How do you book your vacation?

[AJ1983]

Hello everyone! I was wondering how you guys go about booking your Disney vacation? Do you use a travel agent, the Disney site directly, or an online travel site like Expedia?

I have used Expedia in the past for other trips without any problems, and right now if I book through Expedia rather than the Disney website, I will save about $500 on my vacation. If I were to book through them and some "Free Dining" became available, could I avail of that, or only if I book directly with Disney ?

Finally, does anyone know a way to price vacations with airfare on the Disney site if departing from Canada? I tried, but had to select a US departure point.

Thanks so much!

 

[AJ1983]

Anyone? lol

 

[mollyseven]

disney only does airfare out of us airports so you could do airfare out of buffalo or syracuse or that sort of thing.

 

[wuzzy6]

We book throught Disney. I don't know about the airport/airfare, so I hope you can get some answers.

 

[nooneshome]

We either book online or we call. Mostly we call.

 

[fbarker]

I do my research first and find the best deal for me, or at least what I think is the best deal and then I call Disney. I do this because it's part of the experience, the beginning of our trip. To talk directly to a CM, and if they are good the excitement starts to build with that first phone call.

 

[monkey30]

Well so far we have booked with West Jet 2 times, as they had the best deals! We shop around a lot! Call them and get a price check it against disney, and check expedia for flights as well as WestJet and Air Canada, it has saved us a lot doing our homework.
The trip this past summer we booked the resort and dining package with Disney but used Expedia for flights.

We leave in 1 week and on Westjet again, they gave us awesome deals on flights, resort and free dining (which was better $$ saving then using a discount for us), it was $2560 total for EVERYTHING for 2 of us.

Hope it helps, just remember that keep checking the sites and calling does work!

 

[MouseloverJD]

I use expedia or bookit if staying offsite and want airfare, but Disney Reservations if staying onsite. Although, I did get a great rate on ASMu last year thru expedia (used a discount code they sent me).