rci - having $199 sale again

[greenclan67]

Well, this is the ONLY way we have done Disney since 2006 when we moved to NC, so I would say your chances are pretty good that it will run for another couple of years!

I have gotten them as low as $149. When they were $149 (and no $20 admin. fee!) I bought 5 of them. DH just rolled his eyes as we needed to use them up in 2 years' time.....but there was a glitch in their system and because they messed up 3 of my purchases they added a 3rd year of use to them! So we used the 5 weeks up in 3 years' time. I even used one for Williamsburg, VA.

The prices have ranged from $149-$249, most often with an additional $20 admin. fee. The admin fee is for that entire purchase, so if you buy more than one week, you only pay a one time $20 fee.

We have started going once per year only now and tend to just go for 2 whole weeks rather than one week a couple of times.

Once you sign up for an account with SkyAuction you will also get special offers and deals in your email.

I just got a deal for $149 per week at Villas at Summer Bay. BUT they were limited in dates to check in. They happened to have the dates we needed, but I wouldn't have wanted to wait until now to book for next week. So, I paid $229 per week about 2 months ago for our weeks.

Sorry to ramble on and on.....but I love this way of travel......for a family of 5, we can get by on $250/wk max for a 2 bedroom, $1,100 Disney YES passes for 8 days with waterparks and more, and eat most of our own food. That makes Disney very affordable for us.

Dawn

Thank you so much Dawn for all of the info! It is greatly appreciated. We are also a family that loves to "budget travel" We usually go to Florida for once a year for 2 weeks as well, and in the summer we do a week somewhere. Wish I had known about these when we were in Wisconsin Dells this summer. We paid through the nose, kids loved it, but it was expensive! I will def be buying some. With the fact that my hubby is the "boss" at his job, and I run my own business, we can work around dates, to accomodate certain things, as long as we have a few weeks notice to give customers, it works. We are actually looking at Jamaica or Bahamas as well one of these years. So these may work for that as well! You are awesome for sharing!

 

[DawnM]

Using the Keyword function, type in "Resort Certificates" and see what pops up.

I can't find the $229 offer on the website. Do you have a link?

 

[queenofthehive]

Wow, I never knew about Skyauction... Can someone explain the upgrade option? Lets say I have purchased my certificate for the $249 to use until Aug 2014. I go the the certificate redeeming site and look for a resort. Under the upgrade tab, I see a resort I would like to book. It has a price in red. Is that price "in addtion" to the cost of my certificate?? It is not very clear... Thank you!

 

[BonnieA]

Wow, I never knew about Skyauction... Can someone explain the upgrade option? Lets say I have purchased my certificate for the $249 to use until Aug 2014. I go the the certificate redeeming site and look for a resort. Under the upgrade tab, I see a resort I would like to book. It has a price in red. Is that price "in addtion" to the cost of my certificate?? It is not very clear... Thank you!

Yes, it is in addition to your certificate.

 

[DawnM]

If you PM me the name of it I can tell you if I have seen it listed in the non-upgrade section.

Some condos are often available without an upgrade if you just wait and keep checking back.

Dawn

Wow, I never knew about Skyauction... Can someone explain the upgrade option? Lets say I have purchased my certificate for the $249 to use until Aug 2014. I go the the certificate redeeming site and look for a resort. Under the upgrade tab, I see a resort I would like to book. It has a price in red. Is that price "in addtion" to the cost of my certificate?? It is not very clear... Thank you!

 

[danda22]

so, if I am looking at this right, I could purchase the cert for $229 plus $20 fee. I looked at Silver Lakes and it is offered for the dates I want (late May). Looks like there is a cleaning fee of $40 for a 2 bedroom. I didn't see any other fees, but could have missed them. It actually says 2bedroom/partial for the dates I want - what does partial mean?
Any info is appreciated!

did you book this? we are staying at silver lakes 5/31-6/7! I also booked through resortcerts! it was easy peasy!

 

[DCTM]

did you book this? we are staying at silver lakes 5/31-6/7! I also booked through resortcerts! it was easy peasy!

No, we never booked...Still trying to decide when we want to go and where we want to stay!

 

[danda22]

No, we never booked...Still trying to decide when we want to go and where we want to stay!

that is more than half the battle just figuring that out isn't it!! My certificate was going to expire in 4 days and I had to make a decision and book it!

 

[Tissa]

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread. I never heard of Skyauction before. They do not have the resort certificates right now but I won a bid for a 2 bedroom in Sliver lake for $350. Just canceled the over $4000 package I had for onsite. I am so happy for the savings!

 

[danda22]

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread. I never heard of Skyauction before. They do not have the resort certificates right now but I won a bid for a 2 bedroom in Sliver lake for $350. Just canceled the over $4000 package I had for onsite. I am so happy for the savings!

happy dance for you!!