Would you support a point "tax" for staying at other resorts?

[Monorail Purple&Gold]

I think the system works pretty good as is and do not want to quibble about who owns where. I like to think of us as all equal in that we all own a bit of the mouse. If I can't plan 10 or 11 months out and have to wait for 7 months or less then we cross our fingers for what we want but then take what we can get.

Right at the heart of the point I was making!!! I'm okay being realistic, too!

 

[Laurabearz]

Nah I wouldn't like it, but I do feel the 7 month window is much tighter now.

 

[kjkelley]

How many more no's do we need in one thread?

 

[bobbiwoz]

I wonder if we would have the present banking deadline if the members could have voted on that. For me, it's not a good call, don't know about the rest of you.

How about the $95 to book WDW non-DVC?

I know the change in amenities in studios didn't go hold, thank heavens.

Bobbi

 

[patsal]

Nope there is already an 11 month booking window for resort owners to get preference, part of what sold me on DVC is the flexibility and I know that if I want what I want when I want it I'd better book it at 11 months or risk having to stay somewhere else.

 

[spiceycat]

if you are having problem - how about making the reservation for the most likihood (especially if holidays) 11 months in advance.

then changing if it necessary.

 

[Kiderak]

Adding another surcharge into the system is a rotten idea. What would alleviate your problem is to change the window from 7 months to something like 4 months. But, you already have 4 months to make arrangements from the 11 mo. point to the 7 mo. point.

 

[speakupjc]

No!

 

[BelleOfAlaska]

 

[sparkyboy]

My two cents-don't try to fix what isn't broken.

 

[kid-at-heart]

No, I would not support a surcharge to stay at a non-home resort.

 

[lichevyguy]

NO

 

[childsplay]

I'm gonna throw the OP a little love
I'd actually be fine with his idea.
Allow me to qualify by stating that I don't think DVC should do this, just that if they did, it wouldn't bother me.

 

[JasonDVC]

And the revenue from the points received from a room tax can be used to lower member dues, which can help compensate members who are shut out of their home resort.

There is nothing that will ever make them lower their dues

 

[BroganMc]

You cant compare past performance to today. Most people did not even have home computers or internet 10-15 years ago. There were 3 DVC resorts and some of those people let points expire yearly and did not give it a second thought. DVC members are more savvy today and informed. They are not letting their points expire, they are using them. They are not waiting til the last minute to book. It's like a 1 stop light town lamenting on how things used to be before the WalMart moved in.

That's exactly what these arguments seem like to me, in retrospect.

Look I'm actually a seat-of-her-pants, day-by-day last minute planner who's been forced into advanced scheduling by the system I've agreed to. Netflix makes me pick out my movies days before I actually watch them. My timeshares make me pick out my travel dates months or a year ahead of time. And I've had to cancel or amend schedules more than once due to medical issues. Sometimes I've done it just because we liked certain travel days better.

I sympathize with those at the smaller resorts with less availability and higher demand times. But you can't redo the rules for everyone just because it doesn't work for you personally. That's not fair to everyone.

It makes more sense to just learn to tailor your needs to the system. I plan based on a look at the calendar next year and my likely dates. My vacation schedule ends up taking dominance over my other schedules. Sounds incredibly weird to my doctors when I tell them I'm scheduling treatments around my vacations, but it also adds to my eccentricity.

And one other minor point I hope has already been said. As a SSR owner I already paid a point "tax" when I booked BWV my first 3 days of the last trip. It cost me 3 more points to stay at BWV than my SSR studio would have. I had booked SSR 11 mos. out and switched to BWV later at 7 mos. So why should I be paying more than that?

 

[alldiz]

no

 

[fishermouse]

no

DITTO

 

[JimC]

There is nothing that will ever make them lower their dues

Well, actually dues did go down -- OKW in 1999, 2000 and 2001; VB (sub) in 1998 and 2001; VB (unsub) in 2001; HH in 1999 if my records are correct.

 

[PSC]

Thanks to the OP for one of the more interesting threads of late.

Like so many others I vote no - the current booking windows seem fair enough to me. If I'm ever in a position to take a quick trip on a few days notice, I believe I'll be very happy to be at WDW, even if I have to say at (insert whatever resort we're currently bashing here).

 

[missy2217]

Just curious. Would you support a small tax of say a 10 percent surcharge to stay at a resort other than your home resort?

One of the biggest complaints members have is not being able to book their home resort because it is booked up by visitors from other resorts. As the number of resorts grows this problem will get worse.

Any thoughts?

If you can book your home resort at 11 months and choose not to that is your choice. If you wait until 6 months before and the place is booked up by "visitors", shame on you for waiting too long.

My son's teacher always says "you get what you get and you don't get upset"