Since it was founded in 1991, Disney Vacation Club (DVC) has become one of the highest-rated vacation-ownership programs in the industry – and a prime example of how Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is growing its family vacation business by addressing a broad range of vacation experiences.

While there are many different timeshare out there I only recommend DVC (Disney Vacation Club).  I own a DVC membership, and I have been on tours of many other timeshares that are available.  Most of the other timeshares are very high pressure, and on top of that you get “Weeks” to use.  With Disney you get “Points.”  Here is some things to account for if you have considered purchasing a DVC membership. 

• Figure out roughly how many trips you want to take a year.
• Come up with an idea of how many people will be going majority of the time.
• Decide what kind of accomodations you will want.

These things are important to know because if you are single, or married, and only need basic accomodations, then that is a studio.  If you have kids going, and you want to save money by cooking, then a 1 bedroom will work.  The scenarios keep going.  The amount of points is important if you want to go away multiple times, or if you are going to get larger accomodations.

Before you decide on buying you can contact your preferred banking lender with a free credit score, and see what they will charge you for interest, and the loan.  If you don’t want to do that, then you can just leave it in the hands of Disney Vacation Club.  Their rates are pretty good, and I haven’t heard of a lot of people being declined the credit.

After all is said and done you will be able to vacation roughly 2-3 months later.  There are usually some sort of promotions going on if you purchase, so watch out for the deals.

Email me if you want to get in touch with a DVC rep. like ours, Kelly Jo.  Kelly Jo will make sure you get all the information you need, and you will be very happy with the level of service that you get.

If you have DVC, then what do you think of it thus far?

I have been a loyal DVC member for a few years.  Recently my wife sat me down, and discussed a serious money problem that we are having.  She pointed out to me that selling our DVC may be the only way to go.  After she showed me the annual dues statement I understood a bit more.  Our dues are at approximatelly $1000 a year.  This money must cover some real good toilet paper, tvs, internet, and maybe even a Refrigerator water filter.  These assumptions are all just me joking around, but the dues are a bit much.  Disney never represented that my dues would jump this much over a few years, and that is what I am ticked about.

Do you have a DVC?  Have your dues jumped up drastically?

Being that I am such a Disney nut I have always wanted to work for Disney.  Back a few years ago I applied to work in Disney World.  The wages weren’t my cup of tea so I decided against it.  I would have had to move, and I knew what I wanted for a check at the end of the week.

Recently when I was doing a sales job search I saw that Disney is now using outside agents to sell their timeshares.  Yes, you do have to be a licensed real estate agent, but I would love that job because it is selling something that I highly believe in.

Hey Disney… Set it up so that people in NJ can sell, and I will definitelly come to work.

We love Disney, but from time to time we want to see what we are missing by owning DVC, and not another timeshare.  While away in Orlando, Fl we sometimes take a timeshare tour to see what else is available on the market.  On one of our more memorable trips we got to tour Westgate.  I would have never thought that I would have had a bad experience, but we did.  We were told to show up at a specified time, which we did.  We were also told we would have a great breakfast waiting for us.

After showing up we had to sit in a lobby, and wait for someone to get us.  We finally got called by a guy, and he brought us into a dining room, and sat us down.  He said that we should get something to eat, so we said ok.  We looked, and all we saw was Hot Dogs, and soda.  Moving on… he took us on a tour of the place.  We stopped, and looked at maps of locations we could stay like the ocho rios hotels, or even Atlantis in Bahamas.  Then we finally came back to the main room where they try to finalize their sale.  We told them that we were only looking, and that was that.  He proceeded to have his boss come over to try and sell us.  We told him no.  He made a final effort to have his boss come over, and we told them that we weren’t dealing with anymore, and that we just wanted to leave, and get our tickets that we were purchasing at a discounted rate because we were touring.  After all was figured out we were there at Westgate for 7 hours.  We contacted the PR dept., and they promised to give us a comp. for 3 nights because of the issues.  We never received that, and I am actually glad because their program isn’t even in the same class as DVC.

The DVC rep met us, and showed us some things.  After we told her that we would contact her she thanked us, and we went on our way.  No high pressure, and no additional salespeople.  Kelly was an excellent DVC tourguide.