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Save Thousands With Magic Resales
Purchasing a DVC resale contract can save 40% or more compared to buying direct, which very frequently equates to thousands of dollars in savings. As deeded property, Resale contracts maintain all core benefits of a direct purchase, including the same home resort preferences and point requirements for accommodations. Although some ancillary benefits are reserved for direct buyers (merchandise discounts, etc.), many of these perks can also be attained by being an annual pass holder or carrying a Disney Chase Visa.
Resale Benefits
- Save up to 40% or more compared to direct pricing
- Same 7 and 11 month booking windows
- Free parking at resorts
- Pool access at other DVC resorts
- Extra Magic Hours
- Exchange into Interval International
Ancillary Benefits that Do Not Transfer
- Annual Pass Discounts (when applicable)
- DVC Discounts on Dining and Merchandise
- Ability to exchange points for cruises and non-DVC hotels
- Riviera Resales Only: current inability to book at other resorts
At present, many of the ancillary benefits that do not transfer are replaceable with similar or identical perks offered for Florida residents, annual pass purchasers, and Disney credit card holders. Additionally, because the point conversion value is so poor when exchanging for Concierge Experiences, Cruises, and non-DVC resorts, DVC owners often find it far more beneficial to rent their DVC points and pay cash for these extended offerings, regardless of how they purchased their contracts.
With Magic Resales
Decide Which Home Resort and Number of Points Best Suits Your Family
At Magic Resales, we always strongly recommend selecting a specific home resort if you've determined that you absolutely want the option to stay at a specific location every time. However, if you're usually open to other resort options, we typically suggest selecting the best value contract available.
The Most Important Terms to Consider When Buying a DVC Contract Are:
- Home Resort
- Number of Points
- Use Year
- Annual Dues
- Expiration Date
The Home Resort is the resort listed on your contract. Members are able to book up to 11 months in advance at their Home Resort. Members can book at other reciprocal DVC resorts from 0-7 months out. Sometimes, particularly during peak travel periods, it can be difficult to book a specific room at a specific resort unless the room is booked at the Home Resort more than 7 months in advance. Thus, the traditional advice has been to choose the Home Resort you most want to stay at, especially if you're planning to travel during peak times. However, increasingly we're seeing folks opt for less expensive home resorts and "rent swap" into their preferred resort if it's a "must" in a given year. For example, someone could buy a "best value" contract at Aulani or Bay Lake Tower, and rent out those points through a broker like BookDVC.com, and then turn around and rent points at their desired location. This costs around $3-4 per point, per year, but is a great option for getting into a specific room and resort.
The number of points needed depends on the typical trip that a member is looking to book. A good way to gauge how many points are needed is to look at Disney's point charts for your ideal resort, room type, and dates, or reference the point calculator on any one of our resort pages.
Annual Dues are assessed on each point, each year. The amount of the annual dues varies based on the home resort. This is an important consideration as sometimes less expensive contracts (like Vero Beach) have more expensive annual dues. The current annual dues per point are noted in the contract listings.
The Use Year is the date you will receive your Disney Vacation Club Points each year. There are 8 different Use Years, and they are February 1, March 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, September 1, October 1 and December 1.
Expiration Dates are determined by the Home Resort. Expiration Dates are noted in the property listing.
Determine how you are going to pay for the contract
If you plan on financing, it is vitally important to make sure that financing is secured prior to signing a purchase contract. Taking time to secure financing beforehand also allows the buyer to compare choices and make sure they're getting the best terms possible.
Tell us to send you a purchase contract!
As a best value, no-haggle reseller, Magic Resales cuts through prolonged offers and negotiations by listing the lowest acceptable price from the outset. Accordingly, there is no stressful back and forth. Once you've decided that you want to buy a listing, send us a message and we'll send you a purchase contract.
Wait for Disney to review the purchase contract
Disney retains a so-called "Right of First Refusal" (ROFR) on every resale contract. This means that Disney can choose to purchase any resale contract on the same terms provided to the buyer. Over the past few years, Disney has become more aggressive in buying back contracts, taking around 10% of all resales according to some statistics. However, at Magic Resales, we do our best not to price below a threshold where Disney will exercise ROFR. In our opinion, if you find a better price on a contract, there's a fair chance that Disney will end up taking it.
You're a DVC Owner!
After Disney waives Right of First Refusal (usually 30-50 days after the contract is submitted), the sales materials will be sent to the chosen closing agent for traditional escrow and title processing. Congratulations, the contract is closed and you're a new Disney Vacation Club owner.
Client Reviews
The sale was very straight forward and easy. We sold our home through Opendoor recently as well and this was very similar. No negotiations, no drama, and a quick close.
- Jeff K.This was the second "add-on" resale contract that we've purchased and the first with Magic Resales. It was nice to not have to worry about making an offer and waiting. The price was fair and probably the best deal we could have gotten without losing the contract to Disney. No issues with closing.
- Jennifer C.As a seller, I found their process to be very straight forward and fast. My contract had been listed with another broker for months and I had a buyer back-out before I found Magic Resales and decided to accept their instant offer. I ended up getting a few dollars less per point than what my contract had been list...
- Gregg P.
Magic Resales
Our Florida licensed real estate brokerage is dedicated to providing the best and most efficient DVC buying and selling opportunities in the industry.
As an iBuyer and reseller, Magic Resales is unique among DVC brokers in that we maintain a closed inventory system. For sellers, this means that you will be selling to an all cash, high volume, instant offer purchaser who will not back out of the sale. For buyers, this means you will be getting a “no-haggle, best price” deal on all contracts offered for sale on our site.