Renting is not at issue here. It’s specifically buying DVC to run a rental business. There’s a big difference between casual renting of extra points and running purely for income, notably that they chase the highest profit margins. If you follow dedicated reservation there’s a clear pattern. Not uncommon is blocks of the same reservations. Likely the same person booking 5 GFV studios over the same dates in Dec. Or 4 BW standard studios with slightly staggered dates. 3 BLT 2BRs, etc. Or as mentioned upstream, a dozen GFV weekends in an owner’s single post. What is the spirit of the no commercial use clause?
To be clear it‘s a nonstarter since DVC is unlikely to act regardless but I doubt there aren’t ways to clarify commercial usage no less legal than previous changes and doesn’t bother owners who even only occasionally use their contract.
I think needing to only use 33% of a contract with the ability to name 2 proxies and get one reset only is pretty fair and would not bother non-business interests. DVC has a soft touch, look how gracious they’ve handled Covid or cancellations due to personal issues. Other timeshares already reacted because spec reservations became detrimental to community interests. Personal use booking patterns are at a disadvantage when commercial operations are pouncing and pulling all of the most popular options asap. Blocks of dates, rooms and destinations were reserved for owners in many cases. Last summer we were looking at properties on LBI and almost every one had notices of such adjustments. Hard to argue when the contract says commercial use is not allowed. Spec renting wasn’t much of a viable business before the ease and security of online bookings became standard. It used to be much harder to offload. Things change.
