Multi-week Waitlist

[LUV2TRVL2HI]

We want to put in a request via a Waitlist for a consecutive 3-week period at the same resort. Has anyone figured out if it is best to do 3 one-week requests or put one request in for the entire 3-week stay?

 

[ljmiii]

The shorter the length of the waitlist the more likely that it will hit. I would be shocked if a three week waitlist came through - that most likely would mean that three separate people decided to cancel three separate weeks, there were no other waitlist requests, and no one simply booked one or more of the nights that came available after the cancellation but before all three weeks were available.

I've never even tried to waitlist a week. I have been able to put together a week a night or two at a time over the course of two or three months.

All that said, if you really, really want to go to a specific resort and have the points to spare, book every night in the same villa type that is currently available and put in waitlist requests for the missing nights.

 

[Dean]

We want to put in a request via a Waitlist for a consecutive 3-week period at the same resort. Has anyone figured out if it is best to do 3 one-week requests or put one request in for the entire 3-week stay?

Direct reservation using points or exchange? I'm assuming direct using points as the basis for my answer. Remember they tie up the points if one places a wait list with MVC. I'd do 3 one week requests but if you have enough points, I'd also grab any days that become available then modify any applicable wait lists. We can only WL at 12 months out, best to try to do this at 13 months out. If you have exchange options, I'd also work from that end and modify any points reservations and/or WL as applicable.