Can't afford a disney trip, what to do to get to Disneyworld, please help?

[pixie921]

If it is the same time share presentation thingy, I would avoid it and chalk it up to a small bad investment. If you really do believe it will all be great you have an option to extend the deadline for 6 months with a nominal fee--if the nominal fee is a lot, then you already know what direction this "bargain" is going to take you in. Good luck. I'd skip my vacation for the year and save for a better vacation when I could afford it.

 

[terri01p]

Good luck to you, we just got back from WDW in April and it took me a year and a half to save up 3500.00 for vacation. It can be done but it takes time. Why not plan a trip for a year from now and save, you will be suprised how time will fly and it can be fun to see the savings grow and it won't cut into everyday living.

 

[mcco5543]

if you have stellar credit, you can call and ask the credit card companies to lower your percentages. That always helps and they are happy to do it if it means you'll stay with them. you could also get a Disney rewards visa card ..charge things to it (only what you can afford to pay off totally when the bill comes) and use disney dollars. You could also ask anyone who asks for good presents for holidays adn birthdays to give you Disney dollars.

 

[Halbleib1]

If you already have a condo to stay in and you have airfare money why do you need 3000 for spending money? The biggest costs of our vacation is always hotel and airfare. If you need park tickets and food is all you should be able to do it on significantly less than 3000.00. What am I missing here?

 

[dreamer03]

Don't go if you don't have the money to go. Disney will always be there and no one will kick the bucket if you skip a year. You have already been lots of times.

I agree with you. Do to company cutbacks, we have had to change our trip times three times already. Now we are just saying we will be going we just arent sure when.

 

[dreamer03]

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[raenyny]

Ebay worked well for us...we had some things laying around and made about 300 we used it to buy the kids Halloween Costumes and a few other things we needed for our trip...It was nice that the money didn't have to come out of our pockets but I don't know about 3000 that quickly

 

[mrsklamc]

You can't count on it snowing a certain number of times.

Did you buy plane tickets already? Where is the $3000 number coming from?

You sound panicked, and a vacation should not induce financial panic.

 

[Mickey Fliers]

$100/plow!

I used to pay my Plow guy $20.

 

[kydisneyfans]

$3K gets my family to Disney 3 times. That is driving 875 miles each way though. That amount seems high if lodging and travel is included.

Check into UPS/FedEx etc to see if they are seasonally hiring. Amazon's warehouse is hiring at $12 an hour with very flexible hours here.

 

[okeydokey]

Wow, $3000 is a lot of money. How long are you staying? Once we have lodging, tickets and transportation we can do a week long trip for $100 a day. I'd say if you can't afford it and nobody in your house wants to sacrifice anything for the trip, cancel until you save the money.

 

[tink fan]

If you participate in the Give a day, Get a Disney Day promotion you will each be able to receive a free day ticket which can be upgraded. That will save your family about $350. (5 people times about $70 per ticket-I don't know how many adult or child tickets you need).

You would want to sign up for this asap when it begins on Jan. 1, because I believe it takes a few weeks after your service to receive a confirmation email from Disney.

 

[AntePrincess]

Can't afford a disney trip, what to do to get to Disneyworld, please help?

Develop a taste for cornbread and beans.

Better yet, cultivate less expensive tastes all around. Sheesh. Must fly, can't drive? Living in the sort of neighborhood you'd be embarrassed to hold a garage sale in even if you have a need to? Need 3k on top of having lodging and flight already attended to? Can't delay a trip because "you like flying south for the winter?"

If your wife doesn't care enough about this trip to stick her neck out garage sale wise, and your kids don't care enough about it to offer up some of their surplus, then I'd say they've made it crystal clear they aren't interested. If this is one of those timeshare presentation deals, I can't say I blame them. And you can't figure out how to save or earn money generally without consulting a board that already has dozens of threads on exactly that topic without starting a thread of your very special own?

Ok, 3k in five months with an unwilling family:
1) Get a second job.
2) No eating out.
3) Have a "pioneer Christmas." (Put in some practice on developing less expensive and different priorities then, maybe.)
4) Sell your toys, you have no right to sell off your family's possessions if they aren't volunteering them in eagerness to attend this trip of yours already.
5) Pack a brown bag lunch and brew your own coffee.
6) Follow the family around turning off unused lights.
7) Offer to cook inexpensive family meals if your wife is usually the one that does the cooking (it might earn some good will, too).
8) Volunteer for handy man and similar jobs, like leaf raking, around your neighborhood.
9) Sell blood, or, hey, how about a kidney? That'll catch you up to the pack real fast, and you can get a GAC at WDW.

Or you could cut back on your plans for the trip, or you could delay or cancel this trip until it isn't such a burden to go. Either way, I would look into the deal you're getting very, very carefully before you get there. These things always have a bunch of hidden costs. Your $3k estimate may well be way off.

 

[RookieDisneyMom]

My family of 5 went to Disney back in May of this year. We stayed 8 days/7nights. We spent altogether on food, lodging, tickets, driving there and back, souveniers, and misc around 2200.00! I signed up for the Mousesavers.com newsletter which gives you lots of savings tips and I ordered my tickets from Undercover Tourist through the mousesavers website and got 7 day tickets for the price of 5 days for 3 adults and 1 child. (we had 2 adults, 1 (13 yr Girl), 1 (8 yr boy), 1 (1 yr boy) We stayed at the Caribe Royale which is by far the best resort we have ever stayed in and would stay there again in a heart beat. We recieved a discount on the room as well. I think doing a trip to Disney can be fun without going all the way out and spending thousands of dollars. You just have to get your prioritites straight. This was our first trip to Disney and we are planning on going back in September 2011 so we are signing up for all the newsletters and finding all the discounts we can now. Hope you get to go on your trip and have a magical time.

 

[gillenkl]

I don't have the extra cash to take my family to Disney World.

In my opinion, you've stated the obvious - you can't afford a disney trip and you don't have the cash to take your family to disney. Others have given ideas for extra money and I'd just work on saving for another trip in the future - disney will still be there.

 

[ceecee]

In my opinion, you've stated the obvious - you can't afford a disney trip and you don't have the cash to take your family to disney. Others have given ideas for extra money and I'd just work on saving for another trip in the future - disney will still be there.

 

[mykidsand_i]

WOW. That's all I have to say...It's the basic story of why half of the people are in debt now days- they are:

-not willing to change 'lifestyle'
-wanting more than they can pay for
-Going by their own wants instead of needs
-being to stubborn to change and make things work
-wanting more money, but not willing to give up anything or do any extra work.

And we wonder why 1/2 of the people in the US are always running around in debt and complaining about money problems??? it's stories like this...

-we don't want to go in the summer, because it's too nice? WHAT???
-not wanting to have a garage sale? WHY, We live in a very nice neighborhood, no problems with them here...Kids that won't get rid of old toys and crap they don't use anymore to go to Disney???? Why even bother bringing them if they are that stubborn? If it's a 'garage sale' or disney- and they choose to keep crap- then don't bring them.
-3k in that amount of time is absolutely insane to expect!
-WHY in the heck 3k??? You say your condo is taken care of? My family stays at Animal kingdom once a year and we've never spent 3K on our entire trip...
-Sounds like there's an issue with this person even being able to make a proper decision. Obviously, if these people can't afford to go, they should not go- save up and go for later.

-Why come here asking for advise if all of this advise you've been given 'doesn't work' for you/your family.

how crazy to hear that you want to save 3k in a few months, won't change your habits/ways and you aren't willing to give anything up? Get real!

 

[Handbag Lady]

What is the $3,000 going to cover? Maybe cut back that amount?

 

[nelson84]

If you already have a condo to stay in and you have airfare money why do you need 3000 for spending money? The biggest costs of our vacation is always hotel and airfare. If you need park tickets and food is all you should be able to do it on significantly less than 3000.00. What am I missing here?

7 day Disney tickets $921.48

Gas to drive to the nearest airport Spokane WA $120

Hotel at local airport $126.65(includes free parking for 12 days)

food & snacks in Spokane WA $100

7 days Food and snacks for 5 people $700

car rental for 12 days??????

7 day car parking at disney $70

4 day cruise already paid for. but some port fees about $200-$300.

Gas for rental car $150.

Meals and souveniors in Bahamas $250

So far $2738.13, and without the car rental, I would say just over $3000.

 

[nelson84]

WOW. That's all I have to say...It's the basic story of why half of the people are in debt now days- they are:

-not willing to change 'lifestyle'
-wanting more than they can pay for
-Going by their own wants instead of needs
-being to stubborn to change and make things work
-wanting more money, but not willing to give up anything or do any extra work.

And we wonder why 1/2 of the people in the US are always running around in debt and complaining about money problems??? it's stories like this...

-we don't want to go in the summer, because it's too nice? WHAT???
-not wanting to have a garage sale? WHY, We live in a very nice neighborhood, no problems with them here...Kids that won't get rid of old toys and crap they don't use anymore to go to Disney???? Why even bother bringing them if they are that stubborn? If it's a 'garage sale' or disney- and they choose to keep crap- then don't bring them.
-3k in that amount of time is absolutely insane to expect!
-WHY in the heck 3k??? You say your condo is taken care of? My family stays at Animal kingdom once a year and we've never spent 3K on our entire trip...
-Sounds like there's an issue with this person even being able to make a proper decision. Obviously, if these people can't afford to go, they should not go- save up and go for later.

-Why come here asking for advise if all of this advise you've been given 'doesn't work' for you/your family.

how crazy to hear that you want to save 3k in a few months, won't change your habits/ways and you aren't willing to give anything up? Get real!

How can you spend less than $3000 staying at the animal kingdom? Please list your expenses and how long are you staying 1 night? You cannot make a statement like that without backing up your expenses?

List your costs? HGow many people, I have 5.