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Using Wyndham points for DVC?

After you make an exchange into DVC, there is also a $95.00 fee that Disney's front desk collects when you check in. Saratoga is pretty much all I see now days via exchange through RCI. If Boardwalk and Beach Club are your heart's desire, you could always rent points from an owner for a stay there.

If you want to make an extra trip to Orlando or elsewhere, you will have access to RCI cash deals - Last Calls and Extra Vacations. We have taken advantage of these and paid as little as $199 for a week's vacation in Orlando at various offsite resorts and other areas of the country.
 
paxsarah said:
In the last year or so, I haven't seen OKW to be any more available than the other non-SSR resorts. My recommendation is to check the sightings board here at TUG where people post both DVC sightings and OGS matches to see the history. Prior to the change in DVC deposit patterns a year or so ago, OKW and SSR seemed to both come up much more frequently than the others. Now, SSR is the vast majority of deposits and all of the other resorts, including OKW, are rarer.
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I think one reason we see mostly SSR OGS matches is that so many people put "any WDW DVC" as their search criteria. If you do that, the overwhelming probability is that you will match with SSR.

I haven't been following the Sightings forum closely, but I just went over there and I saw both OKW and VWL matches for June (the most current bulk deposit).

We're kinda Disneyed out, but if I were looking I would certainly do one search for what I really wanted and a second one for whatever I'd take.

I'd personally prefer a 2BR at Bonnet Creek to any 1BR at DVC, but we drive up from Miami. We are very familiar with the area, drive to all the parks, and prefer the variety and quality of dining offsite anyway. Obviously not everyone's needs and preferences are the same as ours.
 
littlestar said:
If you want to make an extra trip to Orlando or elsewhere, you will have access to RCI cash deals - Last Calls and Extra Vacations. We have taken advantage of these and paid as little as $199 for a week's vacation in Orlando at various offsite resorts and other areas of the country.
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This is a great suggestion. Orlando is a very over-built timeshare market and there are always decent deals, especially with Last Calls.

Our daughter participated in a Duke University TIP week-long camp in St Pete a couple of years ago. Mommy couldn't stand the thought of being 4 hours away in Miami, so we got a $199 Last Call (7 nights, 1 BR at Vacation Village at Parkway) and it was fine.
 
Still waiting for my code to sign in as a paid user to searching the sitings. We usually do rent Dvc to stay at Boardwalk or grand Floridian villas but I figured if we were going to have all the extra points next year , we might as well use them instead of paying to rent.
 
Be interesting to see if you are successful getting Grand Floridian via points (if that is your plan), although it will depend on what room you want (and when of course).

Once that 7 month window hits for non-home resort owners to book anything on the monorail starts booking up. The Polynesian is a different story since it isn't sold though yet, but the other monorail resorts are fully sold. Of course Poly may always be the easiest to get of all due to limited room types compared to all other DVC resorts.

Boardwalk is usually doable at 7 months unless it is Food and Wine season, then there are no guarantees. Most people prefer the short stumbling distance between Epcot and Boardwalk during the F&W events.


dansyr2514 said:
Still waiting for my code to sign in as a paid user to searching the sitings. We usually do rent Dvc to stay at Boardwalk or grand Floridian villas but I figured if we were going to have all the extra points next year , we might as well use them instead of paying to rent.
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We'll take what we can get but BWV or GFV would be awesome!
 
I'm pretty sure GFV has never been reported on this board. Now that very few units outside of SSR are being deposited, I'd say the chances are pretty low.
 
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