DH submitted a request to his HR dept. to see if they would grant him additional time if we bumped up our vacation from November to October. DH is in retail management, and since November is a peak-time they were hesitant and only gave him a week off (hes entitled to 2 weeks).
Now heres the kicker, if he can get a longer period of time (10 or 12 nights) he wants to stay off-site again. For 7 nights at the Poly, it will cost us the same to stay off-site renting a house (usually at Windsor Hills) for 12 nights.
So now I guess it all depends on whether his request is granted, Id love to stay at the Poly but we cant afford to stay there the entire trip. Maybe well do a split stay? Hmmm? Worst case scenario, he won't get the extra time off and we'll keep things exactly as planned - and next year we can go for a longer period.