Why are Poly fees higher than VGF?

[Dean]

Ok, we're on the same page. I just fall into the category of folks that would take the discounted maintenance over scheduling flexibility. This year for instance if I were to buy Poly I would probably wait until November and get a December use year since December use years work best for us and we don't need another vacation until next year.

You're trading less than $6 per point best case scenario for a much reduced reservation window on the initial banked points. Whether one intends to use them or rent them, I don't see it as worth it unless you're still more than 11 months away from your planned travel time which also means that may be a bad UY anyway. If however you're simply not going to go using those points the first year and rent them out, you're still giving up opportunities on the rental side. But that may be worth it if Dec is the best UY for you otherwise. Personally I would put the UY as the number one priority assuming buying DVC in general makes sense but all else equal or where a given UY doesn't make sense, an earlier UY with more points is usually the best scenario. I would not purposefully wait until late just to get the minor savings, there are too many things that can go wrong in addition to the other limitations I've already mentioned. Plus I generally would recommend against a retail purchase for most situations but if I were going to purchase retail, I'd absolutely recommend a fixed week if at all possible. I feel any or all of those issues trump the minor savings on dues by waiting till late in the UY.

 

[djohn06]

Nice that Cali regulates property taxes, guess that that provides relief from the 13 percent income tax.

 

[djohn06]

From what I've heard, property taxes at the newer resorts have been going up because of the increased resale prices. They are being reassessed for higher property values.

How could this be the case? The resales are still less than original purchase price.

 

[DebbieB]

How could this be the case? The resales are still less than original purchase price.

How much was BLT when it first opened? How much are resales going for now? I've heard they are blaming the large dues increases on tax reassessments.

 

[dizfan]

How could this be the case? The resales are still less than original purchase price.

We paid $96/point direct from Disney in spring 2009. Some paid lower than we did.

Resales are higher today. Additionally, for tax assessments they should be including all BLT direct sales, which are dramatically higher today.

 

[djohn06]

AKV and SSR are in the 80's still. SSR dues went up pretty hefty last year. BLT could have been bought in the 90s last December. I know some people who bought BLT in the 100s. Assessments were already done so BLT isn't a good example. VGF is lower resale than direct too.

 

[djohn06]

It probably has little to do with resale price but has more to do with what Disney is selling the resort for directly. That is a more logical explanation because BLT was flat for 3 years until this year but dues increased at a very rapid pace