GusGus77
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2012
Hi! I am new at trying to get DVC on RCI and hope some of you can help.
1. I put in an ongoing search through RCI for DVC for the end of September. (We own Wyndham.) I know DVC usually appears in RCI about 4 months ahead of time and in groups. I also know the chances of a 2 bedroom being available are slim to none. I have searches ongoing for both one and two bedrooms (one for SSR and one for all other DVC resorts except OKW as it will be under refurbishment.) My question is, if there by some miracle is a 2 bedroom available, would it be likely to be put into inventory on RCI at the same time as the one bedrooms? Does SSR get deposited before some of the other resorts if they were to be available or is it just random? (We are happy with SSR but Animal Kingdom or one of the other places would be really neat.)
2. Another question I have is what day is my best shot for check in with DVC for a week stay? I put Friday or Saturday as that works best for us. We are driving from Illinois and would prefer not to have to take off extra days ofwork for travel time, but didn't know if there is another day that we would be more likely to get something besides SSR or get a two bedroom.
3. Lastly, I was wondering opinions as right now DH and I are back and forth as to what to do (And we know it is luck if the draw so there are no guarantees.) I am hoping someone has more knowledge of the system and can provide good feedback/opinions. We have never traded into DVC before. So here is the situation. We have enough points in RCI for a 1 bedroom. Due to going in a low season, we are only 11k points short of a 2 bedroom (so point wise that would be a little less than one night in the middle of the week during value season for a 1 bedroom at one of the resorts we normally go to.) IF a 2-bedroom were to become available, we may or may not have enough time to deposit those extra points in RCI before losing the room depending on the day and time it shows up in the system and how quickly it is processed. Also, a 1 bedroom may become available before a 2 bedroom would appear and since we really want to stay at DVC that week and wouldn't want to lose a chance at a room at all, we would probably book whatever hits first on the search (both number of rooms and location.) So, do we play Russian roulette with points and request the deposit of points only if a 2 bedroom hits and pray they transfer in time (if they don't we effectively will lose those points as we don't normally use RCI AND would have the knowledge we have lost the coveted impossible to find two bedroom unit! Do we transfer the points now so if by some miracle we get a hit on a two bedroom we can book it (but will again lose those points if a one bedroom hits first?) Do we just say a 2 bedroom will never happen on RCI (and certainly not before we get a hit on a one bedroom) and not even do an ongoing search for it? We are looking at a week starting September 23 or 24 if that makes a difference.
Thanks!
1. I put in an ongoing search through RCI for DVC for the end of September. (We own Wyndham.) I know DVC usually appears in RCI about 4 months ahead of time and in groups. I also know the chances of a 2 bedroom being available are slim to none. I have searches ongoing for both one and two bedrooms (one for SSR and one for all other DVC resorts except OKW as it will be under refurbishment.) My question is, if there by some miracle is a 2 bedroom available, would it be likely to be put into inventory on RCI at the same time as the one bedrooms? Does SSR get deposited before some of the other resorts if they were to be available or is it just random? (We are happy with SSR but Animal Kingdom or one of the other places would be really neat.)
2. Another question I have is what day is my best shot for check in with DVC for a week stay? I put Friday or Saturday as that works best for us. We are driving from Illinois and would prefer not to have to take off extra days ofwork for travel time, but didn't know if there is another day that we would be more likely to get something besides SSR or get a two bedroom.
3. Lastly, I was wondering opinions as right now DH and I are back and forth as to what to do (And we know it is luck if the draw so there are no guarantees.) I am hoping someone has more knowledge of the system and can provide good feedback/opinions. We have never traded into DVC before. So here is the situation. We have enough points in RCI for a 1 bedroom. Due to going in a low season, we are only 11k points short of a 2 bedroom (so point wise that would be a little less than one night in the middle of the week during value season for a 1 bedroom at one of the resorts we normally go to.) IF a 2-bedroom were to become available, we may or may not have enough time to deposit those extra points in RCI before losing the room depending on the day and time it shows up in the system and how quickly it is processed. Also, a 1 bedroom may become available before a 2 bedroom would appear and since we really want to stay at DVC that week and wouldn't want to lose a chance at a room at all, we would probably book whatever hits first on the search (both number of rooms and location.) So, do we play Russian roulette with points and request the deposit of points only if a 2 bedroom hits and pray they transfer in time (if they don't we effectively will lose those points as we don't normally use RCI AND would have the knowledge we have lost the coveted impossible to find two bedroom unit! Do we transfer the points now so if by some miracle we get a hit on a two bedroom we can book it (but will again lose those points if a one bedroom hits first?) Do we just say a 2 bedroom will never happen on RCI (and certainly not before we get a hit on a one bedroom) and not even do an ongoing search for it? We are looking at a week starting September 23 or 24 if that makes a difference.
Thanks!