Nen_nenny
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2022
Hello!
Bit of a newbie here, looking for some alternative suggestions from knowledgeable members
So I have been doing lots of research into a trip for summer 2022, but due to circumstances out of our control we were only able to book our flights last weekend. We had planned on renting DVC points through an agent, and had a few emails back and forth this weekend and the start of the week checking availability and then they've come back and advised they don't have anyone renting the points we need right now, so we've put ourselves on the waitlist.
Our holiday dates can't be moved, so we need to go from 23rd August - 4th September.
Our latest plans (based on DVC availability) looked like this:
OKW Studio 23rd-27th (52 points)
AKL Studio Savannah View -27th - 29th (38 points)
Poly Studio lake view 29th - 2nd September (118 points)
Loews Universal Royal pacific 2nd - 4th September (~$819)
At $19 per point we were looking at $3952 for Disney + $819 for Universal
We haven't done dvc rental before, and don't feel comfortable renting directly from an owner that we don't have a relationship with, so with DVC renting out the window we're now having to look at other options.
As I see it we have the following options:
1. Cancel the flights (7 day cooling off period until Saturday) and book a package deal, not ideal as we want to do Disney & Universal and this means we will lose the benefit of staying at a Universal Premier hotel & getting express pass OR Disney transport & early hours. Does give us flexibility in moving/cancelling (though I don't see that happening) and confidence in booking process & ease.
2. Book a villa - this would involve us hiring a car, which we hadn't planned on doing and adds a big expense, on top of fuel & parking in the parks, again means we lose the benefits of staying on site.
3. Book a hotel direct with Disney, we've found some deals for Yacht club for 10 nights & park tickets for ~£7k so it's quite a bit more than we'd planned on spending for accommodation, but in a great location & means we can keep our deluxe perks & then can still book Universal separately. Likely to sell out, and Disney don't have a cancellation policy if DVC rental does come up before the trip.
3.1 Have also looked at Art of animation cars suite, ~£4k for 10 nights, but quite a bit further out from the parks than we had wanted
4. Book another hotel, maybe something off site so it's inexpensive and has a good cancellation policy and stay on the wait list for DVC in case it comes up, but have split the risk in the likely event that it doesn't. I'm really not sure about this as it's just not what we had pictured, it feels like I'd rather try for 2023 than do this.
5. Break up our requests so that we have a greater chance of getting 2 of them and only having to pay full hotel prices for a shorter time.
6. As a last ditch attempt I've found a couple of people renting DVC points directly and contacted them asking if they'd be willing to rent to me through an agent
If anyone has any advice, suggestions or recommendations for us they would be gratefully received
Bit of a newbie here, looking for some alternative suggestions from knowledgeable members
So I have been doing lots of research into a trip for summer 2022, but due to circumstances out of our control we were only able to book our flights last weekend. We had planned on renting DVC points through an agent, and had a few emails back and forth this weekend and the start of the week checking availability and then they've come back and advised they don't have anyone renting the points we need right now, so we've put ourselves on the waitlist.
Our holiday dates can't be moved, so we need to go from 23rd August - 4th September.
Our latest plans (based on DVC availability) looked like this:
OKW Studio 23rd-27th (52 points)
AKL Studio Savannah View -27th - 29th (38 points)
Poly Studio lake view 29th - 2nd September (118 points)
Loews Universal Royal pacific 2nd - 4th September (~$819)
At $19 per point we were looking at $3952 for Disney + $819 for Universal
We haven't done dvc rental before, and don't feel comfortable renting directly from an owner that we don't have a relationship with, so with DVC renting out the window we're now having to look at other options.
As I see it we have the following options:
1. Cancel the flights (7 day cooling off period until Saturday) and book a package deal, not ideal as we want to do Disney & Universal and this means we will lose the benefit of staying at a Universal Premier hotel & getting express pass OR Disney transport & early hours. Does give us flexibility in moving/cancelling (though I don't see that happening) and confidence in booking process & ease.
2. Book a villa - this would involve us hiring a car, which we hadn't planned on doing and adds a big expense, on top of fuel & parking in the parks, again means we lose the benefits of staying on site.
3. Book a hotel direct with Disney, we've found some deals for Yacht club for 10 nights & park tickets for ~£7k so it's quite a bit more than we'd planned on spending for accommodation, but in a great location & means we can keep our deluxe perks & then can still book Universal separately. Likely to sell out, and Disney don't have a cancellation policy if DVC rental does come up before the trip.
3.1 Have also looked at Art of animation cars suite, ~£4k for 10 nights, but quite a bit further out from the parks than we had wanted
4. Book another hotel, maybe something off site so it's inexpensive and has a good cancellation policy and stay on the wait list for DVC in case it comes up, but have split the risk in the likely event that it doesn't. I'm really not sure about this as it's just not what we had pictured, it feels like I'd rather try for 2023 than do this.
5. Break up our requests so that we have a greater chance of getting 2 of them and only having to pay full hotel prices for a shorter time.
6. As a last ditch attempt I've found a couple of people renting DVC points directly and contacted them asking if they'd be willing to rent to me through an agent
If anyone has any advice, suggestions or recommendations for us they would be gratefully received