Last minute Disney Vacation
Dec 14th, 2001, 06:37 PM
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If you want a good price on a hotel, stay off site. I just cancelled a reservation for a Doubletree 2 bedroom townhouse for 12/26-30 for $169/night. You will save on a lot of food costs with a full kitchen. If you want to stay on site - the Swan and the Dolphin have rates running around $174/night for a regular room.
Check out this site for additional information on deals: http://www.mousesavers.com/index.html
Since I can drive to Disney, I don't know about flight deals.
Good Luck
Check out this site for additional information on deals: http://www.mousesavers.com/index.html
Since I can drive to Disney, I don't know about flight deals.
Good Luck
Dec 15th, 2001, 04:24 PM
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Nicole, Also check http://www.BiddingForTravel.com.
See the Florida-Orlando/Walt Disney World hotel topic for info on winning bids for Orlando hotel on Priceline. I see lots of 4*/Resort-rated properties going for prices in the mid-$40s to the $60s/night (not including taxes and the Priceline fee of about $6 per winning bid). 3* hotels are going for even less.
Note that with Priceline, you don't know what their inventory situation is for a particular period--they might not have as many rooms available for holiday weekends. If inventory is tight, you might not be able to match previous winning bids for a particular star-level and zone as reported on BiddingForTravel.com; then again, maybe inventory is good and you can match or even beat the previous winning bids.
I've never been to Walt Disney World, so you'd have to see whether these winning-bid hotels are close enough to WDW. But the prices are certainly good.
Anyway, if you decide to use Priceline, be sure to read the Hotel FAQs on BiddingForTravel.com first to understand the bidding process and how to use free rebids to maximize your chances of success. Also, use a link on that Web site to get $5/night (up to $25/bid) added to your Priceline bid.
Usual disclaimers apply--no vested interest in your using Priceline or the Web site mentioned above, you can't pick a specific hotel (just a star-level and a zone in Orlando), you have to be willing to accept the risk that you might end up in a hotel you know nothing about, yadda, yadda.
Hope you have a great time in Orlando. WDW should be spectacular for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day!
See the Florida-Orlando/Walt Disney World hotel topic for info on winning bids for Orlando hotel on Priceline. I see lots of 4*/Resort-rated properties going for prices in the mid-$40s to the $60s/night (not including taxes and the Priceline fee of about $6 per winning bid). 3* hotels are going for even less.
Note that with Priceline, you don't know what their inventory situation is for a particular period--they might not have as many rooms available for holiday weekends. If inventory is tight, you might not be able to match previous winning bids for a particular star-level and zone as reported on BiddingForTravel.com; then again, maybe inventory is good and you can match or even beat the previous winning bids.
I've never been to Walt Disney World, so you'd have to see whether these winning-bid hotels are close enough to WDW. But the prices are certainly good.
Anyway, if you decide to use Priceline, be sure to read the Hotel FAQs on BiddingForTravel.com first to understand the bidding process and how to use free rebids to maximize your chances of success. Also, use a link on that Web site to get $5/night (up to $25/bid) added to your Priceline bid.
Usual disclaimers apply--no vested interest in your using Priceline or the Web site mentioned above, you can't pick a specific hotel (just a star-level and a zone in Orlando), you have to be willing to accept the risk that you might end up in a hotel you know nothing about, yadda, yadda.
Hope you have a great time in Orlando. WDW should be spectacular for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day!
