Booking 14 nights

[Cassie K]

Hi all, I was wondering how easy it is to book a 14 night stay, either at home resort at 11 months or other resorts at 7? Am I right in thinking you can only book 7 days at a time and then have to go in each day to add on a day? Does the ’home advantage’ continue to work for those subsequent days?

Thanks

 

[OKW Lover]

How easy really depends on the resort. But at 11 months it should not be a problem.

You are correct that you can only book your first 7 nights at the start of the window. You'll have to add the remainder as the days progress. The home advantage does continue to work for those subsequent days.

 

[intamin]

Hi all, I was wondering how easy it is to book a 14 night stay, either at home resort at 11 months or other resorts at 7? Am I right in thinking you can only book 7 days at a time and then have to go in each day to add on a day? Does the ’home advantage’ continue to work for those subsequent days?

Thanks

Which resort/room type are you going for? Obviously booking a 2 week stay anywhere on SSR/OKW will be easy but if you're going for like a value studio at Jambo House or something then it'll still be hard to do. It really depends on what you're trying to get. Most should be just fine at 11 months.

 

[ehh]

In terms of availability at your Home Resort, booking 14 nights at 11 months will be as hard as booking a 7-night or even a 2-night stay at 11 months. How competitive that is will vary by the resort, time of year, and room category.

You're correct you can only book 7 nights at exactly 11 months, but once you have the first 7 adding the remaining 7 is really easy. Every few days just modify the reservation to be longer, as once you have the first night of any reservation booked at exactly 11 months, adding the remaining dates is almost always assured (caveat: rooms going offline for various reasons, including refurbs).

As for non-Home Resorts, 14 nights of continuous availability at the 7m mark will be much more difficult to find, especially in studios (except SSR/OKW, which might have availability).

 

[sndral]

At 11 months it’s no more difficult than booking 7 days, because once you’ve booked your first week you’ve basically blocked anyone else from booking your remaining days. You don’t have to add nights daily, you can add to/extend your reservation every couple of days. When I booked 14 days for last fall & 12 days for next fall I had to call MS because my bookings spanned 2 use years.
W/ a 7 month booking you have more risk because someone w/ home resort advantage can always grab the second part of your stay.

 

[Cassie K]

How easy really depends on the resort. But at 11 months it should not be a problem.

You are correct that you can only book your first 7 nights at the start of the window. You'll have to add the remainder as the days progress. The home advantage does continue to work for those subsequent days.

Great, thank you. That’s what I was hoping to hear.

 

[Cassie K]

Which resort/room type are you going for? Obviously booking a 2 week stay anywhere on SSR/OKW will be easy but if you're going for like a value studio at Jambo House or something then it'll still be hard to do. It really depends on what you're trying to get. Most should be just fine at 11 months.

It would mainly be a studio at the 11 month point. If it was another resort, we’d probably be ok to do a split stay with our home resort. As long as 14 nights is possible somewhere I’m happy

 

[Sandisw]

It would mainly be a studio at the 11 month point. If it was another resort, we’d probably be ok to do a split stay with our home resort. As long as 14 nights is possible somewhere I’m happy

If you think you might want to try a split stay, book it that way at 11 months..do two reservations for 7 days each.

It required two 11 month windows, but then you can modify at 7 months if you want without having to cancel days first before changing some of the trip

 

[The Jackal]

There are several times of the year even a studio at SSR and OKW are not available at 7 months.

 

[RoseGold]

Assuming you aren't trying for the handful of rooms that are always booked and walked, sure. Book two 7 night reservations, walk the other one every few days, then combine the two reservations at the end, or don't and get a fresh new room.

 

[ehh]

Assuming you aren't trying for the handful of rooms that are always booked and walked, sure. Book two 7 night reservations, walk the other one every few days, then combine the two reservations at the end, or don't and get a fresh new room.

Why would you do this instead of booking 7 nights then extending it every few days until you get to 14 nights?

Booking two reservations, walking one, then merging is more work, including a contact into Member Services, for the same result.

 

[CarolynFH]

Why would you do this instead of booking 7 nights then extending it every few days until you get to 14 nights?

Booking two reservations, walking one, then merging is more work, including a contact into Member Services, for the same result.

If you hope for a split stay with the 2nd week at a different resort you’d want to book 2 separate reservations at home resort so you’d only need to modify that 2nd week at 7 months. I agree that there’s no reason to walk that 2nd week unless you have legitimate worry that you won’t get it otherwise.

 

[RoseGold]

Why would you do this instead of booking 7 nights then extending it every few days until you get to 14 nights?

Booking two reservations, walking one, then merging is more work, including a contact into Member Services, for the same result

I actually wouldn't merge them because I would want a fresh, new room.

 

[Sandisw]

I actually wouldn't merge them because I would want a fresh, new room.

If you want to stay in the same room with two diffeeetn reservations then whether you merge or not, they mark them as continuing and you do not get extra housekeeping for it.

 

[RoseGold]

If you want to stay in the same room with two diffeeetn reservations then whether you merge or not, they mark them as continuing and you do not get extra housekeeping for it.

Not if someone else is lead guest on the other one.

 

[Sandisw]

Not if someone else is lead guest on the other one.

Doesn't matter...if you ask to stay in the same room at check in, they note that there and treat it as one long stay...the cleaning schedule does not change this.

If you keep the guests different and tell them you want them treated as different, then you will most likely be asked to move rooms and have to actually check out and leave the room so it can be cleaned...

 

[Simba's Mom]

You are correct that you can only book your first 7 nights at the start of the window. You'll have to add the remainder as the days progress. The home advantage does continue to work for those subsequent days.

That's what I thought, when I recently went to book a 9 day stay at 11 months. However, the system let me book all 9 days, and would have allowed a 10th. Not what I expected, but I'll take it!

 

[ehh]

That's what I thought, when I recently went to book a 9 day stay at 11 months. However, the system let me book all 9 days, and would have allowed a 10th. Not what I expected, but I'll take it!

Were you booking a stay beginning 1/29?

Due to February being a short month, this is possible as 3/1/23 is your 11m but also the 11m for 1/30, 1/31, and 2/1. And the 7-night window on 2/1/24 extends through 2/8/24 (checkout date). A greater-than-8-night booking window is only possible on 3/1.

There are some other days of the year, the first day of a month following a 30-day month, that allow for 8-night bookings that begin prior to the 1st of the reservation month.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Were you booking a stay beginning 1/29?
A greater-than-8-night booking window is only possible on 3/1.

Nope, I wasn't, but it gave me more than 8 nights.

Oh, and I got a confirmation in the mail, so now I know I didn't screw up.