I didn't think the point increases were that much; percentage wise it's no more of an increase than it was last year. We have enough points to do AbD but it's not a good value for points usage and we paid cash for our tour. In a few years, we probably wouldn't have enough points either.
This was something I researched before buying DVC and I knew upfront that the uses outside of DVC would increase in cost/point requirement each year. It's a shame that the DVC sales staff does not elaborate on this when talking to potential buyers.
For the Cities of Knights and Lights, it went from 566 per adult to 620 for a trip in early June. For two people, 108 more points seems like a very large increase.
Now you realize why some of us post warnings about non guaranteed options when the issue arrives. Expect the same with all cash type options going forward.Well, for us it is particularly heartbreaking because we added onto our membership twice in anticipation of going on ABD at least once every 4 years. 2011 was going to be our first time, and then we wanted to do something really exotic, something we would have never imagined doing, in 2015.
I know we can rent our points and pay cash, but that comes with its own set of risks. Someone we rent to can damage the place at our expense, and on top of that, we probably have to pay income tax on the rental money we receive. We were trying to avoid hassles like these.
Just wondering, what is the cash price for that? Seems like alot of points.