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    Are you still allowed to Resort hopping (visit other resorts)?

    I remember when you could drive to the resorts to shop or get QS. Apparently, the scammers have ruined it for everyone. I stayed at POR for a convention earlier this year, and used Uber daily. On every arrival back to POR, the guard verified my reservation, and a couple of times *demanded* the...
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    Declining Housekeeping?

    I can understand your unique situation, and I’m certainly not arguing against the option to decline. My point about declining housekeeping is that I’m not sure why most people do it. If people are doing it because they don’t want strangers in the room, that isn’t guaranteed anywhere, and not at...
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    Declining Housekeeping?

    I never did get the reasons why folks decline housekeeping, but when we go away we don’t want to make beds or deal with emptying trash or dirty linens. The small financial incentive isn’t worth it for us. We do, however, tidy up our things before we leave the room, so that valuables are not...
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    Is it rude to ask guests to attend/pay for a destination wedding?

    I do agree that it's *your* wedding--specifically, it's not your *parents'* wedding, or your soon-to-be *in-laws'* wedding, or your *guests'* wedding, although the presence of those people is presumably significant to you if you plan to invite them. Thoughtfulness goes a long way toward...
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    Is it rude to ask guests to attend/pay for a destination wedding?

    I do agree that it's your wedding and it should be the way you want it to be, but ... In my experience, this is the reason that many people do "destination" weddings--it's simply a way to defray much of the cost by essentially asking guests to pay for their own admission. While I don't...
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    Trip Insurance question

    In fact, insurance companies do not ALWAYS make money. If there is a legitimate claim which is covered under the policy, the underwriter most likely loses money on that policy. Of course, on the whole the companies do make money or they'd become insolvent. However, it's not exactly a "gamble"...
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    Tips for future CP's!

    Most large companies and some regulatory standards *require* employees to rat on coworkers if they are aware of something improper, even if they are not directly involved. If you are aware, or in some cases if you *should* be aware, you are liable for reporting. If you don't report, it could...
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    Trip Insurance question

    We have had the same concern as OP, even though we have never had to cancel a trip (though we have traveled sick). We did some research into trip insurance before our last trip, as we were going to rent an AirBnB, but chickened out and stuck with a hotel. As Dacky619 mentioned, the only way to...
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    Bought a membership to Sam's Club

    We’ve had both Sam’s and Costco memberships for years, and I agree with most of the comments here. Although both chains carry some of the same items, Sam’s is geared more toward the small business buyer, and Costco more toward the individual retail consumer. Costco generally carries...
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    BYOS bring your own straw (Disney removing straws and more in 2019)

    It makes me think: "Do I really want to buy this stuff that I don't need and will have to carry around without a bag?" I'm not paying extra for bags when they're necessary to conveniently transport my purchases. That makes sense for Aldi and Costco selling essential items at cut-rate prices...
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    Is Bob Chapek A Greedy Miser?

    Sacrificing customer experience does not serve the [long-term] shareholders well, but it often does serve the executives well insofar as they are incentivized on stock price or financial performance. Most executives these days are short-termers relative to the life of the company. I can...
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    Is Bob Chapek A Greedy Miser?

    Unfortunately, Walt is dead and the heirs are out of the loop, and therefore so is the emotional attachment of management. This happens with almost every company; the founder with the dream and vision is, at some point, succeeded by someone without the same emotional investment in the dream...
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    Budget Buster: Riding lawnmower

    As others have mentioned, the problem as described sounds like a bad spindle or spindle bearing, which should be relatively easy to replace. If you’re not comfortable making the repair yourself, find a neighbor or friend who has more experience with mechanical repairs (working on cars counts)...
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    Disney Resorts will start charging for parking?

    At first I’d agree, but this isn’t in Disney’s best interest. Day visitors who are parking to spend money at the shops or restaurants will just skip it if it costs money just to browse. We sometimes do this even if we stay offsite, and I can promise you we wouldn’t bother if there was a fee to...
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    Disney Resorts will start charging for parking?

    That actually is a good tip, and I'm glad that you mentioned it. Also, I've had experiences traveling other places where the nightly rate has changed based upon *how* the booking was done. For example, I've occasionally received lower nightly rates by using multiple bookings (same room type...
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    Disney Resorts will start charging for parking?

    This is good to know. We have been going to Disney for several years, mostly in the spring or fall, and I don’t recall seeing an “all in” price for Swan & Dolphin anywhere close to $200/night—for us it always seems to be $300+. We started going to POR when the rates were around $160/night, but...
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    Disney Resorts will start charging for parking?

    I’m not going to continue a tax debate, but [solvent] businesses pay taxes from revenues they generate from customers. As long as all businesses are subjected to the same tax liability (such as occupancy taxes), the competitive playing field is level in that regard. When businesses can’t avoid...
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    Disney Resorts will start charging for parking?

    Disney doesn’t care about the tax, they just pass it on to the customer. When millions of tourists come to Florida, they’re paying all kinds of taxes. Sales taxes, hotel taxes, tolls, gas taxes, etc., not to mention injecting millions into the pockets of Floridians who also pay taxes...
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    Disney Resorts will start charging for parking?

    If you have a car, you could simply stay offsite and Disney would lose the hotel revenue. I suspect that they would much rather you stay onsite and take day trips offsite than to stay offsite. If you've never rented a car from the on-site Car Care Center, it's easy and convenient. I believe...
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    Disney Resorts will start charging for parking?

    All you folks who are trying to defend Disney by saying that they were leaving money on the table or that they’re trying to keep you onsite are really missing the point. The “free” resort parking is a perk to draw people to a Disney resort property versus a non-Disney property. If folks are...
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