BillBrasky
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2011
We're thinking of buying into our first contract sometime this year and I've been doing my research, and it's a bit overwhelming all the decisions to make, so I thought I'd throw my thoughts out there for some feedback.
It's myself (37), wife (36), son (almost 2), and we'll have our 2nd and final kid probably in a couple years. We've been going pretty consistently since 2009, always staying value, but finances have changed and we plan to stay deluxe going forward so I thought DVC would be the way to go. We will likely try to visit for a week at least once a year, often twice. This would be a cash purchase.
I think we'd like to at least get the minimum amount of points direct, to have access to benefits. Will they only sell us Riv direct or will they sell older resorts too? I was thinking of 2 possible options:
1- Buy all the points direct. If it's Riviera, the price per point seems reasonable. I know about the resale restrictions, but I think we plan to hang onto this for life. I'd probably like 300-350 points, to make 3 trips every 2 years rotating between Riv studio, VGF 1BR, and a studio at some other resort. Is it reasonable to expect to be able to get a VGF 1BR or a studio somewhere other than SSR/OKW at 7 months consistently? Also, we'll be visiting in May staying at Poly, does it make sense to look to buy in person rather than over the phone at all?
2- Buy direct for the minimum amount to get benefits, then purchase resale contracts. Still looking at the same approximate number of points, hopefully at VGF.
Thanks for any help in advance.
It's myself (37), wife (36), son (almost 2), and we'll have our 2nd and final kid probably in a couple years. We've been going pretty consistently since 2009, always staying value, but finances have changed and we plan to stay deluxe going forward so I thought DVC would be the way to go. We will likely try to visit for a week at least once a year, often twice. This would be a cash purchase.
I think we'd like to at least get the minimum amount of points direct, to have access to benefits. Will they only sell us Riv direct or will they sell older resorts too? I was thinking of 2 possible options:
1- Buy all the points direct. If it's Riviera, the price per point seems reasonable. I know about the resale restrictions, but I think we plan to hang onto this for life. I'd probably like 300-350 points, to make 3 trips every 2 years rotating between Riv studio, VGF 1BR, and a studio at some other resort. Is it reasonable to expect to be able to get a VGF 1BR or a studio somewhere other than SSR/OKW at 7 months consistently? Also, we'll be visiting in May staying at Poly, does it make sense to look to buy in person rather than over the phone at all?
2- Buy direct for the minimum amount to get benefits, then purchase resale contracts. Still looking at the same approximate number of points, hopefully at VGF.
Thanks for any help in advance.