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DVC Home: AKV
- Joined
- May 30, 2007
First, I have to say the the 4 people I rented/transferred to in the last week were all wonderful to work with. BUT, I had my points up on the boards here for 17 days and it felt much longer and was a lot of work. So many people expressed interest - but didn't follow through. What was frustrating was the one person who I booked for - then never heard back from, and the person who wanted a Transfer and strung me out for three days (in the meantime I lost another likely transfer).
I did rent out in the past - the last time in April 2016 - and with a use year of June I think renting out closer to the use year month makes it much easier.
I own AKV, had no 2017 points and 330 June 2018 points. So, when I first started to rent out 3 weeks ago, I could only rent out at AKV - then on November 1st I did change my rental post to reflect that I could rent out to other resorts at 7 months out, but all reservations had to be on June 1st or later. (I only had one valid request for BC for early June a couple of days ago, but it was unavailable. Everything I eventually booked was for AKV within the 11 month window).
Some observations. I realize that even though I explained about not being able to book before June 1st, and only being able to book 7 months out for resorts other than AKV, I got MANY requests that did not follow the rules. I am not saying this to knock anyone making the requests - DVC rules can be difficult to understand. I mention this for another reason... ALL the requests (there were many) that I got for the 11 month window were for BC or BW. I did not get any for Poly, BLT, etc - meaning that BW and BC seem to be in a lot more demand than anywhere else.
Observation two. Most people looking for rooms were looking to book in the short term - within the next 5 months or so. I got requests for AKV and Poly as well as BC and BW in these cases. (I did not want to borrow points from 2018 to book).
I tried to rent out at $15/point for about a week with little action (and no bookings). It was only after I changed my ask to $14.50 that the points went.
I also had my points posted on David's since early October, but didn't get any offers from them either. When I sent them an email explaining that I sold my points independently since I wasn't getting offers from them, I was told that AKV wasn't getting as many bookings in the 7 to 11 month window as it had in the past.
I think many who have rented out will say 17 days is good for 330 points. But, the last time I rented took 3 days for two contracts, so I wasn't expecting this I must have gone through 50 requests this time.
I did rent out in the past - the last time in April 2016 - and with a use year of June I think renting out closer to the use year month makes it much easier.
I own AKV, had no 2017 points and 330 June 2018 points. So, when I first started to rent out 3 weeks ago, I could only rent out at AKV - then on November 1st I did change my rental post to reflect that I could rent out to other resorts at 7 months out, but all reservations had to be on June 1st or later. (I only had one valid request for BC for early June a couple of days ago, but it was unavailable. Everything I eventually booked was for AKV within the 11 month window).
Some observations. I realize that even though I explained about not being able to book before June 1st, and only being able to book 7 months out for resorts other than AKV, I got MANY requests that did not follow the rules. I am not saying this to knock anyone making the requests - DVC rules can be difficult to understand. I mention this for another reason... ALL the requests (there were many) that I got for the 11 month window were for BC or BW. I did not get any for Poly, BLT, etc - meaning that BW and BC seem to be in a lot more demand than anywhere else.
Observation two. Most people looking for rooms were looking to book in the short term - within the next 5 months or so. I got requests for AKV and Poly as well as BC and BW in these cases. (I did not want to borrow points from 2018 to book).
I tried to rent out at $15/point for about a week with little action (and no bookings). It was only after I changed my ask to $14.50 that the points went.
I also had my points posted on David's since early October, but didn't get any offers from them either. When I sent them an email explaining that I sold my points independently since I wasn't getting offers from them, I was told that AKV wasn't getting as many bookings in the 7 to 11 month window as it had in the past.
I think many who have rented out will say 17 days is good for 330 points. But, the last time I rented took 3 days for two contracts, so I wasn't expecting this I must have gone through 50 requests this time.