danceintherain
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2007
I'm tentatively planning a trip for January 2019, which will be our 10th wedding anniversary. Not sure of the details, but I told DH we could train for a 5K (he might do a half marathon...I dunno).
We'll be a family of 5 then.
I'm open to either WDW early in the month or Disneyland mid-month.
For pretty much our entire marriage, we've qualified for the military discounts, so it's been easy to find good deals without a great deal of planning ahead. It's likely that we'll no longer qualify in 2019. I would love to plan a trip before then, but we're trying to save for a down payment on a house, so it isn't likely.
Anyway...so what can I do to start building up "savings" now. I'm thinking that using credit card points might be the best way to build up a little extra to use towards a trip, but I'm not sure I like the idea of being locked entirely into Disney related points. A friend of mine might be moving to Italy in the next few years (but only temporarily) and I want to be able to visit her, during that window. If I take that trip, the Disney trip will likely get postponed...
Hopefully, after things settle, I'll be able to start setting aside "real" money towards the trip, but I want to keep the amount of "real" money as low as possible. This is part of the reason I'm considering DL, because I know we'll want to stay on-property at WDW.
Which credit cards should I open, and on what timeline to avoid annual fees? I know if I wait until 6 months before the trip, it will be difficult to build enough sign up bonuses.
I've done Swagbucks before, but I don't really like it as a search engine, and don't particularly like spending a ton of time doing surveys and such. I've since switched to Bing rewards, but they don't have a Disney GC option.
I know about 5% off GCs at Target, but that's more something I can do later on...
Also the Disney savings account they offer...Again I won't do it, until I'm more locked into the trip.
Thanks!
We'll be a family of 5 then.
I'm open to either WDW early in the month or Disneyland mid-month.
For pretty much our entire marriage, we've qualified for the military discounts, so it's been easy to find good deals without a great deal of planning ahead. It's likely that we'll no longer qualify in 2019. I would love to plan a trip before then, but we're trying to save for a down payment on a house, so it isn't likely.
Anyway...so what can I do to start building up "savings" now. I'm thinking that using credit card points might be the best way to build up a little extra to use towards a trip, but I'm not sure I like the idea of being locked entirely into Disney related points. A friend of mine might be moving to Italy in the next few years (but only temporarily) and I want to be able to visit her, during that window. If I take that trip, the Disney trip will likely get postponed...
Hopefully, after things settle, I'll be able to start setting aside "real" money towards the trip, but I want to keep the amount of "real" money as low as possible. This is part of the reason I'm considering DL, because I know we'll want to stay on-property at WDW.
Which credit cards should I open, and on what timeline to avoid annual fees? I know if I wait until 6 months before the trip, it will be difficult to build enough sign up bonuses.
I've done Swagbucks before, but I don't really like it as a search engine, and don't particularly like spending a ton of time doing surveys and such. I've since switched to Bing rewards, but they don't have a Disney GC option.
I know about 5% off GCs at Target, but that's more something I can do later on...
Also the Disney savings account they offer...Again I won't do it, until I'm more locked into the trip.
Thanks!