Poll: What kind of owner (or advocate) are you...Direct, Resale, or Hybrid?

[lkpat1983]

I bought resale at Polynesian, then with the great recent discounts added on direct 150 at Riviera for blue card status. Very happy with my membership.

 

[SkampyOne]

I'm a resale owner, but a hybrid advocate - just haven't gotten around to getting that direct contract yet. Incentives at VGF are amazing right now, but financial situation isn't...

 

[intamin]

I'm a resale owner, but a hybrid advocate - just haven't gotten around to getting that direct contract yet. Incentives at VGF are amazing right now, but financial situation isn't...

I guarantee DVC will be there to take your money once you have it also who knows, maybe Poly 2 is in your future!

 

[Stargazer65]

I'm a resale owner, but a hybrid advocate - just haven't gotten around to getting that direct contract yet. Incentives at VGF are amazing right now, but financial situation isn't...

I guarantee DVC will be there to take your money once you have it also who knows, maybe Poly 2 is in your future!

Money?

There's all sorts of ways to pay for DVC...like debt for example. Or hold a yard sale, get rid of the things around the house you don't need...used clothing, toys, 8 track tapes and Betamax players, spare kids, old appliances, etc...

 

[Brian Noble]

I'm not sure I can give an answer to this---at least, not if I'm focusing on the "advocate" part of the question. The thing I see most often in these discussions is "I decided to do X when I bought. Obviously, everyone else should do X too." That's not true at all--partly because now isn't then, and partly because others don't care about the same things I do.

What someone has in their account almost certainly depends on their own preferences, plus the state of play at the time of purchase. What resorts were on sale direct? What were the incentives? What resorts were in "the resale wave" of the first group of owners turning over, and thus easily available on the resale market? What does the resale market even look like?

The same person, with the same preferences, might well have made different decisions if they were buying at a different point. The soon-to-be-gone GFV incentives are a good example of this. Some people who would ordinarily never consider a developer purchase looked at the small delta and thought "Well, that changes things."

The same is true in advising someone making a purchase. How deeply does FOMO run for you? How long do you expect to own? What are your expectations about a Disney trip? How much is location going to matter vs. just being there?

For example.

• My FOMO muscle seems to be under-developed.
• I don't need to stay in the newest and awesomest resort.
• The vacation experiences are more alike than they are different in the half-dozen DVC resorts I've stayed in.
• I am not an "if you can't walk to a park it doesn't count" person.
• I am not a multi-trips-per-year person most years, so the AP discount doesn't really do much for me.
• The others are all nice diversions, but I don't care about them.

So, for me, resale is probably the thing that makes the most sense most of the time.

But not everyone shares my preferences. For some people, the thought of not being able to stay at Resort To Be Named Later will keep them up at night. For others, just being told they can't do something makes them want it that much more. Some folks see the prospect of no Epcot Area resorts between now and not too many years after they become empty-nesters, and can't imagine why they would do that. And some people just want a home resort that itself is restricted, which changes the value porposition of resale a lot--at least until 2042.

 

[Brian Noble]

Or hold a yard sale

I don't think I own that many shirts-that-no-longer-fit. And that's not because I'm still the same size I was going into the pandemic, I can tell you that.

 

[DigitalOlli]

Only Resale.

Dont need direct because we are from Europe

 

[tidefan]

I'm not sure I can give an answer to this---at least, not if I'm focusing on the "advocate" part of the question. The thing I see most often in these discussions is "I decided to do X when I bought. Obviously, everyone else should do X too." That's not true at all--partly because now isn't then, and partly because others don't care about the same things I do.

What someone has in their account almost certainly depends on their own preferences, plus the state of play at the time of purchase. What resorts were on sale direct? What were the incentives? What resorts were in "the resale wave" of the first group of owners turning over, and thus easily available on the resale market? What does the resale market even look like?

The same person, with the same preferences, might well have made different decisions if they were buying at a different point. The soon-to-be-gone GFV incentives are a good example of this. Some people who would ordinarily never consider a developer purchase looked at the small delta and thought "Well, that changes things."

The same is true in advising someone making a purchase. How deeply does FOMO run for you? How long do you expect to own? What are your expectations about a Disney trip? How much is location going to matter vs. just being there?

For example.

• My FOMO muscle seems to be under-developed.
• I don't need to stay in the newest and awesomest resort.
• The vacation experiences are more alike than they are different in the half-dozen DVC resorts I've stayed in.
• I am not an "if you can't walk to a park it doesn't count" person.
• I am not a multi-trips-per-year person most years, so the AP discount doesn't really do much for me.
• The others are all nice diversions, but I don't care about them.

So, for me, resale is probably the thing that makes the most sense most of the time.

But not everyone shares my preferences. For some people, the thought of not being able to stay at Resort To Be Named Later will keep them up at night. For others, just being told they can't do something makes them want it that much more. Some folks see the prospect of no Epcot Area resorts between now and not too many years after they become empty-nesters, and can't imagine why they would do that. And some people just want a home resort that itself is restricted, which changes the value porposition of resale a lot--at least until 2042.

@Brian Noble , I always enjoy your posts, but this may be my favorite!

 

[Pens Fan]

Team hybrid - I like having enough unrestricted direct points so that we can stay at whatever shiny new resort they decide to build in the future. We also go often enough that the Sorcerer's pass is nice savings for us.

That said, roughly 2/3 of our points are resale. However they are all at our favorite resorts (CCV and HHI) where we'd be happy to get "stuck" if we couldn't move at 7 months. I'm definitely a "buy where you want to stay" gal. I feel as if we have the best of both worlds. We're more that happy at our home resorts but covered if there is something better down the road with our direct points..

 

[MyDogTink]

Hybrid.
Original, direct BWV 1998.

Resale BLT 2023 because we found BLT to be a good fit for our family. Would never buy direct BLT now.

Direct VGF 2023 because of the summer incentives and non-restrictions.

Grappling with adding on resale BLT or waiting for Direct Poly2. Pros for BLT is to have a large amount of points for flexibility when booking and larger room types. Pros for Poly2 is to have a new resort without restrictions. Tough decision.

 

[npatellye]

Team hybrid:
-direct RIV
-direct OKW
-resale OKW 2042…if we can ever close on it! I wired my money less than 24 hours after I received the closing paperwork. (Passed ROFR email and closing paperwork received 8/15, money wired 8/15). And we’ve been waiting on the sellers to do their notary end of things since then.

 

[jess2022]

I voted for hybrid though we are currently new resale only owners. I can see the benefit of hybrid and if we enjoy / use our membership as expected I can see eventually going hybrid.

 

[Jwaire]

I bought resale at Polynesian, then with the great recent discounts added on direct 150 at Riviera for blue card status. Very happy with my membership.

We are DVC home resort twinsies.