Travel Question for DRC planners
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I’m moving this over to forums from my status
Just curious – for those who book their Disney vacations through DRC (not DVC) and do NOT use a travel agent, may I ask why?
I know some people are “scared” of TAs, but I’d love to understand WHY
Is it because you think you aren’t in control? Scared to get “scammed”? Love to plan yourself?Before OTN, I always used a TA. I would find the best rate for what we wanted and then called a TA to book it for us. It’s win – win! We got the rate we wanted (or better w/ on board credit, etc) and the TA got a kick back for booking! So, I always went through a TA.
No reason for the suppliers to keep ALL the money lol (Disney have enough of our dollars! LOL) It was nice to help out a small company TA AND still get the good rate and the little extra peace of mind that I had a TAs help if needed.
Not necessarily just Disney TA – just TAs in general.
Many people seem to think they “lose control” over the reservation which is not true. The only thing the TA MUST do is take payments or make package/room reservation changes. The planning is completely all yours if you choose to do it yourself!
@nascfan and @eeyorepoohfan are big planners but they still use a TA!
If not solely for supporting a small business but also for the promo release day LOL. We’ve never taken a trip long enough to require a TA but if we ever did-I would definitely use one. I need the help because they would know better than I would what is the best value and what the best options are. I’d see the first thing and just go with it.
My dad ALWAYS used a TA when he’d plan out our vacations. He’d go into AAA with the route mapped out and the list of things he’d want to make sure we did/saw and the TA worked with him to get him the best hotels and packages for the side trips we’d do.
Not necessarily just Disney TA – just TAs in general.
I don’t take trips that aren’t Disney trips
We have a local Travel Agent here that does other things in addition to Disney trips, but is an official Disney travel agent. I really liked working with her because she would also do our flights, which came in handy on our last trip when our flight out was cancelled, and there were many changes made to the new flight we booked…she kept it all straight for us. However, she is unable to help us out this time with my parent’s trip, so they just called Disney to book everything themselves. For our next trip (which is a surprise for my husband), I booked the flights myself, but will be using a Disney Travel Agent to book the rest of it. I just can’t book yet, because packages aren’t out for 2018.
Awesome! Love to hear this! Make Disney give some of all those dollars to a small business!!
So I had never used a TA before meeting @chelle on here! We seriously don’t do much traveling other than Disney! Chelle books all of our WDW resort stays. We are AP holders, so it’s just a room booking. But she watches out very great deals for us. She’s booked us under a standard sale but will switch our reservation to the AP discount once those are released. It really helps us to save money but she saves me tons of time being on the phone with Disney to change a reservation. I like to be in control and do all of our Fast Passes and any dining we might book. We’ve booked at least 6-8 Disney trips with Chelle already and she will book all of our future trips as well! She takes great pride in what she does and is a wealth of information!
Almost all of your trips… there was that ONE time you THOUGHT you could get a “better deal” and look where THAT got you?
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