i always book our trip at 11 months. Then once the flights become available I remove any days from the start and/end of our trip based on the flights. I always end up dropping days from the start and end of our trip because I never get flights to match up exactly. The only good thing about...
The perfectly legal way to pass on higher costs to DVC owners is to have the costs based on the number of people in the DVC resort vrs. the hotel side. DVC resorts run at pretty much 100% occupancy and then increasing studio occupancy from 4 to 5 everywhere they could (something I think should...
The plan for 2025 is a 3 resort split stay in Sept/Oct so I can definitely see us maybe using this when switching resorts. Even if we don't, it is nice to have the option to get into a water park for free.
While I would love to see a YC DVC, I really doubt that it will happen. One for the convention business, but also because in not too many years BWV and BCV are going to be expiring and coming back on the market as new resorts.
For Sept 8-11, BLT Lake (114 points) and theme (144) are available.
For Sept 8-12, BLT Lake (152 points) and theme (192 points) are available.
There is no availlability for the other resorts for a 2 bed for 4 nights around those dates. BLT does have other dates available.
I personally think that DVC wants the new system ala CFW to be an actual club were they set all the rules and control everything that members can and cannot do, think Club33. Next thing will be since you are only a club member there is nothing to sell or pass on to your kids since you don't own...
I have more than enough points that I can use to book anywhere, so having restrictions at RIV doesn't bother me at all. The 250 points I have at RIV I will happily use only at RIV.
I don't think resale restrictions have anything to do with DVC trying to drive down resale prices. If resale...
I have bought resale. Being from Canada, I can only buy direct when at WDW as Disney can't sell DVC in Canada. Even on my last trip (Oct 2023) I bought 2 more resale contract because of the large difference in price. Now I already have direct benefits grandfathered in from my resale purchases...