DVC Reservation Question

[davedmaine]

Hi. We recently purchased DVC through a resale to Boardwalk. It should be another month or so before we get Disney's approval and close. Here's my question: I already booked a stay in late February at the Beach Club. Provided our DVC membership is in place by the end of December, would that give us enough time to book something for February (either at Boardwalk or any other DVC resort)? Or are reservations something we typically will have to do months and months in advance? Should I just plan on keeping my cash reservation for February? Thanks for any help,
Dave

 

[Soon2beMrs.]

I normally book months in advance because it is easier to plan. If you aren't going at a busy time, as it doesn't sound like you are, I would keep your cash reservations until you are able to access your points and then call the dvc reservation # and see what they have available. Honestly I think it's a personal call, do you wanna save the points to use later in the year or do you do want the cash back?
I personally think, that if you book a trip at a relatively slow time it shouldnt be a problem how far in advance you book but you also have to take into consideration what is going on at the time of your trip, i.e. Food and wine festival.
Good luck!!

 

[Kidanifan08]

Feb is a fairly low season. All you can do is call. I would suggest calling as soon as the points are loaded into the website. Since you are looking at a Feb stay, even at the short notice that you are talking about, I would think you could get SSR, AKV or possibly even BLT (depending on the room type and number of days). And, who knows, you may get lucky and get BCV or one of the others.

 

[Sandisw]

If you are planning to be there during President's Week, you will find that availability is limited. We will be there for only 3 nights that week and when we made the reservations in October, there wasn't much left in terms of a studio (not sure what size you are looking for).

As mentioned, I would keep your current reservation until you are able to book.

Good luck and congratulations!!!