NYBrit
TUG Member
My DH and I just came back from a TS presentation, in which we thought we were only going to politely say 'no thank you' and carry on with our $100 Marriott/Disney gift cards. (We are now at the Grand Vista in Orlando.)
But nooo, we both got 'suckered' into converting into the DC points AND we purchased 1,000 points. (The rep was very nice and claimed he was doing us a favor by allowing us to purchase 1,000 pts instead of 1,500 and he waived the $595 fee and he is giving us 800 DC points to use next yr. )
We own EOY at Harbour Lakes and we have been able to go away every year since 2008 (when we used the 90,000 MR points given to us for purchasing to go to Salt Lake City & then 2009 to Las Vegas & now to Orlando AND we still have 2 weeks left in our II bank.)
Now that we have come back to our villa, we jumped online and was reading about the pros and cons of this DC program. Now we are wondering what the heck did we do? I know we have 10 days to cancel if we decide to do that.
We are still paying off the first TS and today they took $500 and will take another $900 in 2 weeks. (This is the 10% and a portion of the closing costs.) And we would have a new payment of $164 starting in March. And the additional maintenance fees every year.
The Marriott rep made it seem like we wouldn't still have the Marriott inventory (or nearly as much) in II if we didn't join the DC program. Is this true?? Never mind the saving of fees, but for someone like us, who appreciate going away to a nice vacation at least once a yr, did we do the right thing?? And what about the value of what we already own?? I noticed that it is more points to stay a full week than the points that they will give us every other yr.
They say we can still use them as if it was II, but would that still mean I can lock off and 'deposit' the one bedroom and guest room and use 2 full weeks AND get the 1,000 points a yr?
I am sorry for the long post but are heads are still spinning.
ANY advice would be gratefully appreciated.
Christine and Dave
But nooo, we both got 'suckered' into converting into the DC points AND we purchased 1,000 points. (The rep was very nice and claimed he was doing us a favor by allowing us to purchase 1,000 pts instead of 1,500 and he waived the $595 fee and he is giving us 800 DC points to use next yr. )
We own EOY at Harbour Lakes and we have been able to go away every year since 2008 (when we used the 90,000 MR points given to us for purchasing to go to Salt Lake City & then 2009 to Las Vegas & now to Orlando AND we still have 2 weeks left in our II bank.)
Now that we have come back to our villa, we jumped online and was reading about the pros and cons of this DC program. Now we are wondering what the heck did we do? I know we have 10 days to cancel if we decide to do that.
We are still paying off the first TS and today they took $500 and will take another $900 in 2 weeks. (This is the 10% and a portion of the closing costs.) And we would have a new payment of $164 starting in March. And the additional maintenance fees every year.
The Marriott rep made it seem like we wouldn't still have the Marriott inventory (or nearly as much) in II if we didn't join the DC program. Is this true?? Never mind the saving of fees, but for someone like us, who appreciate going away to a nice vacation at least once a yr, did we do the right thing?? And what about the value of what we already own?? I noticed that it is more points to stay a full week than the points that they will give us every other yr.
They say we can still use them as if it was II, but would that still mean I can lock off and 'deposit' the one bedroom and guest room and use 2 full weeks AND get the 1,000 points a yr?
I am sorry for the long post but are heads are still spinning.
ANY advice would be gratefully appreciated.
Christine and Dave
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