I really don’t think they should be allowed in the exclusive booking window, and if I was in charge I’d probably prohibit them except within 120 days, maybe 90 days, of check in. But I do buy that there’s a place for them close to check in.
I don't think it's anything dues related for VGF. Maybe for some of the beach resorts but not their WDW flagship.
We’re missing BLT it looks like.
Beautiful pie chart
I am confident they could figure out a way to do it. Even if it was just refusing to allow outlets like DVCRM and Disboards to use their trademarks (such as all of the resort names) if they don’t comply.
I agree. I think allowing renting of some confirmed for those who actually need it is perfectly fine and needed. They could make it harder to rent out confirmed reservations making it less of a desirable option for mass renters. Possibly like when you transfer points you have to call in on a 3 way call correct? Make confirmed reservations to where a call is needed to change the guests on the reservation. Then when you call in to do that they can track how often you have to call in for this and then its an easy way to know who is doing it. If the CM asks standard questions like why cant you make the trip etc it would make the process much more time consuming and uncomfortable and thus less desirable to mass renters.
They already set rules for third-party brokers with no written rights to do so, absolutely no reason they couldn’t do the same thing to the rental companies. It doesn’t matter if they have the right to do it to individual owners, if they don’t target the owners. It would reduce confirmed reservations by 99% if you could do them but couldn’t advertise them.
I imagine a recaptcha or similar would help solve this issue? Though I can envision a general uproar and complaints from the population of having yet another annoying step added to the booking process.
I think they wouldn’t bother to do many confirmed reservations anymore if they had this hoop to jump through to do them, so it might not add much volume to MS at all. Time is money and they wouldn’t find value in having themselves have to pay someone to make these phone calls. When rental companies like the board sponsor rent out for members, as you know, it’s the members that invest the time of searching for reservations and adding names to the reservation not them if they had to do it they would charge even more if a premium than they already do which would make renting less desirable for all involved. This is likely why these brokers aren’t doing these types of reservations on their own points but rather just doing confirmed ones.
Not that I have noticed. They tend to use their real names because it is how renters can confirm they own they points and they aren’t getting scammed by checking the comptroller sites.
When you have 135 confirmed reservations at AKV and a majority in value rooms and you own thousands of points, that’s how it becomes commercial.
