Am I crazy or is this a new feature on the DVC website. Maybe a product of the recent downtime when they were performing maintenance. I clicked on a room that I was considering booking, then changed my mind, closed the safari app on my phone, and went about my business. A little later I [...]
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Limitations to use of Transferred in Resale Points
This is an FYI to a very specific niche of DVC members who like to receive transfers of points every year (you can receive one transfer per membership per use year). Currently, and for at least the past year, if you receive a transfer of resale points, you can’t use them on the website to [...]
How to Avoid Scams when Renting DVC (Disney Vacation Club) Points
There has been a massive surge in DVC rental interest in recent years, which is absolutely wonderful, since it is without a doubt the most financially-savvy way for non-DVC members to visit Disney World and stay on property (at the same time it helps DVC members like me rent out our points, cha-ching!), but as [...]
Direct vs Resale DVC Points
If you are new to hearing about Disney Vacation Club memberships, you are probably wondering what it means when people refer to points/contracts as being Direct or Resale. So as a follow up to my post linked below regarding the up front cost of purchasing a Disney Vacation Club Membership in general, it is important [...]
Waitlist 101
Proper use of the waitlist when reserving DVC rooms is an absolute game changer that a lot of people unfortunately don’t understand and therefore don’t take full advantage of. A solid understanding of it is so beneficial that it could easily result in someone purchasing a cheaper home resort and staying at whatever resort they [...]
Multiple One Day Waitlists Change
For those fun select few people who also like to stalk the availability tool and make one day waitlists to piece together tough-to-get trips, I became aware of a relevant change yesterday. The policy in writing (at the bottom of the waitlist confirmation page) has always said not to book multiple one day waitlists or [...]
Another Pixie Dust Upgrade
Just checked in with someone renting our DVC points to stay at Boulder Ridge for the past few days, and they were upgraded from a studio to a one bedroom! Lucky ducks. For those of you not following my much less fortunate life, I’ve never been upgraded since my family joined DVC in 1996. I [...]
Pixie Dust – Room Upgrade at Beach Club Villas
For anyone who took the time to peruse my trip reports from July and August, you will recall that contrary to my best hopes (and efforts), we received no pixie dust or upgrades on our trips. Granted our July trip was to a studio at the Polynesian, so that would have meant we were upgraded [...]
Things to Mention Up Front When Renting DVC Points (and Sample Rental Agreements)
I have been renting out DVC points for a couple years now and thus far have not bought into the need for having a formal rental agreement/contract between myself and the people renting the points. To me, these transactions have an inherent level of risk (particularly for the renter) and require a certain level of [...]
DVC Point Rental Basics and not so Basics
Hi all! Decided to put together a summary of some DVC rental background information and logistics for people who go on message boards and facebook groups and have no idea where to begin! A lot of the facebook groups do have summary pages also FYI, but I figured I have an unusual amount of expertise [...]