Will this crazy idea work?

[dijid]

DH and I fell in love with OKW when we stayed there last month. (We lucked into getting it from someone who had booked it through an II exchange.) We've been talking about where we're going to stay our next trip to WDW - which will be before the end of May next year since we're AP holders. But I digress...

We tossed around the idea of buying a small (less than 100 pts) membership in DVC at OKW. We only plan on going every 3-4 years though. The idea is to bank/borrow when possible to get a week and then we could sell points or book for family/friends on an off year. This way we get the DVC benefits and spread the cost out over a couple years. Now would this really work? I saw a 90pt contract for re-sale with all points available. We could bank 2003's 90 and then use the 90 from '04, to get 6 nights in a 1BR. Then in '05 we either sell our points, or rent to family/friends. In '06, we borrow '07's points and go again. Nothing in '07, but we start the cycle again after that. What do you think?

 

[AreWeThereYet]

You can bank one year's worth of points and borrow one year's worth of points. In theory you can use three year's worth of points in a single year. Under your 90-point purchase that would give you 270 every three years.

it might work - it wouldn't work for us because I have 250 and could use double that amount if my wife would let me buy more. Once you are in it is hard to stay away.

Good luck with your purchase decision. Hope it works out well for you.

 

[Scott H]

I think there is min number of points required for membership. The key word is "I think." The number that comes to mind is around 150 points. I am sure someone else has the number.

 

[JOC]

It's 150 points minimum only if you are purchasing a new contract through Disney. After that, you can add on as little as 25 points through Disney. You can "buy in" to DVC with resales of as little as 25 points, although I haven't seen one of that size on any of the resale sites.