Weird thought

[greenban]

Okay you DVC masters, I need some of your knowlege.

Having read these boards for a while, I know that some people book day-to-day ressies for hard to reserve weeks. Sometimes you link these ressies, but you still need to check-out and re-check-in right?

Okay so if I have seperate but linked ressies, do I get a 'cleaned' room each time, or do I still just get T&T on day 4 and a cleaning on day 8?

If i didn't ask this clearly I'm sorry. I know that if I actually get a different room and have to 'move' the room would be clean, but what if I link the ressies and get to keep the same unit?

Much thanks!

 

[pumpkinboy]

If you are in the same unit on linked ressies, you will not get extra cleanings, and very likely you will not need to check out and in again. If you change from a 2BR to a 1BR on a linked ressie and they let you keep the 1BR portion of the lockoff, then you would need to check out and in, get new keys and stuff, but you also get the full cleaning.

By the bye, when doing day-by-day reservations, you can frequently get them all under the same reservation number. Just tell MS that it is a continuing reservation.

Good luck!

 

[Pa@okw95]

If you book day by day the reservations is still one reservation with T&T on the days that they do it. There is no checking in and checking out. If you trying to figure out a way to get your room cleaned everyday by having all seperate reservations, keep in mind you have to check out of the room by 10 or is it 11 and check in time is not until 4. So you could be out of a room for about 5 to 6 hours everyday and you would have to take your luggage with you. You would not get the same room most likely either. I don't know why I even answered this question, it is a little wierd. DVC would never allow it.

 

[CarolMN]

Whenever I've booked day by day (and I've done it for allmy trips except one), I tell MS what I am doing. THe CM holds the confirmation until I've added the last night. I get one reservation number and one confirmation letter. There is no "linking" involved in this situation.

For all practical purposes, my day by day reservation looks and feels the same as a reservation made with only one call. I've never had to check in more than once and housekeeping services follow the usual schedule depending on length of stay.

Best wishes -

 

[CarolMN]

To the best of my knowledge, the only situation in which you would have to check out and then in again would be if you booked part of your stay through CRO for cash and part through MS (for either points or cash). In those cases, it is possible that you would have to change rooms. It is more likely that you would only have to check out and then back in again - the two reservation systems do not talk to each other.

If you pay cash and book through CRO, you would get full housekeeing services for the cash nights. Rhe other nights would follow the usual DVC schedule.

If you book a cash stay through MS, housekeeping follows the usual DVC schedule. If you combine a point stay with the MS-booked cash stay, the entire reservation is treated as one as MS can link them together. No need to check in and out again in those cases.

HTH.

Best wishes -

 

[greenban]

Originally posted by Pa@okw95
If you book day by day the reservations is still one reservation with T&T on the days that they do it. There is no checking in and checking out. If you trying to figure out a way to get your room cleaned everyday by having all seperate reservations, keep in mind you have to check out of the room by 10 or is it 11 and check in time is not until 4. So you could be out of a room for about 5 to 6 hours everyday and you would have to take your luggage with you. You would not get the same room most likely either. I don't know why I even answered this question, it is a little wierd. DVC would never allow it.

No, I'm not trying to outsmart the mousekeeping services, I was just wondering, since I'm hoping for either a halloween or Christmas homecomming next year, and thought I should book them day to day at the 11 month mark.

And to be fair, I did label the thread as 'wierd'

Finally, thanks for answering the question anyway, I always learn something every time I return to the DVC area of the DISboards!

edited to correct some of my most horrid spelling!

 

[greenban]

Originally posted by CarolMN
To the best of my knowledge, the only situation in which you would have to check out and then in again would be if you booked part of your stay through CRO for cash and part through MS (for either points or cash). In those cases, it is possible that you would have to change rooms. It is more likely that you would only have to check out and then back in again - the two reservation systems do not talk to each other.

If you pay cash and book through CRO, you would get full housekeeing services for the cash nights. Rhe other nights would follow the usual DVC schedule.

If you book a cash stay through MS, housekeeping follows the usual DVC schedule. If you combine a point stay with the MS-booked cash stay, the entire reservation is treated as one as MS can link them together. No need to check in and out again in those cases.

HTH.

Best wishes -

I want to thank you all for your helpful replies. CarolMN your reply has caused several more questions to arise, and I'm gonna ask them here, if an OP can hijack their own thread

Is it cheaper to book cash ressies through MS or CRO for those expensive Fri & Sat nights?

Is MS or CRO better than the other one?

And now as a close tangent to my original thread.

Suppose I have a two day DVC point ressie, then a 1 day CRO cash ressie (with full cleaning), then 3 more days DVC point ressie, all in the same unit. Would day four be a T&T day, or since CRO and DVC-MS don't talk to each other and I would have checked out at 11A and back in at 4P, would Day #4 be another full cleaning day.

Thanks again to all of you DVC masters! And yes my thought process may be weird, but it really is just curiosity, I'm not trying to save a $25.00 studio full cleaning fee!

 

[CarolMN]

Originally posted by greenban
I want to thank you all for your helpful replies. CarolMN your reply has caused several more questions to arise, and I'm gonna ask them here, if an OP can hijack their own thread

Is it cheaper to book cash ressies through MS or CRO for those expensive Fri & Sat nights?

It depends on what discounts CRO may be offering and whether or not you can get the 25% member discount from MS. You have to check both.

Is MS or CRO better than the other one?

A matter of opinion. If you book through MS, you definitely won't have to change rooms and probably won't even have to check out and in again. Housekeeping is same as usual DVC. OTOH, sometimes CRO has a much better rate and you get housekeeping.

And now as a close tangent to my original thread.

Suppose I have a two day DVC point ressie, then a 1 day CRO cash ressie (with full cleaning), then 3 more days DVC point ressie, all in the same unit. Would day four be a T&T day, or since CRO and DVC-MS don't talk to each other and I would have checked out at 11A and back in at 4P, would Day #4 be another full cleaning day.

Under that scenario, the only day you would get full housekeeping is the for the CRO night. You wouldn't even get T & T since you need to stay at least 4 consecutive nights for that.

Thanks again to all of you DVC masters! And yes my thought process may be weird, but it really is just curiosity, I'm not trying to save a $25.00 studio full cleaning fee!

You're welcome. I didn't interpret your original post as trying to get more housekeeping services - maybe bacause I'd prefer not to have housekeeping in my unit at all.

Best wishes -

 

[Dean]

Originally posted by CarolMN
\maybe bacause I'd prefer not to have housekeeping in my unit at all.

Best wishes -

That's for darn sure.

A truly linked reservation should count as one stay. When you have CRO and points or cash through MS, you cannot truly link the stays. There are several situations where you might have to change units. These include CRO days mixed with DVC days. It also includes when you change from one unit size to another. Remember that just because you MIGHT have to change units doesn't mean you will have to. But there are some unit types that are mutually exclusive like dedicated units of different sizes to include the GV. And my experience has been that anytime you have a reservation that is from two different sources (CRO vs MS) or involves different unit sizes, we had to check in again even when staying in the same unit. We also had to get new keys in most situations. Others experience might be different and they should post what they know.

 

[TIdoublegaER]

When my sister and I "share" our points (ie, she books x nights with her points and I book the remaining with mine), even though we link the reservations and tell MS what we are doing, we still have to check out and back in. We haven't had to move though and it hasn't affected T&T. I've not had to check out & check back in when calling day by day. We'll see what happens next week at HH because I booked W-F with my HH points and then waited to book Sat night at the 7 mo window with my OKW points which has a different membership number entirely. I linked them all together, but not yet sure if I'll have to check out and back in again.

 

[Dean]

Originally posted by TIdoublegaER
When my sister and I "share" our points (ie, she books x nights with her points and I book the remaining with mine), even though we link the reservations and tell MS what we are doing, we still have to check out and back in. We haven't had to move though and it hasn't affected T&T. I've not had to check out & check back in when calling day by day. We'll see what happens next week at HH because I booked W-F with my HH points and then waited to book Sat night at the 7 mo window with my OKW points which has a different membership number entirely. I linked them all together, but not yet sure if I'll have to check out and back in again.

If you put the reservations all the same registration, I don't even think you'll have to do that. Maybe you should try putting them all in one name, maybe in both families for the entire reservation.

 

[pumpkinboy]

As to the CRO vs MS for cash weekend bookings, we will stick with MS anyday. The advantages are: possibility of the 25% DVC discount, not having to change rooms , and the simplicity and convenience of dealing with our friends at MS. Yeah, I might miss out on a slightly better deal thru CRO (not likely) and I'd get daily housekeeping thru CRO, but the advantages of sticking with MS are too compelling for me.

 

[InstImpres]

One other advantage to MS booking vs. CRO is no deposit (vs one night fee). We did however do a CRO AP rate last Feb. , it saved me about $40 over MS discount, we did not getting housekeeping for the changeover day. They told us our keys would be deactiviated and slid new ones under the door during the night. No official new checkin required.

Sandy