Why Do DVC Members Rent Out Points ?

[TDC Nala]

My new DVC membership would lose a lot of its value to me if I had to rent a weekend night with every 3 weekday nights. I can make 3 weeks a year at Disney if I book only weekdays, much fewer and much shorter stays if I have to book weekends.

 

[Andrea T]

In our early DVC years our 450 points were never enough and we were in a constant state of borrow. This year my son (age 9) said, please, anywhere but Disney! We rented enough points to pay for a cruise to Alaska this summer. We will probably rent on a more regular basis now that our interests are changing. I don't want to sell because I remember reading on this board about a retired couple who can spend the entire month of January at OKW...sounds like a nice way to be a snowbird.

 

[Dean]

I own 8 timeshare weeks/contracts and can never use that many per year. I've chosen to own more of what I want to use and then rent out or exchange the years/points I don't use. I would like to get down to 6 instead of the 8 by selling 2 of our units but haven't gotten serious about looking for a buyer yet. I'd still have about 2.5 weeks per year that I wouldn't use. We've also about Disney'd out so we're taking a break for a couple of years.

I'm not sure why some people continue to blame those that rent out some of their points (or all of them for that matter) for the way DVC set up the rules. The rules and flexibility are the reason for the problem, not the renters. While DVC can change the minimum stay, I don't think they could "legally" require one to do the weekend specificially without a vote of the members and I think it must be a 2/3 majority. I know of other systems that require minimum number of days and some that require groupings of Fri-Sun and Mon-Fri. Others have a reduced (shorter) reservation window for less than a full week stays giving those wanting a full week a big advantage. One I own at is variable depending on the demand of the week in question. Xmas must be made for a full week otherwise it's a min of 3 days during the low season.

I'm always amazed when this topic gets going. First, I usually see Rich as very "conservative" when it comes to most of the controversial topics. I usually agree with him in principal on most subjects. On this topic however, he seems very "liberal" and I always have to do a double take when I read his posts on this subject as they seem out of character. The other 2 things that amaze me are that there are those that feel other members owe them things beyond their contractual obligation and beyond the rules in place and that the topic is much like that of the Abortion/Right to chose issue in that there is absolutely no common ground for many.

I've never heard a Marriott owner say one shouldn't reserve the best unit possible for exchanging or renting and can't imagine anyone actually having the moxy to say that. So I continue to be amazed when there are those that feel and are willing to say that they feel owners owe other owners certain things and/or actions.