re: Disney World - Observations from my first trip

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Even at Deluxe Resorts, staying a week a year, it takes 13 years to break even.

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Not if you buy resale at a "cheap" resort.

We bought resale at Saratoga Springs. $57/point. 150 points. Cheap resort points wise. Cheap resort in terms of dues since it's the largest. Contract lasts to 2054 which is longer than most of the older resorts.

We basically paid $9k + $700/year for vacations the next 40 years. Staying at delux resorts, we break even in 8 years... 10 if you throw in ROR had we invested instead.

Throw in that we can rent out the points for $10/point at any time, and I feel pretty good about how we came out.

Also, I bought in at the low end of the market. Saratoga points are selling at $75-$80/point right now. If I needed to get out, I would make a 33% profit.