You remind me of the people who move out to the smaller communities in the country because they hate living in the city because of the noise, traffic and crime. And the first thing they do is try to make the smaller community into the city because their kids are bored, they miss the action of the city, etc. Maybe the smaller community likes it the way it has been for years and year. One king bed in the master bedroom is industry standard for timeshares.
Come back and make suggestions on how to change DVC when you have owned more than a year or two, like twenty years or more.
Nope. Not how it works. I'm not the only owner on here that's newer than you and I'm entitled to my opinion just like anyone else.
Actually, I'm pretty certain DVC cares about what the new and soon to be owners want more than they do the older ones that have made all their purchases already. Sucks but true. I'm fully aware that that will be me some day.
In the 1 year that I've owned, I've now had 10 families ask me extensively about DVC. 7 of the 10 families said they're not interested specifically because of the 1 bedroom layout. The prime customers for DVC are the ones that have been staying hotel side for years. They're the ones walking the parks getting lured into a presentation while in their happy place. Industry standard for timeshares or not, they should be trying to appeal to
all of those potential customers. They've already got plenty of rooms the "standard" way.
Look at Poly.... built with no 1 or 2 bedrooms. Is that industry standard? Did they have any problem selling it?
So, I'm sure many of the older owners on this board will agree with you, but it is not what I'm seeing being desired in my circles. Prices are outrageously high. Buying enough points for a 2 bedroom is not as easy as it used to be. They've been selling smaller contracts and increasing studio capacity. Now they're slowly bumping up minimums so, I think it makes sense to increase and/or improve sleep surfaces in the 1 bedrooms.
They've already made changes to the studios to accommodate, next should be the 1 bedrooms. Maybe the way I'm suggesting, maybe a different way.
Doesn't matter if it's what you want or what I want. They will probably have 6-10 new resorts sold by 2042. There's no reason why they wouldn't try to accommodate as many tastes and desires as possible. There should be plenty of options to go around. I never suggested every room in every resort get converted to any one way. I think significant changes should be made primarily at new resorts for the obvious reasons. Certainly if I had bought at OKW for 2 beds in a studio, I would think it wrong to convert it to a sofa and bed in 100% of the rooms. Of course, they'll do whatever they want....
You can continue to like things to stay the same and resent change, but the changes will come.