Hi everyone. My husband and I have just started looking into DVC. I spoke to a very nice CM yesterday and he answered a bunch of questions and forwarded me the gigantic informational email I have a few other general questions and I thought I would ask here before calling back. Between work and a very loud 3 year old, it's sometimes hard to talk on the phone in peace and quiet.
1. From looking at the charts he sent, it looks like your monthly payment is based on your buy in rate, plus your yearly dues. Once you pay off that buy in amount, do you just pay your dues monthly?
2. I'm assuming dues increase over time to keep up with maintenance costs. Do they typically increase each year? And if so, about how much?
3. I specifically asked yesterday if the point value per room changes or if it will be always be the same. He told me the point value is always the same. For example, a standard view studio at AKL currently starts at 8 points/night. He said that same room will always be 8 points at some point during the year. He said that if for some reason, January suddenly became super busy and certain nights had to be raised, that certain other nights throughout the year would be lowered to offset the change. After talking to him however, I found a few discussions (here and elsewhere) that they actually tried to raise the points for 2020 and then later, changed their minds. So what's the deal with this situation?
4. Has anyone ever used their points at other non Disney timeshares? What was your experience with it?
Thanks so much!
1. From looking at the charts he sent, it looks like your monthly payment is based on your buy in rate, plus your yearly dues. Once you pay off that buy in amount, do you just pay your dues monthly?
2. I'm assuming dues increase over time to keep up with maintenance costs. Do they typically increase each year? And if so, about how much?
3. I specifically asked yesterday if the point value per room changes or if it will be always be the same. He told me the point value is always the same. For example, a standard view studio at AKL currently starts at 8 points/night. He said that same room will always be 8 points at some point during the year. He said that if for some reason, January suddenly became super busy and certain nights had to be raised, that certain other nights throughout the year would be lowered to offset the change. After talking to him however, I found a few discussions (here and elsewhere) that they actually tried to raise the points for 2020 and then later, changed their minds. So what's the deal with this situation?
4. Has anyone ever used their points at other non Disney timeshares? What was your experience with it?
Thanks so much!