Hello All,
I'm currently staying at Aulani with wife and 2yo and visiting from Australia. We love it in Hawaii and idea of a timeshare is very appealing. Especially with a young family.
Met with a DVC rep who advised that a point costs 171, sure you guys know this so will stop there. Did some reading and found out about the resale market which is a much more viable option. Seems there are a few options for us:
1. Buy Aulani resale. This gives us home booking advantage though I've read that the studios book up fast. We would be looking at a late September October date for holiday so perhaps there will still be availability if we are a couple of days late to book.
2. Buy SSI or OKW with more points then look to rent a 1 bed villa after 7 months. We will go to WDW every now and again but it's a 25 hour trip hence focus on Hawaii. This option makes a lot of sense economically as break even would be achieved after 3-4 trips. Via DVC and what we are paying ATM estimate this to be 10 trips.
3. Look at other vacation clubs. Haven't done too much research here but reckon there must be cheaper options than DVC. Like the idea of Disney for young family. Aulani is away from the hustle of Waikiki which is good from family perspective.
Any advice here would be greatly appreciated. It's a fairly big financial decision so want to make sure I haven't missed anything. Figure the sensible thing to do is buy Aulani at resale, would be disappointed if we missed out on the studios.
Thanks
I'm currently staying at Aulani with wife and 2yo and visiting from Australia. We love it in Hawaii and idea of a timeshare is very appealing. Especially with a young family.
Met with a DVC rep who advised that a point costs 171, sure you guys know this so will stop there. Did some reading and found out about the resale market which is a much more viable option. Seems there are a few options for us:
1. Buy Aulani resale. This gives us home booking advantage though I've read that the studios book up fast. We would be looking at a late September October date for holiday so perhaps there will still be availability if we are a couple of days late to book.
2. Buy SSI or OKW with more points then look to rent a 1 bed villa after 7 months. We will go to WDW every now and again but it's a 25 hour trip hence focus on Hawaii. This option makes a lot of sense economically as break even would be achieved after 3-4 trips. Via DVC and what we are paying ATM estimate this to be 10 trips.
3. Look at other vacation clubs. Haven't done too much research here but reckon there must be cheaper options than DVC. Like the idea of Disney for young family. Aulani is away from the hustle of Waikiki which is good from family perspective.
Any advice here would be greatly appreciated. It's a fairly big financial decision so want to make sure I haven't missed anything. Figure the sensible thing to do is buy Aulani at resale, would be disappointed if we missed out on the studios.
Thanks