Booking Through Non-Disney sites

[Tyffni]

Hi everyone,

First, let me apologize if I should post this someplace else. It crosses a few categories, so I wasn't sure.

I almost always book our hotels through Disney since I can rarely beat the Florida resident discount. However, I'm finding some significant savings by going through a certain site that directs me to other sites depending on which other site would give the best price. The last time I booked through a non-Disney site, it was a little challenging getting the Disney booking number so I could add it to the Disney app and begin making FastPlus+ reservations. It doesn't help that I am biding my time to purchase tickets in hope that Disney comes out with their amazing Florida resident deal for Spring which have done in the past (but I can't remember if they did it in 2017).

What have your experiences been when booking through non-Disney sites? Have you ever found that a travel agent who specializes in Disney could match those non-Disney sites?

Thanks!!!

 

[MermaidMommy]

I used to have great luck booking through Orbitz or Cheaptickets, but I don't think their discounts have been as good lately. You do have to mess with getting the reservation number to add to your MDE, though.

There is a particular travel agency that offers "agency exclusive" discounts -- sometimes the discounts are 40-50% off -- but, unfortunately, we're not able to give out information on them on these boards. You might be able to find them via google....