Florida Question?

[donk2901]

Hi

All I wanted to post a quick question about going to Florida. We are a family of 5 from the UK.

Children aged 5,11 and 13.

The question is, Wouldn't be possible to book a holiday 2 years in advance to pay it off?

We where thinking of staying at one of the hotels close to the parks. Even although we have a thousand pounds saved We went into two major holiday brokers. Thompson and first choice but where told you only have 12 months to pay it off.

I thought it be more manageable over 2 years. Anyway sorry to ask newbie questions. We have always gone to Spain but never to Disney World! 😃😃👍

[lovewdw]

I think a far better plan would be to start a savings account for your Florida holiday.
Decide on a amount that you need to save every month (for example what you would have expected to pay off each month if you were booking 2 years in advance).
Then, pretend that you have to pay this into the savings account every month just as if you would if you were paying off a booked holiday.

You will soon have a decent holiday fund set aside, which you can use to buy your holiday when a sale comes up.

[Guest]

family of 5 have you thought about a villa very good value for money pool etc you can book yourself like we do sort out your flights car hire etc

[BoxOfFrogs]

Originally Posted by lovewdw

I think a far better plan would be to start a savings account for your Florida holiday.
Decide on a amount that you need to save every month (for example what you would have expected to pay off each month if you were booking 2 years in advance).
Then, pretend that you have to pay this into the savings account every month just as if you would if you were paying off a booked holiday.

You will soon have a decent holiday fund set aside, which you can use to buy your holiday when a sale comes up.

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[harwood1667]

We are a family of 5 and have decided to go back November 2018, we've got one of those 'pot of dreams' and put £1 every day plus any £2 coins go in as well you'll be amazed how much you can save in these. Booking D.I.Y seen flights on Skyscanner also fairly good villas to rent on this website.

good luck.

[holidaysaver75]

There are elements you can book in advance. We often have villas booked this far ahead for e.g. I do know some of the larger online companies like Ocean Florida and Pillinger offer prices well ahead, but I don't know if it's two years out. Worth contacting them and asking. However, I've got to agree with others here and advocate saving until closer to as you may get far better value for money.

[thefourDs]

I'd personally save for a year, book a year in advance and then pay off the balance gradually. We too booked through a travel agent, in hindsight I actually wish I'd booked it all seperatly myself though, I've found Thomas cook in particular to be a complete pain!

[Gill H]

We have saved for 5 years for each of our two holidays. Booked about 18 months in advance but we don't book until we have the entire cost of the holiday saved up - then we save for spends.

Don't bother with travel agents, there are better and cheaper ways to do it. Lots of advice on here.

[Lisbon]

We already have bookings for 2019. If you rented a villa privately you would only have to pay about 20% deposit with the balance much closer to your arrival date
Rob

[donk2901]

Thanks for your advice 👍😄😄😄

It's one of those Lifetime holidays I want to give the kids!

I'm grateful for your posts!