AP vs Priceline

[maxiesmom]

I am planning a trip over Spring Break next year, but haven't been able to make myself make a reservation. It is just so hard to think that a Value resort is $160 a night! So I have actually been looking at staying off-site. GASP!!!

But when I was doing some research today, I found an incredible rate for the Dolphin. It would actually be the same as rack rate at a Value resort. But the catch is, it would be non-refundable. And I'm not too sure about that either.

Any advice on if I should just snap up the Dolphin and hope something horrible doesn't happen and I can't make my trip? Or should I just book a Value resort and relax knowing that I can cancel if I need to, and hope for some sort of room discount?

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I would book at the Value and if something comes up and you have to cancel you aren't out anything.

I hate being locked into a non refundable anything, so unless you are 100% sure you will be able to go w/ no if's and's or but's I would not book the non refundable Dolphin deal. Also consider your traveling past, have you ever had to cancel? What type of even would it take you to cancel? If nothing would stop you from your trip and you have never had any issues before I would put a little more thought into considering it, but since my mom scarred me for life at age 8 (over 20 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday) when we had a trip to cincinatti booked to see the reds and go to six flags and a distant great uncle died (that none of us had ever met and us kids never heard of) and she cancelled our vacation to attend the funeral I am extremly gun shy to book anything non refundable.