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From: Peppermint Patty on 12 Jul 2010 21:21

> Staying where?
> For around $500 you could rent DVC points and stay in a studio

Staying at Caribbean Beach resort. Really? A studio?? And would I be
able to buy my passes and have free dining included? I got a AAA rate
today of $1443.30 for a room for 2. (It would be a big cheaper for me
because I'll be alone.) Oddly enough, this was the same rate quote to
me by Small World Travel to the penny. I've never rented points and
kind of afraid to do it.
From: JackM on 13 Jul 2010 10:13
Peppermint Patty wrote:
>> Staying where?
>> For around $500 you could rent DVC points and stay in a studio
>
> Staying at Caribbean Beach resort. Really? A studio?? And would I be
> able to buy my passes and have free dining included? I got a AAA rate
> today of $1443.30 for a room for 2. (It would be a big cheaper for me
> because I'll be alone.) Oddly enough, this was the same rate quote to
> me by Small World Travel to the penny. I've never rented points and
> kind of afraid to do it.

Patty, you cannot get free dining in any way, shape or form using DVC
points. Since the FD promotion requires you to buy a package (room @
rack rate and tickets) to get FD, the use of DVC points by anyone means
they are automatically unable to get any special packages.

You are allowed to pay for the dining plan when you use DVC points
though. And a ticket purchase is not required.

And just an FYI... If you were to book a DVC room with a ticket purchase
and pay cash, you could get the FD plan since Disney treats a cash
reservation at DVC the same as it does at any of the other resorts. The
down side of this is that rack rate for a studio is about
$300-$400/night, fluctuations due to seasonal pricing.

Jack

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From: Ginny Favers on 13 Jul 2010 11:40
On 7/12/2010 9:21 PM, Peppermint Patty wrote:
>
>> Staying where?
>> For around $500 you could rent DVC points and stay in a studio
>
> Staying at Caribbean Beach resort. Really? A studio?? And would I be
> able to buy my passes and have free dining included? I got a AAA rate
> today of $1443.30 for a room for 2. (It would be a big cheaper for me
> because I'll be alone.) Oddly enough, this was the same rate quote to
> me by Small World Travel to the penny. I've never rented points and
> kind of afraid to do it.

You can't rent DVC points and get any of the dining promotions, kids
stay free, etc. You aren't buying the room from Disney, you're buying
it from the DVC owner.

You can add a dining plan and DME, you have to let the DVC owner know
you want that added to the reservation.

I believe you have to purchase park tickets separately at the ticket
booths at the parks or Downtown Disney, and cannot have them combined
onto your room key, but that may have changed over the past few years.

Renting used to be great but I think the atmosphere around it has
changed since the big marketing push when Saratoga Springs was built.
Disney is doing everything they can to make sure the benefit of renting
points from DVC owners is undermined - they want you to have to buy your
room directly from them.

~Amanda
From: Steve Russo on 13 Jul 2010 11:49
On Jul 13, 11:40 am, Ginny Favers <ginnyfav...(a)gmail.com> wrote:

..
> Disney is doing everything they can to make sure the benefit of renting
> points from DVC owners is undermined - they want you to have to buy your
> room directly from them.
>
>
Amanda, I'm curious as to what you mean by that? Other than Free
Dining not being available (which I can understand), what else are
they doing to discourage renting points?

From: MD34 on 13 Jul 2010 15:04
>Staying where?
>>> For around $500 you could rent DVC points and stay in a studio
>>
>> Staying at Caribbean Beach resort. Really? A studio?? And would I be
>> able to buy my passes and have free dining included? I got a AAA rate
>> today of $1443.30 for a room for 2. (It would be a big cheaper for me
>> because I'll be alone.) Oddly enough, this was the same rate quote to
>> me by Small World Travel to the penny. I've never rented points and
>> kind of afraid to do it.
Go to http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29 and check out what's
available. We rent all the time and have had good luck. There are cautions to
take but the risk is minimal. Regulars there have many posts

$500 from $1400 leaves $900 for tickets and food. We never tried the Disney
Dining and prefer to wing it as we go.

Goto http://www.mousesavers.com/wdwticketprices.html for pass prices
4 Day passes $239.63
5 Day passes $242.82

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