bumbershoot
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2007
That's true I have too many points (185) and I know I could rent them but I guess my decision isn't based just on yearly cost. My fear also stems on dvc placing more and more restrictions and the resale price will drop and won't be able to recoup what I paid. So ill just take my 24-25 grand now and invest it and either rent dvc or stay at value/moderates when I go. It really is the uncertainty of what dvc is doing that lead me to sell
Try to not make financial decisions based on fear. Or any decisions, really, other than jumping out of the way of buses and not walking on railroad tracks.
I guess maybe since we/I have owned since 2009 it’s easier to not have the wish to recoup my money. I’ve done so with the trips we took as a whole family and hosting extended family, then the last 4 years of me having cousin trips. Those have been more than worth the cost of the points (plus interest for having a loan for something like 8 years). The rest of the time will just be dues, for me.
If I were to sell I’m sure I wouldn’t say “no” to getting all the money back, I wouldn’t expect it. I didn’t buy a timeshare as an investment vehicle, after all.
You’ve owned a pretty short time, IMO. I’d hold off completely on this.
A resale buyer just walking in the door, with no back story, just like a brand new person buying a ticket for they first time and budgeting for a first time trip to Disney, isn’t going to know that things used to be better. So they’ll pay based on the current info, without discounting their price because it isn’t what it used to be.
I don’t like the changes, either, but Disney doesn’t seem to be listening to me lol. And in the last 4 years of no-park cousin trips I’ve kearned that you can have a very nice time without entering the theme parks, which is nice knowledge. If only I’d been putting aside the money for tickets those 4 years!
Last year the denizens of this board encouraged me to really think about my plans (to sell because of divorce), and I’m glad I stopped to think about it. They weren’t telling me what to do and I’m not telling you...I just encourage a bit more pondering and waiting.
And maybe actually pricing out some trips.
Best of luck.