How do you do your DVC planning?

[Nancy]

Planning, what is that

I look online to see what points we have left and figure out from there what I can use. We did have to do some planning for our Xmas 2010 trip since we were staying at a GV (AKL Kidani) and the THV. We had friends from Philly drive down to stay with us since they had had a bad year. One of our best vacations ever.

That is me! I'm pretty new to all this but first trip..we got our points mid March, I called and booked an August vacation. 2nd trip..kind of a "hey DD do you want to go to Disney?" This was maybe April...called and booked a July trip. I did book HHI at 7 months out since it is tough to get in to. Ended up having to cancel under the 30 day mark (I got sick and another DD got hit by a drunk driver and we were in the middle of fighting car insurance)..so now I have 179 points in holding. My vacation week is May 20th this year...so I am counting down the days and hoping to get anything so I don't lose them all. (June use year). This is the first time I am stressing over rooms.

To keep track of points and all that I just use the member website.

I just can't plan trips a year or so in the future..that would make me nuts.

 

[DVC-Don]

Planning!? After all these years I've developed a very complicated planning system. Example:

Looked at my DVC account two weeks ago and discovered I had 15 OKW points avail that could not be banked. No idea how that happened. Then looked at my calendar and saw I was going to be in Florida for a week the end of this month. Went online at the DVC site and found one night in a OKW studio costs 14 points that week and booked it. Anyone need 1 point? Probably hang out at the Gurgling Suitcase that night and eat at the bar. How's that for planning?

 

[mel&me]

What planning, most of the time we don't even book until 8 to 10 weeks before we go. Surprisingly we get the room we want more often then I thought we would. If what we want is not available, take what is. Waitlist has come thru a few times for us.

 

[Castillo Mom]

Planning isn't to complicated since I only own 160 points. I typically plan our trips two years in advance but for this year I've only just started planing for ou trip in July, so I have only 5 months to get it together. Next year we plan on Aulani and may add on so at that point I'll need to start using a points app of some sort.

 

[BUDDYBEAR]

i just ask my wife