Psychological traps of DVC

[PolyRob]

I always have FOMO about new DVC resorts being built and needing to buy them to get the full life of the contract with possibly the "best" incentive before they even open.

I always fight the urge and pass. The reality is there is no rush and the price for current members on day one isn't always the best deal

With that said, if Yacht Club ever gets DVC I will buy that sight unseen. Mark my works

 

[atthebeachclub]

if Yacht Club ever gets DVC I will buy that sight unseen. Mark my works

Co-signed.

 

[Joroc0801]

The perceived psychological traps may be dumbed down to feelings of joy, happiness, and fulfillment. I have never had a bad trip to Disney. It doesn't matter what the weather is, how moody my kids are, what I left behind at work. When we're there, we're having our best times. It brings me a great deal of fulfillment that my wife and I's hard work has allowed us the financial freedom to continue to invest more of our money into experiences and memories with our kids. I don't feel trapped psychologically at all.

 

[Moonspinner]

As others have mentioned… it is the forced vacation. We used to always put off vacation. It just seemed frivolous. Honestly, we were kind of tense and miserable. Now all we do is vacation. We go somewhere pretty much every two months. I don’t know what has happened to us, but wasting a lot of money on dvc has made us really happy. It’s made it so that we don’t have an option anymore. We have to vacation. It’s like now that the money is spent, yolo.

So for us dvc has relieved us of the psychological pressure of deciding to vacation.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Here is my post. https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...ffer-accepted-how-i-made-my-decision.3945274/

I thought 100 points was more than enough. I thought buying VDH was stupid. Now I have over 1000 points and own VDH

You always wanted that BW contract….

 

[VGCgroupie]

You always wanted that BW contract….

You caught that. I did, I knew I wanted it before even going there.... then I let others talk me out of it. It was meant to be!

 

[Brian Noble]

Has this happened to you? And what are the things you gain from buying DVC that I have yet to experience?

The biggest benefit of owning a timeshare is not saving money. I mean, you can save money (on lodging, anyway) but for me that is not the point.

The point for me is that the use-it-or-lose-it and advance planning nature of timeshares makes vacations a priority that I plan around, not something I fit in when I happen to have room. Secondarily, they also encourage me to take "nicer" vacations than I'd normally take, because it's affordable to do so. For exmaple, I would not pay cash for a week in a 2BR at the Grand Waikikian next summer, but I'm happy to use some timeshare points to do it---and I already have the week booked.

 

[DonkeyHoTay]

I used to not look down from the MK monorail because I didn’t want to be tempted by what was not possible. Those pretty resorts were for other people

Me 17 years ago: Looking down at those resorts from the MK monorail and thinking about all the money I was saving by staying at All Star Music. Fools! You can’t touch my $85 a night and I didn’t have to give anybody $30k up front for imaginary points at the BLT or whatever they call it. Not enough ice cream in the world to trick me into this scam!

Things change.

 

[sammeysue809]

The perceived psychological traps may be dumbed down to feelings of joy, happiness, and fulfillment. I have never had a bad trip to Disney. It doesn't matter what the weather is, how moody my kids are, what I left behind at work. When we're there, we're having our best times. It brings me a great deal of fulfillment that my wife and I's hard work has allowed us the financial freedom to continue to invest more of our money into experiences and memories with our kids. I don't feel trapped psychologically at all.

Beautifully written and completely agree with this sentiment. When we are there, we are on top of the world, everything in our lives is beneath us and we rise above it all to just be together and be a family, our little unit in this world. The fulfillment DVC brings me is invaluable and my hard work and my constant drive to support and reward my family comes in the form of DVC. We are well taken care of in all other aspects of life, because I bust my tail, but DVC is a reward. For me. And for them. It’s this vehicle for anticipation together, planning, family memories and special moments — DVC plays as the cherry on top of my decision to become a mom. This is why I wanted a family. For the moments of joy and laughter and that Disney Magic found nowhere else in the world with my loved ones.