In one way it sort of is…because we are guaranteed to have access to all rooms on a first come, first serve basis, subject to availability
Could saying I can’t grab a certain date because I made a reservation already for dates prior go against that?
Modification rules do need to be consistent and not too complicated depending on the date one books…and I am sure that most owners would want to see that.
First come first serve at 11 months. Not at 13 or 15 months? We are all guaranteed to get access at 11 months. When people are accessing at 13 or 15 months it is arguable against the terms of service but also depriving owners booking at 11 months as the contract states we all have equal access to that availability.
An argument can be made that walking is against the 11 month TOS. An even better argument can be made against commercial renting which is explicitly prohibited in our contracts and we even needed to verbally state understanding that before purchasing direct.
Nothing in DVC protects the ability to start booking at something like 13 months out. Doesn’t bother me much today. The concern is following the ever increasing trajectory of the last 5 years, and ending up unable to
ever book the same 50% of home categories without joining in on excessive walking or deploying bot scripts in attempt to outrun commercial renters. Basically those rooms could cease to exist for owners who just want to try their shot at 11 months like their contract implies.
Right now non-walkers are locked out 77% of BWV booking categories, over 60% at BLT, 50% BCV, almost 50% Kidani, 100% of VGF, over 60% of CCV. Ok, understandably this is DVC high season for booking and probably as bas as it gets but it’s already an issue and each year Walking and Commercial Spec Renting keeps increasing significantly.
I get people are wary of DVC making changes. Better the devil you know, right? Is it certain to be a net negative to most owners who just want to use DVC for their personal use and not have 99.9% chance of
never getting a bunch of rooms and seasons unless they start booking 13-15 months and playing DVC olympics? I’m not sure.