The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread Part 3

[luckychance]

I am curious... is anyone here going to Bonnet Creek on a "timeshare rental" they did with a private individual? Perhaps on a rental website, such as Redweek, etc? If so, I have a question - How and when do I request a "view" if I can at all? I have the reservation confirmation from the gentleman I rented from straight from the resort.

Thanks in advance.

We are at Bonnet Creek right now so I might be able to answer your questions. We found our unit on redweek.com and rented a 4 bedroom presidential reserve straight from the owner. We could not request a view this time because the owner actually owns this room, but every other time we have stayed here we called Bonnet Creek about a week out and made a request. We always come with another family so our request was always that our rooms be close together and they have always been very accommodating. You could also make your request to the owner and when they call to put your name on the guest certificate they can make the request for you. Good luck!

 

[amhornback]

Anyone have pics or link to pics for Room #5617? I cannot find thread that has pic of room views. Thanks!

 

[cocoabean1]

This will be our first time staying at Bonnet Creek next week. We go to WDW around three times per year and always stay at AKL or Bay Lake. A couple of questions for you Bonnet Creek pros:

1. How does it compare to these resorts? We are staying in a 2br deluxe.

2. We have three small children. Are there any requests that I should make as to building, etc...

3. Any other tips are welcome!!!

Thanks!

We've stayed at Beach Club Villas and Bay Lake Towers- we found Bonnet Creek units to be quite a bit larger than Disney units.

 

[DCTooTall]

We are at Bonnet Creek right now so I might be able to answer your questions. We found our unit on redweek.com and rented a 4 bedroom presidential reserve straight from the owner. We could not request a view this time because the owner actually owns this room, but every other time we have stayed here we called Bonnet Creek about a week out and made a request. We always come with another family so our request was always that our rooms be close together and they have always been very accommodating. You could also make your request to the owner and when they call to put your name on the guest certificate they can make the request for you. Good luck!

FWIW.... There are no Bonnett Creek deeds in which someone "owns the room". The resort has no traditional "Fixed Week" inventory, and all deeds are done as an percentage ownership of the tower (basically... Points).

When it comes to presidential units however, Especially with certain owner levels, the owner can actually reserve a specific unit instead of just a room type/size.

 

[nancydrew79]

I have a few questions about the 1 bedroom presidential units, but am getting conflicting info from my searches. Are all 1 bedroom presidentials either on the ground floor or have bad views (top of the parking garage)? Does the sofa in the living area pull out in the 1 bedroom presidential units?

Sorry if this has been answered previously! Searching has not been kind to me :\

 

[manhattanman]

I have a few questions about the 1 bedroom presidential units, but am getting conflicting info from my searches. Are all 1 bedroom presidentials either on the ground floor or have bad views (top of the parking garage)? Does the sofa in the living area pull out in the 1 bedroom presidential units?

Sorry if this has been answered previously! Searching has not been kind to me :\

I dont know about tower locations but the floor plan for the one bedroom presidential does not show a pull out couch. We stayed in a three room deluxe because we were 9, I dont think any of the presidential rooms have a pull out couch, but I might be mistaken.

 

[DCTooTall]

I have a few questions about the 1 bedroom presidential units, but am getting conflicting info from my searches. Are all 1 bedroom presidentials either on the ground floor or have bad views (top of the parking garage)? Does the sofa in the living area pull out in the 1 bedroom presidential units?

Sorry if this has been answered previously! Searching has not been kind to me :\

I don't know about the 1bdrm locations in tower 6, so I can't tell you what they'd be looking at.

I do know that NONE of the presidential units have pull-out couches. The upgraded furnishings that come in the presidential units do not include a sleeper-sofa in the sets.

(I've seen some conflicting info on some of the 1bdrm presidentials being the exception to the rule.... but I'm not sure how reliable the data sources on those conflicting reports are. )

 

[erineab]

FWIW.... There are no Bonnett Creek deeds in which someone "owns the room". The resort has no traditional "Fixed Week" inventory, and all deeds are done as an percentage ownership of the tower (basically... Points).

When it comes to presidential units however, Especially with certain owner levels, the owner can actually reserve a specific unit instead of just a room type/size.

I have just booked a 4 bedroom presidential through Vacation Strategy. Do you know if they are able to book specific rooms when dealing with 4 bedroom presidentials? I don't really care which unit it is but I would love to have a poolview.

 

[DCTooTall]

I have just booked a 4 bedroom presidential through Vacation Strategy. Do you know if they are able to book specific rooms when dealing with 4 bedroom presidentials? I don't really care which unit it is but I would love to have a poolview.

Some owners can... some can't.

Since VS is a broker, and not an owner, I wouldn't count on them being able to reserve a specific room and let you know in advance. They use various owner accounts in order to make the most effecient use of the points they have available to use.

they also cancel and rebook during the discount window (under 60days) in order to get the lowest point cost possible, which they count on getting when they give you their quote. Even if they reserve a specific unit at the time you make your reservation, there is no guarantee that they will keep that same unit by the time you actually check in.

 

[darrius1st]

Most people on this board rent from private individuals, or businesses that rent the points for private individuals. That's because it is far cheaper than renting directly from the resort or a travel site like travelocity. Look on ebay for a quick way to see what the resort is renting for on the open market.

As for requesting views game, some people have reported calling the resort ahead of time to make a request. However, does calling ahead really do anything? I have not seen any evidence it does.

On the other hand, I have gotten requests granted when I asked at check-in, because I watched as they changed my room assignment.

Have fun!

For my 2 stays at Bonnet Creek I got the view and Building I requested .

 

[princessap]

I am not familiar with this company but Vacation Strategy does offer a best price guarantee. I have booked twice with VS and they have matched better prices both times.

thank you....do I just send vacation strategies the email with the other quote?

Last year I was getting personalized emails from humaira at VS but this time I just keep getting generic emails with quotes multiple times and no one has answered any specific questions....who do you deal with?

 

[chimilady]

any owners on here? How many points will it cost for a 2BR in mid to late January, or mid to late September?

 

[bckwincy]

Hi all! My family loves Bonnet Creek as well but I thought I would just try to put a helpful warning out there. Try to buy from a recommended seller. Some of the people on ebay are excellent. I have had great results with sellisku (his name is Scott and he is extremely responsive and helpful) and 5 Star Resort Vacations (seller name timesharemail), but I have just had a not so great experience with renting-resorts. I want to stress something here, there is a renting_resorts that I have not dealt with and has 100% positive feedback, but renting-resorts has been a bit of a nightmare. So underscore appears good, dash bad.

Here is my story... I purchased a 12 night 4BR pres stay for 4/14-4/24 on 2/16 and though he took my payment he has still not given me confirmation. According to other sellers he may have tried to rebook my room at the 60 day mark for a lower rate and lost it. Now he will not get back with me and I have opened a case on ebay. Unfortunately I now have no room and a lot of ressies I am finding I can't replace. Daughter's bbb at the castle and Be Our Guest reservations for a family of 9!!! I am so disheartened by this, but I kept thinking he would get back with me and now here I am 2 weeks before we are supposed to leave unsure of what to do next. I still haven't got my money back and it was not a small sum, and I booked 3 more nights at WBC in a 3br deluxe to round out our stay that I will likely have to eat 1/2 the cost of unless the seller can resell it, which he (NOT renting-resorts) has graciously offered to do. So just a word of caution that to keep things magical don't always trust the ratings on ebay (he has a 96.7% positive feedback) if you are more than 60 days out. Go with someone reputable and verify that you will get your confirmation asap.

Good luck and magic to all!

 

[Aggiegrl]

Hi all! My family loves Bonnet Creek as well but I thought I would just try to put a helpful warning out there. Try to buy from a recommended seller. Some of the people on ebay are excellent. I have had great results with sellisku (his name is Scott and he is extremely responsive and helpful) and 5 Star Resort Vacations (seller name timesharemail), but I have just had a not so great experience with renting-resorts. I want to stress something here, there is a renting_resorts that I have not dealt with and has 100% positive feedback, but renting-resorts has been a bit of a nightmare. So underscore appears good, dash bad.

Here is my story... I purchased a 12 night 4BR pres stay for 4/14-4/24 on 2/16 and though he took my payment he has still not given me confirmation. According to other sellers he may have tried to rebook my room at the 60 day mark for a lower rate and lost it. Now he will not get back with me and I have opened a case on ebay. Unfortunately I now have no room and a lot of ressies I am finding I can't replace. Daughter's bbb at the castle and Be Our Guest reservations for a family of 9!!! I am so disheartened by this, but I kept thinking he would get back with me and now here I am 2 weeks before we are supposed to leave unsure of what to do next. I still haven't got my money back and it was not a small sum, and I booked 3 more nights at WBC in a 3br deluxe to round out our stay that I will likely have to eat 1/2 the cost of unless the seller can resell it, which he (NOT renting-resorts) has graciously offered to do. So just a word of caution that to keep things magical don't always trust the ratings on ebay (he has a 96.7% positive feedback) if you are more than 60 days out. Go with someone reputable and verify that you will get your confirmation asap.

Good luck and magic to all!

I'm really sorry to hear this. We used this seller last year without issue and I was planning on using him again. He was slow to respond to emails and slow get us a confirmation, but still within the dispute period.

The problem I found with ebay was that I did not want to leave feedback until AFTER our stay was complete. At that point it was too late to leave feedback...Ebay would not allow it.

 

[suffieldhockeymom]

any owners on here? How many points will it cost for a 2BR in mid to late January, or mid to late September?

Jan 2014 is 189k for 7 nights Sept 2013 is 112k for 7 nights

 

[Disfan15]

Hello,

Anyone have pics or link to pics for Room #5617? I cannot find thread that has pic of room views. Thanks!

Here are two Disboard photo links:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2701195
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2723278

Happy March!

 

[two*little*birds]

I have received 3 quotes so far for 14 nights in a 3-bedroom deluxe unit (for our October trip). Do these seem reasonable? I know when we went in 2011 for 14 nights it was around $1750. Have rates gone up that much? (we booked ahead of time then too)

Utopia World Vacation – $2212. (we rented from Paul in 2011)
Vacation Strategy – $2398.
Sun or Snow Vacation Rentals – $2600.

Is there anyone else we should contact for a quote? (aside from Ken Price)

 

[erineab]

I have received 3 quotes so far for 14 nights in a 3-bedroom deluxe unit (for our October trip). Do these seem reasonable? I know when we went in 2011 for 14 nights it was around $1750. Have rates gone up that much? (we booked ahead of time then too)

Utopia World Vacation – $2212. (we rented from Paul in 2011)
Vacation Strategy – $2398.
Sun or Snow Vacation Rentals – $2600.

Is there anyone else we should contact for a quote? (aside from Ken Price)

I would also contact Farrell's Vacations. They have good reviews as well.

 

[two*little*birds]

I would also contact Farrell's Vacations. They have good reviews as well.

Oh yes, forgot about them. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[katallo]

I have received 3 quotes so far for 14 nights in a 3-bedroom deluxe unit (for our October trip). Do these seem reasonable? I know when we went in 2011 for 14 nights it was around $1750. Have rates gone up that much? (we booked ahead of time then too)

Utopia World Vacation – $2212. (we rented from Paul in 2011)
Vacation Strategy – $2398.
Sun or Snow Vacation Rentals – $2600.

Is there anyone else we should contact for a quote? (aside from Ken Price)

Probably. We have a 3 bedroom booked during value season for 180.00/night through Vacation Upgrades.