Crystal ball anyone? August 2009

[mrsminniemouse]

Hi all,

We have offered to take my parents to WDW with us next year. DD is now at school so we are stuck with mid August.

I got some quotes a few months ago but dithered over booking. Today i got more quotes and for the group of us (4 adults, one 3 year old and one 6 year old) are about £600 more than before.

So now I am thinking i should hurry up and book in case prices increase again. However, a few people have said prices may drop because of lower oil prices and expected recession....I don't know whether to wait until Sep (11 months prior) so I can look on Expedia etc or whether to just book now and try not to look at prices again after that.

We are Frequent Virgins with 10% off. Flydrive Departing Gatwick on Sat 15 Aug for 14 nights, 4 adults, 2 kids, 8 seater car, Platinum insurance. For this Virgin Holidays quote £5766.60. This seems like a lot but i know the taxes and surcharges cost so much now.

We have DVC so wont have extra hotel or villa costs.

I got a quote from TCD which came out about £5000 but we really prefer Virgin (or maybe BA) We like DTD check in and really dont like Sanford airport.

I wish i had booked when the prices were first released- it looked pricey then but better now! I am a novice to the whole August flight thing. D'oh.

Any thoughts on the current VH price? So worried availability will go while i wait for a lower price.

Thanks so much
Mandy

 

[UKDEB]

We have the same dilemma over next year. The prices are scary. The taxes and surcharges are now coming in at more than the fares themselves. To be honest, we can't bring ourselves to pay the prices, so we're going to sit it out and hope for the best. We'll just have to keep an eye on all the offers and sales. We always fly Virgin, but we'd be more than willing to try another airline. Had a look at First Choice, but they're more expensive for us than Virgin given the discounts we can get with our Flying Club miles.