Just booked a "free" wdw trip

Thanks, SR! I've been cashing out for Disney Giftcards exclusively for the last 2+ years. I figured that sooner or later I could book a "free" trip if I saved long enough.

Well, that time has finally come! I booked a 7 day trip later this year at the French Quarter for DH and I, found out from the cast member that I had a free dining pin code attached to my name, and still had an extra $150 in Giftcards left after booking the trip. How cool is that?

My only expense is airfare. I found nonstop SW flights for $110 pp each way, snagged them, and am now going to spend an entire week at WDW for the $439 I spent for flights. If I get my act together, perhaps I can earn some more Giftcards to spend while I'm there.

Thanks again, SR! :cooldance::cooldance:

Wonderful, enjoy your trip!

I hope to do a "free" vacation to WDW next year with my SR $$. Last time we stayed at a value, really hoping to have enough for a mod next time. Would love to hear about FQ; that is the resort I am leaning towards right now.

Congrats!:thanks:

That is so cool! You can't beat an entire week at Disney for that price, and how cool that you had a free dining credit!

I'm hoping to cover a lot of next years trip with SR gift cards. Things are tight for us, so having things like SR is what gives us the chance to go on vacation.

Wow, that is awesome! And inspirational. Congrats. Hopefully next year I'll have a great sucess story such as this! Enjoy your well earned trip!:)

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Originally Posted by spring

Thanks, SR! I've been cashing out for Disney Giftcards exclusively for the last 2+ years. I figured that sooner or later I could book a "free" trip if I saved long enough.

Well, that time has finally come! I booked a 7 day trip later this year at the French Quarter for DH and I, found out from the cast member that I had a free dining pin code attached to my name, and still had an extra $150 in Giftcards left after booking the trip. How cool is that?

My only expense is airfare. I found nonstop SW flights for $110 pp each way, snagged them, and am now going to spend an entire week at WDW for the $439 I spent for flights. If I get my act together, perhaps I can earn some more Giftcards to spend while I'm there.

Thanks again, SR! :cooldance::cooldance:

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WTG Pat!!! When are you going? October when we are there, perhaps? ;)

Sounds like fun! I love being able to shave even the smallest amount of cost by using gift cards earned on SR, but a whole trip can't be beat!

What an awesome job!! I am planning on going next year for the holidays and I would love to have enought to cover at least 50% of the expenses. I need to get in gear with these surveys

This should be quite inspiring to SR members trying to get to Disney on a budget!!

Awesome! Congrats!!

Great job and enjoy your trip! You earned it...literally!!:sunshine2:

Congrats! What an accomplishment!! :sunshine::sunshine:

That is great!! I am still earning my way...slowly but surely.

That is just AMAZING and so Inspiring to all of us! Have a fantastic time.:party:

Awesome job, Pat!!!
Enjoy your vacation :) :banana:

Congrats! I was able to pay half of my trip this year (fingers crossed we can still go) thanks to SR money and Disney Rewards dollars. It is nice to know I can keep the money I saved in savings for my next trip. :)

That is great congratulations:party::party:

Wow! That is awesome! :clap:

Hoping to do the same thing next year (fingers crossed).

Holy cow that is awesome!!!! :party: Here I am hoping to reach at least $100 by our fall trip. There is still time as long as I can get a survey. I have been leaving empty handed these days by "not qualifying" for any:cry:

Wow! That's awesome! Hope you have a great time on your trip!!!! :sunshine:

Just paid in full with my Disney gift cards. The cast member was incredulous! It took a tincture of time, but well worth it, lol! I even have $260 left over for whatever. Hope to add to that before then. :)

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Just paid in full with my Disney gift cards. The cast member was incredulous! It took a tincture of time, but well worth it, lol! I even have $260 left over for whatever. Hope to add to that before then. :)

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WTG!! :clap:

That rocks!!! I hope you have a super time!!

I used one of my SR Disney cards to pay for all the extras on our 9 days at WDW this summer and the other one paid for all the extras on the cruise on the Fantasy!! Last year I used them to pay for the lion's share of our annual passes!!! I LOVE using SR rewards for Disney trips.....it takes much less of a chunk out of wallet and makes booking the next trip an incentive!!!

Have a MAGICAL vacation!!! :party::party:

Update: DH and I just returned from a week at WDW. We stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter in a king room. Although we didn't pay for it, we had a partial view of the river. Very nice room! Also had park hopper tickets included.

As noted in the first post, we paid our entire room with Disney gift cards earned here at Sunshine Rewards. Last week was free dining, a huge savings. We had over $400 in gift cards to take with us, some from our Disney Visa earnings, and used them for dinner and park drinks, extra food, waiter tips, plus souvenirs. We still have $24 in gift cards left over.

Hope this is an inspiration to some of you. I did a lot of surveys and shopping on this site to get there, but I'm glad I did.

Thanks, Sunshine Rewards!

That is just fantastic and very inspiring!:party:

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Update: DH and I just returned from a week at WDW. We stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter in a king room. Although we didn't pay for it, we had a partial view of the river. Very nice room! Also had park hopper tickets included.

As noted in the first post, we paid our entire room with Disney gift cards earned here at Sunshine Rewards. Last week was free dining, a huge savings. We had over $400 in gift cards to take with us, some from our Disney Visa earnings, and used them for dinner and park drinks, extra food, waiter tips, plus souvenirs. We still have $24 in gift cards left over.

Hope this is an inspiration to some of you. I did a lot of surveys and shopping on this site to get there, but I'm glad I did.

Thanks, Sunshine Rewards!

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WTG Pat! :clap:

That is AWESOME Pat!!
Glad you had a great time! :)

The best vacations are the free ones:sunshine:!

In 2011, I had accumulated $750 in SR which I cashed out to PayPal. I combined that with gift cards (Marriott) that I'd earned through another rewards program, Discover, Disney Visa and AMEX rewards and I was able to treat our family to an 8-night trip to Disney's HHI resort...for FREE!

We're going to HHI again this April for spring break. I have been HORRIBLE with my sunshining so this vacation will not be free this time. The good part is that I have a $1800 budget and I have about $1100 so far in rewards:cooldance:. I really want to get my butt back in gear and do some surveys. I'm going to try and earn $100 by the end of February which is when I will have to cash out.