Disney Vacation Club & Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Resort & Spa
The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian resort (VGC) is currently the only Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resort near Disneyland. If you want the most deluxe Disneyland vacation experience, then this is the place for you! As the smallest of all DVC resorts, there are only 50 villas: 48 two-bedroom villas (most of which can be split into a studio and one-bedroom villa) and two three-bedroom Grand Villas.
Your options for staying here are to either: 1) book at the Grand Californian directly from the hotel's site (although your unit will not have a kitchenette); 2) you can become a member of the DVC and book your vacation at VGC through the DVC site; or 3) you can "try before you buy," and rent the points needed for a stay from another DVC owner. If you wanted to book a 2BR villa for a Fri/Sat in July 2016, you could expect to pay about $3,407 by booking directly from the hotel, $2,816 by renting points from another DVC owner, or $453 in maintenance fees if you are a DVC owner [88 points during Magic season at 2015 rates, not including any of the cost of the initial buy-in].
Buying a DVC membership with VGC as the home resort is a significant purchase. In analyzing resales transactions that passed Disney's ROFR since July 2013, the total purchase prices ranged from $10,000 to $39,539 for the contracts, depending on the amount of points. Although some people may be tempted to buy a cheaper DVC contract with a different home resort (such as SSR or OKW), the results of one impressive resort availability study showed that there was lots of availability during the VGC home resort booking period (8-11 months before reservation date), but no availability at the 7-month open booking period for all resorts. This means that if you live near the West Coast and want to make sure you will be able to use your points at VGC, then you must purchase a DVC contract with VGC as the home resort. Because Disney Vacation Club is no longer making direct sales of contracts with VGC as the home resort, you will need to find a contract on the resales market.
You can find additional information on the Disney Vacation Club and the Villas at Disney's Grand Californian, including resort information, an economic analysis of buy vs. rent, which sales contracts passed Disney's ROFR, resales brokers, rental brokers, discounts and special offers on the sites listed below. We are not affiliated with any of these sites or companies, and receive no compensation for listing them on this site.
BUYER'S SERVICES & REPRESENTATION. Just as buying a home involves a significant amount of time, buying a vacation club membership can cost you a significant amount of time. If you do not have the dozens of extra hours it takes to scour the resales listings and message boards for the best deal on your DVC purchase, then please consider hiring us to assist you with your purchase. As experts in DVC memberships, we receive daily updates on new listings and can guide you through this time-consuming process. Oftentimes you will recoup what you pay in commission by hiring us to negotiate on your behalf. We are available to help you on either a consultation or "full service" basis. Please call or email us today so we can assist you with your DVC/VGC purchase.
OFFICIAL SITES OF THE DISNEY VACATION CLUB & DISNEY'S GRAND CALIFORNIAN
Disney Vacation Club
Disney's Grand Californian
DISNEY INFORMATION BOARDS
Disboards
The Disney Information Station
Mousesavers
Your options for staying here are to either: 1) book at the Grand Californian directly from the hotel's site (although your unit will not have a kitchenette); 2) you can become a member of the DVC and book your vacation at VGC through the DVC site; or 3) you can "try before you buy," and rent the points needed for a stay from another DVC owner. If you wanted to book a 2BR villa for a Fri/Sat in July 2016, you could expect to pay about $3,407 by booking directly from the hotel, $2,816 by renting points from another DVC owner, or $453 in maintenance fees if you are a DVC owner [88 points during Magic season at 2015 rates, not including any of the cost of the initial buy-in].
Buying a DVC membership with VGC as the home resort is a significant purchase. In analyzing resales transactions that passed Disney's ROFR since July 2013, the total purchase prices ranged from $10,000 to $39,539 for the contracts, depending on the amount of points. Although some people may be tempted to buy a cheaper DVC contract with a different home resort (such as SSR or OKW), the results of one impressive resort availability study showed that there was lots of availability during the VGC home resort booking period (8-11 months before reservation date), but no availability at the 7-month open booking period for all resorts. This means that if you live near the West Coast and want to make sure you will be able to use your points at VGC, then you must purchase a DVC contract with VGC as the home resort. Because Disney Vacation Club is no longer making direct sales of contracts with VGC as the home resort, you will need to find a contract on the resales market.
You can find additional information on the Disney Vacation Club and the Villas at Disney's Grand Californian, including resort information, an economic analysis of buy vs. rent, which sales contracts passed Disney's ROFR, resales brokers, rental brokers, discounts and special offers on the sites listed below. We are not affiliated with any of these sites or companies, and receive no compensation for listing them on this site.
BUYER'S SERVICES & REPRESENTATION. Just as buying a home involves a significant amount of time, buying a vacation club membership can cost you a significant amount of time. If you do not have the dozens of extra hours it takes to scour the resales listings and message boards for the best deal on your DVC purchase, then please consider hiring us to assist you with your purchase. As experts in DVC memberships, we receive daily updates on new listings and can guide you through this time-consuming process. Oftentimes you will recoup what you pay in commission by hiring us to negotiate on your behalf. We are available to help you on either a consultation or "full service" basis. Please call or email us today so we can assist you with your DVC/VGC purchase.
OFFICIAL SITES OF THE DISNEY VACATION CLUB & DISNEY'S GRAND CALIFORNIAN
Disney Vacation Club
Disney's Grand Californian
DISNEY INFORMATION BOARDS
Disboards
The Disney Information Station
Mousesavers
