DVC prices tanking?

[Royal Consort]

How about P2 or PV2? Short and sweet. No one ever really uses the Bungalows anyway, do they?

I think PIT is perfect because that's what I feel in my stomach when I look at the points chart.

 

[juliebee]

It’s still $1000 round trip for a spring break round trip from Portland….

Hey from East Multnomah Co. We have been flying mostly Alaska the last few years, sometimes on United. For most dates that I've looked at for 2024 and 2025, it's been about $436 round trip to Orlando on nonstop flights, but I'm not looking at Spring Break. (I'd say about 5 years ago we did the drive up to SeaTac to fly to Orlando and we said never again. It was fine going there, but the flight from MCO to SEA plus the 2.5 hour drive was just too draining to save $200/ticket and pay for parking. On our next trip, in May 2025, I was able to get our flights from PDX to MCO for 12.5K in miles each direction, which I was really happy with so our flights (2 people) was just $22.

 

[TheDailyMoo]

This! I don't know why it has taken me so long to realize that I can get a direct AA flight from Chicago to MCO for average 9,000 points. Just had my husband sign up for the Citi AA with a 75,000 bonus! That's 2 round trip tickets for us.

Two of our next trips are paid for with United miles. Requires more points but there are way more opportunities to earn UR points that can be transferred to United.

Yes the 9000 points is more or less what I try to get Jet Blue flights for one way. I try my best with Delta too but I'll go up a little higher with them. American and United are not on my radar at all though but sounds like you know how to accrue points well! Chase had a great bonus a while back for 25% more JetBlue points where I transferred a good portion of my points. This is certainly the way!

 

[supercarrie]

Where are you learning about this? I find it difficult to find good info sources for this. Mostly I am just trying to use Chase cards and fly Southwest as much as I can because that seems simple.

I learned SO much from taking the free course at www.10xtravel.com, along with reading www.thepointsguy.com. The course walks you through step by step what to do and has a "cards list" to follow in order when first starting out.

They are very pro-Chase but I also rack up AMEX MRs via some of their cards and www.rakuten.com because I am a Delta snob when flying from LAX, and Chase doesn't transfer out to Delta.

Chase codes DVC as travel, so our recent direct purchase netted us almost 90,000 Chase URs!

Not to hijack, but I agree - this amount of air travel would not be realistic for us without credit card rewards.

 

[TheDailyMoo]

hase codes DVC as travel, so our recent direct purchase netted us almost 90,000 Chase URs!

Wow that's a very nice bonus! For me I could transfer that to JetBlue and it would be like DVC giving me 5 free round trip flights as a gift for buying a direct contract lol.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Hey from East Multnomah Co. We have been flying mostly Alaska the last few years, sometimes on United. For most dates that I've looked at for 2024 and 2025, it's been about $436 round trip to Orlando on nonstop flights, but I'm not looking at Spring Break. (I'd say about 5 years ago we did the drive up to SeaTac to fly to Orlando and we said never again. It was fine going there, but the flight from MCO to SEA plus the 2.5 hour drive was just too draining to save $200/ticket and pay for parking. On our next trip, in May 2025, I was able to get our flights from PDX to MCO for 12.5K in miles each direction, which I was really happy with so our flights (2 people) was just $22.

Hello fellow Portlander!

I’m looking from March 22-28…. $950 for the only direct that is not a red eye….

 

[VGCgroupie]

I learned SO much from taking the free course at www.10xtravel.com, along with reading www.thepointsguy.com. The course walks you through step by step what to do and has a "cards list" to follow in order when first starting out.

They are very pro-Chase but I also rack up AMEX MRs via some of their cards and www.rakuten.com because I am a Delta snob when flying from LAX, and Chase doesn't transfer out to Delta.

Chase codes DVC as travel, so our recent direct purchase netted us almost 90,000 Chase URs!

Not to hijack, but I agree - this amount of air travel would not be realistic for us without credit card rewards.

Thank you for this. I will check out the free course. We do want to focus on Delta moving forward since my home airport is a nightmare for any airline other Delta.

 

[BeachClub2014]

It amazes me how much I despise the acronym PIT for the Poly Tower…. it feels very crude….

Agreed! PIT is a terrible acronym.

Given that it's all one association, I vote we keep it simple and keep using PVB for the whole thing.

 

[Deanna Lamz]

For sure, DVC prices fluctuate a lot! I’ve watched them change over the years, and it seems like they can drop if the economy takes a hit. A few years ago, I saw a similar trend when travel slowed down. It’s worth keeping an eye on how people are feeling about vacations—if interest drops, the prices might follow.

 

[marmentrout85]

I've been watching a ton of listings almost daily since February and while I can't necessarily speak to actual sales price of the resale contracts, I feel like the majority of listings posted over the past month or two are noticeably higher than they were back in February/March. I assume it's because there are MUCH fewer listings right now compared to then but I'm sure we'll see the number of listings increase as the new year approaches. Anyway, just my eye test tells me that it doesn't seem like prices are tanking by any means comparing it to earlier this year.

 

[wayno]

A major consideration here is also interest rates. Even though everyone says you should only pay cash for such a luxury purchase as a timeshare, I am sure the facts of the matter are much closer to most people financing the purchase as it is such a big one. For the past 10 years, interest rates have been significantly lower than they are now. That then makes the prices (per month for financing) much more palatable to the majority of purchasers. In just the past 2 years the rates have skyrockets (percentage wise) from where they were which makes it too expensive.

Maybe rates will continue to come back down as they did last week to a more stable and sustainable long term rate. But otherwise just like the US automarket has seen a major pullback in the past 18 months from interest rates so will the value of a luxury timeshare purchase. It will likely come back though if the economy continues to improve.

Thanks,
Wayne

 

[ChipTheRescueRanger]

I've been watching a ton of listings almost daily since February and while I can't necessarily speak to actual sales price of the resale contracts, I feel like the majority of listings posted over the past month or two are noticeably higher than they were back in February/March. I assume it's because there are MUCH fewer listings right now compared to then but I'm sure we'll see the number of listings increase as the new year approaches. Anyway, just my eye test tells me that it doesn't seem like prices are tanking by any means comparing it to earlier this year.

The pricing being asked are going up some by silly amounts, I saw a SSR for $135 on a stripped contract. But the sales charts are still pitching down by the DVC for less charts

 

[marmentrout85]

The pricing being asked are going up some by silly amounts, I saw a SSR for $135 on a stripped contract. But the sales charts are still pitching down by the DVC for less charts

Ah I see, so there must just be a bigger gap between asking and actual sale then, which is good to know. Thanks for reminding me about those charts lol I probably should have looked at those before posting . But yeah I definitely seem to notice more outrageous listing prices (for resorts other than Poly) compared to before.

 

[nankim]

I know DVC prices, both direct and resale, fluctuate like the market does. But it’s definitely not going in that direction right now. Are we to expect prices to continue on a downward trend? What happens when the economy has a steeper pullback?

As someone who stalks resale- prices are not falling, and even more than that, there aren't as many for sale as normal this time of year

 

[DVC Gma]

In theory the prices are supposed to go down every year because there are less years of points to use, rent, or resell.

The fact that they go up is really because of their relation to cash hotel prices, IMO.

COVID game everyone travel YOLO, but that wasn’t sustainable forever.

Disney has also dramatically increased the costs of going to the parks (part inflation, part trying to generate cash to offset a run of movies not doing well in theaters). Airfare hasn’t gotten cheaper either.

It seems like sentiment has gotten significantly better for the company ever since the FL governor got out of the race and Iger/Demaro have helped right the ship.

and Disney+ has gone up. Ok, I refuse commercials so there are cheaper options..I suppose. lol

 

[AstroBlasters]

and Disney+ has gone up. Ok, I refuse commercials so there are cheaper options..I suppose. lol

especially during movies….

 

[MICKIMINI]

Hey from East Multnomah Co. We have been flying mostly Alaska the last few years, sometimes on United. For most dates that I've looked at for 2024 and 2025, it's been about $436 round trip to Orlando on nonstop flights, but I'm not looking at Spring Break. (I'd say about 5 years ago we did the drive up to SeaTac to fly to Orlando and we said never again. It was fine going there, but the flight from MCO to SEA plus the 2.5 hour drive was just too draining to save $200/ticket and pay for parking. On our next trip, in May 2025, I was able to get our flights from PDX to MCO for 12.5K in miles each direction, which I was really happy with so our flights (2 people) was just $22.

THANK YOU! You reminded me to double check SWA for our upcoming flights. Got 3K points back!!

 

[chazas]

Thank you for this. I will check out the free course. We do want to focus on Delta moving forward since my home airport is a nightmare for any airline other Delta.

You may have no real option but realize that while every airline program is subject to inflation, Delta is referred to as “Skypesos” for a reason. Don’t expect great redemptions, especially domestically.

Which brings me to another point. 9000 mile one way redemptions domestically are probably good on Delta, but for many other airlines depending on the cash price could no be nearly as beneficial. You have to really compare the cash price to the points price and make sure you’re happy with the value.

I’m lucky living in the DC area. AA or DL nonstop out of DCA are usually $200-ish or under, my most recent fare was $147 on AA and I could have gotten $137 if I’d taken first flight in the morning. I’m guessing it’s because it’s not a business route and from Southwest and JetBlue competition. United nonstop out of Dulles would be more convenient to me but it’s often almost twice as much and I don’t have status meaning I’d be stuck in a middle seat in the back and paying for checked bags.

 

[VGCgroupie]

You may have no real option but realize that while every airline program is subject to inflation, Delta is referred to as “Skypesos” for a reason. Don’t expect great redemptions, especially domestically.

Which brings me to another point. 9000 mile one way redemptions domestically are probably good on Delta, but for many other airlines depending on the cash price could no be nearly as beneficial. You have to really compare the cash price to the points price and make sure you’re happy with the value.

I’m lucky living in the DC area. AA or DL nonstop out of DCA are usually $200-ish or under, my most recent fare was $147 on AA and I could have gotten $137 if I’d taken first flight in the morning. I’m guessing it’s because it’s not a business route and from Southwest and JetBlue competition. United nonstop out of Dulles would be more convenient to me but it’s often almost twice as much and I don’t have status meaning I’d be stuck in a middle seat in the back and paying for checked bags.

We have other airlines in our international airport but they are all highly inconvenient. After a breakdown of tears and almost missing our flight to Hawaii I swore only Delta in the future no matter the cost.

 

[disneylandtour]

especially during movies….

When I’m at DVC…and watch tv…and see endless ads…I remember, this is what tv was like during my childhood.