Miss Mikki wrote:
Hi Ken, I didn't want to say anything when you were so excited about the prospect of buying DVC and I totally get that it works for some people, especially US citizens but I personally cannot see any benefit in it for us. No free dining, no 14 day pass for the price of 7 (UK offers) maintenance fees every year whether you go or not - that are more than we pay to stay in a moderate resort. No stress about this 11 month or 7 month window and swapping resorts. We wanted to stay in OKW for 15 nights. We just booked it and paid. Still cheaper than the cost of DVC unless we did that for about 12 years to break even. What happens if your life changes or the world or economy changes - yes you can rent your points out but I would find that stressy. Now don't get me wrong, if I won the lottery tomorrow, I would buy enough DVC points to live at the Poly for the rest of my life, but if you don't have a ton of spare cash, I would think carefully.
Thanks for your post Miss Mikki. You make some very good points. It's been a roller coaster ride trying to figure out whether to buy or not. There are SO many ways of looking at a DVC purhase.
I think I'm just afraid to commit to a contract and lock in to paying fees in a fluctuating currency that seems to be heading downwards at the moment. At this point, we've pretty much decided to just continue to save funds and pay as we go by booking bounce back offers and other discounts.
