Let’s chat about something magical – Disney Vacations…. and let’s talk about something less magical, having to plan a Disney Vacation. I’ve been on my fair share of trips, but you know what’s the hardest to plan? A Disney Vacation! I’ve taken my kiddos to Disney World & Disney Cruises more times than I can count in the last 12 years, and believe me, it’s like trying to plan a wedding, there is so much to do. And I have done it so many times without the help of a Disney Travel Agent.
Picture this: trying to figure out which hotel to pick, what transportation to use for each park, which rides to get fast passes (or lightning lane passes or whatever they call them), which parks have early entry, and which hotels offer the early entry and which ones have the special extra late nights.
And don’t even get me started on when to make dining reservations, how to use that genie + thing, and what time to snag a virtual spot for the Tron & Guardians of the Galaxy Ride. It’s like a never-ending puzzle! Oh yeah, I have to raise a family too.
A few years ago, I finally outsourced this task to a Disney Travel Agent, because I have enough on my plate, (also I didn’t know their services were free, soooo I probably would have done it a lot earlier if I had known that)
My First Disney Travel Agent Experience
My first Disney Travel Agency experience was pretty good. It was one of those big Disney Travel Agencies that boasts it books the most Disney Vacations and makes magical memories, yada yada yada.
They got me my rooms, tickets and I think I saved a little bit of money, so it was definitely worth outsourcing to a Disney Travel Agent because I didn’t have to do any of that stuff. The one thing I didn’t love was they tried to upsell me on everything, which I know is sales but it wasn’t that fun.
Still, I was most likely going to use this same company again…. until my friend told me I needed to use her travel agent.
Now, I am not one to usually jump to whatever my friend tells me, and I didn’t really understand how a travel agent could be any different, but my friend insisted I had to try her Disney Travel Agent.
Seriously, this was the Best Experience Ever
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much different when I reached out to the next travel agent, but after a few minutes (maybe even seconds) I knew immediately this was different.
Right off the bat it was a great experience, It was like talking to your best friend. They are so excited to help you plan your vacation, you can feel it. By the way, the name of the company is Best Day Ever Vacations (I probably should mention that)
Rather than just sending over a quote, they wanted to know about my family, what characters my kids are into, what kinds of rides they liked, what kind of resort we prefer, and then worked it all within my budget.
We ended up splurging and staying at the Beach Club Resort because my kids love Star Wars and its a short boat ride away + it has an amazing pool. Also, I loved the classic Ice Cream parlor on property. I absolutely love this resort.
How Did They Help Me Plan My Trip?
In addition to booking the room and tickets, the agency gave our family
- a complete 50+ page guide for our trip
- Notified us along the way of when it was time to book dining reservations
- Gave us a guide and tips on how to setup Genie + to have the best possible day
- DIning Guide for which restaurants are the best
- Tips on how to avoid the crowds and get on the most possible rides
- They even connected me with a stroller rental place which had way nicer strollers than Disney and saved me a ton of money.
- But that’s not even the best part.….
They Found me a Better Deal, Even after I was already Booked!
So I booked the trip about a year in advance. I put down, I think it was a $200 deposit and hadn’t really thought about a trip when out of the blue I got a text from my Disney Planner Jamie saying a new offer just came out and they got me a better deal. They saved me an extra $650 on my vacation that I already booked.
It was the best text I have ever received. Since then I have booked every Disney Vacation with Best Day Ever Vacations, I’ve done two Disney Cruises, and am now going on my 4th Disney World trip booked with them this holiday season.
Update – Disney Aulani
I wanted to update this article because I just got back from a trip to Disney’s Aulani. Once again, I used my handy dandy travel agent and it was sooo good.
First off, Aulani is Magical. The place might be the most wonderful place on the planet. Look at the picture above, it honestly doesn’t even capture the beauty.
Second, Our travel agent got us fully set up with an amazing room, tips on things to do on the island, guided us on how to get to aulani from the airport (we decided on renting a car, we got dining recommendations, even where to get the best malasadas (you have to try a malasada, they are amazing). It was seriously the best trip of our life.
Overall – Should you use a Disney Travel Agent?
If you are looking to book a Disney vacation, I highly recommend using a Disney Travel agent. Worst case, if you find one on your own and they are average, you will save you some time. I guarantee if you use Best Day Ever Vacations, you will be thrilled you booked a trip with them.
They have seriously made Disney Vacations so much more fun for my family and especially me. I now too, like my friend refer everyone to Best Day Ever and I am pretty sure our entire PTA has pretty much used them.
Here is the link to get a free quote from Best Day Ever Vacations, I have sent them a ton of people (so many, they asked if I wanted to be a travel planner, but that’s not for me)
If you mention rookie moms, they will pair you up with one their top travel planners to make sure they get the best service….. and in full transparency they send me a Starbucks gift card when you book as a thank you. Hey, a girl needs her Starbies.
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