It is also possible to rent or buy points from other DVC members to be transferred into your account. Here are the Details You Need to Know! Our Vacation Planners are experts and will share their honest advice to help you have a magical vacation. Let us help you with your next Disney Vacation! Join our Disney mailing list to receive daily news and updates! Toggle navigation. The DIS Unplugged podcast is a weekly roundtable discussion that discuss all aspects of planning a Disney vacation.
Our show is unbiased, and presents honest opinions of every aspect of a Disney experience - from dining and theme parks to attractions and hotels. The trade of points for a cruise is just not worth it and not a good value. Same week in a standard view at Kadani Village no animal view is vacation points for the 1 bedroom. I quoted different weeks rather than spend the time searching for availability. In the DVC resorts, you generally have Studios and 1,2 and 3 bedroom units. They come in different variations and can be quite fancy such as the bungalows at the Polynesian Village Resort starting at points per night or the Cabins at Copper Creek starting at 87 points per night.
While beautiful, you would need a very big contract if they were your desired accommodations each year. I have bought 2 more contracts since my first points and I now have We are usually borrowing from the next year. Why do we go through so many points? You can book your home resort 11 months in advance while the other resorts you can only book 7 months ahead. We often end up with split stays where we are in 2 or 3 different resorts in a week OR we have to get a bigger room than we need like a 1 bedroom for two of us.
If you would like to go to Disneyland and use your DVC points? There are some tricks that require getting 1 day at a time in advance and then each day try and get another I think they call it walking the reservation? It depends. If you need to finance the initial purchase the interest will add to your upfront cost and the yearly maintenance fees add to the investment as well.
The maintenance fees are calculated per point, the bigger the contract — the more the fees will be. Try doing the math over the length of the contract and include the increase in fees each year.
You also should consider where you would stay normally vs where you have to stay for your points to realize their value. Yes, you will be staying in deluxe accommodations, but you are still paying for them with your points.
Consider the time of year you normally go, could you maximize regular promotions or is it a slower season where. YES — there are some great perks. The tours in the parks also have discounts, we have done Caring for Giants more times than I want to count as a result.
I was thrilled to get to the Animal Kingdom one for Pandora opening and getting a sneak peek there. Yes, I love staying in the 1 or 2 bedrooms, but I am paying for it. The 1 and 2 bedrooms have more availability — but then I run out of points even faster. Once the yearly points are gone I pay for the rest of my stays, I take advantage of the promotions available and try out the non-DVC resorts.
I have Disney friends who have sold their contracts due to the availability issues or because they wanted to cruise more and found it more economical to sell. Yes, you can buy DVC on the resale market — but beware of the reduced perks and restrictions that Disney has put in place for those contracts, of course they want to encourage you buy direct from Disney.
When using your DVC points to reserve accommodations, the time of year, the resort chosen, and the size of the unit will determine how many points are necessary. A two-bedroom unit uses more points than a one-bedroom unit.
Weekday stays use fewer points than weekend stays. Booking a week in a studio at the Old Key West Resort in July will use more points than booking that same size unit during January There are often various incentives offered, usually in the form of a discount. Points can sometimes be purchased through a resale agent for less than the current DVC retail price.
Interest : When purchasing through the Disney Vacation Club directly, financing the cost of membership is an option. The DVC offers one-, three-, five-, seven-, and year plans. All of these incur interest as well. Annual Dues : Annual dues are paid yearly and are based on the amount of points owned. Your home resort advantage is that you can book your stays on this property up to 11 months ahead, as opposed to 7 months ahead for other DVC resorts.
No more than three years of points can be combined at any one time. There are time limits on when banking is allowed, and once banked or borrowed, points cannot be returned to their original use year.
Example 1 : Your use year is February You would like to book your vacation for December using more points than you have available in your use year.
Example 2 : You are planning a big family reunion in August and want to reserve a grand villa, using more points than will be available in your contract. The only major difference in your stay as a DVC member is that you will get housekeeping services less frequently.
Additional housekeeping services are available for a fee. Members can also use their points for a variety of other vacations, including other Walt Disney World resorts, the Disney Cruise Line, Adventures by Disney, resorts in Disneyland in California and Disneyland Paris, and at over destinations worldwide through RCI a major timeshare exchange company.
Be sure to take advantage of your 11 month booking window for your home resort! Members receive discounts on golf, shopping, spa treatments at Saratoga Springs , and Annual Passes. Reduced room rates are available at DVC resorts if staying on a cash reservation. The price of your yearly vacation only changes by the increase in annual dues, usually much less than the yearly increase in resort room rates.
Click here for a full list of DVC discounts. This is a very personal decision based on your vacation needs and your budget. Will you be vacationing once a year, once every other year, or three times in one year?
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