I dont want to get rid of my Disney timeshare but I would prefer to sell my points each year what site or sites can you do this on and what is a fair market value for the price per point.
You would be surprised .. those 25 points .. banked & borrowed along with current use year points .. have 75 points available for booking.
Just call David's and ASK. They will verify your ownership ... and await their contacting you .. usually email for me. BUT ask all your questions with David's staff or any other rental agency.
Good Luck ... hope it benefits you.
Yes, I agree. I own 6 contracts at 5 DVC resorts. I did this so I can book at 11 months and bank and borrow since I doubt I would visit every year anyway. I think this gives more flexibility than 1 or 2 bigger contracts.
You may have difficulty going through the brokers with such a small number of points. Working with banked or borrowed points increases the risk plus banked or borrow points cannot be transferred. I'd suggest minimizing the borrowing aspect especially as much as possible. I don't know where you own, it'd make some difference in my recommendations. As a rule you're going to be best served to simply make a highly desirable reservation and offer it for rent, preferably one very early in your UY. If you have a cheaper option that can be accessed at 11 months out like AKV value or BWV standard, reserving that at 11 months will give you the best bang for the buck.I only get 25 points a year I have a very small ownership but none the less maybe I can still rent sell the points
It depends on where you want to stay, how many points you own, etc. Owning multiple home resorts can give you additional options at 11 months out but it can increase your costs and for many, they end up with one main resort anyway or else they find they don't care which resort for a given trip though they want to try many resorts over time and 7 months out will normally work about as well for that situation. As a rule, banking/borrowing increases your risk for a given reservation but as you note, having the 11 month window does give you options you wouldn't have otherwise. Thus flexibility is better for your situation in some ways of usage and worse in other circumstances.Yes, I agree. I own 6 contracts at 5 DVC resorts. I did this so I can book at 11 months and bank and borrow since I doubt I would visit every year anyway. I think this gives more flexibility than 1 or 2 bigger contracts.
It depends on where you want to stay, how many points you own, etc. Owning multiple home resorts can give you additional options at 11 months out but it can increase your costs and for many, they end up with one main resort anyway or else they find they don't care which resort for a given trip though they want to try many resorts over time and 7 months out will normally work about as well for that situation. As a rule, banking/borrowing increases your risk for a given reservation but as you note, having the 11 month window does give you options you wouldn't have otherwise. Thus flexibility is better for your situation in some ways of usage and worse in other circumstances.
I don't think I've seen anyone post that Poly points were low, LOL.For us, we wanted more flexibility. My goal was to balance cost/value with flexibility to get the reservations I want (room type, dates) at the resorts I want since I am not happy staying just anywhere. Since we live in California, we wanted the ability to stay in Anaheim, Orlando and Hawaii so we needed a minimum of 3 contracts. At WDW, we want to be able to split time between MK area and AK area since they are far apart so that required at least 2 WDW contracts (and we chose Grand Floridian as our main WDW resort - yes, the most expensive one at WDW). Then I threw in Poly as a filler since the studios are large and the points are low. Usually we only stay in 1 and 2 bedrooms (usually 1 bedroom at DVC due to high point cost) but if we want to stay some extra days, staying in a bigger deluxe sized studio at Poly helps extend our vacation. I suspect we will bank and borrow for our trips since we won’t be going to each location annually. I also like the idea that we can sell some contracts and keep others as our traveling interests change. The good news for now is that the cost of points has increased so much since the end of last year that we can resell now and at least break even. However, that’s not the plan right now but it is reassuring to know. I am happy with my decision because we have 16 nights booked in our 2018 use year in studio and 1 bedrooms at all 5 of the DVCs we purchased and we still have points left over to bank for 2019. It was great to have the 11 month booking window because I was able to reserve the most economical room type for each stay i.e. island view 1 bedroom at Aulani, standard view 1 bedroom at VGF, standard view studio at Poly, value 1 bedroom at AK, studios at Grand Cal. At the 7 month window, some of these resorts might be hard to book for the exact dates I wanted and/or the economical room types in each category might be gone. So I spend a little more upfront to have multiple contracts but I feel it pays off in how I can spend my points over the long term.
Certainly some are and some aren't OK with studios but it doesn't change the underlying principles. Having the smaller contracts gave you choices but also came with extra costs and risk.Dean - some of us are very happy in studios. I had 170 points at BLT, 50 at BWV and 60 at VWL - now I just have 110 points at BLT - gave the rest to my family - which I could not do if all the points were in one contract. So it depends upon what you want to do with your points. Small contracts once I got rid of OKW is all I want. they work better for me.
I don't think I've seen anyone post that Poly points were low, LOL.
Certainly some are and some aren't OK with studios but it doesn't change the underlying principles. Having the smaller contracts gave you choices but also came with extra costs and risk.
I figured that was your thinking but it still significantly more points than many other locationsI meant that the number of points to reduce a deluxe studio at Poly is low for me. Not the cost per point if that is what you thought I meant. The number of points needed to stay at a Poly Studio is much lower than the number of points to stay in a 1 bedroom at VGF or BLT and the studios are bigger. So, for me, Poly studios are for add on days to extend our vacation. Also then we get to stay at Poly, which seems to be a favorite themed resort.
I listed AKL points today with David's and they were taken in less than an hour. I am curious if anyone has ever had issues with Disney while making multiple reservations in other peoples names.
Trudy