10th Anniversary help

[pixiepower04]

We went to WDW for the first time in December 2004 but as i've just started my business (October 2005) we have decided to leave going back to WDW until September/October 2008 to give the business a chance to flourish. By coincidence this will be our 10th Wedding Anniversary year (our Wedding Date is 22nd May).

I had this major brainwave last night that as my DH is a major Star Wars fan that maybe I could somehow try and secretly get us a week in WDW in May of 2008 to coincide with our Anniversary and a Star Wars weekend, even though we will be going back in September/October anyway.

My questions:

1) Do you think this is a good idea
2) How to do it as cheaply as possible bearing in mind that we are going back 4 months later.

Disney's accommodation price for a week in May this year for 2 adullts and 2 children is £420.

I have come to the conclusion that we will not use a car as it's only for a week and we could really spend good quality time round Disney and the Water Parks, the accommodation price is the cheapest if you book direct so all I need is flights and cheap tickets.

Any ideas for putting this altogether cheaply would be greatly appreciated, please bear in mind that I need to save this money secretly and without DH noticing the lack of money!!!

The reason we want to go in September/October instead of May is because of Halloween. I have my heart set on this time of year because Christmas was such a disappointment and May is too inconvenient for schooling.

 

[Miffy2003]

I would look into the idea of an Annual Pass which would serve you park entrance for the May and the October holiday; either that or go for multiple entrance days with a no expiry option. That way you aren;t having to pay out for two lots of tickets if you "ration" the days out (for the latter option)

I think as to whether or not you do it will depend on your financial circumstances and how easy it will be to secretly allocate the money without DH noticing

That isn't meant to sound unhelpful, but say you are looking at an extra £2,500 for your May trip of one week - £2,500 might be a lot to some people and not to others. I am just using £2,500 as an example but with flights for four, accommodation and spending money I don't think you would get much change from £2,500 even if you were careful.

Have a look at a few of the following websites to get an idea of May flight prices (which will account for the majority of your budget).

www.expedia.co.uk
www.opodo.com
www.bon-voyage.co.uk

That time in May might coincide with school holidays which inflates the flight prices considerably.


You can often save money by flying indirect

Lots of luck to you with your exciting new venture