How will you use your points this year???

[Jecca]

I'm taking my best friend to BCV for 7 nights in late August (can you say hot?) and then DH and I are headed for 5 beautiful days at BWV (I think...) right after Christmas. Actually, we head down Christmas night. Then we rented some points for a 5 night getaway to HHI right before July 4th. We're still on the waitlist, but I'm hopeful it will come through.

 

[jacksmom]

We are doing 5 nights at HHI late May-June in a studio, and 5 nights in a 1-bedroom at BCV in early Oct. (BCV is our home resort) We are a family of three, so a studio is okay- but, I love that 1-bedroom!

 

[JessetheCowgirl]

I think I will print these ideas! Now I see how some of you "stretch " out those points into several trips a year.

Thanks for sharing

 

[MinnieGi]

We have already used a weeks worth of points for our 7 night trip in Feb. We stayed at BWV for five nights and OKW for two, both one bedrooms. We have a Feb. use year so we delved into our points right away! We usually take a fall trip too, however with baby # 2 due the end of August we are going to skip that this year. So I get to bank points!!! First time we have banked and I think I'm going to like that for the upcoming year!! We already have our trip booked for Feb. 2005 when the baby will be near 6 months old!

 

[carone0318]

We have 150pts at BWV and 174pts at HH. We bank and borrow every year so that I am either working with 300 BWV pts or 348 HH pts. This yr we are staying in a 2 bdrm std BWV for 252 pts from 8/31 - 9/8. We are bringing my in-laws and my BIL with us. I also have 42 more BWV pts that I have to bank and also 132 HH pts to bank. So, for next yr I will be working with 48 BWV pts (42 banked from this yr and 6 for 2005) and 306 HH pts. For next yr I am trying to work something like 6/27 - 7/8 studio stay. At BWV this would cost us about 190 pts. Unlike most, we really don't mind the studios and it is pt effective. We usually take one long trip a yr, although in 2006 I might shoot for a week stay at HH and a week stay at WDW - that would be a splurge yr for us .

 

[EeyoreJMH]

We have 250 points with an August use year

Through some banking and borrowing, we have done the following:

2000 Bought DVC and banked points

2001 February weekend at HH studio with husband
2001 December 10-day at OKW GV with mother and in-law family

2002 September weekend at BCV studio; then moved to a 7-night stay at BWV 1-bedroom with husband

2003 6 night stay at BWV 2-bedroom with husband, mother, and brother

2004 February 4-day Wonder cruise with husband
2004 October 5 night stay at BWV (2 studios and a 1-bedroom) with mother and in-law family for Food and Wine (yeah!)

2005 Taking the year off (so she says now . . .)

 

[tiggersgirl]

I have 300 pts at BCV and 200 pts at SSR - Feb. use year.

This year we'll be staying in a 2br preferred view villa at BWV in a 2br for 6 nights June 28 - 7/4 (310pts using 10 pts. banked from last year).

7/4 for 2 nights in a GV at SSR (194pts) banking 6pts into 2005.

With 500 pts. I'd like to take a cruise one day (7day Western)
but with 5 adults and 1 child in a catagory 10 comes out to 695pts. in the Value Season if I'm not mistaken?

My problem is that I'd like to have a Catagory 6 stateroom but I have no idea how to work my points to get the best use out of them!? I know there's the 3rd/4th adult fee and children's fee but I can't figure out the best way to do 2 cat. 6 staterooms!

 

[thechangingtable]

Help! I am stingy with my points!

I have 50 BCV 2004 and 250 SSR 2005:

so far used

11 @ BWV studio Mar 2004

future ressies:

16 (2 nts) @ Vero garden room May 2004
20 (2 nts) @ OKW studio Jun 2004
16 (2 nts) @ Vero garden room Sept 2004
60 (5 nts) @ BCV studio Jan 2005 (borrowed 2005 pts)

will continue to get other 1-2 night last minute or within 7 month planned visits on school off days and longer around the winter holidays and spring breaks. We avoid weekends if possible to further make our points last longer.

I am hooked!

 

[rsschneck]

DisneyHotMama-We live in Oregon and plan on East Coast trips 2-3 times per year. We have a 7 year old DD and will try to stick with the school calendar. We figure Spring Break, Summer, and Christmas (not every year for Christmas because that darn FAMILY thing gets in our way ).

We have 400 points (300 OKW/100 SSR)

Just returned from HHI 2 bedroom 5 nights 121 points
August 2 bedroom 6 nights 179 points
December studio 6 nights 61 points

That leaves 31 OKW & all 100 SSR to bank for next year

We are trying a trade for next Spring Break which would use 160 points. Not counting on getting the exchange so we might have to come up with other plans.

 

[kylie]

Used them already, dispite add ons I never appear to have enough

 

[lenshanem]

for this use year 200 points plus 50 banked -

this past December - 2 nights studio VWL
(quick Christmas time trip)

this past March - 4 nights studio OKW
(hubby took FIL for a couple Braves spring training games)

June - 5 nights studio BWV (boardwalk view)
(just my family of four, Star Wars Weekend big draw - we'll hit it on Sunday and the following Friday, staying at Pop Century two nights, too)

July - 4 nights TWO studios BCV
(taking my parents and brother along with me and my girls)

And I had 5 extra points to bank...

As you can see I really stretched my points by booking studios, even the July trip by booking two studios instead of a two bedroom I was able to save some points. We also stay offsite first and possibly last night to really max the trip. Now next use year is different, I'll finally be trying out those two bedrooms at hopefully both VB and HH! (Plus that AP will be expired...)

 

[JLS]

We have 300 points at BCV, December use year.

We are going on May 28, staying for 5 nights in a studio at BCV, for 93 points total. We rented 108 points to our friends to stay at Saratoga Springs in June in a 1 bedroom for 4 nights. We will bank the rest of our points for next year! We don't have kids right now (trying!), so a studio works well for us, and we live in California so more than 1 trip per year is hard. We bought 300 points for the future.....

 

[pmcpmc]

July 21days ssr
October 22-29 for my son's wedding staying bwv

 

[OnTheRocks]

We are using some of our point to stay at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs for a couple days in June.

July we are back to VWL for a week. How are crowds and weather like in July? As bad as I think?

 

[Goofyzgurl]

200 pts @ BCV

It'll be our first trip home. We had reservations @ BWV 2bdrm 21 July to 30 July 2004. Yesterday we came home to a message that we got our waitlist at our home resort. So, Yeaaahhh!! We borrowed 75 pts from next year. My parents and brother will be coming with us so it'll be a true famiy trip.

 

[Disney4ever4569]

One week in a 2br at SSR in Oct. bank the rest of the points and take another week at Beach Club in Feb.

 

[JoEllen]

We have 310 points at BWV. We've always done a May trip to OKW and December to BWV. But DD is 14 now and harder to take out of school twice in a year. So this year we will do 10 days split between VB and a 1 bdrm at OKW in June and 6 days in a Studio at BWV in December. We will really miss the Epcot Flower and Garden Show and Davey Jones!