anyone rethinking long-term plans?

[Rock'n Robin]

I was bumming because we only bought 160 points at SSR. With our 07 and 08 points, I got 6 nights in a 2BR over next spring break period (it's summer, spring break or Christmas here since I'm a teacher). I was thinking we'd use the few 08 points we'll have and 09 points to go in summer of 10.
BUT, we like to fly...so if things don't improve, I told DH, we will be going every OTHER year.
Anyone else rethinking in the longer-term?
Robin M.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Really only time will tell. We're the DGP and I want to enjoy WDW with the DGC as long as we can. If it becomes a burden for the family to pay for the air tickets, I think I would offer to pay that before I skip a year. We're not into giving presents other than vacation related things like park tickets (and college fund money), so I suppose the presents will be adjusted to include air fare. We are not wealthy, it's a matter of priority for me. We live too far from family, and we're going to fly to see them anyway! But yes, is the answer to your question, this is something I've thought about.

Bobbi

 

[WolfpackFan]

Maybe a little. I'm thinking we might do more trips to HHI (5 hrs. away) now and less to WDW (10 hrs. away) than I might would have thought. I'm thinking now we'll probably end up going to WDW once a year and hopefully we can do HHI twice a year. But that is as much because we've been to WDW so many times and really HHI is our favorite resort as versus any changes because of fuel costs. I could even see us at some point in the future maybe doing WDW every 2 years and HHI even more. I had previously thought about doing II exchanges, but I have a real problem giving up 160 pts. per exchange and that short-term exchange thing doesn't ever seem to come up with anything worth exchanging for.

 

[Disney_Villain]

We've given it some thought. However, if our flight fare starts to increase too heavily - we will still go as often as we do now, but we'll give up some things if we have to (maybe cut down the frequency of add-ons).

Increasing hotel fees and increasing airfare were our top 2 factors in going DVC in the first place. We can't reduce the airfare. However, by bringing down the cost of hotel (as DVC members) we are subsidizing the overall costs of our trips. I really feel sorry for those stuck on cash vacations!

 

[DVC Mike]

No change in plans for us since we drive. Gas will have to get above $10 a gallon before we consider reducing our 4 trips a year down to 2 or 3 longer trips a year.

 

[tomandrobin]

No changes here. I can see taking longer trips, instead of multiple short trips.

 

[Liljam]

We originally purchased enough for two yearly trips. and we planned to drive. After our May trip this year, we've decided to go for bigger rooms or longer length of stay and only go one time each year or two and hope to get something booked at HHI in between. We purchased before we had a baby, and now that he is here and the cost of everything has increased a good bit, we've decided that will still be good for us! But we also decided that we may try to fly (scared to death of the thought) but now that all the other fees are being added, driving still seems the best!

 

[stopher1]

Only time will truly tell, but right now, no - we're not giving up going each year. We go to both FL and CA once per year as a family, and have no plans to change that yet. Even if we do nothing else all year long, those trips are still pretty sacred cows for us.