What is a better deal?

[hinodis]

Is it better to take the $500 gift card for a five night stay at CSR or take the 35% off room rate and get the dining plan? It is just DH and I. I want the least expensive way to do an "all inclusive" trip.

 

[ceecee]

Price it out and see. I called and they told me the better deal was the room rate since I had a code attached to my name! It was about a $300 savings.

 

[budbeerlady]

I "think" it will be the $500, and then use that to pay for your dining out of pocket. It depends on when you are planning to go what the rack room rate is.... You can check room rates by season over at all ears.

Dining plan for an adult is like $42ish so 84 a day, 84* 5 is $420....

 

[hinodis]

I did price it out and it is a little cheaper to go with the room discount. Is the dining plan option comperable to the $500? Or would the dining plan give you a value of more then the gift card in food?

 

[budbeerlady]

The dining plan gives you the cs (max is like $14) and a ts (for dh this is like $37) and a snack ($3) so it CAN be $54 worth of food for the $42 cost.

 

[deerhart]

well take your room rate for the date of your trips and then see what 35% off per day is. If your room rate is $150 per night, you will save $52.50 per night for a savings of $262.50.

If you do the regular dining plan at $41.99 per night for adults, it will cost you $419.99.

So taking the $500 gets you an extra $237.50 in savings over the room discount.

The dining plan is irrelevant to your equation because the question is whether or not you will spend more then $419.99 on food during your trip. If you will, then the dining plan is a better option, if not then paying OOP is a better option.

Depending on when you receive the gift card (if you receive it before you check in), then you may be able to add the dining plan a few days before you check in, and use the gift card to pay for it at check in.

 

[Evi]

it depends on when your going and how you eat. I took bounce-back with room discount at 45 for a deluxe. I'm doing dinning only out of convenience but when I compare it to rack rate for when I'm going the discount is like 1200 dollars. But I will keep an eye out and if I get a code or a better deal I'll change it. The best thing is to estimate how you will travel including eating etc and then price it out. If you know you don't' do sit down dinners dont' buy the full dinning plan if you know you'll eat 3 sit downs do the full dinning plan. You'll figure it out =)