Granny
Yeah, I'm a guy
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Just called today (4 1/2 months out) to request a 2BR Savanna View at AKV-Kidani for January 3-8. No dice for all the dates.
AKV-Jambo....no dice.
VWL....no dice.
Back to AKV trying for 1BR....no dice.
Try other view types at AKV Kidani or Jambo....no dice.
The best I could book was AKV-Kidani 2BR for three nights January 3-6 (Mon thru Thursday) and waitlist Thursday & Friday nights.
I know, I know....book at 7 months and problems solved. But I was really surprised to find such a lack of availability for those dates at a resort that size. I thought that if I had any problem it would be with the first few dates, not the last two which include a Friday.
Got me to thinking...is there such a thing as a DVC slow time anymore? With the aging of the boomers and more retirements, it seems that it is getting harder to book even traditional slow times.
I don't know if the waitlist will come thru...I've never had success before in five tries. But regardless, I'm wondering what the slow times would be anymore? I don't really call 4 1/2 months out a "last minute" type of trip.
Anybody else having trouble booking historically slow booking periods with this kind of lead time?
AKV-Jambo....no dice.
VWL....no dice.
Back to AKV trying for 1BR....no dice.
Try other view types at AKV Kidani or Jambo....no dice.
The best I could book was AKV-Kidani 2BR for three nights January 3-6 (Mon thru Thursday) and waitlist Thursday & Friday nights.
I know, I know....book at 7 months and problems solved. But I was really surprised to find such a lack of availability for those dates at a resort that size. I thought that if I had any problem it would be with the first few dates, not the last two which include a Friday.
Got me to thinking...is there such a thing as a DVC slow time anymore? With the aging of the boomers and more retirements, it seems that it is getting harder to book even traditional slow times.
I don't know if the waitlist will come thru...I've never had success before in five tries. But regardless, I'm wondering what the slow times would be anymore? I don't really call 4 1/2 months out a "last minute" type of trip.
Anybody else having trouble booking historically slow booking periods with this kind of lead time?