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Originally Posted by Val32

If Contemp was made avail to DVC I would def. want to buy in but on the other hand, I do enjoy booking packages with everything included as a whole!
Anyone else feel that way?
I call my trvl agt up, Iam booked for hotel, park tickets, meal plan and any transp that is needed. But when you rent points, etc.. with DVC, you have to book everything separate and dont have everything on those nice plastic room keys! Plus you dont have that everyday maid service!!!!! Yes Iam spoiled like that!!! I hate having to use the same set of towels for 4 days on vacation! Anyways, although it is cheaper to rent points then booking a package thru my trvl agent, it has its pros and cons and yeah I would need to pay cash for DVC, I can't afford to finance it AND pay the maintenance fees, etc...

When you rent points they do put everything on your room card. I have done this twice, once in Jan 2007 and again in Nov 2007. Everything was placed on the same card and it was great. Actually the person whom you are renting from just puts on the reservation that you are going to be using the dining plan and you pay for it at checkin and they put it on the same key. Then the hotel concerige puts the park tickets on the same card. So you do not have to pay for meals or tickets prior to checkin. As far as towels go we got new towels when needed from mousekeeping or if need be we picked one up from the cart at the pool. Overall, the price is so much cheeper I can't imagine paying rack rate for the deluxe resorts that offer DVC villas.