Are the Days of Walking a DVC Reservation Numbered?

[Maistre Gracey]

Nobody gets an advantage for each single day, but they do get a sort of advantage if they start booking the trip earlier. Having 6 out of 7 days already booked when the last day rolls around is an advantage over having 0 days booked and hoping that none of the previous 6 days have filled up when going to book all at once at the window. You get a better chance at availability for the full trip you want the sooner you start to book, similar to current walking, it's just not as "guaranteed" as the current walking system.

Much like folks don’t walk easy to get ressies, years ago nobody booked day by day for the easy ressies.

 

[Tatebeck]

It’s not an advantage if the opportunity is there for everyone.

Then I guess the current walking situation is not a problem because everyone can do it? And offers no advantages for those that do it because everyone can do it? Sorry but that doesn't make sense.

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

I'm still convinced that the easy solution is to stop all of the commercial renting that's grabbing up as many desirable reservations as possible (and using walking to obtain them). Without all of those commercial renters walking, I think any remaining walkers would not be significant enough in number for anyone to notice. Get rid of the commercial renters and I think there would hardly be a need for anyone else to walk reservations.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Then I guess the current walking situation is not a problem because everyone can do it? And offers no advantages for those that do it because everyone can do it? Sorry but that doesn't make sense.

Walking involves folks making reservations they have no intention of keeping.
Not true with reverse booking.

 

[Tatebeck]

Walking involves folks making reservations they have no intention of keeping.
Not true with reverse booking.

Booking a single day by itself that you may not or will not want if the rest of your trip is unavailable in order to increase your chances that the entire trip you want is available in the following days is a very similar situation to current walking

Also it depends how far they are intending to walk, some days in that initial booking they may be wanting to keep. Just like reverse booking...

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Booking a single day by itself that you may not or will not want if the rest of your trip is unavailable in order to increase your chances that the entire trip you want is available in the following days is a very similar situation to current walking

Not really. You intend to use that night. Not true with walking.
Plus if you commit to day by day booking, it’s hard not to get your ressie.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Booking from checkout day backwards is not some thought up scheme.
It’s tried & tested. DVC used it for many years.

 

[Tatebeck]

Not really. You intend to use that night. Not true with walking.

It depends on the intended length of the walk if and how many days are being booked unnecessarily.

And the reverse booking depends on if the following days come through if any days were booked unnecessarily. Different variable, similar problems

Booking from checkout day backwards is not some thought up scheme.
It’s tried & tested. DVC used it for many years.

And then they got rid of it once it wasn't working well enough anymore and the internet became a common thing. People used to love horse and carriage as well. Until it was outdated and inefficient

 

[Maistre Gracey]

It depends on the intended length of the walk if and how many days are being booked unnecessarily.

And the reverse booking depends on if the following days come through if any days were booked unnecessarily. Different variable, similar problems


And then they got rid of it once it wasn't working well enough anymore and the internet became a common thing. People used to love horse and carriage as well. Until it was outdated.

They got rid of it because MS got too busy handling day by day booking. That was before online booking.

 

[Tatebeck]

They got rid of it because MS got too busy handling day by day booking. That was before online booking.

IE outdated and inefficient.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

IE outdated and inefficient.

Well, unless someone asks a question this will be my last post on the topic.

No online booking indeed was indeed inefficient, but I don’t see booking from check out as inefficient.

 

[Sandisw]

Perhaps we are not communicating, or perhaps you are not understanding….
It’s impossible to get ahead with booking in reverse. You are booking backwards from checkout day. If you are scheduled to check out on the 12th, but really want to check out on the 13th, than 11 months prior to the 13th you book the night of the 12th.

Which means you are booking the 12th as if it were your check out date when it isn’t.

Someone who goes by the booking rule and waits until the 13th to book the 12th and 13th, since that is the check out date, will find one less room available for the 12th because you booked it the day before, even though it wasn’t your intended check out.

As I said, some may feel it’s a better system than walking because you are grabbing days you intend to keep, but it’s still a work around the intent of the rule.

Honestly, thoughc I doubt DVC would go back to it.

 

[Sandisw]

It’s not an advantage if the opportunity is there for everyone.

Then why doesn’t that apply to walking since the opportunity is there for everyone to book 11 months plus 7 days every day of the year?

The board stated the reason they changed the rule was because of the day by day booking and people ending up with gaps because they got one day but not the next.

So they moved to check in plus 7 so people could book whole trips at once

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Which means you are booking the 12th as if it were your check out date when it isn’t.

Someone who goes by the booking rule and waits until the 13th to book the 12th and 13th, since that is the check out date, will find one less room available for the 12th because you booked it the day before, even though it wasn’t your intended check out.

As I said, some may feel it’s a better system than walking because you are grabbing days you intend to keep, but it’s still a work around the intent of the rule.

Honestly, thoughc I doubt DVC would go back to it.

This is not correct

 

[Sandisw]

This is not correct

We can agree to disagree then because that js how it would work if someone follows the check out day rule and doesn’t do day by day booking.

Plus, if day by day booking gave no advantage then there would be no need to do it..

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Which means you are booking the 12th as if it were your check out date when it isn’t.

Someone who goes by the booking rule and waits until the 13th to book the 12th and 13th, since that is the check out date, will find one less room available for the 12th because you booked it the day before, even though it wasn’t your intended check out.

As I said, some may feel it’s a better system than walking because you are grabbing days you intend to keep, but it’s still a work around the intent of the rule.

Honestly, thoughc I doubt DVC would go back to it.

1) You are staying the 12th
2) You can’t book the 12th until the morning of the 13th

 

[Tatebeck]

This is not correct

It actually is correct. Current rules actually state that you are supposed to only book your entire intended stay (or put your entire intended stay in as a waitlist) and not book or waitlist in smaller chunks of that is all that is available. It's doing something against the current rules as written, even though the system allows it, to get an advantage on the trip you want.

Just like walking

 

[Maistre Gracey]

It actually is correct. Current rules actually state that you are supposed to only book your entire intended stay (or put your entire intended stay in as a waitlist) and not book or waitlist in smaller chunks of that is all that is available. It's doing something against the current rules as written, even though the system allows it, to get an advantage on the trip you want.

Just like walking

It’s nothing like walking. You are not blocking anyone from making a reservation by booking dates you do not intend to use.

 

[Tatebeck]

It’s nothing like walking. You are not blocking anyone from making a reservation by booking dates you do not intend to use.

You are only possibly blocking a room from someone waiting to book according to the rules by booking a room you might want to use if the rest of your trip is available as you continue.

Yeah that doesn't sound so different. That sounds like walking, with extra steps

 

[eticketplease]

My guess is that SSR owners are not concerned about walking in the way an AKV or BWV owner is.

You guessed wrong as someone seems to be walking the room at the DVC Preview center for years now!!