Sept if it'll always be Sept, August if it'll usually be the holiday weekend will be the very best but August would work fine even if Sept is truly best.Newbie question. If I plan to travel September and December alternating years, which would be the best use year to buy? Thanks!
Unless one is booking time that splits a UY, UY has nothing to do with when you can book.April - if you are going for rooms that are specifically hard to book at your home resort. It allows you to walk your reservation and have a better chance at getting a reservation. Long term certain rooms will only become harder to book and I like the option to be able to walk the reservation for a longer period.
Plus math on banking:
April UY means you need to bank by Nov 30th
December stay means you are cancelling in November to avoid the points going in to holding
This means any trip would be cancelled at the 31st day prior to check-in prior to you your banking date
Unless one is booking time that splits a UY, UY has nothing to do with when you can book.
I don't think I'm following completely but here's the info as I see it. One can book anything that's available that the points will cover but only one thing at a time. One does not have to have the points in hand to book so UY doesn't affect the ability to book except where it crosses over UY and even that is workable. So if one owned at a given resort and wanted something else you'd book home resort at 11 months then at 7 months change over if available, this is independent of UY. Same for home resort if you couldn't get what you wanted, such as your example of AKV concierge. You can do that at any time, the points don't have to be available when you book only that they would be available without banking or borrowing at the time of the reservation or one could bank/borrow prior or at the time if needed to book. It does bring up a side note that having enough points to hold an 11 month reservation and book at least part of a high demand reservation can be very helpful because you can hold one while booking the available days and waitlisting the rest. Of course this could also be discussed in the situation of having more than one home resort.Actually it does because by example if you want a Studio CL at AKV possibly a 2BR Std at BWL you can't guarantee a 11 month booking. The easiest way to about guarantee yourself these is by stalking daily until you get a reservation then walking it.
Today it is not needed for much long term everyone keeps saying how things have tightened up. It's an easy way to insulate yourself.
Feb or Dec (there is no January). Both have a lot of points out there for ease of finding a resale add on later. I'd go with Dec.If we travel feb- April what is the best UY?
I don't think I'm following completely but here's the info as I see it.
So if one owned at a given resort and wanted something else you'd book home resort at 11 months then at 7 months change over if available, this is independent of UY. Same for home resort if you couldn't get what you wanted, such as your example of AKV concierge.
I thought if the UY is September and the trip is also in September, then you can't walk a reservation from August without borrowing which would screw up your points. September is a bad example because booking isn't normally tight except for a couple of categories, but at other times of the year it can be. Do I have that wrong? (I've never needed to walk a ressie.)
I agree though that another consideration is how many contracts at that home resort have that use year. I would change use years to make sure I had a common one that worked well enough for my vacation patterns.
The advantage of having a UY that's well placed for those that travel specific times of the year is that you have more time to adjust if something happens and you change as well as more time to rent if needed because all of a sudden you can't go. It simply reduces the risk of owning slightly but more for some than others.
most options if they have to cancel or change later.
What is walking? Is that booking something, then switching the dates?Actually it does because by example if you want a Studio CL at AKV possibly a 2BR Std at BWL you can't guarantee a 11 month booking. The easiest way to about guarantee yourself these is by stalking daily until you get a reservation then walking it.
Today it is not needed for much long term everyone keeps saying how things have tightened up. It's an easy way to insulate yourself.
Walking is a way to get a difficult to book reservation. You start reserving it a month or two or even more out from the date you really need it. You keep watching and when you see it open, you make a reservation for 11 months out. Then every few days you modify it to be exactly 11 months out again. Until you get the dates you really want. Value villas and concierge villas at AKV-JH are often walked. GFV studios around the holidays are often walked.What is walking? Is that booking something, then switching the dates?