For those of you that own DVC or plan to purchase DVC in the future this is for you.

Please list our top reasons for buying into DVC and why you think it would be a good investment for others.

Please remember that this should be for positive responses only. We want all of the good points from DVC members over the years.

How long have you owned DVC? What are the things that you love about DVC? How many points do you own and how many trips are you able to take on those points?

Lets hear the good things about DVC!

I put my two cents in

We put a lot of thought into DVC before we bought

We bought after looking at where we would stay for future visits. Since we were only staying at the Wilderness Lodge and seeing how much the room cost we sat down and added up what we were paying as to what we would have to pay if we went 2 times a year. We could see what the saving would be if we did buy into DVC. This was not even figuring in what the prices would be in 2, 5, or 10 years down the road.

We decided to buy resale since we wanted our home resort to be Villas at Wilderness Lodge. So after looking and finding what we could afford points wise we chose one and bought it. That was in July 2004 and we were going along just great till we went on a cruise this past June. We went to the DVC meeting and we won a towel…. Most expensive towel I have ever won. See we went and scheduled a meeting with our sales agent on the cruise since they were offering all kinds of discounts. Walking in to the meeting I am sure that we had already made up our minds even though I had not made up my mind. We did end up buying into a second DVC at Saratoga Springs right at that meeting. So I am not sure what we are doing with the other points but we must be saving money since we added on these points.

Yea right we bought in because Sherrie wanted to.

We added on because Sherrie wanted to.

You think I got a lot of say in this matter??????

We did look at the money we would save over the years and found we would save in the long run….     

I know this is an old post but I'm new and wanted to share.

I bought into the DVC in 1999 with my Aunt D (one of 5 Aunts) she had been saying since the DVC started that she wanted to look into it. I was 22/23 at the time, had a full time job and on that vacation with her, my sister and her boyfriend I dragged her over to a kiosk on our last day. We talked with a very nice man, who's name escapes me, I used to remember it, and he sent us over to the Boardwalk to talk to someone. We got Randy Cook as our guide through the DVC.

Back then we went on a vacation every 9 months, so I left the math to my Aunt D and she quickly realized it would save us so much money in the long run, and we could stay at these awesome hotels. Normally we'd stay at the Value or Moderate resorts. After very little convincing the four of us decided it would be the best thing to do and my Aunt D and I bought 150 points that day! (Finally paid off December 2009!) I made her do it that day because we procrastinate and the paper work would have never gotten filled out. We weren't pressued or anything, in fact we were left alone in a conference room to discuss for quite a while. 

A few years ago my Aunt D felt like buying more points, Saratoga Springs was up for sale and there was a deal with prices on points. At Christmas that year she spoke with my mother and the 5 other Aunts about the DVC and convinced all but 1 of the Aunts to join in. We bought 115 additonal points at Saratoga Springs. That gives us 265 points all together. You can borrow points from the next year and you can bank points from this year if you aren't going. Not sure how many ponts are available right now (it's a math thing we let my Aunt D deal with that aspect) but if we budget them right (OKW is the least amount of points for the week) we can go at least twice a year.  

You can book at your "home" hotel (Mine being Boardwalk and Saratoga Springs) 12 months prior to your check in date...which I plan to do in April/May 2010 for my honeymoon in April/May 2011. I plan on staying at the Boardwalk in a 1 bedroom (love that tub!). Then I believe you can book at any other DVC hotel 6 months prior to your check in, I think we have decided before we were going to Disney in 3 months once and called the DVC and got a great room. All you have to do is make a list of your #1 hotel (mine Boardwalk) then choose a 2nd hotel, 3rd and so on, the people on the phone are wonderful! Their number is the easiest thing to remember 800-800-9800 the coordinators are so helpful and knowlegable. They will help you make all your reservations, room, bus to the hotel, dining, any special needs, the DVC is fantasic!

Meag
DVC Member since '99 Home: Boardwalk
Next Disney Vacation: May 8-15, 2012 OKW

Stephanie it really depends on the season and just how some holidays fall from time to time. For example. I booked the trip to WDW through DVC for a studio about 3 weeks before the visit in June with no problem. I booked in January possibly 2 wks prior but when we tried to book for October last June we had trouble. There was very little left but we were able to get a 1 bedroom in Saratoga Springs Resort. We went during Columbus day weekend, a fall break for many colleges and DVC members love the lower temps even though they are not that low. 

December books up fairly quickly but 6 wks out you can usually get something. When we booked AK when there were limited rooms in Jambo House I just asked for the first open slot in order to get a room. 

If you don't mind where you stay then most often you can find something.