I spoke to my guide Thursday too and then did hours of math to see whether I should get 60 or 125 VGF or AKL. I was all ready to get 60 VGF until he said no 2021 points. I did a lot of math and sample vacation planning over 10 years and Landed on 80 points AKL. The extra banked 2021 points keep me in 1 BR pretty much forever, just not as often at VGF and RIV and I can keep trying out all the resorts until addonitis gets me another small add on.I hear ya! I spoke to my guide first thing Thursday morning, but my phone dropped the call and I wasn’t able to get back in touch with him until the end of the day. He was finalizing everything (already had my credit card information) when he realized there was a problem and it wouldn’t actually create the contracts.
(I wanted 3 - 100 point contracts with my husband’s name included. It’s considered a new membership since his name isn’t on the current one, so one had to be at least 150. I wanted equal contracts because I have 3 kids. Between that and the fact that I wouldn’t be getting 2021 points as hoped, I told him I needed to think about it before I decided if I wanted equal contracts or my husband on the membership.)
But, he was off yesterday and today! I’m hoping today doesn’t seem to drag on like yesterday did!
I’m in this exact same predicament! Trying to decide between 80ish points direct at AKL or VGF. I like the cheaper rooms at AKL but the contract is 7 years shorter. I just don’t know what to do. The double points is what tipped the scale for you?
Yep. I’ll be 90 when akl expires so that didn’t factor into it. I have a 110 AKL resale. I was choosing between 60 and 125, and VGF and AKL. 80 AKL gave me similar trips to 125 VGF over the next 10 years with the banked points. After 10 years I’m back to a studio or value 1br every other year, but by then I might have another 50 points somewhere.
Head to head, it might come down to home resort advantage, or dues. I love everything about AKL except driving distance and the pool is just meh. Maybe Kidani is better? I’ve never seen it.
This is where im stuck. I’d love the home advantage at AK for the value and club level rooms but don’t like the bus only transportation with little kids. If it werent for the bad transportation I’d definitely buy and stay at AKV almost exclusively.
So it is restricted to the Original 14. Exactly the same as other VGF resales currently
These points were basically worth $20 per point or $6,000 (on my 300 point contract). I think that’s why it is a big deal! I already had “plans” for what I was going to do with them! I’ll have to rent points from another member to complete my reservation or shorten my vacation or choose a smaller Villa. (Not meant to be snarky either.
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These points were basically worth $20 per point or $6,000. I think that’s why it is a big deal! I already had “plans” for what I was going to do with them! I’ll have to rent points from another member to complete my reservation or shorten my vacation or choose a smaller Villa. (Not meant to be snarky either.
It didn’t sway my decision to a different resort. I wasn’t planning to buy another 300 points (I was thinking 200-250, but when I saw the incentives I started thinking how the extra $6000 worth of points could justify my extra spending.) I was thinking I would be getting a minimum of 400-500 points at the start of my contract, so paying more and getting less than I initially had thought I would get is disappointing. But, I decided one year/trip wasn’t worth missing out on another 300 point contract.
Exactly the same as buying any other direct points from any other resort (except Riviera). You can use them to book at RR, but anyone you sell them to down the road cannot.
But in the discounted cash flow model of total cost/benefit of ownership, Year 0 points should be valued dollar-for-dollar.
This is why I decided to wait. I was originally planning on purchasing 125 points. But my first resale contract came loaded with 20/21 points easily rented out for a couple of thousand dollars, so if I wait till 2023 it’s basically a wash if the price isn’t over $220. If I hadn’t been successful renting points out, it probably wouldn’t have bothered me as much.
If looking at the entire life of the contract it looks even worse of a deal. Gfv will net 41 more sets of points. Rivera will net 48 more sets of points before expiration. At $207 a point one can factor a per year cost for gfv at $5.05 a point just in purchase prices. Long term maintenance fees can be expected to far outpace Riviera’s. The grand Floridian hotel building is already 30 + years old. The monorail is already 50+ years old.
