Waitlist Strategy for Aulani....any tips?

[disdreams77]

Hey guys....looking for waitlist strategies for Aulani for June. I am looking for any two bedroom view for 5 nights. I tried at 7am on my 7 month booking window with zero luck . Now am I am trying to decided if we are even going because we are totally NOT paying cash for the place.

Currently I have this in place and would love your opinion and or suggestions on increasing my chances:
1. Waitlist on a 5 night stay in a 2 bedroom Island Garden View
2. Waitlist on a 2 night stay in an Island Gardens view (with the hopes of it hitting and then begin to add on a night by night waitlist after the initital two nights are confirmed).

Any other tips or strategies? I waitlisted the lockoffs because there seemed to be more of them? Is that the best thing to do?

 

[DenLo]

I would skip the Island view wait list and add one for Pool/Garden View and another Ocean view both for the 5 days. The Aulani owners usually book the Island view before the 7 month mark especially during school breaks.

The lock offs are reduced by the number of studio and 1BR reservations that are booked. So I am not sure that is going to help you requesting a lockoff versus a dedicated as there is only 18 more lockoffs. I would still request the dedicated 2BR. And then I would check online booking daily to see if you could pick up any of the dates you want and then change your waitlists. But if you really prefer the island view you could have a 5 day island view waitlist and a 5 day ocean view waitlist since there are fewer pool view 2BRs than island and ocean view 2BRs.

Good luck.