thinking of add on - advice?

[aprilzw]

Hi everyone! We own at BCV and are considering an add-on. Our 180 points often don't get us what we want and we've found ourselves in a cycle of borrowing. It seems like there are decent incentives for SSR right now. We have stayed there and liked it fine, but prefer BCV and would probably not stay at SSR very often. We do like that the maintenance fees are less for SSR. We rarely use the 11 month window at BCV because we go on a moment's notice and usually off-peak, so that's not so much an issue. Is there any reason we may not be thinking of to hold out for a BCV add-on versus going with SSR right now? Any advice would be GREAT!! THANKS!

 

[BillPA]

If you can not or do not plan more than 7 months ahead, it really doesn't matter where your home resort is located. With SSR, you get the extra 12 years of ownership and can take advantage of the current deals. Just because the dues are lower now, that may change as the entire resort is built out and the owners have to cover ALL the costs at the resort. I would try a short stay at SSR and see if you like it.

I think in time all the WDW resorts dues will become very close to the same amount.
JMHO

 

[wintergreen]

You may want to consider the hassle of juggling two different resorts with two different use years. We have added on twice, once through DVC, and once through a resale, and both times got the same resort with the same use year. That way, even though we have three separate contracts, it feels like only one, from a managment perspective. I know that lots of people own at different resorts, so that they can make use of the 11 month window, but we are in a similar situation as you are, and have found that this approach works very well!