How long do you save for a Disney trip?

[scard192]

usually it takes me 3 years to save for a trip for my family of 3. last time (October 2013) it was 4 years because i so wanted to stay at POFQ. I will have enough saved by November 2016 for a trip staying at POP.

 

[gonedisneycrazy]

Hi everyone. I've been absent from posting for a while, but continually reading. I am going to WDW in December and Plan on having 75-80% of our "accrued" debt wiped out. There is a possibility it will be 100% by November, but Iam trying to leave a little room if I don't make the whole goal by then.
I usually book with the hopes of getting a discout of some sort (which has previously been free QS or Reg Din Plan). That is not really a concern anymore and we booked based on our curise dates.
The crusie was booked last summer and we added the onsite portion about three months ago. I will continue to keep an eye out for discounts since my dates aren't included in FD. I usually always get pins for my dates.
My spouse works crazy hours...like 5days/12hrs, 6/12, 5/10, or 6/10 and this usually rotates depedning on how "complete" the work is getting. When he is on 12 hours (5 or 6 days) I save as much as I can, pay off the entire trip and focus for 3 months on spending money, gas money, and last minute items.
I am looking forward to going on vacation kno vacation isn't digging us deeper. This will be the first one with most of our debt paid off.
I also realized that "balling out" on vacation is better than doing everything "big" while I am goito local functions. Instead of eating out 5 days a month, we cut it back to a "if we really want to" (1 or less a month) and add somewhere we want to eat in Disney.
I am going to follow your progress...it will help keep me on track.