Renting DVC: Try Before You Buy

The Mickey Moms Show

On this show we talk about renting DVC ( Disney Vacation Club) points. Leah shares all her knowledge about renting from individuals, and Anna shares her tips from renting out her points. We also cover the ins and outs of DVC and why it's good to try before you buy.
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Show Notes
What is DVC

- Disneys definition, a real estate interest that's represented by Vacation Points.

DVC is the timeshare for Disney. It is a points based system so an owner has a certain number of points and they can book rooms based on the nightly point value for that room at different points in the year. Weekends are more than Sunday-Thursday nights and different times of the year are more or less points. September is the least and Christmas week is the most. Just know you can book however many nights you want, but for simplicity we are using a week.

- An example is a poly standard studio saturday-saturday in september is 104 points, a studio at OKW is 71, The difference is location and how many it sleeps. Same rooms Christmas week this year December 24-31, Poly is 244 and OKW studio 162.

Then there are 1,2, and 3 bedroom units. 1 bedroom and up have full kitchens and washer and dryers.

Let’s look at times most people travel, summer…June 10-17, 1 bedroom at AKL savannah view is 241, OKW is 188. Both rooms sleep 5. As you can see points vary greatly by date, size, and location.

- Booking process is 11 months out for home resort, 7 for non home. If you want to see how many points a room you want to stay in is for that time period dvchelp has a great point calculator as well as information on all the resorts such as room size, layout, amenities, etc.

- DVC perks
late nights
Free parking
No taxes

• Renting through facebook
  • Make sure to get a contract. It doesn’t have any weight, but it at least creates an agreement that makes it more of a protected transaction.
  • Check references of people. Make sure they have a facebook page with friends and it’s not fake. Ask around in the groups. You can tell who the constant renters are and who is maybe a little sketchy.
  • Dis Boards have rentals
• Renting through a company
  • You will pay more
  • With some you get cancellation protection
  • Your transaction is fully protected
  • DVC Rental Store
  • Davids

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