But Disney does set the rules. Look, I can easily accept the loss of free valet. But I can't accept the buck-passing some are doing for Disney.
Do we honestly think the contractor was voluntarily giving away free parking out of the goodness of it's heart. And then the contractor woke up one day and decided to long longer offer it?
The only reason for the contractor to offer free parking to DVC member is Disney required it. Then when Disney renegotiated the deal, Disney removed the requirement. The only reason to remove the requirement was to get a better deal from the contractor.
Giving away free valet parking to DVC members costs Disney money. Doesn't matter of Disney is providing the parking, or if it's done through a contractor. Having the contractor between Disney and the customer makes the cost harder to see, but it's still there. Disney made a decision to stop paying that cost. Fine, that's their business.
But let's stop pretending this wasn't Disney's decision.
I don't think it was
directly Disney's decision. For instance, the contract
may call for Disney to receive $X for each car parked by the contractor. Many commercial leases call for rent increases if the business occupying the space exceeds $x in gross. But it is the contractors decision on how to fund that amount.
The contractor could choose to fund it, and still offer DVC free parking, without reimbursement from dues though it would not be a wise business decision.
And DVC also continues to have the option of funding it through increased dues. Disney also has the option of funding it in full, if they choose. But the point is, someone has to pay for it...and if no business chooses to fund it, it then falls upon the individual member to decide to either fund it and pay the fee, or not use the service. Businesses rarely fund freebies and discounts without a verifiable offset, usually a direct increase in sales/profit. What is unfair about that?
Just like when a store offers a sale of "buy 2 get 1 free", they will be making more overall profit than if they offered 1/3 off the price of a single item, because they require you to by two at full price. How would a business verify/justify additional income through a free parking perk for DVC? They don't make us spend more $$ to use it, unlike the TiW perk, we weren't required to buy a Table Service meal at that resort which would show an immediate return on the free perk, and it is extremely unlikely that a free valet perk would actually lead people to buy more points than they need or could use, it is? I mean, really...can you see someone saying, "Honey, let's buy 50
more points because we get free valet parking at Beach Club!"
Unless the resort restaurants at the DVC resorts have seen a dramatic decrease in sales, there really is no way to justify free valet parking from a business standpoint.