Miffy2003
06-01-2004, 03:12 PM
Hello all,
Situation is this; we are new DVC members at Saratoga Springs Resort but we are going to WDW in December not using points. Crazy this may be, but there was a good reason for this. We booked our December holiday over a year ago and opted to stay at All Star Movies as it was a reasonable option pricewise and we are going with MIL & FIL who are pensioners (and not a lot of cash to throw about). We have 1 week in Sarasota after ASMo and then back to Orlando for a final 2 nights at a cheap hotel on the 192 so FIL can fulfil a life's ambition (along with seeing his GD's faces as the ferry approaches the MK:rolleyes: )and spend NYE in Florida. (MIL and FIL have visited many times over the years but not for 8 years and never over Christmas / New Year).
Anyhow, we recently bought DVC and are planning on taking our first trip "home" in August 2005 using 2004 & 2005 points (plan was to bank 2004 into 2005). We then were planning on not going in 2006 (unless a lottery win should occur :) ) and banking our 2006 points into 2007 and going in 2007 with 2006/7 points. Anyone still awake??!!
We've seen a couple of less than complimentary reviews recently of our final destination hotel on the 192. Also we have made a mistake in NOT going for the advice of "saving the best hotel" for last. Easy as pie to book another hotel eg through priceline but I am reluctant to do this as will involve needing to ask In Laws for more money (and I want to avoid this if at all possible).
Sooooo....to kill 2 birds with one stone! I thought: Wouldn't it be great to be able to book a 2 bed villa at SSR on Dec 30th & 31st and end the holiday on a real high note and treat MIL & FIL as we could explain that it had not "cost" (ahem!apart from a year's points!) us anything and it was our treat. They won't accept it if they think it has cost us $$$ (Also this way way we do not have to wait till August to stay at SSR - I know, I'm greedy!). But these 2 nights literally will cost us a year's points and will then mean all my plans for point use will need to change (not an insurmountable problem). We would keep this as a surprise for both DD's and In Laws and present it as a fait accompli!
I've mailed MS to ask about availability (my building only opens this week so I could not have booked sooner anyway) so it may be full in any case, but I just wondered if any of you thought I was mad or does a small part of you understand???!!!
Cheers
Karen
Situation is this; we are new DVC members at Saratoga Springs Resort but we are going to WDW in December not using points. Crazy this may be, but there was a good reason for this. We booked our December holiday over a year ago and opted to stay at All Star Movies as it was a reasonable option pricewise and we are going with MIL & FIL who are pensioners (and not a lot of cash to throw about). We have 1 week in Sarasota after ASMo and then back to Orlando for a final 2 nights at a cheap hotel on the 192 so FIL can fulfil a life's ambition (along with seeing his GD's faces as the ferry approaches the MK:rolleyes: )and spend NYE in Florida. (MIL and FIL have visited many times over the years but not for 8 years and never over Christmas / New Year).
Anyhow, we recently bought DVC and are planning on taking our first trip "home" in August 2005 using 2004 & 2005 points (plan was to bank 2004 into 2005). We then were planning on not going in 2006 (unless a lottery win should occur :) ) and banking our 2006 points into 2007 and going in 2007 with 2006/7 points. Anyone still awake??!!
We've seen a couple of less than complimentary reviews recently of our final destination hotel on the 192. Also we have made a mistake in NOT going for the advice of "saving the best hotel" for last. Easy as pie to book another hotel eg through priceline but I am reluctant to do this as will involve needing to ask In Laws for more money (and I want to avoid this if at all possible).
Sooooo....to kill 2 birds with one stone! I thought: Wouldn't it be great to be able to book a 2 bed villa at SSR on Dec 30th & 31st and end the holiday on a real high note and treat MIL & FIL as we could explain that it had not "cost" (ahem!apart from a year's points!) us anything and it was our treat. They won't accept it if they think it has cost us $$$ (Also this way way we do not have to wait till August to stay at SSR - I know, I'm greedy!). But these 2 nights literally will cost us a year's points and will then mean all my plans for point use will need to change (not an insurmountable problem). We would keep this as a surprise for both DD's and In Laws and present it as a fait accompli!
I've mailed MS to ask about availability (my building only opens this week so I could not have booked sooner anyway) so it may be full in any case, but I just wondered if any of you thought I was mad or does a small part of you understand???!!!
Cheers
Karen