Booking for April 2023

[TuffyCatt]

Hi everyone!

My husband and I are finally planning our honeymoon (2 years late thanks to COVID) to Hawaii and we’re hoping to spend 3-4 nights at Aulani. We’re likely going to be there late April to early May 2023. My husband is waiting until a closer date to buy our plane tickets, hoping to get a good deal, which means our dates aren’t locked in yet. This makes it a bit challenging for me to do all the planning way ahead of time like I enjoy doing! Anyway, my big question is, how realistically far in advance do Aulani rooms book up, and how far in advance should I try to book just to make sure we get a room? I would be booking WITHOUT DVC points.

Thank you so much for any help and advice. I’m a long time Disney parks traveler (world, land, and Tokyo) and my parents are DVC members (but I’m not yet). However I’ve never been to Hawaii or Aulani so any insight or help is much appreciated!!

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The cancellation policy is very flexible. You could always book now for what you THINK your dates will be, and then cancel or modify once your settle on flights. But I wouldn't wait much past 7 months. Southwest is the last major airline to publish flight schedules, and when they do it's the first domino in a lot of people's travel plans.