Two Questions

[ticketwm35]

Can someone tell me why use year is important?Also how hard is it to get a one bedroom at HH in early June or Late August.At the 7 month window.Not sure if I want to buy at HH or BCV.We only do disney every other year.

Leslie

 

[JeffreyH]

I can only help with your use year question...

It really only matters if you cancel a reservation. If you cancel a trip towards the end of your use year, you are limited in how many of those points can be "banked" into the future year. You can only bank 100% of your points in the first 6 months of your use year.

So...lets say you have a Feb. use year. You get your Feb. 2002 points and plan a trip using all of your points for Dec. 2002. But in Sept. of 2002 you learn you can't make the Dec. trip and won't be able to get to a DVC resort until sometime in mid-2003. So, you cancel your reservation. But since you are past the 6 month window for banking all of your points, you can only bank 50% of them. The other 50% will expire on 1/31/03. You'll either have to use those points at somewhere other than DVC (and using points this way is usually a very "expensive" way to stay somewhere), rent your points to someone or give them away.

I plan on travelling a lot in Feb., Mar., and April, so I went with a Feb. use year. That way, if I have to cancel with a couple of months to go I will still have several months to bank all of my points. (Keep in mind that cancelling with a month or less has its own headaches.)

Hope this helps.

 

[Dean]

HH summer will be tough for everything. Early June and late August will be somewhat easier. Remember that most units are 2 BR so those will likely be somewhat easier. Still, if you want HH for summer consider buying there or look for someone who owns there to do a private "exchange".

 

[sgtpet]

I was trying to get a 1 bedroom at HH for the first week of June this year. I realized that I should have been calling day by day but it was already day 3 of when I wanted to go. So I book the next 3 nights each day and waitlisted the first 2. It took a few weeks but the waitlist came through. This will be our first DVC trip and we (DW & DS) are looking forward to it.