Walking is also used to book those hard to get reservations. Like if you own at AKV and want either the Value Villa or a Concierge Villa, lots of people will walk those reservations all year long. GFV studios can also be hard to book, so those might also be walked year round. Same goes for Standard view at BLT. BWV has a very limited number of Grand Villas, so they might be walked.
Ok, that makes so much more sense! I only just heard about the walking strategy and was wondering-how do you even grab that first day if everything goes away so quickly! I guess you would need to check reservations constantly, and immediately jump when something was available at an 11 month mark then walk it til you get to those dates. (FYI-I'm not a DVC member...yet... just was stalking these boards because I was preparing to rent points)
When it used to be that you had to call in to add days, there was a greater risk of losing out to another 7-monther. This is as true today with the online modification tool as it was when you would have to call in. The thing is all it takes is for home-resort members to book a day ahead of you to kill your walk. This is why 7-month walking is not as effective as an 11-month walk.
No because you already have that day locked in. So if you had booked the 1st-7th, on the 2nd you call in, you already have the 2nd-7th within your current booking....drop the 1st, add the 8th. At any point of a 7 month walk you could get blocked by an owner at that resort though.
Borrowing IS a one-way transaction. You can avoid borrowing by shortening your reservation by a night or two and just "walking" more frequently until you have secured your dates.
Not sure what the online reservation system does but I have borrowed more points then I ended up actually needing (due to change in plans, not walking) and the CM was able to modify my reservation so my borrowed points were used and some of my current year points were not.
Honestly, any moderately hard to book room is not going to be easy to book for the start of Star Wars Land. And probably rooms that aren’t normally difficult to get as well.
I didn’t say all the rooms would be taken. I said many more categories than people normally expect will move much quicker because of the nature of Star Wars Land opening.
I think your challenge will be that all BWV 2BR villas are lockoffs. You're dealing with an already popular week that will be aggravated by the opening of SW:GE right around that time. Studios will be in high demand, which means 2BR villas will also be in short supply. JMO, but I expect that there will be an increase in the number of walkers at BWV for those reasons.
Unless you want standard of Boardwalk view, I think you chances are good. I am assuming you own BWV and will book at 11 months.
Borrowing is just final in that they are now moved to that UY, not that it is the only reservation that can be done with those points. I'd guess you would have to walk to get all of those.
