Spring Direct Incentives 2/9-4/27

[WinterSolider]

I've also got a 50/50 split (or at least close to it) but both have the same (restricted) home resort, which makes things a little bit easier. My general plan is to do half-home, and half-somewhere-else, with quick-hitting long weekends to soak up the odd leftover.

Yeah the extent to which you need your home resort window makes a huge difference.

When I go to Aulani, I'm booking a 2 bedroom villa at 11 months and sucking down 3 years worth of points in one gulp. Which means my Aulani contract needs time to recharge before it would do me any good trying to combine it with my OKW contract on a 7-month WDW stay.

 

[Patmcpsu]

Exactly. The lowest cost entry to direct perks. I am happy with SSR.
RIV direct would be a no-brainer for me if it didn't have resale restrictions.

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell. In that case, I am looking for commitment, not value. Which contract would you most want to have decades down the line? And if it's expired at that time, it's a major consideration.

 

[WinterSolider]

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell. In that case, I am looking for commitment, not value. Which contract would you most want to have decades down the line? And if it's expired at that time, it's a major consideration.

Hm that's an interesting thought but I disagree.

The main value of a direct contract is the ability to book restricted resorts at 7 months. If you have an contract that you ALWAYS use at your home resort and you ALWAYS book at 11 months, then the fact that this contract would be unrestricted at 7 months is pretty much worthless.

 

[TheThousandthSoul]

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell. In that case, I am looking for commitment, not value. Which contract would you most want to have decades down the line? And if it's expired at that time, it's a major consideration.

Ride or Die? My avatar says it all!

All jokes aside, your post makes a lot of sense. I need to take this into consideration.

 

[Brian Noble]

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell.

The main value of a direct contract is the ability to book restricted resorts at 7 months.

I don't think these are in conflict with one another.

 

[Cfabar1]

love BLT, but that's still a big premium over resale...

 

[TheThousandthSoul]

ng their decision does the same thing because it implies they will be selling.

That is why if someone is considering selling and then buying, that details of what they might sell be more general so it’s not to be seen as a For Sale.

ng their decision does the same thing because it implies they will be selling.

That is why if someone is considering selling and then buying, that details of what they might sell be more general so it’s not to be seen as a For Sale.

Your logic makes a ton of sense to me personally, but I'm also newer to DVC so I'm not as aware of all of the in and outs that others around here are.

If you're happy with SSR as your home resort I think minimizing the cost of 'upgrading' to direct points via buying direct there is the way to go. It's as much an emotional decision as it is a financial one and it seems like you've thought this through pretty well in a way that will work for you in both ways.

A bonus to upgrading those points to direct is that they will also become unrestricted to use as well vs how your resale points are only O14 which will become even more restricted after 2047.

I did the full math.
I won't do a flip. I am not selling.

 

[Kensmith118]

New sales direct are slumping so they need to kick up the incentives a bit more. Lot of my friends are still guides there and it's been rough

 

[Cfabar1]

New sales direct are slumping so they need to kick up the incentives a bit more. Lot of my friends are still guides there and it's been rough

Just depends how much Disney cares about moving product. And how much they view pricing as the obstacle to get that product moving.

 

[gvel]

New sales direct are slumping so they need to kick up the incentives a bit more. Lot of my friends are still guides there and it's been rough

I think we will see "good" incentives as we get closer to LSL opening.

 

[Genie+]

Hm that's an interesting thought but I disagree.

The main value of a direct contract is the ability to book restricted resorts at 7 months. If you have an contract that you ALWAYS use at your home resort and you ALWAYS book at 11 months, then the fact that this contract would be unrestricted at 7 months is pretty much worthless.

When I think ‘ride or die’ it is the combo of what a specific contract gets me that makes it my #1, and I’m taking into account long term price and satisfaction.

I consider my VGF a ride or die keeper because we like repeatedly staying there and makes certain rooms and dates possible. Eg- we like Feb 18pt/nt studios, and it’s not easy to book at 7m. But VGF also has low dues, which is very nice when we want to trade out and try somewhere else. It worked nicely for VGC (where AKV would’ve cost +$320 extra in dues for our 5 night 173pt trip). Trading isn’t painful. Staying isn’t painful lol.

I value its future, knowing the changing DVC landscape won’t impact our ability to stay here on 7 Seas Lagoon.

It’s a good ‘un to have hitched our direct wagon. Low likelihood we’ll want to switch it out for something else.

 

[PolyRob]

When I think ‘ride or die’ it is the combo of what a specific contract gets me that makes it my #1, and I’m taking into account long term price and satisfaction.

I consider my VGF a ride or die keeper because we like repeatedly staying there and makes certain rooms and dates possible. Eg- we like Feb 18pt/nt studios, and it’s not easy to book at 7m. But VGF also has low dues, which is very nice when we want to trade out and try somewhere else. It worked nicely for VGC (where AKV would’ve cost +$320 extra in dues for our 5 night 173pt trip). Trading isn’t painful. Staying isn’t painful lol.

I value its future, knowing the changing DVC landscape won’t impact our ability to stay here on 7 Seas Lagoon.

It’s a good ‘un to have hitched our direct wagon. Low likelihood we’ll want to switch it out for something else.

I just need more

 

[Cfabar1]

I just need more

that's my issue with VGF... is anything beyond a studio is super points intensive... the studios are too, but at least the numbers are lower...

I think you need to own VGF for studios - especially standard view - but I am not sure about 2 BRs because of what a points hog they are - especially for late spring/summer

 

[PolyRob]

that's my issue with VGF... is anything beyond a studio is super points intensive... the studios are too, but at least the numbers are lower...

I think you need to own VGF for studios - especially standard view - but I am not sure about 2 BRs because of what a points hog they are - especially for late spring/summer

Yes, it all depends on the season!

My plan was to get another resort (PVB or BLT "cheap") and book that for the spring to try and switch out to VGF, but they're really not that much less up front and the VGF dues are lower and increase at a lower rate. Plus I prefer VGF resort view so it puts me back to square one.

I don't want to take the direct incentive thread off topic, but I really think I just need a couple hundred VGF resale points to play nicely with my other VGF points. It will give me the most freedom. The current PVB incentive (if we can call it that) just makes me want to buy 150 VGF direct to take MB

 

[Cfabar1]

Only advantage BLT offers is the points chart. But the dues are high.

PVB the points chart and availability are stacked against me for the room types I want.

 

[Brian Noble]

New sales direct are slumping so they need to kick up the incentives a bit more. Lot of my friends are still guides there and it's been rough

March 2026 point totals were down less than 4% YoY, and was the strongest month since March 2025. Sales may be down vs. the year prior, but they are not suddenly cratering---at least, not yet.

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