CP_alum08
Well-Known Member
DVC has been in the back of my mind for a few years now. My GF and I just got back from a quick weekend trip and on the last day she was asking me about it. I could answer most of her questions but there was still stuff I didn't know. When we got back I started researching it more, next time we go we will definitely go on the tour. For us it actually looks like a pretty good deal. We have no kids and we live close enough that we can pretty much go anytime of year, at least for a weekend.
I crunched some numbers and found that we can stay 10 nights at a value resort spread throughout the year for a little more than typical dues costs (on a 150 point purchase at OKW). If we were to stay those same dates at a DVC property it would cost about 3x the money. While we normally stay at the value resorts, if we went more often I think it would be great to stay at a nicer place and explore what those resorts have to offer instead of running around like crazy people in the parks for our time there. So if we are basically already paying the same cost in value stays as the dues would be, why not pay a little more (assuming we finance) and be able to stay at deluxe resorts AND have the option of vacationing other places DVC offers.
my GF doesn't really like to spend money and like others have said, this would almost force us to take a vacation (or 2 or 3) every year which she would have a pretty hard time finding excuses to do so. With both of us having just started new jobs money isn't exactly something we can throw around right now, but DVC looks like a very good option for us in a year or so.
I crunched some numbers and found that we can stay 10 nights at a value resort spread throughout the year for a little more than typical dues costs (on a 150 point purchase at OKW). If we were to stay those same dates at a DVC property it would cost about 3x the money. While we normally stay at the value resorts, if we went more often I think it would be great to stay at a nicer place and explore what those resorts have to offer instead of running around like crazy people in the parks for our time there. So if we are basically already paying the same cost in value stays as the dues would be, why not pay a little more (assuming we finance) and be able to stay at deluxe resorts AND have the option of vacationing other places DVC offers.
my GF doesn't really like to spend money and like others have said, this would almost force us to take a vacation (or 2 or 3) every year which she would have a pretty hard time finding excuses to do so. With both of us having just started new jobs money isn't exactly something we can throw around right now, but DVC looks like a very good option for us in a year or so.