When I rented points to my dad he was curious how much he saved so I told him. Then for shits and giggles I priced out our stay for just the 3 of us (myself, Dom & Luis) and about died. The over the water bungalows go for $2989/night. Yes just shy of $3K a freaking night.Is anyone else having a heart attack at this #?
I vaca pretty well, but to me, that's Pimp $.
Some do use shady marketing. It really varies. Some companies are more legit than others and have a better reputation.I wasn't looking at purchasing. I was offered a possible job at a resort selling timeshares. While commission based, some of the agents do make crazy money. Personally I always felt that they were a marketing scam. Like, if someone has to use such shady sales incentives to get you to listen to their pitch, how can the product really be that great? If it was a value, I'd think it would sell itself. Add on top of that, there are so many laws against what timeshare sales agents can and can't do that it's obvious the public has had problems with deceptive sales practices in the past.
The curve ball is that almost everyone I talk to who owns a timeshare, or whose parents own a timeshare, doesn't share this same opinion. In fact a few of them were insulted that I felt they were a scam. As if I was suggesting that they or their loved ones were duped. Most of the people I talked to who do have timeshares do so through RCI. And maybe it makes a difference on what timeshare family you're a part of.
Interesting responses, guys. Thanks.
We stayed there for our honeymoon even in the concierge at the time and it was about $500/night. Right now the same stupid concierge room costs $1000ish/night. I also stayed as a kid, but I want to say the room cost was around $100/night - we just found the receipt a few years ago so I'd have to look at it again.When I stayed at Disney I was in the polynesian village. It's right on the monorail so there was no bus/car needed and gives you perks of getting into the park before the general public, etc.
We overlooked the lagoon, but, tbh, we were only in the room to rest. It was nice to see the lagoon, but we never thought, let's spend extra $ at disney so when we're at the room we can see the lagoon instead of the gardens. We were there for the parks.
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/polynesian-resort/rates-rooms/
garden room: 429/night
lagoon room: 576/night
When I rented points to my dad he was curious how much he saved so I told him. Then for shits and giggles I priced out our stay for just the 3 of us (myself, Dom & Luis) and about died. The over the water bungalows go for $2989/night. Yes just shy of $3K a freaking night.
No way in hell I'd pay that rack rate, or even a discounted rate sucks royally. So at least for us DVC allows some awesome rooms at a fraction of the cost.
If we didn't stay in those rooms we wouldn't be using the points like that - I'd just save them for next year if that makes sense. Renting out to my dad allowed us to get our APs for all 3 of us which will cover 2 trips (maybe 3 if I can get away myself LOL) and covered a week long science camp this summer for our son.i'd sell those nights to someone for $2k and pay for your plane tickets and extras.
I know that for RCI timeshares you are not. A forum I am a member of prohibits certain types of rentals to keep RCI trades into DVC out of the forum because those are not allowed.I thought most timeshares you're not allowed to rent out.
When I rented points to my dad he was curious how much he saved so I told him. Then for shits and giggles I priced out our stay for just the 3 of us (myself, Dom & Luis) and about died. The over the water bungalows go for $2989/night. Yes just shy of $3K a freaking night.
No way in hell I'd pay that rack rate, or even a discounted rate sucks royally. So at least for us DVC allows some awesome rooms at a fraction of the cost.
These are the places I want to see.Why would anyone ever pay even close to that for a faux bure that's built over a man made swamp pond? I've done them in Fiji, Bora Bora, and Moreno for a fraction of that cost on real water you can enjoy. Glass floors with water so clear you can see so much sea life just happening right under you.
Why would anyone try to compare a bungalow at Disney to the locations you mentioned? Seriously they aren't at all the same. I have zero desire to go to Bora Bora or Fiji simply because it will cost at least $3K per person from here to get there as well as 2 days of travel time. No thanks. There are places closer to me that have beautiful clear water that won't cost that and only take about 8 hours or less to get there.Why would anyone ever pay even close to that for a faux bure that's built over a man made swamp pond? I've done them in Fiji, Bora Bora, and Moreno for a fraction of that cost on real water you can enjoy. Glass floors with water so clear you can see so much sea life just happening right under you.
Why would anyone try to compare a bungalow at Disney to the locations you mentioned? Seriously they aren't at all the same. I have zero desire to go to Bora Bora or Fiji simply because it will cost at least $3K per person from here to get there as well as 2 days of travel time. No thanks. There are places closer to me that have beautiful clear water that won't cost that and only take about 8 hours or less to get there.
I don't confuse the two places and I doubt anyone would - I just find the comparison silly.
Why would someone pay that much at Disney? Who knows - people pay loads for private tours of the parks because they can. Others easily pay $1000/night per room. All can be costly, but who cares?
Why would anyone try to compare a bungalow at Disney to the locations you mentioned? Seriously they aren't at all the same. I have zero desire to go to Bora Bora or Fiji simply because it will cost at least $3K per person from here to get there as well as 2 days of travel time. No thanks. There are places closer to me that have beautiful clear water that won't cost that and only take about 8 hours or less to get there.
I don't confuse the two places and I doubt anyone would - I just find the comparison silly.
Why would someone pay that much at Disney? Who knows - people pay loads for private tours of the parks because they can. Others easily pay $1000/night per room. All can be costly, but who cares?
They are at the Polynesian resort. What else would they call them?
a logical question on the interwebs?I'm not saying anything about the choice in the name I'm just saying at a Ploynesian resort why would you not compare the prices you're paying for a mock up to the real thing.
Well... cause one is a Polynesian resort, and the other is in Florida?I'm not saying anything about the choice in the name I'm just saying at a Ploynesian resort why would you not compare the prices you're paying for a mock up to the real thing.