Hey, when you bring family and or friends on your DVC, do you charge them for their room? Or do you just ‘pay’ for the hotel? Do you charge them the cost of your dues only? Going rate for rentals? Dues + amortized buy in cost? Or do you just not bring anyone else on your points?
I’m just a bit curious how others handle it.
Don't forget, the extra points you might have ARE NOT FREE. Even if you have paid off their contract, you are still paying yearly Maintenance/Membership fees. And if someone asks you if they can 'have your points for free,' you should explain to them that using the points is only 'discounted,' and if you give them away for free, it isn't 'even.' Instead, you are losing money, because you still have to pay money to use them.
If family or friends go with me, I do not usually charge them. And, of course, though I often make my own plans, I frequently adjust my plans to go along with those of the family and friends. Usually, we stay together in 1 or 2 units, but last year there was one trip where I had reserved 3 units, all of them 2 bedrooms, and I used points for them without asking compensation. However, one of the family groups in one unit DID offer to pay me and sent me a reasonable amount of money. Which I appreciate and it shows they were thoughtful, but I didn't ask for it, or mention it to the other parties.
If I have extra points that I'm not particularly planning to use, I MIGHT give them to the family and friends, as long as they don't make a habit out of it.
BUT, if I was planning to bank them, or have possible plans to use them in the next year or so, then I don't give them away for free. Instead, I typically charge the family or friends about $10 a point, which covers cost for maintenance fees.