points you need for weekday nights and weekend nights. The weekly total is just showing how much the 7 nights are in total. You can manually add the points and you’ll see it’s the same amount. You can book the nights you want, not 7 nights. It can be less nights, it can be more.

You have a misunderstanding of how use years work. You can also book any DVC resort at 7 months (resale have restrictions, this is where it gets a bit complicated). it’s going to be too much to explain here about resale restrictions and use years. I recommend a few YouTube videos. There’s a lot of good information.

 

[mjmjbelle1023]

DVC is a big commitment. It has a lot of rules and is expensive. It sounds like you need to start on Youtube with the basics, because the "7 day" stuff is not how DVC operates.

There are other options here, like renting points. I am glad I rented points before I bought in. One night in WL was enough to convince me it wasn't for me, though others truly love it.

If you aren't going to Disney every year, I'm not sure I would buy in at all. This is a long term thing, and if you aren't going regularly for many years, you don't need to buy in for five figures. That said, I do think now is a good time to buy if you are really in for this. There is a lot of uncertainty with APs and other Disney decisions, and a lot of DVC owners are headed to the door. Resale is def a buyer market right now.

We have no idea what resort you should buy. We have no idea what kind of room you want to book or what you want to spend.

What I am saying is we enjoy longer stays 7 days plus. Can you not do that? A friend that owns told me Id have to pay to stay past a week - is that false? I have rented - was just at BC and it was nice but the rooms were very far. Also rented at SSR and that resort is not for me. We go minimum ever other year so banking points would be good. We do not plan on ever NOT going. This is not just a random vacation for me it is my thing-for lack of a better word.

 

[mjmjbelle1023]

DVC does not require you book 7 nights at a time, point charts are listed with the weekly total, which is just a total of 5 nights Sun - Thur which is less points per night and then Sat/Sun. You can book 1 night if needed. If you are short a few points at the 7 month window, you can purchase up to 24 one time UY point directly from Disney for $19 a point, this can help with bookings.
You can book rooms 11 months out, irrelevant to when you get your new points. Booking right now for 11 months out is December 11, so as long as you have points whether current UY or banked or borrowed, you can book your home resort.

I will have someone I know that owns (well 4 actually ) review the points chart with me in person- I am reading it wrong. I was asking in a FB group and they said to come here but this is also confusing. I haven't gotten to the youtube videos yet- still trying to add the 25th hr to my day )

 

[intamin]

What I am saying is we enjoy longer stays 7 days plus. Can you not do that? A friend that owns told me Id have to pay to stay past a week - is that false? I have rented - was just at BC and it was nice but the rooms were very far. Also rented at SSR and that resort is not for me. We go minimum ever other year so banking points would be good. We do not plan on ever NOT going. This is not just a random vacation for me it is my thing-for lack of a better word.

1. Your friend is wrong, you can have stays longer than 1 week. We have people on here with thousands of points, who can stay much longer than a week. You just have to modify the existing reservation to extend it out once those days past 7 days become available.

2. How much longer do you realistically expect to go? Do you only plan to go for the next 20 years? Or are you expecting to go for the next 50? That should also be a factor into your decision. Different resorts have different contract end dates.

3. Consider looking at different DVC point calculators online and selecting days/seasons you are most likely to stay to get an idea of how many points you need.

 

[RoseGold]

I get what you are saying but this is me repeating what I have been told in a group-not guessing.

You are repeating wrong information. We are trying to help you.

 

[tom1944]

I will spend as much as I can because I know I need more points as we will need a 1BR MOST of the time. Our twin girls are 11 and privacy is huge now and as they grow. I dont mind missing out on the perks of direct as many have told me it's not THAT great to have.

I will mostly buy resale also

Do not accept what someone tells you as gospel. That works for them. Consider their suggestion but look at all of this through your lens only.