Charging meals to your DVC room.

[Matty B13]

I was wondering if you could charge all your DVC room, and then pay the bill at the end of your trip?
Also, can you pay with a Disney Redemption Card or Disney Vacation Account? Thanks.

 

[Matty B13]

I was wondering if you could charge all your DVC room, and then pay the bill at the end of your trip?
Also, can you pay with a Disney Redemption Card or Disney Vacation Account? Thanks.

Charge all your meals to your DVC room.

 

[SpaceMountain77]

For deluxe and DVC resorts, the resort credit limit is $2,000. Your credit or debit card will be charged upon check-out or reaching the limit, whichever comes first.

 

[supersnoop]

You cannot use a DVA to pay room charges. It can't be used in person; only in advance.

 

[Matty B13]

Can you use gift cards to pay the room charges?

 

[LoriKutchey]

Can you use gift cards to pay the room charges?

Yes you can

 

[thebigman65]

you have to have a CC on file in order to charge, but you can pay off the bill anytime and anyway (cash, debit, or any other acceptable form) you like before you reach the 2K limit or before you check out, whichever comes first.

 

[bluecruiser]

you have to have a CC on file in order to charge, but you can pay off the bill anytime and anyway (cash, debit, or any other acceptable form) you like before you reach the 2K limit or before you check out, whichever comes first.

Just make sure you don't wait until the morning of your checkout day to pay. Your credit card will be charged sometime during the night before checkout.

 

[disneynutz]

I don't see why you can't use your DVA to pay your room account as a gift card. Use a credit card to establish room charging and pay with your DVA account number prior to the front desk charging to your credit card.

Bill

 

[supersnoop]

I don't see why you can't use your DVA to pay your room account as a gift card. Use a credit card to establish room charging and pay with your DVA account number prior to the front desk charging to your credit card.

Bill

While the DVA account number seems to effectively be the same as a gift card, the DVA does not come with any physical card. I don't know if the folks at the front desk could type in a "gift card number" or not, but it would likely be against policy. Plus, when typing in a gift card number, most places typically need the security code to validate the card, but a DVA doesn't have a security code.

 

[Anal Annie]

Can you use gift cards to pay the room charges?

This is how we pay for every trip. We put a credit card on file when we check in so that we have room charging privileges and we charge everything to the room. I buy Disney gift cards every week and keep a permanent stash of them to bring with us. I save all of our receipts to keep track of our spending & I go down to the front desk mid-way thru our trips to double check our balance and to be sure I haven't missed anything and I apply however much is owed to that point. This helps me budget for the remainder of our trip when I see how much we have left in gift cards (the goal is to not spend more than we brought with us). Then I go down again on our last night to pay off the remainder of what we've spent. It is important to go down before midnight as they will process everything by like 2:00 am & it will hit your card on file (and it's a real pain to get it reversed). If you go down mid-day to do all of this the front desk will be busy with people checking in. I try to go at an off hour (later in the evening) when there are less arrivals. Mid-afternoon is prime time for check-ins - try to avoid going then unless you have nothing better to do.

 

[disneynutz]

While the DVA account number seems to effectively be the same as a gift card, the DVA does not come with any physical card. I don't know if the folks at the front desk could type in a "gift card number" or not, but it would likely be against policy. Plus, when typing in a gift card number, most places typically need the security code to validate the card, but a DVA doesn't have a security code.

So you can combine gift cards if needed and pay with a gift card or order a gift card from your DVA account and pay with it. I just paid our DVC dues with our DVA account online which made me think that you could use the account in person.

Bill

 

[supersnoop]

So you can combine gift cards if needed and pay with a gift card or order a gift card from your DVA account and pay with it. I just paid our DVC dues with our DVA account online which made me think that you could use the account in person.

Bill

I haven't kept up with DVA rules, but I' know they've changed a few times. You used to only be allowed a single gift card refund, at least in a defined period and for a small amount. I'm not sure how much you can get refunded in the form of a gift card now, nor how long it takes to process. Regardless, any gift card that you withdraw from your DVA doesn't count towards the 2% bonus, so it's pointless to put the gift cards into the DVA to begin with. It's easiest to just skip the DVA entirely for any charges that you won't pay in advance.

 

[bumbershoot]

I buy Disney gift cards every week and keep a permanent stash of them to bring with us.

I should really do that.

 

[Anal Annie]

I should really do that.

I started doing it a few years ago after we had one trip that we spent WAAAAY too much and our bill at check-out was ridiculous. It all hit our credit card and I was like this is not happening again - especially if we're going to be coming 2 or 3 times a year. That's when I started this "collection". I buy them with my groceries and I usually get the ones that you can put anywhere from $5 to $500 on them and I put whatever I can afford that week on them. So a lot of them are $25 or $30 or $35 but sometimes if I've had an especially frugal week I put $50. (Our DS is away at college for the majority of the year so my grocery bill is a lot less when he's gone than when he's home.) When I get home from the store I write the amount on them with a sharpie & drop 'em into a baggie. I keep a little piece of notepaper in the baggie too with a running total. My goal now is to bring enough in cards on each trip to cover the whole trip. It helps me pace our spending. The problem is that the more often we go the harder it is to save up enough cards in-between trips - once a year is not a biggie....3 times a year is tough to save up !! Guess it's an incentive to budget wisely at the grocery store too!!

 

[DisneyRegulars]

I started doing it a few years ago after we had one trip that we spent WAAAAY too much and our bill at check-out was ridiculous. It all hit our credit card and I was like this is not happening again - especially if we're going to be coming 2 or 3 times a year. That's when I started this "collection". I buy them with my groceries and I usually get the ones that you can put anywhere from $5 to $500 on them and I put whatever I can afford that week on them. So a lot of them are $25 or $30 or $35 but sometimes if I've had an especially frugal week I put $50. (Our DS is away at college for the majority of the year so my grocery bill is a lot less when he's gone than when he's home.) When I get home from the store I write the amount on them with a sharpie & drop 'em into a baggie. I keep a little piece of notepaper in the baggie too with a running total. My goal now is to bring enough in cards on each trip to cover the whole trip. It helps me pace our spending. The problem is that the more often we go the harder it is to save up enough cards in-between trips - once a year is not a biggie....3 times a year is tough to save up !! Guess it's an incentive to budget wisely at the grocery store too!!

Have you considered combining them online so you don't have to bring a bazillion gift cards with you? Do you buy them at Target so you can save 5% with your red card?

 

[toolmanjan]

Just make sure you don't wait until the morning of your checkout day to pay. Your credit card will be charged sometime during the night before checkout.

We were just at OKW 12/15-12/26
We charged all our meals to the room. The system will run your credit card when your balance reaches $1500. They will not wait until the end to run your card unless your total is less than 1500.

 

[Matty B13]

BJ's wholesale club has the $100 Disney gift cards online for $94.99, and if you use a Discover Card from January to March you get 5% cash back. That's almost 10% off.

Thanks for the heads up on the $1500.00 limit for room charges.

 

[katieandmattsmom]

Do they put a certain amount hold on your card at check in? We only have 1 credit card used only for vacations to cover car rental and room so our debit card doesn't get those terrible holds.

 

[erionm]

Do they put a certain amount hold on your card at check in?

Nope.