|
Trip Planning Florida Florida Holiday Planning Questions, Suggestions and Tips. |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
17 Mar 19, 02:39 PM |
#61
|
slightly serious Dibber
|
|
18 Mar 19, 11:08 PM |
#62
|
|
Imagineer
|
**just realised how totally late to this party I was**
Totally do-able for £4500. The bulk of the cost will be in your park tickets and flights... I haven’t had to cost up Summer holiday flights (yet!) but my DD start school in September, however, we will get 2 weeks for October half term Anyway, we went last September booking 13 weeks before we went (quite late for us) for 2 Adults and DD aged 3. Flights - £1062 - Thomas Cook from Manchester plus Quidco cash back (£8 wooooo) 2 bed townhouse - £720 - for 2 weeks (I did get this through Interval as a getaway, so realise this is not an accessible price to everyone.) Car - £308 - Alamo Brits full size Disney Tickets - £1087 - direct from Disney with Toy Story magic bands plus Quidco cash back (c.£40) Total - £3177 All in with food, eating out and in, I don’t think we went over £4500, we will have done with our shopping purchases, but for basic living stuff I don’t think we were near that number... I saw a post about keeping track of what you spend on holiday, I don’t really, which is why I don’t really know what we spent while there, but I’d check our bank account every couple of days and Revolut card daily. Look for the deals, you may have to book later than normal to get a good flight price, are you willing to choose a charter like TC or TUI (we nearly flew TUI from East Mids, until I found the TC flights for £250 less, the lure of flying into MCO an airport and area we are familiar with was too great, than flying out of our local airport.) Be flexible with where you can fly from and to, my DH won’t entertain indirect unless the saving vs direct is significant, we’re talking £100’s here not a couple of £’s. Use the cashback sites, I use Quidco, I don’t use it a lot, but the money I got back I cashed in and used towards our Christmas food shop, so while not a direct saving on our holiday, it helped me later on in the year. Edited at 11:13 PM. |
|
|
20 Mar 19, 12:47 PM |
#63
|
|
Excited about Disney
Join Date: Jul 12
|
To make things cheaper last year (and get more time out there) we did allocation on arrival last minute deals. We got a bargain deal 3 weeks for £720 each in April (there’s 2 of us) and the £960 each for 2 weeks in September. We bought annual Disney passes (no other parks) and just did Disney, we figured that as long as we got 2 trips out of it we were saving money, especially with inclusive car parking and 10/20% off Disney restaurants. We were aiming to perhaps get a third trip in at Christmas or March before the annual passes expire, but unfortunately the flight prices have gone up and I think we’ve missed the boat. We purchased a separate car hire insurance so we only had to pay tax when picking up the package car, I think around $120 & $80. We always previously did hotels so enjoyed relaxing at the pool more than we usually would in a hotel. We ate a lot of meals in the villa (1 Chinese take away, Burger King and stuff we cooked from the supermarket), did a couple of splurge meals (we love O’hana) and did happy hours in places like Bahamas Breeze and STK, plus ate at cheaper places like Steak N Shake, Five Guys and Panda Express. We love the food festival at Epcot also had a few of those as our dinner. We bought a few things to bring home but didn’t go too mad (flavoured vodka, handbag, few clothes which were cheaper out there and birthday presents for others). I’m sure you could do Europe cheaper but for me, I miss my Disney fix.
|
|
|
29 Mar 19, 01:16 PM |
#64
|
slightly serious Dibber
|
I just wanted to pop back and say how happy I am with ATD. After some consideration of that hastily booked endless summer stay I realised my dates were wrong because we couldn’t do a Disney hotel beforehand and not run into labour day.
I emailed them today and had a response within a few minutes and they were happy to change my dates to five days behind so we could do a five day stay at Disney before we get there. I’m not sure how companies usually handle this because I’ve never requested a change to dates but I was very happy with how quickly it was sorted and that there was no fee for changing. I was even told you get two free changes, so I’ve just used up one of mine. Anyway, very happy!
__________________
~ DLP | June 2015 | Dec 2016 | Sept 2017 | Oct 2017 | Nov 2018 WDW | April 2009 | Feb 2019 |
|
DIBB Savings |
AttractionTickets.com
Get £10 off each Disney Ticket with the code ATDIBB10 Get up to £50 off per room at Disney or Universal with the code DIBBHOTELS |
theDIBB Blog |
Guests can book their 2025 Hotel and Ticket package early to enjoy Free Dining &... Read More »
The iconic 1900 Park Fare restaurant is opening its doors once again at Disney’s Grand... Read More »
One of the the five worlds found in Epic Universe, How to Train Your Dragon... Read More »
|
theDIBB Menu |
Exchange Rates |
US Dollar Rates
Euro Rates |
DIBB Premium Membership |
Did you know you can help support theDIBB with Premium Membership? Check out this link for more information and benefits, such as... "No adverts on theDIBB Forums" Upgrade Now |