4-night Bay Lake Tower 2BR Villa starting 8/26 dropped yesterday to $846, 30% under median.
Originally appeared at $1,246.
Since there haven’t been a huge number of 2BR BLT rentals over time, comparing to all rentals 2-nights or longer:
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Top new rentals this morning:
OKW 5-night, 7/30 for $209 or 27% below median.
If you only look at rentals 5-nights or longer, it is even better: about 35% below median.
That earns a Borat voice VERY NICE rating.
OKW 2-night starting 8/23 for $198. 31% below median.
Another VERY NICE.
BLT Lake view studio 6-nights starting 8/26 for $309/night.
33% below median. SUPER VERY NICE.
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Just updating the search engine now, don’t have too much time to do any analysis of changed rentals.
But some very nice 1-nighter opportunities coming up in the new ones today. See the prices highlighted in green from my data-pull spreadsheet for ones more than 20% under median.
Also, even though that first SSR rental starting on 7/15 is “only” 12% under median, I’d argue it is a pretty good deal as it is a 6-night rental. There may have been better week long prices over time, but not many.
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I lied. I had a minute to look up today’s changed rentals because I’m on my 3rd coffee and decided don’t feel like do anything else yet.
Although I do have to go to Lowe’s to buy a Disney gift card because I have a 10% cash back (up to $25 back) offer on one of my Chase cards that is about to expire.
BRV Studio starting 7/30 for 3 nights dropped today to $304, or 30% under median price for that room.
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Only had time to run one data pull at 5PM today as we were on the road early this morning.
Some of the better new ones today:
Poly studio 7-nights starting 7/2 for $417/night. That’s 21% under the median price of $525.
Another 3-night Poly studio starting 8/6 for $416/night.
Boulder Ridge studio for 4-nights starting 8/6 at $333/night.
That is 23% under median.
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They recently changed the interface (Koala). It used to be one long list, which you could sort or filter. But w/ 100’s of entries per month, it took forever to scroll through. I appreciate their new interface. Much quicker to see if they have a reservation for my dates or not. I guess I have been using it for awhile, but I don’t think the other sites are any better.
I also like it because they have other options besides Disney resorts. We are leaning towards staying the they Club Wyndham Bonnet Creek. Can’t beat those prices for a 2 bedroom.
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Absolute deal of the day:
AK Kidani 2BR Villa, 4-nights starting 7/12 for $413/night!
That is a bee-autiful 56% under the median price of $936 for that room.
Lowest price for this room since I started recording.
Similarly good: Saratoga 2BR Villa - Preferred for 3-nights for $451 starting 7/25. That is 39% under median. There have only been a handful of these 2BR rooms show up over the entire summer!
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That’s insane! Too bad they can’t go.
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Hello, I’m wondering if someone can help me verify a DVC owner that I found in a Facebook group. His name is David B Carter. I found him in the DVC Disney Vacation Exchange Transfer Rental and Discussion Facebook group. I’m having trouble navigating that.
Also, the tips in this thread are amazing!! Thank you!
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I don’t think we’ve ever done that on this board. You could search for his name on DisBoards, they have more coverage of DVC transactions.
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Thank you.
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Property records are public. You could look him up there.
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Here are FL record links
http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/docSearch.jsp
I would look to see if Disboards has a scammer alert thread too.
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Check their history on the site too. Is it a normal profile. Have they done other transactions?
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@Nicky_S did anyone save the old MouseOwners thread with scammers? I looked but couldn’t see anything like that on MagicOwners.
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AK Kidani Studio 1/28/2024 for 4-nights right out of the gate for $264, or 24% under median.
That is a fairly unusual discount this far out if you are comfortable booking a non-refundable in advance.
It is among the lowest prices I’ve recorded for this room for all rentals 3-nights or longer.
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This 5-night OKW studio starting 7/2/2023 has been out there since December where it appeared at $350 per night - NOT a good deal.
But over the last week it has dropped 3 times - twice in the last 2 days - to a smoking $198/night, or 31% under the median price.
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You might notice I’m catching up after my VT trip and looking at rentals that changed this week.
4-night BLT Studio starting 7/10 for $342/night, or 26% under median.
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I don’t think so.
We were very careful not to bring over anything that wasn’t actually posted by us.
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Question on booking DVC through places like David’s. How does the timing work for the 7 month period? Looking to book one of five resorts from 3/24-3.29 and want to know first day I can request to book and get the lesser pricing.
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