TouringPlans sunsetting room requests

[walt34]

Wouldn't this be more or less like the ability to pay for daily housekeeping? You want housekeeping each day, it's available for an extra charge.
I'm hoping that Disney doesn't offer an upcharge for selecting your room, but it wouldn't be the first time that they offer extra features for an extra fee.

Extra housekeeping causes extra cost. That's what you are paying for. Getting first dibs at selecting your room (or having your preference ranked higher) for a fee would be taking money for something the association is already paying for (the room assignment).

 

[zavandor]

About a paid service to choose a room before checkin: I don't think DVC can charge for that.
For 2 (+ 1 bonus) reasons:
1) it's like when they charged parking for cash guests. I think it's written somewhere in the Pos that DVCMC cannot charge owners for services specified in the POS as part of the ownership. The booking system is integral in the system
2) the DVCMC must make decisions in the interest of the membership. Adding a paid service (whose revenues would go to Disney) that would prioritise some paying members over others wouldn't be in the interest of the membership.
If Disney adds the service for cash guests at the hotels and offers it for DVC stays, they would have to give it to owners for free.

The bonus reason is that optics would be bad. Disney rents only 20% of the (declared) DVC resorts for cash, why mess with DVC sales for little return?

 

[Sandisw]

About a paid service to choose a room before checkin: I don't think DVC can charge for that.
For 2 (+ 1 bonus) reasons:
1) it's like when they charged parking for cash guests. I think it's written somewhere in the Pos that DVCMC cannot charge owners for services specified in the POS as part of the ownership. The booking system is integral in the system
2) the DVCMC must make decisions in the interest of the membership. Adding a paid service (whose revenues would go to Disney) that would prioritise some paying members over others wouldn't be in the interest of the membership.
If Disney adds the service for cash guests at the hotels and offers it for DVC stays, they would have to give it to owners for free.

The bonus reason is that optics would be bad. Disney rents only 20% of the (declared) DVC resorts for cash, why mess with DVC sales for little return?

Except how DVC can prevent Disney from creating that as an onsite benefit for cash guests, staying in any of the rooms they are booking though Disney, which includes DVC rooms?

The contract even says if that we, as owners, are entitled to all onsite benefits.

Of course, the simplest answer is that Disney just rolls it in as an additonal cost to DVC and then everyone pays for it via the dues. So, it appears "free".

Similar to how DME worked…we were billed for that as part of dues, even though it was "free".

IIRC, though, the property management agreement DVC has with Disney gives Disney a lot of leeway when it comes to what they charge DVC for the services they provide.

However, when it comes to the topic of this thread, requests which are not guaranteed, I don’t think they can or would charge anyone foe that.

They just didn't want a third party making money off that which Touring Plans has been, just like they stopped the other third party vendors from providing services on property.