Help with 7 mos reservation...

[ree123]

Good afternoon! For our Christmas vacation this year I booked at 11 months at one of our home properties. On Monday will be the seven-month mark. Do I need to cancel my existing reservation prior to trying to switch it to one of the other two Vacation Club resorts that do show availability on the tool? Do I do it myself through the website or should I call member services? On the website if I try to move forward with a reservation Monday morning, will it prompt me to cancel the other reservation first? Thank you and sorry for all the questions but I'm having anxiety

 

[BillPA]

If you have points to make a 2nd reservation, no problem. Book the new one then cancel the old one. If not you need to cancel first and risk that the new one will still be there in the time it takes to switch. Good luck.

 

[Marionnette]

Good afternoon! For our Christmas vacation this year I booked at 11 months at one of our home properties. On Monday will be the seven-month mark. Do I need to cancel my existing reservation prior to trying to switch it to one of the other two Vacation Club resorts that do show availability on the tool? Do I do it myself through the website or should I call member services? On the website if I try to move forward with a reservation Monday morning, will it prompt me to cancel the other reservation first? Thank you and sorry for all the questions but I'm having anxiety

The website will not prompt you to cancel the existing reservation before moving on with the new one. It will ask if you want to borrow points somewhere during the process (assuming that you do not have enough points in the existing UY to complete the reservation). You will not be able to move forward if you decline to borrow or if you do not have enough points in the next UY that will complete the reservation.

However, there is a "2 browser method" (Google it or do a search here on the disboards) which can be used to get to the point mentioned above and then cancel the existing reservation. It permits you to kind of "hold" the new reservation until the old one is canceled and then employ the points from the old reservation toward the new one. I've done it a number of times and it has always worked for me. Just be aware that there are no guarantees that the Members' website won't hiccup during the process.

 

[ree123]

Marionette..
Can I use an iPad and then my laptop?

 

[Marionnette]

Marionette..
Can I use an iPad and then my laptop?

I've done it using iPad and android phone and also using just one laptop with two different browsers open at the same time. The key is using two different browsers to accomplish to switch.

 

[ree123]

Thanks so much!