Thanks for your thoughts. We are not financing. And yes, I have been hesitant to do anything with the current state of affairs in the US. However, my kids aren’t getting any younger, and neither am I, so we made the plunge. I could have purchased non-subsidized and saved money but my thought process was looking to the future. When my kids take this over, as well as our 160 VGC, they will hopefully have options to use them, rent them or rent 1/2 the points and stay for free with the other 1/2 points. They should never feel burdened by the ownership…at least if we don’t move into even more chaos in the country.
I’ve been seeing the same as you - typically $125+. I saw another one that was first use 2026 at $129 that was a match on our use year. I put in a lower offer and got scolded that “subsidized are worth more than regular contracts” and “these sell for $125 to $129”. I didn’t even get a counter offer.
I liked your future planning and thinking…IMHO, owning a DVC timeshare is great idea when the kids are young and they love to be onsite at the resort.
It’s only going to be a hit not a miss. If your kids don’t like taking it for free and paying those yearly MF, post it here as a giveaway and I am sure it will be taken in one minute.
That is the main reason I went for subsidized dues. When and if my kids take it over, they will have less MF to pay and if they rent, the lower dues gives them that much more cushion to make some money.
LOL, if posted as a giveaway I'll bet Disney would take it in a second! They don't often exercise their ROFR on Aulani contracts (Aulani is still in active sales), but I can't imagine they'd pass up one that didn't cost anything!
I understand if those points are utilized for a future reservation, it can delay the transfer of the contract into your name. Even if they are utilized for a future II booking. I learned this from an issue @heathpack had with a recent DVC purchase.
You are correct. While I have signed the contract already, the closing is delayed until after their reservation. That wasn’t a big deal to me since points aren’t coming until March 2026.
I am buying it through one of the major DVC resellers. I assume that it was caught with the estopple. With the price reduction from $112 to $103 I am fine waiting until March 2026 for points. I am sure that other Aulani subsidized contracts went this low, or even lower, but I personally haven't seen one.
I think the contracts are pretty standard for the DVC resellers. My contract has similar language about a credit to the buyer if found that points had been used. However, the contract also allows the seller to back out of the contract for any reason (seller still has to pay the commission, buyer gets a refund of deposit). I doubt many sellers would proceed under that situation and would just back out and start again, like this seller did. Essentially, the seller backed out and relisted with the same DVC reseller so they didn’t lose the commission. I then submitted a lower offer.
Got it. Still a good deal. I don’t know how a future closing would proceed. Do they just wait till then (after the reservation is past) to do the deed recording? What I mean is if you are allowed to back out before the dead is recorded, guess you have the option to hunt for an even better deal.
Yes, closing (and recording of the deed) is delayed until after the reservation. According to the contract, I have ten days to cancel after signing the contract. Any cancellation after that I would lose the deposit.