Renting DVC points a good idea?

[Planaholic]

I’ve never considered doing this before but now started reading into this and am now quite curious about it.

On face value, it seems a great idea (I’m looking for 2 nights at Bay Lake Towers in August 2019), but is the reality as simple as it seems? How hard would it be to get a place at that time of year?

Another question, is is completely legitimate? I guess it is but don’t wnat to find myself in an awkward situation at check in!

Any other pros and cons I need to be aware of?

[Loulou127]

Originally Posted by Planaholic

I’ve never considered doing this before but now started reading into this and am now quite curious about it.

On face value, it seems a great idea (I’m looking for 2 nights at Bay Lake Towers in August 2019), but is the reality as simple as it seems? How hard would it be to get a place at that time of year?

Another question, is is completely legitimate? I guess it is but don’t wnat to find myself in an awkward situation at check in!

Any other pros and cons I need to be aware of?

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We did this last year, we rented points via DVC rental store for 3 nights at BLT, btw we loved it there, we put in our request at 11 months out and it was picked up within a few days, the whole process was seamless, we paid an initial $100 while they sourced the points then half the total cost when we agreed the deal, the remainder was paid 45 days before checkin.

It was half the cost of booking it direct with Disney and we would definitely do it again x

[trrence]

we have just done it this year for the first time and bought them off a Dibber for
£1200 less than what Disney holidays were priced at. We have the advantage that we already know the resort (OKW) so should be good to go and we have freed up money for some nice meals'

[Shooby doo]

For short stays then I don't think you will find a cheaper or better option, you get all the privileges of staying onsite plus MB on check-in. Where the water get's a bit muddier, is if you are trying to book the equivalent of "Free Dining"= Stay plus passes plus dining- DVC owners must pay the $ amount, currently $76/day, when you add all that up you start to get closer to the "package" deals.
SD

[Planaholic]

Originally Posted by Shooby doo

For short stays then I don't think you will find a cheaper or better option, you get all the privileges of staying onsite plus MB on check-in. Where the water get's a bit muddier, is if you are trying to book the equivalent of "Free Dining"= Stay plus passes plus dining- DVC owners must pay the $ amount, currently $76/day, when you add all that up you start to get closer to the "package" deals.
SD

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In theory, this will work well for us as we’re doing another on site stay with, hopefully, free dining and tickets etc, so all we need is a 2 night stay and then we can sort out our own food and the tickets will still have days left on them

[Loulou127]

Originally Posted by Planaholic

In theory, this will work well for us as we’re doing another on site stay with, hopefully, free dining and tickets etc, so all we need is a 2 night stay and then we can sort out our own food and the tickets will still have days left on them

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That was us exactly, we’d had a 9 night onsite stay then a 3 night cruise, BLT was our last 3 nights so our tickets were still valid, also if you get the ddp your refillable mugs will still work, ours still had a number of days left on them even after our final checkout x

[Planaholic]

Originally Posted by Loulou127

That was us exactly, we’d had a 9 night onsite stay then a 3 night cruise, BLT was our last 3 nights so our tickets were still valid, also if you get the ddp your refillable mugs will still work, ours still had a number of days left on them even after our final checkout x

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How did the refillable mugs still have days left? Are they linked to your ticket or the DDP? I think we’ll have to get the 21 day pass as we’ll be 14 nights in previous hotel and 2 or 3 days at next hotel

[Jaybeez]

We have booked Bay Lake Tower through David’s Vacation Club Rentals for next year. We put in our request and paid our deposit at 11 1/2 months and were notified that we had got our request at exactly 11 months.

[Loulou127]

Originally Posted by Planaholic

How did the refillable mugs still have days left? Are they linked to your ticket or the DDP? I think we’ll have to get the 21 day pass as we’ll be 14 nights in previous hotel and 2 or 3 days at next hotel

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I was surprised about the mugs, but when you use them the drinks machine displays the date they are good to, one of our was valid for a week after the end of our entire trip!

[YorkshireT]

Yes it’s totally legitimate, DVC owners are permitted to rent their points, no problem as long as it isn’t been run as a commercial renting business (which DVC classify as over 20 a year by the member).
Safest way is via a rental agency such as David’s which will make sure you are protected from any scammers albeit I have never heard of a problem apart from one woman recently in Texas. But scammers exist in every walk of life.
Agencies like David’s act as middle men, they effectively put the renter and the rentee together, and get the renter to book etc. They take a cut of the rental. A good company like David’s would look after you in the very unlikely event something did go wrong.