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It's here. I have been playing with it for a while and seem to be pretty good for my needs.
KT - Heith
KT - Heith
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Yes, Online Reservations Works today. Okay everyone. Post your comments here for good, bad, bugs, issues.Comment
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I see a couple other changes:
Destination or Experience is under one block with different tabs.
When you choose a location or the experience, you can then choose the resort. I like this.
I do wish the calendar moved a little quicker or had two months up. I see you can choose the year and the month, so that works well.
I like that once I get my resort picked, in the case of CMV where there are multiple style unit, I pick week and the bedroom qty and the different style units show up. Clicking on the unit give a description, that is more info that I had before.
I noticed that when I put in the wrong check in date but the correct check out date, and went to correct my check in date, it changed the check out date. I had to re-enter it. That could be so the date had to be verified by the user. I guess it is okay, just more steps.
Search gets lost if you do a 'revise search'. I went from Aruba to Myrtle Beach for the destination drop down, but the resort drop down did not update.
Another problem under the revise search, when I did get North Myrtle Beach, and selected Shorecrest, I left my old search dates. The results came up with both red and white week for that same week. The dates show up correct in the check in and check out. If I use the points table, it looks like it is all red week, not white. There is no indication which is shorecrest 1 vs. 2 other than references to marsh or ocean.
Next I looked at Big Cedar. Are the cabins not avilable in March or is that broken? All that comes up is the lodge. Hmmm. Must not be available. I change the dates from March to May and the cabin shows up. It shows up on the old points table with the points required. No 2 bedroom cabin might be a deal breaker for a possible March trip.
That is enough playing for now. I will check back as time permits.DonComment
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Okay, I've been playing with online reservations this morning and it looks good so far. It's very similar to the bonus time interface and works a lot like the Wyndham online resrevation system.
For instance, I did a search for Big Cedar for Aug 29 for 3 nights in any size unit. I selected the option to provide alternate dates and alternate resorts.
I got 10 results for Big Cedar in Studio, 1 and 2br units. Varying check in and check out dates. It includes season (high red), point value and occupancy.
It also gave me tons of options for The Falls Village and Long Creek Ranch. Very nice.Comment
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On line reservations at BLuegreen
This is a nice start but I think more could be offered. I tried to check availability in Panama City. Each time I was given a message of no availability for April of 2010 and was advised that a week reservation was needed.
I was hoping for a system that would pull up what is available for each resort and show a monthly calendar. Sold out days could be grayed out and available days highlighted both by the week and fraction of a week.
Still, this is a giant step in the right direction and will allow better planning for future vacations.
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I also like the easier to understand room designations in the reservation window.
What to add how about a popup showing the floor plan. I like the bubble window that shows up but maybe add a link in that for a floorplan view.
I look forward now to my anniversary date to get some points to make a reservation with. I've blown through my 20K for this year and ready for next.
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website is still down for me. I cleared my browser cache and cookies just to make sure that wasn't the problem.Comment
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I think it is two (maybe 3) clicks to get the floor plan, so it isn't too bad to get there, but I do understand your idea of connecting it to the balloon for the unit description.Originally posted by whandDonComment
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I finally got onto the site and here's the first thing that went wrong for me.
Put in the dates of 07/13-07/17(check in Monday& check out Friday). It comes up that a hotel room is available for 2,900 points. The points for the hotel room should be 1,100 points. A 2 br would require 2,900 points.
I'll keep playing. I hope this works because I think this is grand!Comment
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Never mind my above post........now I see that it was giving me alternate dates...the dates I put in were not available.Comment
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Dream Big
my parents always told me to dream big so here it goes:
I like the search by resort.
I like the search by experience.
How about a mixture of search by experience and points. So I can say I want beach experience from 8/7 to 8/14 and I have 10K in points.
Yeah I know a real tax on the search database.
W.Comment
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Still can not get on to the site. tried multiple times throughout the day, with firefox and IE. Cleared cookie etc.Comment
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Finally logged in, following a suggestion on the yahoo group. Just clicked the "not registered" button, didn't enter anything, back to the previous login page, and it worked !Originally posted by xzhan02 View PostComment
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As a gold member (I keep hearing a song when I say that: Gooooold Memmmber) I know that I can put my name in the hat for a reservation a few extra months out, 13 I think it is, but what happens when I put in for a reservation out beyond the 11 months with the new reservation system? I see there is a notification. Does that have the same effect as putting my name in the hat with Bluegreen directly?DonComment
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