AAA rate-usually what percent less?

[DisneyFanatik]

I went on the WDW website and got a rate of $1691.44 for 3 night at POFQ (5/19-5/22) for 2 adults, 1 -13yo, and 1- 7yo with 4 day base tickets and the meal plan. I called AAA and got a rate of $1613.62 for the same package. If you do the math that comes up to only around a 4 1/2pct. savings. Does that seem right? The agent even said that it is "Disney month" and they have some great deals! Saving less than $80 doesn't seem like that great of a deal to me.

 

[DisneyGeek2000]

See http://www.mousesavers.com/disneyresorts.html#AAA for details on the percentages, but it ranges between 10% and 20%, depending on type of resort and your travel dates.

Ask your AAA agent if travel insurance is included - some put it in automatically, that can cost $$$.

Also ask them to break out the room and ticket pricing for you, you can check the room-only rate on disneyworld.com too.

 

[speedyf]

That sounds about right. You only get a discount on the room portion of your package. The meal plan and the tickets are not discounted. Since you are going during the regular season, the room discount is 15%.

Here's the breakdown:

$155 (Rack Rate) less $23.25 (15% off) = $131.75 plus tax (11.5%) = $146.90
$146.90 x 3 Nights = $440.70

compared to....

$155 (Rack Rate) plus tax (11.5%) = $172.83
$172.83 x 3 Nights = $518.49

Gives you....
Total Savings = $77.79

AAA is currently the only discount for packages in May 2006 as of now. Unless, Disney releases some kind of discount, that will be your cheapest option for a package.

Speed

 

[cass'mom]

My quote through AAA had a similar savings (I think only $35!! unless she included the tax and the WDW site didn't?) which I found underwhelming, but I found that my TA put in the insurance for my and my DH so that is $59.95 each according to her. Maybe she quoted you with the insurance included.

 

[bethbuchall]

I did a room-only reservation today at POR for 7 nights in August. The price on the web-site was $1209.88 ($172.84/night). I booked through Disney with the AAA discount for $1022 ($146.07/night). That appears to be about a 15% savings.

Beth

 

[DisneyFanatik]

I didn't realize that only the room portion was discounted. That is why it seemed like such a small savings. Thanks sppedyf for doing the math
If only a code would come out......

 

[michellek1]

I had much better luck with my AAA rate.

AAA quoted me $3314.42 for the Polynesian garden view October 2-8th. This included 7 day park hopper plus passes and the dining plan for two adults and two children under 10.

Dreams Unlimited quoted the same package at $3746.26 so for us it is a savings of 431.84.

I'm not really sure how they figure the discounts. Last April when we stayed at the WL the AAA savings was minimal and we went with DU for the convenience.