Ways to save money off disney trip????

[jeff2012]

Can anyone give me any advice for saving money on my upcoming Disney trip. My wife, two kids, and I are going in September and I am trying to save a few bucks. Any ideas on how to do this? Thank you, economical dad

 

[t_daniels]

Might check the budget board!

Value resorts. Shopping at Garden Grocer, rather than eating out...

 

[t_daniels]

BTW. This thread, I bet, may be moved. This board is for trip reports/ pre trip reports.

 

[LadyBeBop]

Yes, the budget board is your friend, and I wouldn't be surprised to see this thread moved there.

Dunno how economical you want to be. Offsite is usually much cheaper than onsite. However, a room at the offsite Waldor Astoria is much more expensive than onsite Pop Century. However, it's much nicer as well.

One thing you can do to cut costs (and this is detailed more in the Budget Board's gift card threads). Buy Disney gift cards at a discount. Several ways to do this, depending on where you live. If you have a Krogers close by, you can buy a gift card and get points for when you fill up for gas. Usually, you get 20 cents off a gallon of gas (limit 35 gallons) for each $100 of gift cards you buy. Sometimes, they double it, so it's 40 cents off a gallon for each $100 of gift cards. And yes, Disney is included.

Another way, if you're a Target Store shopper, is to use their credit card or debit card to buy Disney gift cards. You get 5% off every time you use their card. So a $50 gift card is actually $47.50.

Check when your grocery stores have gift card sales. At some grocery stores (none where I live), you can get a coupon for $10-$20 off your next grocery shopping trip when you buy a certain amount of gift cards. That's only certain times of year.

HTH.

 

[Paula33]

I'd say try an get money off your flights? Maybe check out coupon and voucher code sites and see if there are any offers? Now is the best time to book flights as the airlines are all on sale. I think that discount sites are the best place to look for this because you don't have to jump from site to site looking at different airlines. It's all in the same place.