Vetern DVC members - need advice - HELP!

[MarylandMommy]

Hi,
I recently rented 172 points for a trip in November 2006. We have paid for them and we are NOT backing out of this deal. That is not an option. My husband then decides he want to buy into DVC. We have been talking about it for about a year or so and I keep going back and forth.
So, here is the dilemma. If we buy into DVC now we get last year's points for September 30, 2005 through October 1, 2006. So, I guess, if we bank them, they would be available until October 1, 2007. We are planning a trip with my parents/sister, etc. for November 2007 (which has to be November for scheduling).
Has anyone every "traded" points that were about to expire with another member who is taking a trip right away? Are you allowed to trade/rent booked points? If I buy today, does that mean I can use/sell/trade the points tomorrow? Anybody have any suggestions (besides selling the points, which I'm not sure being a newbie that I would feel to comfortable with) on what to do with the points so I don't lose them?
Thank you for your time and your thoughts!

 

[vascubaguy]

Hi,
I recently rented 172 points for a trip in November 2006. We have paid for them and we are NOT backing out of this deal. That is not an option. My husband then decides he want to buy into DVC. We have been talking about it for about a year or so and I keep going back and forth.
So, here is the dilemma. If we buy into DVC now we get last year's points for September 30, 2005 through October 1, 2006. So, I guess, if we bank them, they would be available until October 1, 2007. We are planning a trip with my parents/sister, etc. for November 2007 (which has to be November for scheduling).
Has anyone every "traded" points that were about to expire with another member who is taking a trip right away? Are you allowed to trade/rent booked points? If I buy today, does that mean I can use/sell/trade the points tomorrow? Anybody have any suggestions (besides selling the points, which I'm not sure being a newbie that I would feel to comfortable with) on what to do with the points so I don't lose them?
Thank you for your time and your thoughts!

If you bought today, you could book ressies starting tomorrow. However, I don't believe you can transfer points out of your account until you officially close on the purchase, which would be about 60-days from the date you purchase.

If you did purchase now, you have a few options for utilizing the points before they expire.

1. You could book another trip for yourself for 2006.
2. You could rent those 2005 points to another DVC member and transfer them to their account.
3. You could bank the points and then plan a trip for yourself in early 2007.
4. You could bank the points and then rent the points for transfer (or rent a reservation) in October when those points become available again.

Just note, that yes you can transfer points to another member, but just know that during 1 use year, you can only transfer points one-way. For instance, if you were to transfer points to another member now, you would not be allowed to transfer points IN to your account until your next allocation of points become available. So if you transferred out now, it would be October 1, 2005 before you could transfer anything in to your account.

HTH, and BTW, congratz on the decision to buy-in!