Point COST goes up, point VALUE remains same
ZHoyt said:
Does anyone else feel like there are just never enough points? We always seem to be struggling to manage things. I'm sure everyone always WANTS more, but the thing that bothers me about DVC is the inflation. Points lose value over time, so in 20 years am I going to be able to afford anything at all with my 300 points?
Hiya! As gmboy95 said, there should be no effect of inflation on what you can get with your points year after year. The only effect is that if you want to actually PURCHASE more points year after year, your point COST goes up, however, if you can get a 1 bedroom villa at BWV for a week for 275 points today, you will still be able to get a 1 bedroom villa at BWV for the same 275 points in 10 or 20 years.
That's the real selling point of the DVC, that once you buy enough points to have your preferred vacation (resort, room size, length of stay, etc.), then you should be able to have that same vacation year after year, without feeing the cost of inflation (outside of annual dues, which may increase). If you were paying out of pocket, then you would see your cost going up more dramatically (e.g., a week's stay in 2000 may cost $1000, whereas the same week's stay in 2005 may cost you $2000, etc.).
With DVC points, you can get the same vacation year after year for the same points :sohappy:
What might be frustrating for people is that they want MORE on their vacation (yours truly included) so then rather than their points not buying what they used to (i.e., point value going down), it's that vacationers want more than they used to (e.g., bigger rooms, longer stays, etc.).
Just a clarification on the whole point = value issue :wave:
