Rental Points

[ylecyote]

As a non member can I rent points and make the reservation myself or does the renter have to make the reservations and check availability?

Thanks

 

[Deb & Bill]

As a non-member the points are worthless to you. You cannot contact Member Services for any reason. The member must make the reservation, check for availability and add dining or Magical express for you if you want them.

 

[LisaS]

Because the cost of DVC accommodations is expressed in points, we talk about "renting points" but in fact, you are really renting a reservation from a DVC owner. Only the owner can call to make the reservation, add the dining plan, etc. And should anything go wrong, Disney will not step in to take care of things for you. You are making a business arrangement with the DVC owner, not Disney.

 

[everylastbreath]

I have been reading a lot about renting points, is much cheaper to rent point. but if you only have an arrangement w/DVC member, what recorse do you have if you pay for points and DVC member does not hold up their end of arrangement, if Disney does not get involved? How do you know that you are dealing w/honest member or how can you prevent getting ripped off?

 

[chalee94]

I have been reading a lot about renting points, is much cheaper to rent point.

...and it's cheaper because you are taking more of a risk.

but if you only have an arrangement w/DVC member, what recorse do you have if you pay for points and DVC member does not hold up their end of arrangement, if Disney does not get involved? How do you know that you are dealing w/honest member or how can you prevent getting ripped off?

here are some ideas:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1255828

while fraud is a relatively small risk, the bigger concern is (for the renter especially) to understand what they are getting into - dealing with a DVC member means they might be taking a risk of losing the points if you back out of the deal...it's not as simple as cancelling a reservation with disney directly.