Getting Disneyland Anaheim Hotels with Rewards Points???

[clkelley]

Which hotel on the strip near Disneyland seems to be the best using Hotel Rewards Points.

I am a member of Choice Hotels, Hilton HHonors, TripRewards, Marriott Rewards, and Priority Club, and I'm willing to Join Best Western's Club.

I will be dumping my Diner's Club points (average of 4,000 DC points per month) into one of these hotel programs to get some of our hotel nights free for a trip to Disneyland next May. (Already got the FF miles for the air)

I'm a WDW person myself with 20+ trips under my belt. As most of you know, you need to book WDW rooms at least 4 months in advance to ensure the availability you want

It seems that most of these rewards programs only allow you to book points nights about 30 days in advance.

Do you folks book where you are willing to stay several months in advance, then move your nights to rewards nights or wait until the 30 day window.

Thanks for your advice.

Carol

 

[Brooklyn]

We use "Gold Points" all of the time to stay at the Park Inn (right across the street on Harbor) and also at the Radisson, a little further down the street.

It is so easy to earn gold points that we get free nigths there all of the time.

check out the website, goldpoints.com

 

[NancyIL]

I made a reservation at the Anaheim Marriott (by the Convention Center) for March 2006. It's better to reserve ahead because reward rooms go quickly. I could've used the same number of points for the Marriott Suites or the Residence Inn - both in Garden Grove. There are also a number of Hilton properties in the Anaheim/Garden Grove area. The nice thing about Marriott is that you can reserve a room using points, even if you don't have all the points you need just yet.