ABD News

[stenogoddess]

It's no surprise to me that Kevin gets a glowing report!

Wait until the END of August?! Oh, well, good things come to those who wait!

 

[familygoboston]

Glad to hear past guest perks are in the works! I get these on a cruise line I frequent and frankly it's made me pretty loyal! I was happy to hear from my TA that repeat guests would get to book a day ahead- I'm hoping for one of those early booking discounts, I'll have to ask my TA about it, because it will make a difference across 6 people all traveling double occupancy!
Can't wait to hear more!

 

[DisneyKevin]

Glad to hear past guest perks are in the works! I get these on a cruise line I frequent and frankly it's made me pretty loyal! I was happy to hear from my TA that repeat guests would get to book a day ahead- I'm hoping for one of those early booking discounts, I'll have to ask my TA about it, because it will make a difference across 6 people all traveling double occupancy!
Can't wait to hear more!

The early booking discounts will be for guests that book through Dreams Unlimited Travel.

 

[Bobo912]

It would be nice if ABD would release it's dates earlier in the year. Also if ABD would run trips during the kids winter and spring vacation weeks. Next year (2012) we went ahead and booked a cruise for Feb. to see some sun (we don't see much in the winter) and travel to a warmer climate because ABD does not offer much "off season" trips. Although the "extras" would be nice they would not make or break our decision on any adventure.

If ABD would offer something during spring or fall break we would likely take 2 trips per year, probably not every year, but very likely in 2012 and the near future while DS is still young and wants to travel with me. We took 2 this year - the Spring Break Galapagos trip with Lindblad and SWS a couple of weeks ago. Since ABD doesn't offer many trips in the spring or fall (except a few adult only) we have to use another company or go on our own.

 

[tufbuf]

If ABD would offer something during spring or fall break we would likely take 2 trips per year, probably not every year, but very likely in 2012 and the near future while DS is still young and wants to travel with me. We took 2 this year - the Spring Break Galapagos trip with Lindblad and SWS a couple of weeks ago. Since ABD doesn't offer many trips in the spring or fall (except a few adult only) we have to use another company or go on our own.

Different areas have different school schedules. We only have spring break in April and winter/Christmas break, no fall break. Our trips are jampacked in the summer which begins in June and ends in late August. I found out that some schools in S. CA have 1 month summer break and a looooong school year with breaks in Oct., Thanksgiving (1 week), Christmas and spring break.

 

[Bobo912]

Yes, that's definitely a problem, especially for ABD who seems to have trouble filling up their summer trips. Thomson and Tauck Bridges have March and April dates on their schedules for 2012 and they only allow families, so it can be done. Hopefully, ABD's will figure out what they need to do to attract more guests and be in a position to offer more non-summer trips. Our school system is considering going to a calendar that starts earlier (end of July or first week of Aug), ends last week of May and has 2 weeks of fall break and 2 weeks of spring break for 2012-2013 school year. If we move to a calendar like that it will open up a lot of travel possibilities for us.