The length of your trip is definitely a consideration, it doesn't help for a 3 day trip at all unfortunately. I already have 5 nights in November at Cabana Bay booked with the 'savvy traveler' discount. I don't usually see much in a flat discount offered. They do sometimes have buy 2 get 2 free.
If you live in the US, you could try pricing out the trip pieces separately. A package is not always a better deal. (I know some people outside the US get good packages.)
Do you happen to know where they book? I am interested in booking a package too.
I haven't seen the buy 2 days get 1 day free in a while. They have had it though. We purchased it for our 2011 trip and our 2017 trip and then when we went in 2022 we used our in-law's tickets that had been purchased for that 2017 trip (they didn't end up going in 2017).
The package gives a length of stay discount which is more than the savings of booking tickets and hotel separately
Universal has a Savvy rate based on the number of days you stay. This is a length of stay discount and is in no way dependent on booking a package.
We’ve also been running our extended family’s APs for ages. was considering letting a few of them ‘go’ this year as they haven’t been used enough.
Generally, it is valued as Universal's official promo price for the ticket (a 3 day ticket in this case). So it's not the best deal if you know you're going to upgrade to an AP.
The package gives that, but there is also a $125 discount for 6 night stay. I priced out the package and the hotel and tickets separately and the package is $125 cheaper for the same dates, room and tickets. But i had to choose a 3 park 3 day ticket since the package isn’t letting me add the promotional tickets. I’ll have to call when i’m ready to book (waiting for southwest to open flights next week for my dates)
That would be a specific package deal. I'm seeing a package on their website for 25% off a 5 night hotel and ticket package at either Cabana Bay or Aventura Hotel which is probably why you're seeing the price difference. Without that percent off deal it's likely that cost savings would evaporate assuming this is the deal you're trying to use.
No, but I run into a lot of British folks on 14 day trips. Maybe look at the UK planning forum above here?
Specifically, I was doing the create your own package option with a 3 park 3 day ticket. The package requires a 3 park ticket to get the $125 discount. Since the promotion has a 3 park option, i figured it would work.
I was able to get the offer as part of a package last night, but I do think it took some fiddling around. I had to get to “build my own package” before it offered me a good hotel price and offered those discount tickets. However I will say that for me I did not find booking a package saved any money vs buying tickets and booking hotel separately. Even though the package said I was saving $75 by booking it as a package (might have been contingent on booking a 3-park ticket?), it was actually $12 more than the discounted tickets price + the Savvy Saver hotel offer I’d already reserved (which I think was 25% off on a 5 night stay). But I went ahead and booked the package, because that gives me better cancellation policy - can cancel hotel + tickets up until 45 days before trip. if you buy the tickets separately, they are non-refundable. In return I gave up the 5-day cancellation I had on the hotel-only booking. But I think it’s a good trade-off. My trip is not until end of August, and I wanted that flexibility. The other benefit to booking a package was that I couldI add a 5-day photopass option, which I didn’t see for sale elsewhere (I only saw 1 or 3 days offered?)
not sure of your dates, assume it’s past the current SWA schedule.
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