Minimizing the chances of wait list issues where possible

aroundtheriverbend

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Morning all, you've given me great advice on this in the past, hoping to ask again to ensure I work this as smoothly as possible as we get to the last few weeks before our trip.

Taking a big group in October, we're staying in grand villas. Had booked smaller digs at 11 months, found out right before 7 months that more were coming so started making the switch to GVs. Right now we have Tues/Wed in AKV-J GV, Thurs in AKV-K GV, and Fri back in AKV-J GV. The Thursday night wasn't available even right before 7 months (but before and after was, so I'm holding out hope), so wait listed that very early at 7 months. I have recently also wait listed AKV-K for the Friday night. In retrospect I should have done that one much earlier, but had a wait list placed on Columbus Day weekend so didn't have the ability.

Been stalking the RAT so much I've grown whiskers and a tail. :cat: Just sayin. :rolleyes:

Anyhoo, it's all starting to come down to the wire. I have both wait lists set to 7 days at the moment. The Thursday WL is for 10/13, the Fri is 10/14. The WLs are the exact same points as the active reservations, so that shouldn't be an issue. There are both 2016 and 2017 points in the mix, and our banking date is 9/30. I'm planning to bank by 9/30, and also have 2017 points available.

Here are some of the things I'm looking for advice on:

1) should I call MS and double ensure both WLs are set up to be a replacement of the existing ones, or does that introduce too much "MS change risk"? I did specify that online when I created the wait lists, but given if these ever come through it could be past the 31 day date, I don't want anything to go into holding due to an unknown MS error that I could have avoided somehow.

2) is 31 days pre-October 13 by end of day sept 11 or sept 12?

3) if the WL fills after 9/30 and I've banked my 2016 points, MS should utilize the points assigned to the current res, right? So those 2016 points would be used and not go into holding? If that gets messed up, should I in theory be able to get them to fix it? Same with if they for some reason didn't do a replace?

Many thanks!! We really don't want to have to switch buildings just to have to turn around and switch back the following night, but even more so don't want to lose points or God forbid lose a reservation! :scared:
 
Personally we would never do what you are doing. Moving back and forth with a large group doesn't make sense to me. Too late now I guess, when it comes to MS we double check everything.

:earsboy: Bill
 
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we have Tues/Wed in AKV-J GV, Thurs in AKV-K GV, and Fri back in AKV-J GV.

I gotta make this different for my brain:

you currently have reservations for

Tues and Wed Jambo
Thurs Kidani
Fri Jambo

The Thursday night wasn't available even right before 7 months (but before and after was, so I'm holding out hope), so wait listed that very early at 7 months.

So you wait listed Thursday in Jambo?

I have recently also wait listed AKV-K for the Friday night

And you've wait listed Kidani for Friday?



You *want* to stay put, right?

What if both wait lists come through at once? I'd keep a serious eye out for that. I mean, it would mean just one move if they both came through at once, but it sure would be best to not have any moves with such a big group.
 
I gotta make this different for my brain:

you currently have reservations for

Tues and Wed Jambo
Thurs Kidani
Fri Jambo



So you wait listed Thursday in Jambo?



And you've wait listed Kidani for Friday?



You *want* to stay put, right?

What if both wait lists come through at once? I'd keep a serious eye out for that. I mean, it would mean just one move if they both came through at once, but it sure would be best to not have any moves with such a big group.

Correct on all counts. And for sure, we don't want to move. I've gone back and forth determining if it's better to try for just Thursday jambo to try to get 4 straight nights, which is BY FAR our preference, or if 2J + 2K, while not ideal, would be less of a headache than running around back and forth if Jambo never comes through, and of course there are more K GVs than J, so I suppose our odds are better although we got on the K wait list much later.

But to your point, I've been twitchy that they might come through at the same time, which would be a disaster.

This is good for me to type and have to think through - 2 wait lists for different locations back to back is probably crazy and asking for trouble/MS confusion.

Just curious, if in this situation which would you do?
 
Personally we would never do what you are doing. Moving back and forth with a large group doesn't make sense to me. To late now I guess, when it comes to MS we double check everything.

:earsboy: Bill
I agree, moving isn't worth it. IMO the smaller digs of a 2 BR plus a studio is a better choice AND less points for most situations. But were I in this situation I'd wait list as it's set up now for the 1 night each to either not have to move or only move once. The question is what to do if the one night comes through for Kidani. I wonder if the OP has enough points to hold all of the options until 31 days out, after that holding extra could cause them to lose points.
 
I agree, moving isn't worth it. IMO the smaller digs of a 2 BR plus a studio is a better choice AND less points for most situations. But were I in this situation I'd wait list as it's set up now for the 1 night each to either not have to move or only move once. The question is what to do if the one night comes through for Kidani. I wonder if the OP has enough points to hold all of the options until 31 days out, after that holding extra could cause them to lose points.

Live and learn sadly- we rarely even split stay, always book super early to get what we want and stay put (we've always bought where we want to stay). Last minute family drama convinced me to change this up at 7 months, I really thought the wait list for jambo would come through since it was right at 7 months and I was able to get the day before and after, but then again I've never wait listed before so my bad.

Actually, yes, we do have enough to hold 1 duplicate night until 31 days. Wanting to keep 2 for the Friday night still hoping for Thurs Jambo to come through probably means I would need to call MS tomorrow to change the request notes so they don't do a replace.
 
Live and learn sadly- we rarely even split stay, always book super early to get what we want and stay put (we've always bought where we want to stay). Last minute family drama convinced me to change this up at 7 months, I really thought the wait list for jambo would come through since it was right at 7 months and I was able to get the day before and after, but then again I've never wait listed before so my bad.

Actually, yes, we do have enough to hold 1 duplicate night until 31 days. Wanting to keep 2 for the Friday night still hoping for Thurs Jambo to come through probably means I would need to call MS tomorrow to change the request notes so they don't do a replace.
I learn something almost every day about timeshares including DVC plus the landscape changes over time. I suspect it will come through but you're smart to have a backup plan. Good luck.
 
Can you move to Saratoga Springs? I would not want to pack up all the people and stuff in a grand villa twice during a 4 night stay. That sounds like torture, not a vacation.

And you know that since there are so few grand villas, and they take so long to clean, you will be homeless for a big chunk of the day on your two moving days. With small children, that can be a recipe for disaster.

I would do whatever was required to not have to move, whether it meant moving resorts or booking smaller villas.
 
I gotta make this different for my brain:

you currently have reservations for

Tues and Wed Jambo
Thurs Kidani
Fri Jambo

So you wait listed Thursday in Jambo?

And you've wait listed Kidani for Friday?

You *want* to stay put, right?

What if both wait lists come through at once? I'd keep a serious eye out for that. I mean, it would mean just one move if they both came through at once, but it sure would be best to not have any moves with such a big group.
Thank you for explaining this - really helpful! I believe you should read all the threads on this board and provide clarification for all hard to understand posts!
 

















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