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Likelihood of Successfully Using Staroptions to Book Summer Weeks at WKORV/WKORN

FamilyEsq

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Hello TUG,

We are a family of two adults, a nine year old and a nine month old. We own EOYE at WKORV oceanview and WKORVN oceanfront. I booked consecutive weeks in a one bedroom at each resort. We would prefer to have one bedrooms for the rest of our stay. I decided to try and use the 148,000 star options I have left to book the 3rd week of July and the first week of August in either resort in a one bedroom (12 or 13 nights depending on the start day).

I have forgone the opportunity to book studio weeks. I am getting a little nervous as the time approaches to try and utilize the star options.

Does anyone have experience booking these resorts during this time of the year? Should I just book the studios? Any tips or insights?

All help is truly appreciated. Thank you.

FamilyEsq
 

jabberwocky

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I just booked two consecutive weeks in a 2BR at WKORV-N using StarOptions (this included the 4th of July weekend so I imagine it's probably fairly high in demand). Booking was very easy - only Nanea did not have any openings - but I was on exactly midnight EST to book. I don't know what the availability for a 1BR would be like.

Try making some reservations before the window opens. It won't let you book of course, but it will show you what availability currently looks like.
 

taterhed

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I had good results with a 1br in the north during Feb. But, yes......exactly at midnight (or as appropriate) and be ready to book the next night if you don't get the 1st date.

It's ok to 'practice' and try to beat the clock for midnight, but practice ahead of time and determine how many clicks will trigger the captcha that will slow you down
 

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I had good results with a 1br in the north during Feb. But, yes......exactly at midnight (or as appropriate) and be ready to book the next night if you don't get the 1st date.

It's ok to 'practice' and try to beat the clock for midnight, but practice ahead of time and determine how many clicks will trigger the captcha that will slow you down

In fact, "practice" the night before because that Captcha really really slows you down and that's even when you've chosen the correct pictures!
 

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Captcha should not be activated unless you have searched like 10 times in a row. When you are getting ready to make a reservation, don't initiate any searches until exactly 9 pm pacific/midnight eastern. If you want to search before-hand, do it earlier, and then log out. Then log back in around 8:50, but don't do any more searching until you do the real thing.
 
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