With Disney Vacation Club villas costing quite a bit more points on the weekends comapred to weekdays, many members have taken to using alternative strategies for their weekend stays. Examples include staying off-site, staying at a lower-priced Disney resort, attempting to book a DVC villa at a discounted cash rate and avoiding weekends altogether.
This week's topic is pretty much self-explanatory...
Disney Vacation Club points can be purchased either direct from Disney or via a number of resale brokers. Each of these approaches has its own list of pros and cons.
This past week DVC finally announced the Bay Lake Towers at Disney's Contemporary Resort. Within that announcement DVC revealed that the first 1000 members to add 160 or more points would be designated Founding Members and have their name added to a plaque displayed at the resort fountain. DVC has offered similar exclusive perks when sales began for the Animal Kingdom Villas and the contract extension for Old Key West.
DVC's limited housekeeping schedule is consistent with the rest of the timeshare industry. However it seems that members are becoming increasingly disappointed with the cleanliness and maintenance of their DVC guest room upon entering the villa. High occupancy levels, limited turnaround time between guests and Disney penny-pinching are just a few of the factors which may contribute to lackluster room quality.
