drjulianof
Earning My Ears
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- Oct 15, 2023
It amazes me how AKV is such an under appreciated resort give its cost-effectives value in DVC. I own OKW and BWV but have to say that updating my spreadsheets made me appreciate AKV much more.
Probably just another of the thousands of spreadsheets created for this, but by quantifying value through dues+purchase price (resale)+price charts give AKV a very high place even comparing the traditional resorts for that such as SSR. Depending on how you investigate it (ALL INN being considering opportunity costs of time value of money vs NO OP 19years normalizing every resort to 19 years of life or FULL with all years of contract), it doesn't matter too much as a trend towards AKL being always in the green sections along with SSR and OKW. Opportunity costs play a significant role in some of the resorts, so value will be biased by the way you consider this as something relevant (I personally do), but nonetheless AKL and SSR are always good options for value-based evaluation. BCV, VGF and PVB are always on the more expensive side on the other hand.
To facilitate comparison, all numbers on each column were normalized by OKW set as 1, meaning that considering opp costs it costs 2.4 times to stay in VGF compared to OKW in a studio; or it costs 23% less to stay in a 2BR AKL room versus OKW, considering no opp costs and the full extension of contracts on pricing. And just by looking at the color scale it seems easy to pick out the most value-based stays.
These are not SAP points, but the real cost if you choose a home resort where you really want to stay at given the lack of availability at the 7 month window. As an owner at OKW and BWV, I might start considering AKL more dearly if I were to choose to extend my ownership in the future.
Sorry I could not manage to insert the link or the figure with the table.
Probably just another of the thousands of spreadsheets created for this, but by quantifying value through dues+purchase price (resale)+price charts give AKV a very high place even comparing the traditional resorts for that such as SSR. Depending on how you investigate it (ALL INN being considering opportunity costs of time value of money vs NO OP 19years normalizing every resort to 19 years of life or FULL with all years of contract), it doesn't matter too much as a trend towards AKL being always in the green sections along with SSR and OKW. Opportunity costs play a significant role in some of the resorts, so value will be biased by the way you consider this as something relevant (I personally do), but nonetheless AKL and SSR are always good options for value-based evaluation. BCV, VGF and PVB are always on the more expensive side on the other hand.
To facilitate comparison, all numbers on each column were normalized by OKW set as 1, meaning that considering opp costs it costs 2.4 times to stay in VGF compared to OKW in a studio; or it costs 23% less to stay in a 2BR AKL room versus OKW, considering no opp costs and the full extension of contracts on pricing. And just by looking at the color scale it seems easy to pick out the most value-based stays.
These are not SAP points, but the real cost if you choose a home resort where you really want to stay at given the lack of availability at the 7 month window. As an owner at OKW and BWV, I might start considering AKL more dearly if I were to choose to extend my ownership in the future.
Sorry I could not manage to insert the link or the figure with the table.
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Always felt that using BL and BC points to stay at SSR wasn't the points to use.
