"Great deals" through travel agents

[msjprincess]

I'm paying less than $200/night at a deluxe this fall through a TA's special deal. I THINK that's better than renting points but I'm not sure.

I'm paying under $250 a night at the GF in 2 weeks.

 

[megs1313]

How do I find a TA that has great deals???? The two I've used didn't have anything beyond what was being offered publicly from disney. What am I doing wrong?

 

[LYSE]

How do I find a TA that has great deals???? The two I've used didn't have anything beyond what was being offered publicly from disney. What am I doing wrong?

Seriously people...start name dropping your TA's

 

[Marionnette]

Seriously people...start name dropping your TA's

I believe that some TAs have been banned from mention on these boards.

Another way to get great deals on Deluxe Resort rooms is to look for meetings that relate to your work which are being held at Disney. We had a meeting last December at the GF and we paid $219/night (before taxes) by going through out meeting's link. This year's meeting is at YC for $239/night during F&W.

 

[Lynne M]

This seems like a good time for a reminder: If you wish to refer to a specific travel agency or other business in a post, you MUST use the full URL of the business, like this: www.thattravelagencyiused.com. This allows our filter to remove the names of business that may not be posted here. The use of nicknames, hints, etc to bypass the filter and promote a banned business is not permitted on the DISboards. See this post for more information:

Referring to travel agencies and other businesses on the DISboards

 

[megs1313]

This seems like a good time for a reminder: If you wish to refer to a specific travel agency or other business in a post, you MUST use the full URL of the business, like this: www.thattravelagencyiused.com. This allows our filter to remove the names of business that may not be posted here. The use of nicknames, hints, etc to bypass the filter and promote a banned business is not permitted on the DISboards. See this post for more information:

Referring to travel agencies and other businesses on the DISboards

how does a business get BANNED? are they scams?

 

[Lynne M]

how does a business get BANNED? are they scams?

I can't discuss specific cases, of course, but we ban accounts, business or individual, for violations of board rules (see the DISboards guidelines). Some violations are severe, and result in an immediate ban, and in some cases it's repeated infractions over a period of time that persist after warnings are given.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

I was wondering, on the average deal put together by a TA, are WDW deluxe resort rooms better priced than say, renting points through a DVC rental website? I've always liked to just do all the deal hunting myself, but if a TA is privy to better deals than the average bear, I'd be willing to look into that.

For the last week of January my travel agent deal at Poly plus 8 day tickets is $143.41 more than renting points at a poly studio plus 8 day tickets. I'm going with the TA deal for the booking and payment flexibility.

 

[mousefan73]

I think people tend to forget this forum is run and maintained ($$) by Dreams Unlimited Travel. I can mention them correct ?

 

[Marthasor]

I think people tend to forget this forum is run and maintained ($$) by Dreams Unlimited Travel. I can mention them correct ?

Yes, exactly. This site is run and maintained by a travel agency. Any discussion of another travel agency is just not going to be looked upon kindly and it's just not the right forum for it. If you want to openly discuss travel agencies, non-TA run boards or FB pages are probably the best places to do it.

how does a business get BANNED? are they scams?

I don't think the moderator was trying to imply businesses who are banned from this privately run board are scams (that's why they referred you to the DIS rules). Any implication by the mods that a business is a scam would, most likely, be deemed libelous and would probably trigger letters from attorneys.

 

[buzznina]

I'm paying less than $200/night at a deluxe this fall through a TA's special deal. I THINK that's better than renting points but I'm not sure.

Wondering what resort and what dates?

 

[Shellyb84]

I'm paying under $250 a night at the GF in 2 weeks.

I got YC for $254 a night Labor Day weekend, but last year we had GF for less than $250 also. I'm wondering if YC is higher because of F&W?

 

[bumbershoot]

I think people tend to forget this forum is run and maintained ($$) by Dreams Unlimited Travel. I can mention them correct ?

You can mention all sorts of TAs here.

Any discussion of another travel agency is just not going to be looked upon kindly and it's just not the right forum for it

Not even true. Start listing out TAs by URL. Almost all will be fine.

But there are some TAs that book places (as has been mentioned here) like Poly at very low rates that cannot be named. Not sure why. Plenty of people get those rates and have fine vacations. But the TAs cannot be named or hinted at.


Costcotravel.com mouseunlimited.com
Those are all I can think of right now if fine TAs that can be mentioned by name and URL.

 

[dkmulder]

I'm using that TA for two trips next year as their agency exclusive rates can't be beat. I've always booked my own and have been fine with it, but I want those low rates for deluxe! The Labor Day special is the best one of the year and lasts for several weeks, not just Labor Day week. And once the reservation is booked, it can be linked to MDE, so I'm back in control of things like fp and adrs. I can't give the name or hint, even in pm, but it is a large agency and easy to find with google.

 

[bladiator]

So have any of you gotten these amazing deals through Dreams Unlimited Travel? I would hope so!

 

[LYSE]

I'm using that TA for two trips next year as their agency exclusive rates can't be beat. I've always booked my own and have been fine with it, but I want those low rates for deluxe! The Labor Day special is the best one of the year and lasts for several weeks, not just Labor Day week. And once the reservation is booked, it can be linked to MDE, so I'm back in control of things like fp and adrs. I can't give the name or hint, even in pm, but it is a large agency and easy to find with google.

I suppose someone could list off every TA they find on google in a single post here and see which ones get filtered

 

[Lynne M]

Yes, exactly. This site is run and maintained by a travel agency. Any discussion of another travel agency is just not going to be looked upon kindly and it's just not the right forum for it. If you want to openly discuss travel agencies, non-TA run boards or FB pages are probably the best places to do it.

This is not the case. We do not discourage discussion of other travel agencies. We do require that anyone posting here, whether they are a business or an individual, abide by the DISboards guidelines. If posters do not follow the rules, we do not allow them to post here.

I don't think the moderator was trying to imply businesses who are banned from this privately run board are scams (that's why they referred you to the DIS rules). Any implication by the mods that a business is a scam would, most likely, be deemed libelous and would probably trigger letters from attorneys.

I absolutely was not implying that any business banned from posting on these boards was a scam, because if there ever has been a business banned for improper business practices, I'm not aware of it. We do not investigate businesses that post on the DISboards, and the fact that a business posts here does not represent an endorsement by the board owners or any of the board staff. Conversely, the fact that a business is not allowed to post here should not be taken as an implication that they are a "bad" business.

 

[dkmulder]

So have any of you gotten these amazing deals through Dreams Unlimited Travel? I would hope so!

I haven't used Dreams Unlimited, but as I mentioned, the deals this other ta offers are agency exclusives, not offered by other TAs or Disney.

 

[Sue M]

I would be careful about renting DVC privately. There are scammers out there. To protect yourself I would use a DVC points rental company like Davids. It's safer. It takes a certain amount of trust to send someone you don't know cash and trust that they'll make the booking for you. Going thru an agent protects you. You will pay more per point, but imo it's worth it.

 

[Marthasor]

But there are some TAs that book places (as has been mentioned here) like Poly at very low rates that cannot be named. Not sure why. Plenty of people get those rates and have fine vacations. But the TAs cannot be named or hinted at.

Bolded where I think you hit the nail on the head.