What Are My Disney Vacation Club Points Worth in 2026?
Disney Vacation Club points rent for $13 to $19 each on the secondary market in 2026. A 300-point allocation is worth roughly $3,900–$5,700 in rental income depending on resort mix and season. Use the calculator below to get your exact range.
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About Disney Vacation Club
Disney Vacation Club (DVC) is Disney's vacation-ownership program, operated under Disney Signature Experiences. Unlike most timeshares, a DVC membership is a deeded real-estate interest tied to a specific home resort with a fixed expiration year — ranging from 2042 for the original Disney's Old Key West Resort up to the 2060s–2070s for newer resorts like Disney's Riviera Resort. Home resorts span Walt Disney World (Bay Lake Tower, the Polynesian, the Grand Floridian, Riviera, Animal Kingdom Villas, and more), Disneyland (the Villas at Disneyland Hotel and the Grand Californian), Aulani in Hawaii, and Disney's Hilton Head and Vero Beach resorts. DVC is the rare timeshare where points hold genuine value: strong, year-round demand for on-property Disney stays means DVC points rent for far more per point than any other program — typically $13–$19 per point to the owner, versus pennies per point for most legacy timeshares.
How Disney Vacation Club Points Work
Every DVC membership has a Use Year — the month your annual points become available. You book your home resort up to 11 months in advance and any other DVC resort up to 7 months out; the most in-demand resorts and room types (Grand Floridian standard studios, Polynesian, Boardwalk during food-and-wine season) book out the moment the 11-month window opens. Each reservation has a points cost from Disney's published charts that varies by resort, room size, view, season, and night of the week. You can bank unused points forward into the next Use Year (the deadline is roughly the 8-month mark of your current Use Year) and borrow points from your next Use Year to cover a current booking. One important catch for buyers: points bought resale after January 2019 cannot be used at resorts that opened after that date (Riviera and newer) or for the Disney Collection / non-DVC options — a restriction that only affects post-2019 resale contracts, not direct or pre-2019 resale points.
Typical Allocations
| Tier | DVC Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small contract | 100–150 | One studio for several nights in a moderate season; common entry-level resale contract |
| Standard | 150–250 | Most owned range; covers a week in a studio or a few nights in a 1-bedroom most seasons |
| Mid-size | 250–400 | A 1- or 2-bedroom week, or multiple shorter trips per year |
| Large | 400–500+ | Multiple weeks or larger villas; often multiple stacked contracts |
Renting vs. Selling Your DVC Points
DVC has the strongest rental market of any timeshare, full stop. Demand for on-property Disney stays is enormous and year-round, so owner-side rental value runs roughly $13–$19 per point (brokers such as David's Vacation Club Rentals pay owners around $16–$19 per point and rent to travelers at about $22–$26). A 200-point Use Year can rent for $2,600–$3,800 — often several times the annual dues. The honest nuance: Disney actively monitors and limits commercial renting. Members who rent out too many reservations risk having their account flagged or restricted under Disney's commercial-use policy. That's exactly why a buyer service like Timeshare Rental Pros is attractive for owners who just want the cash — TRP pays the agreed amount upfront with no fees, takes on 100% of the booking and rental risk, and handles the transaction on a single-page contract, so you're not the one personally listing reservation after reservation.
DVC is the rare timeshare where the resale market actually holds real value. Where a Wyndham or Westgate contract often sells for $0, DVC contracts routinely resell for thousands of dollars — frequently a large share of what the owner originally paid, and in some hot years more. Disney holds a Right of First Refusal (ROFR) on every resale: when you accept a buyer's offer, Disney can step in and buy the contract at that price, which can add 30–60 days to a sale. Two honest caveats: post-2019 resale points carry the booking restrictions noted above (which softens their resale price slightly), and every contract has a fixed expiration year, so a 2042 Old Key West contract is worth less per point than a 2070 Riviera contract with decades more life. Even so, for owners who want out, DVC is one of the few timeshares where selling the contract is a genuinely good option rather than a last resort.
Expiration & Banking Rules
DVC points expire at the end of your Use Year if you don't use, bank, or transfer them. Banking is the key tool: you can move unused points into the next Use Year, but only up to roughly the 8-month point of the current Use Year — miss that window and the points are locked into the current year and will expire if unbooked. You can also borrow points forward from your next Use Year to complete a current reservation. Because DVC points are so valuable, letting them expire is an expensive mistake — owners who can't use a year's points are far better off renting them or selling them to a buyer service than forfeiting them.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much are Disney Vacation Club points worth?
On the rental market, DVC points are worth roughly $13–$19 per point to the owner — by far the highest per-point value of any timeshare program. A 200-point Use Year can rent for about $2,600–$3,800. Rental brokers such as David's Vacation Club Rentals typically pay owners around $16–$19 per point and rent to travelers at about $22–$26. Resale contracts also hold real value, often selling for thousands of dollars, which is unusual for a timeshare.
Can I rent out my DVC points?
Yes, and DVC has the most active, highest-value rental market of any timeshare. You can self-rent by booking a reservation and listing it, or use a broker or buyer service. The important caveat: Disney monitors and limits commercial renting — members who rent too many reservations risk account restrictions under Disney's commercial-use policy. A buyer service like Timeshare Rental Pros pays cash upfront for your points and takes on the booking and rental work, which keeps the volume of reservations off your personal account.
Do DVC points expire?
Yes. Points expire at the end of your Use Year if not used, banked, or borrowed. You can bank unused points into the next Use Year, but only up to roughly the 8-month mark of the current Use Year — after that, the points are locked into the current year. Because DVC points are so valuable, forfeiting them is a costly mistake; renting or selling them is almost always better than letting them lapse.
How do DVC booking windows work?
You can book your home resort up to 11 months in advance and any other DVC resort up to 7 months out. The most sought-after resorts and room types — Grand Floridian and Polynesian studios, Riviera, Boardwalk in peak season — often book out the moment the 11-month window opens, so home-resort priority matters a lot if those are the stays you want.
Should I sell my DVC contract or just rent out my points?
It depends on whether you still want to use DVC. If you plan to keep traveling but have a year you can't use, renting (or selling that year's points to a buyer service) captures the value without giving up the membership. If you're done with DVC entirely, selling the contract is a genuinely good option — unlike most timeshares, DVC resale contracts sell for thousands. Note that Disney has Right of First Refusal and can buy your contract at the agreed price, which can add about 30–60 days to the sale.
Compare DVC to the other 7 programs
Per-point rental rates for every major timeshare program, so you can see where DVC sits on the value spectrum.
Club Wyndham
Club Wyndham Points
0.5¢–1.2¢
per point
Marriott Vacation Club
Vacation Club Points
35¢–90¢
per point
Hilton Grand Vacations
HGV Points
1¢–2.5¢
per point
Diamond Resorts
Diamond Points
8¢–18¢
per point
Bluegreen Vacations
Bluegreen Points
0.8¢–1.6¢
per point
Westgate Resorts
Westgate Points
0.4¢–1¢
per point
WorldMark by Wyndham
WorldMark Credits
7¢–14¢
per point
Vistana (Sheraton / Westin)
StarOptions
2.5¢–5.5¢
per point
Capital Vacations
Capital Vacations Club Points
0.4¢–0.9¢
per point
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