Rooms left open for non-DVC members?

[challer]

I have been trying (for the first time) to rent points for **** for *****, and it seems that everyone has responded that it is unavailable for ****. However, I can book *** for that time via the Disney website.

Do they usually keep rooms open for non-DVC members to book Villas?

Thanks.

 

[erionm]

Rooms available for cash direct from CRO are from separate inventory from points inventory. Those rooms could either be from points owned by the developer (Disney Vacation Development) or from when members use their points for a non-DVC resort reservation.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

You can get a room for cash from CRO but member services uses points. That is why at times they put you on hold and go check the CRO inventory and then get a room here and there to fill in the missing nites. I find the closer to sixty day mark, the more CRO lets the rooms go back into the DVC inventory.

 

[DebbieB]

You can get a room for cash from CRO but member services uses points. That is why at times they put you on hold and go check the CRO inventory and then get a room here and there to fill in the missing nites. I find the closer to sixty day mark, the more CRO lets the rooms go back into the DVC inventory.

That's not correct. Unreserved DVC points rooms can go to CRO at 60 days, with income being credited to member dues (breakage income). Sometimes member services can get those rooms back by calling CRO. But it doesn't work the other way around, CRO does not send cash rooms back to DVC for points use except for breakage rooms. So if a room was sent to CRO because a member traded out, they do not send that room back. They may make some last minute exceptions by request but it is rare.

 

[Deb & Bill]

For example, suppose a member wants to take a cruise on the DCL. The cruise costs them 450 points. So MS give Disney Reservation Center the equivalent of 450 points in lodging at a DVC resort to sell. DRC sells the villa(s) that represents 450 points and gives a portion of that money back to DVC to pay for the cruise.

Once those points have been used for lodging by a member (wherever they are going), they cannot be used a second time for lodging.

If a DVC resort is sold out completely, DVC has no points to sell for that resort and not one member at that resort has traded outside of DVC, none of the villas except for 3-5% that DVC owns would be available for cash reservations through DRC.

 

[challer]

Thanks. The workings of DVC always seem to be more complicated than I imagine.