Regular Hotel Room

[Erynn_a]

Can you use DVC points to book a regular hotel room at a non DVC resort such as Polynesian or Grand Floridian? I am looking at renting some points but I have 5 adult guests in my party. We don't want to buy points for a 2 bedroom vacation home so we are wondering what our other options are.

Thank you so much for your suggestions!

 

[vicki_c]

Yes, that's like an exchange into the Disney Collection. Points are VERY high to do that - there's charts on DVCmember.com, I believe.

ETA: I realized after posting -- I guess you're not a DVC member with your own points by your post. I don't think it would be cheaper to do what you're asking with a points rental than it would be to pay cash for those rooms. Or a break-even proposition at best, I think.

 

[Kmango]

You can use points to stay at a non-DVC resort, but it's going to be WAY cheaper (and nicer, really) to stay at a 2-bd DVC villa. Or, for that matter, to pay cash.


For example, a week at Grand Floridian for one lagoon view room in value season is 423 points. A standard hotel room. No kitchen. Two beds.
Two hotel rooms would be 846.

That same week at, say, Bay Lake Tower in a 1-bedroom lake view (which sleeps 5 and has a kitchen and two bathrooms) would be 224 points, and a 2-bedroom (which would sleep all 5 far more comfortably, with three bathrooms) would be 297 points. If you're renting points for $10 a piece, that's a gigantic amount of money.

DVC points are only really a value when used at DVC resorts.

 

[CarolMN]

In additon to the points, DVC members must pay a $95 reservation fee for most non-DVC resort stays. That, plus the higher points for those resorts, will almost surely make it a better value for you to go through CRO.

Here's a link to the 2009 point chart for the non-DVC resorts in WDW, so you can see for yourself:


Walt Disney Resort in Florida