For the DDP, you have to get it all days and for all people. For an exchange that means 7 nights even if you don't stay the entire time. When you do the exchange online there's a page where it states the $95 prominently and you have to say OK. If you did it on the phone, they'd tell you about it then. You will get one Trash and Towel during the week and no cleaning. If by chance you have a studio, you need to post back to make sure you understand what is and is not included. For a 1 BR or larger they will have full kitchen facilities and a W/D. They'll furnish a total of two individual boxes of tide during the week (one at Trash and Towel), same for coffee. If you need decaif, just call when you get there and ask for it, they'll swap it out.
It's listed in the book and on the webpage about the extra fee. IF you book online, one of the disclaimer pages you have to accept lists it as well. In every case I've done it over the phone, they've always mentioned it and that seems to be the concensus on TUG from what I've seen. HH and VB do not have the fee. It's also listed on the confirmationWe book thru II all the time for Disney. I have never been told on the Internet or verbally about the $95fee. (But, I have to go thru my timeshare company to book II) I didn't find out until check-in the first time we exchanged for the world. Although, it was clearly stated in the hard copy confirmation I received. I just didn't read the fine print.
The only place I didn't get charged the fee was at Vero Beach.
You can call Ms without being a DVC member and they will help you with paying the fee and setting up ME and DD if you wish.
When you check-in they treat you as if you were a DVC member. I am also a DVC member and I have never noticed a difference in treatment. Always Great!!!
Dean did a great job of stating what to expect from Houskeeping etc.
Have a great trip!!
You can pay it on arrival if you let them know. I've never heard of anyone being turned away and know of people that arrived not knowing. It is paid separately at check in and will be charged, not added to the bill for the room.
It's actually a resort services fee and not for transportation. If you push DVC, they will tell you it is simply to fund the exchange service as there's nothing you get that you wouldn't get if they didn't charge it. Early on they did list it as a "resort services/transportation fee" but they dropped the transportation after a year or two because transportation is provided for all.
Actually a DVC member can't deposit a unit. They can give up points for deposit as long as they have the points. The points then go into a pool of points and DVC does periodic deposits from ALL resorts. The same booking guidelines have to be followed as for making a reservation thus the earliest a unit should show up in II is 10 months and 3 weeks. DVC doesn't do developer deposits, but if they did, they could deposit these up to 12 months out. A member can search up to 2 years out request first. DVC is the only system I know of where one can do such a search first that far out without commiting your points until you find a match. Marriott can search that far out for Marriott only but for other resorts, it's only up to the date of the unit in question.
