We got 5 consecutive days for September in a grand villa- granted not our first choice of dates but hey as non-owners of this resort (home is BCV) we are grateful for what we got!OKW GV near Hospitality House is an 11-month booking 365 days per year. There will be holes in any given week year round.
The other GV will be missing multiple days for Marathon by 10 months. The low points and large size make them extremely popular amongst owners of OKW points many of whom bought OKW to book GVs.
Summer is really the only time getting a week in an OKW GV without home resort points is a realistic dream. For marathon, even with OKW points many members get blocked out and have to drop to booking 2 2BR units.
Not DVC owners so we’d be paying cash, but already nervous about being able to book a grand Villa for check in on Thanksgiving 2024 and the week following.
We have a plan B thank you. Hoping to pull off a little miracle though for all of us to be in a grand Villa. I know we have to try and go through a DVC rental site and not CRO.That is really unlikely. GV are almost never available through CRO, and are almost certainly not likely to be deposited for Thanksgiving. Make other plans.
We have a plan B thank you. Hoping to pull off a little miracle though for all of us to be in a grand Villa. I know we have to try and go through a DVC rental site and not CRO.
Thanks for your insight.You won't get it through a rental site. You'll want to find a private owner about twelve months in advance who is really willing to work with you. Its possible that it will be walked and it will simply be impossible, but there is a slim chance that if you find yourself an owner really willing to go the extra mile, you might get lucky. Your best bet will be SSR where there are more Grand Villas, so find an SSR owner who can book right at eleven months - or is even willing to walk. And offer to pay them a bonus, its likely to be more work than just renting their points to someone who wants an easy to get reservation. If that doesn't work, its possible that someone will have made a spec rental for a Grand Villa for the week you want and you'll be able to find one of those - but spec rentals usually go for a lot more.
I’ve never seen a GV for cash, I’m not an owner and check cash bookings a lot last couple of years.Not DVC owners so we’d be paying cash, but already nervous about being able to book a grand Villa for check in on Thanksgiving 2024 and the week following.
Ugh, maybe I’m using the wrong terminology. I meant “cash” in terms of having to go through the DVC Rental site I see advertised on the boards. Am I still looking at the impossible?
Note that you will have a dual availability problem for getting a GV to start Thanksgiving 2024 and continue into the week after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving will be Nov 28 in 2024, meaning Dec 1 will be on the Sunday immediately after Thanksgiving. For many years, the first week of December has been THE highest DVC demand week of the year. Thansgiving is actually only the fourth highest demand week. Christmas week is second, and second week of Dec is third.Ugh, maybe I’m using the wrong terminology. I meant “cash” in terms of having to go through the DVC Rental site I see advertised on the boards. Am I still looking at the impossible?
Got a GV at Boardwalk last Thanksgiving <7 months out. Had to stalk/stitch it together and WL came through for the final night. The entire 4 nights was never available to grab at once.
Final night came through right at 35 days when somebody canceled last minute. Prevented us from having a split stay.
Thank you all for your responses. Definitely gives me a lot to think about. Dream family trip was going to be grand Villa at the GF, but I’ll also look at SSR and AKV as well as keeping my option for booking a few resort rooms instead.