SSR Getaways Available Through II

[Tink10]

I don't know if anyone has posted this, but I was a little stunned when I was looking at the Getaway inventory at Interval International and found studios & 1BR's at SSR. The prices were pretty high compared to other Orlando area getaways (just below rack rate) but to my knowledge, this is a first for II.

There is availability almost ever week for the rest of the year, but it looks like Disney has found another outlet to move excess inventory.

 

[Starr W.]

I don't know if anyone has posted this, but I was a little stunned when I was looking at the Getaway inventory at Interval International and found studios & 1BR's at SSR. The prices were pretty high compared to other Orlando area getaways (just below rack rate) but to my knowledge, this is a first for II.

There is availability almost ever week for the rest of the year, but it looks like Disney has found another outlet to move excess inventory.

I didn't see that much on the Getaways when I looked. Though I did see the 2 Xmas weeks: one studio and one 1br.

Though someone on TUG did snag an OKW studio for Xmas through exchanging.

PS: Just checked out II Getaways. I think they must have added those fall weeks since I first saw them! Even 4th of July!

 

[kimberh]

I am giving this a bump, every week for the summer through Christmas is on there as of yesterday. I was stunned also. All of the hard to get weeks. Studios and One bedrooms. Disney must be trying something new. I checked the other resorts, nothing.

 

[LIFERBABE]

I guess they say,
"If you cant beat em, (the renters) join em!

Now who is booking prime weeks and renting them out for profit?

I know they have their own inventory, but to place all these restrictions on members to turn around and sell prime weeks for cash and then tell us they are looking out for us is not very magical.

My guess is there won't be any free dining upgrades this year, if this plan works.

 

[Dean]

I guess they say,
"If you cant beat em, (the renters) join em!

Now who is booking prime weeks and renting them out for profit?

I know they have their own inventory, but to place all these restrictions on members to turn around and sell prime weeks for cash and then tell us they are looking out for us is not very magical.

My guess is there won't be any free dining upgrades this year, if this plan works.

There are two ways this happens as I understand it. One is the resort actually rents the units formally to II and they offer them at whatever price they desire, the other is II takes them on consignment and the resort sets the price. I'm guessing the latter is more likely in this situation. I'd bet there will be few takers but DVD is actually using this more as an advertising ploy than anything else. DVD could take them back at any time and likely will most of them. These type of rentals are not available for exchanges. The inventory could come from undeclared units, unsold but declared units, breakage inventory and ROFR contracts. Before anyone reminds me that breakage is 60 day inventory, I'll state that by POS DVC has the right to anticipate breakage inventory ahead of time as well.

There are those that feel doing such rentals is a conflict of interest for an exchange company and I'd tend to agree. A step the exchange company could make would be to then grab quality deposited inventory and simply rent it out and not offer it for exchange. Some feel this is what RCI does, I'm not convinced it's true but it's possible.

 

[Starr W.]

There are two ways this happens as I understand it. One is the resort actually rents the units formally to II and they offer them at whatever price they desire, the other is II takes them on consignment and the resort sets the price. I'm guessing the latter is more likely in this situation. I'd bet there will be few takers but DVD is actually using this more as an advertising ploy than anything else. DVD could take them back at any time and likely will most of them. These type of rentals are not available for exchanges. The inventory could come from undeclared units, unsold but declared units, breakage inventory and ROFR contracts. Before anyone reminds me that breakage is 60 day inventory, I'll state that by POS DVC has the right to anticipate breakage inventory ahead of time as well.

There are those that feel doing such rentals is a conflict of interest for an exchange company and I'd tend to agree. A step the exchange company could make would be to then grab quality deposited inventory and simply rent it out and not offer it for exchange. Some feel this is what RCI does, I'm not convinced it's true but it's possible.

I agree with Dean, but I also think that perhaps they are testing the II getaway path to see how the units rent on there. I don't know how successful CRO is at renting out units, but perhaps this could result in a higher number of rooms filled.

I checked when I first saw them on II's Condodirect site and they didn't show up(that's for non-II members, ie general public).

I have notice in the short time I have been with II, DVC is putting in other weeks (not just late Aug-Sept) and some interesting units. Littlestar exchanged for a GV at HHI for mid November. I've seen studios at BCV and BWV during F&W time.