multiple waitlists

[jjohnson]

I have 3 waitlists for the same dates. If one comes thru & is changed by DVC are the other 2 deleted? ITA

 

[marymrg]

Yes

Are you waitlisted day by day or length of stay?

You could always call back and rewaitlist for a different resort. (say your 3rd choice came in first, then you could wait list for something else)

 

[jjohnson]

I did it for length of stay. I really want 1brm BCV. I'm booked at BWV 1 brm preferred for now but have stayed there 2x. So I have 3 waitlists:

4 nights BCV
4 nights BWV 2 brm std
4 nights BWV 1 brm std

So if one of the BWV comes thru I need to call back & add BCV back again correct?

 

[LisaS]

So if one of the BWV comes thru I need to call back & add BCV back again correct?

Yes you will have to call back and get added to the end of the BCV waitlist.

 

[jjohnson]

Yes you will have to call back and get added to the end of the BCV waitlist.

Yikes- the end I may call MS & only keep the BCV waitlist.

 

[LisaS]

Yes if you waitlist for multiple options and you get a match, they cancel the other waitlists. If you want to try again for your first choice you can get back on the waitlist, but you lose your place in line when a wait list is cancelled.

 

[SleepyatDVC]

I'm wondering, theoretically, if a DVC member has enough points, is it possible to wait-list 2 separate resorts and specify to MS that they want BOTH wait-lists so that getting one won't automatically cancel all others?

After all, someone might really want both rooms at separate resorts for the same dates. For example, one for you and and one at another resort for the in-laws.

 

[jjohnson]

Well I called MS & cancelled the 2 BWV waitlist & kept the BCV. Now I'm debating changing to daybyday. I hope MS doesn't keep a count of how many phone calls a member makes

 

[LisaS]

I'm wondering, theoretically, if a DVC member has enough points, is it possible to wait-list 2 separate resorts and specify to MS that they want BOTH wait-lists so that getting one won't automatically cancel all others?

After all, someone might really want both rooms at separate resorts for the same dates. For example, one for you and and one at another resort for the in-laws.

If you have the points, you can book as many rooms as you want for the same time period. In this case (booking two rooms, each with their own waitlist) there should be no problem because you have two completely separate reservations. Each waitlist would be tied to a specific reservation so if one waitlist comes through, it shouldn't know or care about waitlists on any of your other reservations, even if they happen to be for the same dates.

The reason things work the way they do in the OP's case is because waitlists are now automatic -- MS doesn't call members any longer to tell them "Your BWV 1BR waitlist just came through. Do you want it or do you want to keep waiting for BCV?" Instead, the original reservation is automatically cancelled and the waitlist that came through is booked. At that point, they really have to cancel any other waitlists otherwise the following scenario could occur: Your first choice could come through and be booked automatically and then some time later (before you realized you got your first choice and raced to the phone to call MS to cancel the other waitlists) your second choice could come through, causing the waitlist software to cancel your first choice and book your second choice.

 

[SleepyatDVC]

If you have the points, you can book as many rooms as you want for the same time period. In this case (booking two rooms, each with their own waitlist) there should be no problem because you have two completely separate reservations. Each waitlist would be tied to a specific reservation so if one waitlist comes through, it shouldn't know or care about waitlists on any of your other reservations, even if they happen to be for the same dates.

The reason things work the way they do in the OP's case is because waitlists are now automatic -- MS doesn't call members any longer to tell them "Your BWV 1BR waitlist just came through. Do you want it or do you want to keep waiting for BCV?" Instead, the original reservation is automatically cancelled and the waitlist that came through is booked. At that point, they really have to cancel any other waitlists otherwise the following scenario could occur: Your first choice could come through and be booked automatically and then some time later (before you realized you got your first choice and raced to the phone to call MS to cancel the other waitlists) your second choice could come through, causing the waitlist software to cancel your first choice and book your second choice.

OK - I see how this would work. Instead of just getting on 2 waitlists on 2 separate rooms/resorts, the best thing would be to make 2 different back up reservations and have one waitlist linked to one reservation.

Originally, I was thinking on just waitlisting without a back up - case of no room, then no trip - but a waitlist linked to 2 different reservations would make more sense.

 

[LisaS]

OK - I see how this would work. Instead of just getting on 2 waitlists on 2 separate rooms/resorts, the best thing would be to make 2 different back up reservations and have one waitlist linked to one reservation.

Originally, I was thinking on just waitlisting without a back up - case of no room, then no trip - but a waitlist linked to 2 different reservations would make more sense.

If you want to be sure you have a place to stay, make a backup reservation and then waitlist for what you would prefer. On the other hand if you only want to go if you can get into resort X or Y, then just go on the waitlist. My point was that if you want two rooms, you would set it up that way from the beginning -- you would tell MS that you need two rooms and if there was no availability, you would set up separate waitlists for each of the rooms. Even under the old waitlist scheme, I don't think it would have worked to tell MS you need one room, waitlist for two resorts and then later try to turn that into two separate reservations.