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The DVC Buyer Checklist
15 questions across 6 areas — travel pattern, cash readiness, contract length, resale vs direct, point sizing, and a final sanity check. Two pages, zero fluff. If you can check every box, you're probably ready.
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What's inside
- Travel pattern: Does your real Disney travel actually justify a 30-year contract?
- Cash readiness: Why financing at 11–12.5% APR destroys the math — and what dues escalation does to long-term cost.
- Contract length: Why 28+ years remaining is the practical threshold.
- Resale vs direct:What you keep, what you lose, and the resorts resale buyers can't book.
- Point sizing:How to pick a count that fits your typical year without paying dues on points you don't use.
- Sanity check: The two things to do before signing — and the calculator that prices it all out.
Want the long version? See the full guides on whether DVC is worth it, resale vs direct, and how DVC points work. Or jump straight to the cost calculator.
Keep reading
Hand-picked next steps to plan your DVC decision.
- Which DVC Resort Is Right for You?Answer a few questions and get a resort recommendation matched to how your family actually travels.
- DVC at Disneyland: Grand Californian vs Disneyland Hotel Resale GuideDisney Vacation Club at Disneyland explained — comparing Grand Californian ($240/pt) and Disneyland Hotel Tower ($192/pt), what to buy on the resale market, and whether Disneyland DVC makes financial sense vs Walt Disney World.
- DVC Add-On Contracts: How to Buy Additional Points the Smart WayHow to buy DVC add-on points: when a second resale contract makes sense, how many points to add, which resorts are the best add-on value, and the mistakes most buyers make.
- DVC Member Discounts: Annual Passes, Dining, and What Resale Owners KeepEvery DVC member discount explained — Annual Pass pricing, dining, merchandise, and Moonlight Magic — plus exactly which perks resale owners keep and which are direct-purchase only.
- Is DVC Worth It?An honest breakdown of whether Disney Vacation Club makes financial sense. We analyze the real costs, savings, and when DVC is (and isn't) worth buying.
- Resale vs DirectDVC resale contracts cost 30-60% less than buying direct from Disney. Here's exactly what you keep, what you lose, and which option makes more sense.