Hoping it goes smoothly! DH watched some videos during Covid and has been maintaining all our small motor items (lawnmower, snowblower, and tiller)
When my husband has tried to change the oil on our rider mower he manages to spill oil all over the driveway. So we now pay the guy across the street to do anything we need done (he runs it as a business out of his house). He doesn’t charge much and it saves us a lot of time and mess.
We tend to go to Huntington when we go to the beach while in SoCal. Is it the prettiest? Not really, but its close to being a straight shot from the Anaheim area to the beach, you can usually find cheap street parking if going during the week, and theres also a little shopping center right down the road from it where we usually grab sandwiches and take em to eat on the beach.
Ours is from 2014 sadly at that time EGO hadn't done a self-propelled model until the following year or so but it's much more easy to operate than a non-battery operated one. Prior to this we had a different and smaller battery operated lawn mower and I'm glad to be rid of that one, it worked for the rental house we had prior to us building our house so it did its job.
We have rented points many, many times. I've also handled renting for my sister in law and booked 2 trips for my niece who takes care of my dad. At least 10+ times now. The first time I was terrified. I talked to him on the phone for probably a half hour. Another time talked to his wife. He was a math teacher from upstate NY and also gave me password tips for my job which requires us to change pw every 3-4 months and they can't repeat.
They email me confirmation, I put it in MDE account and confirm all of our names. Then later that night I PayPal or zelle them, depending on their payment terms. 
Sometimes we splurge on a 1 or 2 BR which has a full kitchen and W/D in each unit and just so much space with all the closeness of being onsite. Those have a king size bed in your own room with a door that locks which is so nice for mommies & daddies.
................put an end to each day. as we left wdw property there was nothing that seemed to lure them out-no lobby to ask if they could just 'walk around', no resort pool 'for just one more swim', no gift shops/soda despensers/24-7 Disney music. it was like 'ok we are done for the day, let's get some rest and we can be ready for what we have planned tomorrow'.
We have done the pool houses when they were little too. (Windsor Palms, Rolling Hills, Indian Creek) It was nice to have all that space and some even had the garage converted to a game room: air hockey, pool table, ping pong, or foosball, etc. If you're going to rent a car anyway, you might as well do a real grocery shopping. This was before DME was ever a thing. Sometimes we couldn't get the kids out of the pool to go to the parks. Windsor Hills was just starting to be built and it was only 3 miles to get to Disney property, entering from Sherberth Rd which leads in near AKL.when our kids were younger we did it all 3 ways (well, we owned dvc at the time so not the point rental aspect but in 2 b/r dvc). my take on it just from a purely lodging standpoint-
the 2 b/r dvc is great if you want more space and to avail yourself of the full kitchen (and now with the ability to do curb-side grocery orders so you can do fast/easy grocery pickup vs. back in the day when we would do a transport that bundled in just 30 minutes for a grocery stop on the way from the airport and you had to do a mad dash in an unfamiliar store has to make it even better). we saved $$$ by getting breakfast stuff, snack stuff and a few items like the big family size frozen lasagnas to have some low key relaxing nights). I loved having the washer/dryer (I took laundry tabs) so we didn't have to pack as much and stuff was clean when we departed. the downside was we were on property so the kids wanted to go out and about when we would have enjoyed some downtime (since I don't think they don't allow pool hopping anymore this might not be as big an issue).
the rental-we did a rental condo (I think I found something through trip advisor). it worked really well. more space than the 2 b/r AND it had a lanai WITH a pool so we COULD have downtime by kicking back in our comfies watching the kiddos in the pool (also nice to have the hot tub to ourselves to relax in when the kids went to sleep). I will say that w/a rental of more than a few days it's vital to bring-extra toilet paper, a couple of rolls of paper towels and a handful of garbage bags b/c you are given the bare minimum. we did a grocery stop as well but b/c we were off property we also had options of lower cost prepared foods so the kids got to have more 'treat' (restaurant) food that they enjoyed getting to go and enjoying back at the rental while watching movies.
when my kids got old enough to roam the parks/properties on their own staying on site was perferable, when they were younger I liked off site b/c it kind of, trying to figure out how to put it
As I get older, I'm willing to pay more for convenience. If your budget is flexible, I'd suggest onsite. Ease of transportation between parks and back to hotel (especially if you're doing a midday break) is wonderful. I also suggest it for this trip since it's celebrating the big 1-0
As I get older, I'm willing to pay more for convenience. If your budget is flexible, I'd suggest onsite. Ease of transportation between parks and back to hotel (especially if you're doing a midday break) is wonderful. I also suggest it for this trip since it's celebrating the big 1-0
I'd highly recommend renting DVC points - stay Deluxe with a big savings.
We have rented DVC through a rental agency a couple of times. It’s pretty easy through a broker. I haven’t had the guts to do it through a private person yet.Was throwing out plans and ideas at DH (he is the "I'm just the driver" and hates doing the planning) and he said "book onsite, then we don't have to deal with driving once there or food because we'll just do the dining plan or you'll stress about cost". He knows me so well.
So I guess I'm going to look at renting DVC. I guess I need to figure out how that works lol.
