Does your SO make/change DVC reservations?

[delmar411]

I do all of it. DH is very happy with that arrangement. I also do all the planning, packing, airline tickets, etc.

 

[DopeyDave]

Only I make/change reservations. I make them on my account, even for my sister who 'owns' some of the points, AND I make them on my SO's account!! He just wants to know what time to show up to leave!!

 

[gsb126]

I'm actually an associate member on my BF's account. We agree on the dates together, then he has me take care of the reservations.

 

[wildernessDad]

I'm the only one. I do keep DW in the loop and play games with her and DS over Saturday crepes. Games such as, "Which restaurant do you like better, A or B?"

 

[tpsh007]

I am the only one who does any planning: that includes packing, making airline ressies, etc!!!! are there actually husbands out there who do???

Other way round here. I love doing vacation planning.
My wife shows no inclination in planning except discussing the basics (which dates). Whether we are flying to Orlando or Europe, she wouldnt know which airline we are booked on (if I didnt tell her). She just enjoys the vacation and compliments me for the job well done. She does most of the packing though.

When we need something like a stroller, it is back to me doing the research and finding the deals. And I love it!

 

[stopher1]

I am the only one who does any planning: that includes packing, making airline ressies, etc!!!! are there actually husbands out there who do???

Definitely yes there are. I am the one in our household who does the vacation planning. My DW does not; and has never had an interest in doing any kind of planning or organizing for vacations since she does enough of that as a teacher throughout the year. As she says year after year, "just get me there and I'll do whatever you've arranged, as long as there is some time for relaxation built in."

I'm cool with it that way, but if she ever wanted to help plan, I'd be perfectly open to it, since it's not MY vacation, but rather OUR vacation.

 

[kikiq]

I plan everything although I have put together a notebook with numbers and a history of my planning/phone calls with MS. I'm sort of like Granny, if I'm not around to do it, my DH wouldn't know and lord help MS trying to help him. When we bought our VGC, we put our DDs on the contract. I'm training them little by little. The oldest DD just realized after her baby was born how much I do and how little she has paid attention to what happens. So she's on board, well almost

 

[Monorail Purple&Gold]

We do all the planning together, but only one of us (me) contacts MS to book and change ressies.

Think along the lines of only one of us ever giving the kids medicine so we don't accidentally overdose!!!

 

[GoofItUp]

I'm the only contact for DVC vacations -- or any others, really. I asked DH to call MS once and add a request to our reservation. He looked at me like I had sprouted a horn out the front of my head. I told him to take care of the kids a minute and I'd handle it. I think he did long onto the DVC website once and check something on the reservation for me. It works for us, though....I like to plan and he likes to go along with whatever I put together!

 

[A_Princess'_Daddy]

I am the only one who does any planning: that includes packing, making airline ressies, etc!!!! are there actually husbands out there who do???

Yes, lots of us. My DW and I split the process, not officially, but eash of us will gravitate towards certain aspects. But if she asks me to cancel an ADR, or I ask her to call the airline to get seats assigned, we can both do it or could walk the other through it.

I cannot imagine my wife, who I trust with far more important things than a hotel reservation, not being a full partner in the planning, or her trying to leave me out of it.

 

[staceymay00]

My husband is aware that we own DVC since he had to sign some papers when we bought. That's about the extent of his DVC involvement. He enjoys our trips to WDW and other places but I am the official family vacation planner. I will sometimes ask DH's opinion about things, but if planning discussions get too involved his eyes start to glaze over.

 

[Tarheel Tink]

I'm the official vacation planner of my household! DH knows how much I like to plan so he just wants me to tell him when we're going! He wouldn't even know where to begin to make, change, or cancel a DVC reservation.
I like it that way!!

Ditto! I don't believe DH would know how to do any of it, lol! I'm pretty sure he would lose points by not banking them also.

 

[bumbershoot]

DH is actually the owner (he got the financing, and we didn't realize that we could add my name to the deed without adding it to the financing...though actually I'm still not sure if we could), but as the Associate, I do everything.

When on the phone they'll talk about "his" email account and I just nod and smile (hmm, they can't see that) b/c we only ever activated ONE account, and I'm not even certain he knows the password. I told him, but he doesn't remember these things.

I would love it if he were as involved in planning as I am, but on the other hand, it would mean he would have to research the same things I have, so he isn't suggesting silly things like "oh yes let's go to morning EMH and stay the rest of the day at that park" or "we can get 10 day tickets and use them to hop for our 5 day trip"...I mean...he just said the other day that he sometimes things DLR and WDW are all the same park, and then talked about MagicAL Kingdom... He's not totally up to speed, and it just seems a waste of his precious at-home time to be researching it so we can both be equally involved in planning. He trusts me, I explain things that he needs to know and I ask for input on everything...but ultimately he knows I've got him and our son in mind when I plan.

I am the only one who does any planning: that includes packing, making airline ressies, etc!!!! are there actually husbands out there who do???

DH will pack for himself now. In the last year he got a job where he travels (all the time), and when his second work trip came around I was too busy to pack for him, so he did it, and found he liked it. So he does that now, and I figure he'll pack for himself for WDW as well.

But I'm the one who created his airline FF accounts, and even his hotel frequent stayer accounts, so it only makes sense that I'm the one doing that stuff for the family too. I also book his hotels for travel, write down itinerary cards for those trips, and sometimes look up the airport maps when he has tricky connections.


He's working his behind off to support his family. So I support him! And that works for vacations, too.

 

[Disneypirate85]

We both plan our trips. We discuss it at length, ADR's where we are staying DDP or not which flights or which roads if we drive. We even pack together, and depending on which children are going with us we allow them input on where we are staying and our ADR's. We are BIG into planning our trips, We started today for our Christmas 2011 trip...Shawn

 

[zalansky]

I said the same thing on the thread the OP is talking about already - and I will say it again....DH wouldn't know how to even call MS let alone change a reservation! And I like it that way. MUST - HAVE - CONTROL!

 

[disneychic]

I'm the one who makes/changes all DVC reservations. One time I asked DH to call and see if we could switch a reservation (it was less than 7 days out, our wait list didn't come through). He was so confused he ended up just basically saying "never mind--- even though the resort we wanted WAS available . So, I ended up having to call anyway. I learned that it's just easier if I just do it all myself.

 

[Inkmahm]

I said the same thing on the thread the OP is talking about already - and I will say it again....DH wouldn't know how to even call MS let alone change a reservation! And I like it that way. MUST - HAVE - CONTROL!

Yup, same here.

Although now I'm starting to think that I need to do some kind of an instructions document for him in case something ever did happen to me. I pay all the bills, plan all the vacations, do all the investing, etc. I think he needs to know more than he does about what I do around here just in case I'm NOT here for some reason at some point. We all die sometime...

 

[dbs1228]

Since I was a travel agent for years I get the honor of booking all vacations! The nice part about it is once a trip is booked my DH researchs the area, things to do, dining plans etc.... We went to Venice a few years ago and I was very impressed how much my DH knew about the area he was the families tour guide!

 

[kerickson]

It was initially his idea to join, but I did the financial analysis and saved for the purchase. I now do all the planning and love it. He repeatedly thanks me for the wonderful vacations we enjoy as a family. It does irk me though that all the marketing material come addressed to him

 

[Brancaneve]

Since we are on the West coast, we actually have fun waking up extra early(I know, strange) and calling together. Sometimes, MS will change your plans due to unavailability and both of us need to be there to make a split second decision. For example, we wanted to book the Dream on DCL and they were nearly sold out on different dates. We had to make a decision right away which was different than what we planned. How do you handle that if you are alone? If you need to change a cruise date, that's another $95!