I JUST SAVED APPROX $700

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I JUST SAVED APPROX $700
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Fri, 10-27-2006 - 10:25pm
As all of you know i have been having a hard time with this vacation, going down xmas vacation to adjust to all my girls schedules has been awful double prices on just about everything, well tonight i got a brain storm, i thought why not try and switch my dates and go to my brothers first and check into WDW on the 31st or the jan 1 Welll first of all if i checked in the 31st it would still price me at PEAK season so i tried availability for the 1 Hooray we got it well first i tried on line and it said they had the 2 cabins opened and then i called to reserve them. well i got this god awful person and he told me my computer was wrong there was no availability, so then i calle dmy oldest daughter and she got the smae thing i got on my computer so i didn't give up i called grand gathering and got this wonderful lady , explained what was going on she tried it and HOORAY we got the cabins, the difference went from like 820 to 549. then iws able to change the other hotel reservations and saved on them too. I AM SO RELIEVED, evern though i have been saying, oh itsprobably the last time my college daughter will go with all of us as a family, oh its worth the money, i just was in AWW about the prices for xmas holidays. YOU GUYS are the only ones thqt would appreciate this. all my girls are like oh thats good, but not jumping up and down like i am. SO TO ALL OF YOU THANK YOU, and also for those of you that are trying to call and get a not too nice one call back again, and keep trying to save, because we all deserve to enjoy the magic with out paying the whole year for it. LOl thanks again littlebitt
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Sat, 10-28-2006 - 9:15am

Yep - Always call back and get a different Cast Member if the first one you are dealing with is less than friendly or even if something isn't available- you never know when things open and are canceled.


I agree - Christmas prices are CRAZY! I so want to go down over actual Christmas but I know we'd have to check in during value season to be able to afford it and with

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Sat, 10-28-2006 - 11:31am
hi sonya yep got rental car had hard time with that too. i was trying to rent 2 vans prices were outrageous. so then i booked only for a few days and then finally decided to book 1 large cargo type van for the 11 of us. the teenagers are moaning how they will be embarassed riding in it but you know it was the cheapest way togo, and we will only have to put gas in 1 vechele. just got off thephone and cancelled old resv. and paid off the new ones.saved alot, and i was able to book a room at all star sports for my brother. so evrything is great today. thanks for all your help littlebitt
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Sat, 10-28-2006 - 3:44pm

That's good, I know you were having a hard time with the Christmas period. I'm glad you were hit with a brainwave lol!

Carole

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Sun, 10-29-2006 - 9:41pm
Hooray, Littlebitt! So happy to hear this!!! What a great idea you had! I know you were very worried with the crazy Christmas rates and all and how your DH has no clue to the cost of anything these days LOL You cracked me up with that post! Very happy for you! :)

Val



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