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[watermelonpatty]

Hi guys,

As much as I love staying on property, sometimes it's impossible financially. Especially when we were just there a few weeks ago, booked the Royal Guest Rooms at POR for mother's day weekend, are considering a Disney Cruise in December and want to make it to Epcot's 30th on October 1st.

In any case, I've been looking at the Groupon Getaways and have been seeing incredible deals. For example: a 4 night stay at the Best Western by DTD for $299!!! This includes a $50 dining credit and free hourly shuttles to the parks, free internet and free parking. It's walking distance from DTD so we can always walk over if we don't want to wait for the next shuttle. That's pretty much the extent of the fine print, aside from dates and a $10/day resort fee and taxes.

I'm just worried about the Groupon deals being too good to be true and I was wondering if anyone has taken advantage of these and what their thoughts were.

Thanks for the input!

[xrosario]

I haven't used their getaway deals yet but I have used then before a few times. They seem so have great customer service and there's usually a chance to ask the business offering the deal any questions before you buy. I know there are some great offsite hotels so besides checking out general reviews of the hotel itself, I think it could be a great deal. I'd do some comparison shopping first through the hotel site and other discount hotel sites to see exactly what kind of deal I'm getting with groupon.

[renbugs]

Was wondering, How do you sign up for these deal's ? Thank you.

[watermelonpatty]

I just go to groupon.com and go to the part that says Getaways on the tab on top. I registered for the site (it's free) and get emails when there are deals in my area (Ft. Lauderdale).
I think you should be able to see Orlando deals if you are in another area because I see deals for Vegas, California, Bahamas, and lots of other places. I've been watching them for a while, but none cover my dates in October, so I'm going to give it a little more time.
I know someone going to Universal using one of these deals next month so I'll see how it goes with her. I just wanted to see if anyone here had experience since you're all such a well-traveled bunch! ;-)

[Straitlover]

Groupon is legit, so don;t worry aobut that. I would check to see if BW charges a daily resort fee, though. Those fees are usually not inlcuded in the Groupon price.

I avhe also been seeing deals for the Lake Buena Vista Resort on iehte rGroupon or Living Social. If it matters, it is a tiny bit closer to DTD, but I don't think their deal includes dining credit.

[watermelonpatty]

Originally Posted by Straitlover

Groupon is legit, so don;t worry aobut that. I would check to see if BW charges a daily resort fee, though. Those fees are usually not inlcuded in the Groupon price.

I avhe also been seeing deals for the Lake Buena Vista Resort on iehte rGroupon or Living Social. If it matters, it is a tiny bit closer to DTD, but I don't think their deal includes dining credit.

Yes, they have a 9.99 Resort fee and a 12.5% tax, so for the $225, 3 day deal, they said I would end up paying 225 to groupon and just under 55 to the resort, so about $280 total.

[Pris]

Where would you have to dine to use the credit? I'm not exactly sure where BW is, but Hotel Plaza Boulevard is quite a long walk to get to DD, if you were trying to avoid the shuttle.

[MBUS]

We've done a groupon to a hotel in NH (live in MA) and had no problem. I like groupon and the other daily deal sites a lot!

Beth

[Tere WDW]

I love Groupon and Living Social as well. Both have great customer service. I signed up to receive deals from the Orlando area and there are many hotel deals (at least one deal every couple of weeks). Be patient, maybe you'll find something!

I just checked Groupon and they currently have the BW deal, Worldwide Vacation and Travel Inc. and Worldgate Resort.

[yalibrarian]

I have used them once, not for a hotel, but there was no problem using the deal. I also subscribed to the Groupon for Orlando area, just in case something good comes up that we can use on vacation. But definitely read the fine print before you fork over the cash, so you won't have any surprises.

[Inkmahm]

I use both Groupon and LivingSocial quite frequently. Today there is a deal in LivingSocial for a Segway tour at Cape Canaveral or Cocoa beach. $31 for an 80 minute Segway excursion is a great deal!

http://t.livingsocial.com/deals/3082...p&rpi=58417986

Oops, I guess I posted this info where no one will actually use it as it is a general topic on Groupons. I'll start a new thread so people see the Segway deal.

The point though is that I have never had a problem with either Groupon or Living social deals. I've even gotten refunds when some deals haven't worked out for me for whatever reason.