Resort rates are kinda ridiculous

[bookgirl]

I work in the hospitality industry. My company owns and/or manages hotels. Our leisure destinations have been very, very successful in drive-to / resort destinations. Ritz-Carlton Lake Oconee 2 hrs outside of ATL is doing $500+ rates right now. Pre-COVID they got $389 for the year. Our hotels in leisure destinations have beaten historical room rates. Urban hotels (like in Portland, OR; NYC; and SF) have not. Rates are super low; very low occupancy; and in many cases, still downright closed! It's a very interesting time. What you all are seeing here at WDW is no surprise.

And as many previous posters mentioned, we are a captive, domestic audience. A lot of folks who are hesitant to travel (like my familly) felt safe traveling to WDW in early May after we got vaccinated. I felt very, very safe in WDW (particularly on Disney property); however, there are other destinations that we are outright avoiding right now. We are also OK with spending $$$ domestically considering we have vacation budgets that would have been spent traveling internationally ... it's just reallocating where we are spending. But man, once those int'l borders open & it's safe to travel internationally again, we're outta here! Gotta get me some real Italian pizza!

I was supposed to be planning a trip to Europe this year (Wales/London). So I'm not hurting to spend a stupid amount at Disney right now, but lord I hope next year's stupid amount is going to be spent in Europe. I really want a Bacon Roll and a Fry up. LOL

Honestly I have seen a ton of people going to Italy and France. I was tempted to hit up Italy (been to Paris already), but I really want to do Wales. Canada is also on my list and it may be there next year if the UK remains a non-option.

 

[Nabas]

I was looking at swan for May 2022 and for our dates it was over $700 a night for a 2 queen ??? Thought based on this thread I might do better there but not. We are looking at week before Memorial Day leaving before the weekend but seriously. Ouch

The Swan and Dolphin website says only 2 rooms left.



The week before is half the price.

Maybe booked for a convention?

 

[Shughart]

Related question...if we are booked and Dis releases a promo for our dates...how would we go about getting that applied, for say...a room only? Hours long phone call? Rebook and cancel? Never one that before..

 

[Turksmom]

Related question...if we are booked and Dis releases a promo for our dates...how would we go about getting that applied, for say...a room only? Hours long phone call? Rebook and cancel? Never one that before..

Modify/ change reservation online. Where it says "standard price reservation" use edit- if there is an offer available, it will show. You can then select it. Just make sure it doesn't change any of the other selections (tickets, room type- unless you want to) on your reservation before you confirm