Hilton Head in June?

[KiminChicago]

Can anyone tell me what the weather is like on HHI in June? We're thinking of using our points there next year since DH has vetoed going to WDW (I wish it didn't cost us $1200 to get park tickets for the four of us!). Our kids are finished with school before Memorial Day, so we're thinking June might be a good time for us to drive down. When we went to Cape Cod in June, the ocean was way too cold to spend a lot of time in it, so I was wondering what it would be like so much farther south.

 

[scduckman]

It'll be hot. The ocean will be warm enough to swim in. The pools may be too warm and feel like bath water.
You might have a hard time trying to book a place at the 7 month window. The seaon is shorter at HHI so June - August get booked. You might want to try before or over Memorial weekend before other families are out of school.

 

[KiminChicago]

Do you think I'll be able to get a 2 bedroom villa starting the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend? I'm looking at the point charts now and Fridays and Saturdays are really expensive so I'm thinking we'd be best served by booking a Sun-Thurs stay, checking out on Friday. The only tricky part with all this is that the last day of school is Wed. May 25th, but if we use any snow days the last day gets pushed back. If we use enough snow days, it's entirely possible that the kids will miss the last day of school (which isn't really a big deal, they would just have to clear out their lockers before then).

 

[scduckman]

The weekend points are expensive. We take long weekends when there's a holiday Monday (Memorial Day, Labor Day). We drive down Friday and stay offsite and then check-in at 7 or 8 in the morning. Most times there isn't a room available but you get your key so you can use the poolhouse or resort. I would try for the Sunday of Memorial Day or maybe the Monday which is Memorial Day.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Great time of year. Temps are good, storms haven't really started developing yet. Most of our stays have been in June. Usually in a 1bdrm, once in a 2bdrm.

 

[SLM]

Kim-I booked a 2BR for the third week in June at the 7 month window for this past summer. I was waitlisted for one day! We had a wonderful time-we were on the beach for 5 and 6 hours every day-the water was wonderful-not too rough and not cold at all. Are you going to drive? We brought all our beach things with us-they rent chairs and umbrellas but they are expensive and lined up next to each other. We thought the beach very uncrowded and liked having our space. You will love HH!

 

[KiminChicago]

Oh I know we'll have a good time -- we were there two years ago over Labor Day weekend. It was our first experience with DVC (our home resort is AKV) and the kids couldn't believe we were "wasting our points!"

We just can't swing the park tickets next year and, although our original plan when we bought DVC was to go to WDW every other year, we're getting spoiled taking a fabulous vacation every year.

The kids were all set to have a week at WDW but when we realized we couldn't afford that, we asked how they'd feel about HHI. You wouldn't believe how quickly they both said yes. I guess they don't think of it as wasting points anymore!

We're planning on driving down since that way we can swing through Charlotte and check on our rental properties. That makes at least part of the trip a business trip for us. I like combining business with pleasure (which is why I keep telling DH we need to buy rental property in Hawaii!)

 

[KiminChicago]

One more question -- We have 22 points banked from this UY because I didn't think we'd be taking another vacation before our new UY starts in June 2011. If we're going over Memorial Day weekend, I'll need enough points to cover May 29-31. So we'll need to borrow those points from our 2011 points, right? Then the banked points can be applied to the June 1-2 portion of the trip along with our regular UY points. Have I got that right?

Now we're also looking at the possibility of having my brother and his family join us for that trip but since my kids do not want to sleep on the sleeper sofa, I was considering getting a Grand Villa. For the 5 nights it would work out to 292 points. Since our contract is only for 160 points, that would mean borrowing 2012 points too. The problem is that the first 3 nights would cost us 177 points, so even if we borrowed all of our 2011 points into our current UY, we'd still have to cover another 17 points. I guess I could pay for the 17 points using the Disney single use points provision. So the scenario would be: borrow enough points from the 2011 UY to cover the 3 nights in May and rent 17 points from Disney (177 points), then use our banked 22 points and borrow 93 points from our 2012 UY for the June nights. Does that make any sense? Have I got it right?

Our June UY used to be perfect when we were using it to go to WDW in October for the Food & Wine Festival, but now that DS is getting ready to start high school, those days are over for a while. Since the kids are finished with school by Memorial Day, there are probably going to be more of these weird May-June vacations which are a little more complicated to plan with a June UY. Now I wish our UY started in March.

 

[RobDoc]

One more question -- We have 22 points banked from this UY because I didn't think we'd be taking another vacation before our new UY starts in June 2011. If we're going over Memorial Day weekend, I'll need enough points to cover May 29-31. So we'll need to borrow those points from our 2011 points, right? Then the banked points can be applied to the June 1-2 portion of the trip along with our regular UY points. Have I got that right?

Now we're also looking at the possibility of having my brother and his family join us for that trip but since my kids do not want to sleep on the sleeper sofa, I was considering getting a Grand Villa. For the 5 nights it would work out to 292 points. Since our contract is only for 160 points, that would mean borrowing 2012 points too. The problem is that the first 3 nights would cost us 177 points, so even if we borrowed all of our 2011 points into our current UY, we'd still have to cover another 17 points. I guess I could pay for the 17 points using the Disney single use points provision. So the scenario would be: borrow enough points from the 2011 UY to cover the 3 nights in May and rent 17 points from Disney (177 points), then use our banked 22 points and borrow 93 points from our 2012 UY for the June nights. Does that make any sense? Have I got it right?

Our June UY used to be perfect when we were using it to go to WDW in October for the Food & Wine Festival, but now that DS is getting ready to start high school, those days are over for a while. Since the kids are finished with school by Memorial Day, there are probably going to be more of these weird May-June vacations which are a little more complicated to plan with a June UY. Now I wish our UY started in March.

Yes, if you have banked your 2010 points you will need to borrow points from the 2011 Use Year for dates prior to June 1, 2011. They would then use the banked points before using current (2011) points for the rest of your trip.

For the GV you could use the banked points from 2010, points from 2011 and borrow from 2012 (and still have access to the 25 points purchased from DVC).

There are only 5 GVs at HH and they are very popular (especially Sun - Thurs), so you may have a tough time getting that at 7 months in late May/June. It can't hurt to try, but be prepared for another plan. You should be OK getting a 2BR though right at 7 months.

Good luck!

 

[MinnieGi]

How about 84 degree ocean water?!?! That's what the temp was this past June when we went - soooooo awesome!!!! The weather was hot, but we just spent most of the trip in the water anyway so we were good.

I think if you go the beginning of June you won't have problems getting a reservation at the 7 month window. Our schools don't let out until the second week of June, as well as many other schools in the mid-atlantic and north east.

 

[edk35]

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I will be trying to get a ressie starting in June too.

 

[cosmocat]

Yes, it will be hot. Most of the rooms there are 2 bdrms, we always have to take one of those even tho we could do a 1 bdrm. Oh well, more room for us!

 

[SnowWitch]

Kim thats exactly what we did this year. I had to waitlist Sunday night but it came through about 4 months before the trip. We had a 2 bedroom as well. We had a blast they had a fun Pirate bbq Memorial Day night. We just couldn't fork over the $$$ for 5 of us this year.

 

[KiminChicago]

Well it certainly sounds hopeful that I'll be able to get a 2 bedroom for at least the Mon-Thurs portion of the trip. I checked with my brother and unfortunately, his kids are still in school for that week -- so unless I can get the week after Memorial Day week, they wouldn't be able to go anyway. Given the way the kids feel about sleeping on the sofa in the living room, maybe the 2 bedroom for the 4 of us will be just fine.

Actually, how are the sleepers at HHI? We just stayed at a resort in Gatlinburg that had the most uncomfortable sleeper sofa ever -- the mattress was lumpy and a couple of the springs were just hanging loose on one side.

 

[SnowWitch]

The sleeper sofa was wonferful. We would pull it out to lay on and watch a Disney movie each night. I swear it was more comfty than the other 3 beds.