What order would you sell your contracts?

[intamin]

Good exercise and one that I have thought of often.

1. resale 185 Poly. This was recently purchased and I considered selling to buy RIV direct; however, it seemed arduous to go through the selling process. Will hold for now.

2. direct 150 VGF. At this time, not our favorite and that could change as my DD gets older and school schedules change.

3. direct 150 VGF.

4. resale 160 BLT.

5. resale 210 BLT.

5. resale 180 AKV. Very difficult to give up this and/or BLT now because the UY works for school schedule and my DD loves AKV right now.

6. direct 200 RIV. Towards the end of the list because we need a direct contract and would probably get crushed price-wise selling it.

7. direct 175 BWV. I would prefer to let this go first but I co-own it so can't sell it.

Out of curiosity, you own 300 direct points at VGF but it's not your favorite? Were they more purchased as direct SAP?

 

[MyDogTink]

Out of curiosity, you own 300 direct points at VGF but it's not your favorite? Were they more purchased as direct SAP?

they were purchased during the 2023 VGF fire sale. I needed more points and wanted to get my husband on a direct contract. We would probably love VGF if we didn't have a 6 year old. We had our honeymoon there. I could totally do the Enchanted Rose every night and signature dining. Clearly a 6 yo derails that!

 

[VGCgroupie]

Out of curiosity, you own 300 direct points at VGF but it's not your favorite? Were they more purchased as direct SAP?

That fire sale sold people!

 

[intamin]

That fire sale sold people!

Sigh, why couldn't there have been a Poly firesale instead .

they were purchased during the 2023 VGF fire sale. I needed more points and wanted to get my husband on a direct contract. We would probably love VGF if we didn't have a 6 year old. We had our honeymoon there. I could totally do the Enchanted Rose every night and signature dining. Clearly a 6 yo derails that!

I think in time you guys will love it. The lobby and food options are . Citricos, Narcoosee's, V&As is a pretty difficult lineup to beat then you add GF cafe and yeah..

 

[tx911]

Sigh, why couldn't there have been a Poly firesale instead .


I think in time you guys will love it. The lobby and food options are . Citricos, Narcoosee's, V&As is a pretty difficult lineup to beat then you add GF cafe and yeah..

Buy where you want to eat!

 

[muppets3d]

The only way I would sell is if I was faced with a catastrophe, in that case they'd all probably have to go so the order doesn't really matter. They'd all go on the market the same day.

 

[airjay75]

Seems like somewhat of a consistent theme that RIV/VDH points would be last or near last for people. Make me wonder if direct owners of restricted resorts will be somewhat more hesitant to sell than we have historically seen with the O14 resorts. Was probably a little easier before restrictions came along to offload points you might have bought at, say, OKW and then along came VGF or BLT, and you said, well, I really want that and I can sell OKW for what I bought it for (or more) and then buy the shiny new resort. That probably isn't happening with restricted resorts nearly as often (and without taking some serious losses). Just another variable that might or might not affect how restrictions and room availability play out over the long-term.

 

[supercarrie]

Seems like somewhat of a consistent theme that RIV/VDH points would be last or near last for people. Make me wonder if direct owners of restricted resorts will be somewhat more hesitant to sell than we have historically seen with the O14 resorts. Was probably a little easier before restrictions came along to offload points you might have bought at, say, OKW and then along came VGF or BLT, and you said, well, I really want that and I can sell OKW for what I bought it for (or more) and then buy the shiny new resort. That probably isn't happening with restricted resorts nearly as often (and without taking some serious losses). Just another variable that might or might not affect how restrictions and room availability play out over the long-term.

This may also be due to the fact that they are newer contracts bought direct, not solely because they are restricted. If I bought OKW direct in the last couple years, even during the fire sale, and I went to sell it now, I'd lose a ton of money as well.

I would be curious to see the years people bought their contracts and how much this plays into their decision.

 

[airjay75]

This may also be due to the fact that they are newer contracts bought direct, not solely because they are restricted. If I bought OKW direct in the last couple years, even during the fire sale, and I went to sell it now, I'd lose a ton of money as well.

I would be curious to see the years people bought their contracts and how much this plays into their decision.

Agreed. That thought crossed my mind too, and I'm sure that matters too in people's decisions on what to sell.

 

[intamin]

Buy where you want to eat!

I'm not gonna lie that's part of the reason why I bought at Poly, we like the food at GF more but we like the rooms and vibe more at Poly so we'll definitely be walking over for dinner

 

[GrumpyInPhilly]

Buy where you want to eat!

BCV - Epcot
SSR - DS

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Well, what a conundrum!

I have:
125 Poly; resale pre-O14 restrictions
100 CCV; direct with blue card status
75 VDH; direct

It's a conundrum because

• Poly is my favorite at WDW,
• CCV gives me my blue card, and
• VDH is my lone west coast option (but with the highest dues).

My order would probably be
1 - PVB
2 - VDH
3 - CCV

Poly was my first contract, so it holds a special spot in my heart, too.

 

[DoubleBaconBLT]

1. My BLT contract is great, and I got a solid deal on it ($121/pt). If someone made me an above market offer, I could be persuaded to part with it, but I'd probably just go buy another one.

2. My 150 direct Poly points will stay with me until they expire or I expire. I see no reason to ever sell this contract.

 

[Novatrix]

What a fun question.

Order I'd sell my 4 contracts.

1. 50 pt OKW contract - direct, 2057 expiration date
2. 160 pt BCV resale contract - it would hurt since it's my favorite resort and I only bought it last year, but it's less sentimental than the others
3. 230 pt OKW contract - direct, 2057 expiration date things would need to be DIRE for me to sell
....
4. 50 pt OKW contract - direct, 2057 expiration date I would need to be literally homeless and destitute to sell.

The OKW contracts have been in my family since July 1992, and I really want to own at least one through expiration. I was the one to convince my parents to extend when the option came up, and started paying the dues as soon as I graduated college (a promise I made as a teen), so all the OKW contracts are extremely sentimental for me.

 

[E2ME2]

Interesting Premise…
Current DVC Portfolio:
R=Resale
D=Direct

210-SSR-D
40-SSR-D
225-SSR-R
160-AKV-R
25-AKV-D
230-BWV-R
60-BLT-R

950 Total

Let me preface this by saying I don’t intend to sell any time soon. As a matter of fact, I’m plotting our next purchase to get us into the “comma club”
But, just for the sake of a mental exercise, my order of divestiture would probably be:
1- 60 BLT (R)
our most recent purchase was only to have an MK-walkable resort, every 2-3 years, so this would be the least-missed.
2-225 SSR (R)
these were scooped up during COVID at a very low price, and could sell now for more than I paid for them.
3-40 SSR (D) & 25-AKV (D)
these would probably incur a loss, as they were added on Direct, well above our initial buy-in prices.
4-160 AKV (R)
also scooped up during COVID, and could sell now for more than I paid.


That would leave me with our original SSR-Direct (which is our Blue Card status), and would only be sold if we could no longer use, or transferred to kids…..
AND - we imagine these would be sold after we run the clock out on our BWV points, which we plan to use until 2042.

 

[Girlstar30]

1. BLT would be the first to go 160
2. AKV 180
3. SSR 250
4. VDH 150

AKV is my favorite resort in WDW, but I value 100 extra points with my SSR over this home resort priority because theres so many rooms. So far, ive never had any issue booking anything we want with these points.

After staying at more resorts, I realize I should have gone poly resale over BLT, because we like it more. 160 points is on the low side at a resort that has been feeling kind of meh to me lately. I feel i have my disney theme with vdh now. I would probably honestly sell it for poly, but im too lazy and stubborn lol. I dont hate the resort by any means and it does have a lot of things I like like the food and nice one bedroom so I keep it for now

VDH is my direct contract, the one im paying the most for and the one im going to stay the most at because of the convenient to us location. It gives us our direct benefits and we love the Disney themeing and history. It is easily becoming my favorite resort

 

[intamin]

1. BLT would be the first to go 160
2. AKV 180
3. SSR 250
4. VDH 150

AKV is my favorite resort in WDW, but I value 100 extra points with my SSR over this home resort priority because theres so many rooms. So far, ive never had any issue booking anything we want with these points.

After staying at more resorts, I realize I should have gone poly resale over BLT, because we like it more. 160 points is on the low side at a resort that has been feeling kind of meh to me lately. I feel i have my disney theme with vdh now. I would probably honestly sell it for poly, but im too lazy and stubborn lol. I dont hate the resort by any means and it does have a lot of things I like like the food and nice one bedroom so I keep it for now

VDH is my direct contract, the one im paying the most for and the one im going to stay the most at because of the convenient to us location. It gives us our direct benefits and we love the Disney themeing and history. It is easily becoming my favorite resort

Would you consider swapping AKV for Poly? I think BLT still has some benefit for home resort priority especially during the holidays. I guess AKV does too but only if you plan to try and book club level/value but otherwise not really that necessary. With the recent increase in points for value rooms I am considering switching down the line to maybe get resale Poly vs. resale BLT but I don't know if it's worth/necessary.

 

[MyDogTink]

Buy where you want to eat!

And buy where you want to drink. We love The Enchanted Rose.

 

[MyDogTink]

That fire sale sold people!

True but hearing the deals on resale during the pandemic makes me regret not picking up some resale then.

 

[Girlstar30]

Would you consider swapping AKV for Poly? I think BLT still has some benefit for home resort priority especially during the holidays. I guess AKV does too but only if you plan to try and book club level/value but otherwise not really that necessary. With the recent increase in points for value rooms I am considering switching down the line to maybe get resale Poly vs. resale BLT but I don't know if it's worth/necessary.

I wouldnt, because well first my wife would kill me and second I do want to stay in club level and see what thats about, plus im loving the new refurb pics!

I feel like blt has a lot of similarities with vdh in ways with the disney themeing and Joey chou artwork and I feel like now I have twins on different coasts and I like the variety of a disney hotel, African kingdom, and hawaii lol.

Plus we stayed at akv blt and ccv this holiday and ccv and akv felt so magical and blt fell flat for me. It was so damn crowded to I was like why haha. I do like my dues bill there tho the best lol. I never want to stay at value in akv, only sv and club so I think best to keep it.