SeattleJohn2
TUG Member
Hello Tuggers,
I’m hoping to get a little help with planning a family vacation for next year (targeting mid- to late-August 2018). Our plan is to treat the family to accommodations for a week in Orlando so we can all hang out at WDW/Universal and spend some time at the pool. Best I can figure, we’ll need room for 20 people (10 adults, 10 kids). We will have up to 250,000 StarOptions to use to book rooms. I think this could get us a 3 BR + 2 BR at SVV or 2 – 2 BRs and 1 – 1 BR at SVR.
But before I pour all of our SOs into reservations, I wanted to see if there are any other options. For instance, I have heard there are cheap rentals to be had through II, Redweek, etc.in Orlando. Generally these rentals are less than maintenance fees. Or Airbnb or VRBO? Given that I have the ability to convert our SOs to SPs so maybe it is a better option to conserve our points (as either SOs or SPs) and just pay cash for the rentals. But as of now, we’re planning on using SOs.
Assuming we go with SOs, the next question is which resort should we stay at? The kids will be 10 years old and less, so primarily we want to keep them happy (happy kids = happy parents). SVR looks massive so I assume there are lot of amenities for the kids (although I didn’t see a waterslide). SVV might be a little more manageable and the pictures showed a water slide and a pirate ship in the kiddie pool, which would be a plus
If we were to look for options outside of SVV and SVR, are there any recommendations? Again, having stuff for the kids and adults would be key.
Any insight or advice would be appreciated!
Thanks,
John
I’m hoping to get a little help with planning a family vacation for next year (targeting mid- to late-August 2018). Our plan is to treat the family to accommodations for a week in Orlando so we can all hang out at WDW/Universal and spend some time at the pool. Best I can figure, we’ll need room for 20 people (10 adults, 10 kids). We will have up to 250,000 StarOptions to use to book rooms. I think this could get us a 3 BR + 2 BR at SVV or 2 – 2 BRs and 1 – 1 BR at SVR.
But before I pour all of our SOs into reservations, I wanted to see if there are any other options. For instance, I have heard there are cheap rentals to be had through II, Redweek, etc.in Orlando. Generally these rentals are less than maintenance fees. Or Airbnb or VRBO? Given that I have the ability to convert our SOs to SPs so maybe it is a better option to conserve our points (as either SOs or SPs) and just pay cash for the rentals. But as of now, we’re planning on using SOs.
Assuming we go with SOs, the next question is which resort should we stay at? The kids will be 10 years old and less, so primarily we want to keep them happy (happy kids = happy parents). SVR looks massive so I assume there are lot of amenities for the kids (although I didn’t see a waterslide). SVV might be a little more manageable and the pictures showed a water slide and a pirate ship in the kiddie pool, which would be a plus
If we were to look for options outside of SVV and SVR, are there any recommendations? Again, having stuff for the kids and adults would be key.
Any insight or advice would be appreciated!
Thanks,
John