Travel planners?

HappyHaunt13 · 7 Apr 20, 06:07 PM

Anyone had an experience with these guys?

Trying to get something locked in for next year and so far it’s a tie between travel planners and ocean florida.

Travel planners have also told me that if I book AOA now they will let me change to POFQ if/when the free dining deal is released at no charge which is perfect but seems to good to be true...

Welsh_Dragon · 7 Apr 20, 06:16 PM

Why don’t you book through a US travel agent, eg, Small World Vacations or Dreams Unlimited? The US WDW booking system offers much greater flexibility; the TA will apply discounts for you as they are released by Disney.

HappyHaunt13 · 7 Apr 20, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by Welsh_Dragon

Why don’t you book through a US travel agent, eg, Small World Vacations or Dreams Unlimited? The US WDW booking system offers much greater flexibility; the TA will apply discounts for you as they are released by Disney.

I hadn’t really considered that as an option. Truth be told I’m looking to get a booking that includes flights as I’m pretty certain that flight prices will rise towards the end of this year

rafjen · 8 Apr 20, 11:40 AM

What happens if free dining isn't announced. If you are happy with the original holiday and price great- for us free dining is a deal breaker so we cannot re book as Travel planners will not allow us to cancel if free dining doesn't materialize

rafjen · 8 Apr 20, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by HappyHaunt13

I hadn’t really considered that as an option. Truth be told I’m looking to get a booking that includes flights as I’m pretty certain that flight prices will rise towards the end of this year

booking via Us- means you cannot get the 14 day ticket we get and the US free dining is usually more restrictive than UK- I'd be vary of booking via the US to be honest

Cameo · 9 Apr 20, 09:36 PM

Hi,

We booked and travelled with them last year and overall it was a good experience. One frustration was one of the reasons we booked with them was we could fly direct from Edinburgh to LGW - unfortunately before the holiday they contacted us to say the flight wasn't running and we had to fly from Glasgow. The flight was running from Edinburgh but the number of seats they had allocated had been assigned so we had been moved.
It meant an earlier start, long taxi journey and then longer layover on the way back followed by additional hour home. Was frustrating but didn't spoil our holiday however wouldn't choose to do it that way again if we didn't need to.

eowyn78 · 23 Apr 20, 11:15 AM

Yeah, I am having an issue with Travel Planners. They seem to be deluded that my holiday can go ahead this summer. They won't refund as the flights haven't been cancelled and don't seem to recognise the holiday is a package deal. it was an awesome deal and they won't let me book the same holiday package for next summer with Free Disney Dining Plan. I am hesitant to pay anymore of the holiday in May. I can't go this year even if it goes ahead in summer as I couldn't get travel insurance. That was down to my stupidity tbh. Should have sorted Travel Insurance when I booked it last year and paid that stupidly high deposit. What they are offering for next year is my higher in price and nothing like the excellent package I got for this year.
I assume I may have to kiss that deposit goodbye.

iwani · 23 Apr 20, 12:45 PM

I have used Travel Planners twice (including my current August booking) and found them mostly excellent so far. However I'll reserve full judgment on that once I see how they handle my moving the holiday to next year!
I did have a brief chat with them to go over my options and they seemed to be saying to hold on and wait until free dining comes out and not make any rushed decisions which seemed fair. They did mention they won't be buying any new flights with Norwegian (who I was booked with) so my price is likely to go up... lovely.

karen1980 · 23 Apr 20, 01:35 PM

We had some issues with Travelplanners but we now have moved our holiday to August next year as we couldn’t risk losing our deposit along with the extra payments we made. We looked at BA and Virgin flights did they say why they would not be buying any flights with Norwegian?They have said if the dinning is released they will add it on to our booking.

iwani · 23 Apr 20, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by karen1980

We had some issues with Travelplanners but we now have moved our holiday to August next year as we couldn’t risk losing our deposit along with the extra payments we made. We looked at BA and Virgin flights did they say why they would not be buying any flights with Norwegian?They have said if the dinning is released they will add it on to our booking.

The guy I spoke to said it was because Norwegian were looking shaky - however I don't know if that's their official line or just his opinion. He didn't make me any offers about adding free dining on later though, just kept on saying I might as well wait and see.

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	7 Apr 20, 06:16 PM Welsh_Dragon Proud to wear my Ears
Welsh_Dragon Proud to wear my Ears Join Date: Jun 19	Why don’t you book through a US travel agent, eg, Small World Vacations or Dreams Unlimited? The US WDW booking system offers much greater flexibility; the TA will apply discounts for you as they are released by Disney.

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	23 Apr 20, 11:15 AM eowyn78 Being a bit Goofy
eowyn78 Being a bit Goofy Join Date: May 17	Yeah, I am having an issue with Travel Planners. They seem to be deluded that my holiday can go ahead this summer. They won't refund as the flights haven't been cancelled and don't seem to recognise the holiday is a package deal. it was an awesome deal and they won't let me book the same holiday package for next summer with Free Disney Dining Plan. I am hesitant to pay anymore of the holiday in May. I can't go this year even if it goes ahead in summer as I couldn't get travel insurance. That was down to my stupidity tbh. Should have sorted Travel Insurance when I booked it last year and paid that stupidly high deposit. What they are offering for next year is my higher in price and nothing like the excellent package I got for this year. I assume I may have to kiss that deposit goodbye.