by Lauren Bowser | Jan 2, 2019 | blog
Today, you can enjoy two exciting Walt Disney World® offers, including the popular “Free Dining” offer! The early availability of these offers will make it even easier for you to make your Disney vacation dreams a reality in 2019, and help kick off the new year with a bang! And as always, our planning services are FREE. Offers available today include: Enjoy a Delicious Offer at Walt Disney World Resort You can get a FREE dining plan when you purchase a 5-night/6-day non-discounted Walt Disney Travel Company package that includes a room at a select Walt Disney World Resort hotel and a ticket with a Park Hopper® Option or Park Hopper® Plus Option for arrivals July 5-Sept. 30, 2019 when you book through Feb. 10, 2019. Ask about packages for other lengths of stay. A minimum 4-night length of stay and 4-day ticket with a Park Hopper® Option or Park Hopper® Plus Option is required. For details about this offer, including resort inclusions, send us an email or call (412) 568-3960. This Spring and Summer, Save up to 30% on Rooms at Select Disney Resort Hotels! You can enjoy sun, fun and savings when you stay in the middle of the magic at Walt Disney World® Resort! With this offer, you can save up to up to 30%* on rooms at select Disney Resort hotels. Save up to 30%* for stays most nights May 28-Sept. 30, 2019. Book through March 24, 2019. Save up to 25%* for stays most nights April 28-May 27, 2019. Book through May 27, 2019....
by Lauren Bowser | Jul 2, 2018 | blog
1) We are full-service travel agents affiliated with a Disney-Authorized, Earmarked host agency (www.starstufftravel.com), something of which we are incredibly proud. Our agency received these designations through its commitment to excellence and knowledge of Disney destinations. 2) We provide our services FREE of charge to our clients because we make our commissions direct from the supplier. You would pay the same if you were to book yourself, so it’s kind of a no-brainer! 3) We take the headache of planning a potentially stressful trip and we do everything for you. For example, if you’re traveling to Walt Disney World, we make all of your Fastpass+ reservations, all of your dining reservations, book the Magical Express for you, and take care of all the little details to make your trip amazing. We will be up before 7 AM on the 180-day mark to get those coveted reservations for you at Cinderella’s Royal Table and Be Our Guest Restaurant, and we will do the same on the 60-day mark to try our very best to get your prime Fastpass+ reservations to ride things like Avatar Flight of Passage and Slinky Dog Dash. On top of that, we will provide you with a detailed, personalized itinerary that will maximize your time in the parks instead of having you stand in line all day scratching your head. We are also always available for your questions or for you just to pick our brains about multiple concerns. We also get to know you, and personalize your trip exactly to you. 4) We know what we’re talking about. We are both graduates...
by Lauren Bowser | Jun 29, 2018 | blog, Our Trip Reports
In this blog post, I am going to give a Pre-Trip Report as I have done many times on Disney planning forums, however I am going to do it here right on our website! With our upcoming trip right around the corner, I find my stomach flipping with excitement just as I usually do. However, this particular trip is going to be even more magical for me than normal because it just so happens that Starstuff Travel is going to have its very first Disney World Agent Education Program (AEP) while we are ALREADY going to be in Walt Disney World on vacation. Talk about meant to be! I often find butterflies in my stomach, as this is going to be an amazing experience for me and I have to pinch myself because I can’t even believe that I get to do something this cool. You will be able to follow our adventures on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/StarstuffTravelByChrisAndLauren/ , as I will be going live and posting photos and videos multiple times during our trip. We will be staying for nearly 2 weeks. We will be with Chris’s family- his mom, brother, sister, brother in law, nephew, and niece. We will be staying at 4 different resorts (talk about resort hopping!) We (Lauren, Chris, and Tristan) will be arriving a day earlier than the rest of our family because we found that the price of a flight plus one night’s accommodation was the same price as flying down the next day. The rest of Chris’s family are driving down from our home near Pittsburgh, PA, and it takes two...
by Lauren Bowser | Jun 5, 2018 | blog
We now know the date of the 2019 Walt Disney World package release. In an announcement that came out today, Walt Disney Destinations said that the date of release would be June 19. They also stated that these packages were “valid for arrivals Jan 1-Dec 31, 2019.” If you are planning on taking a vacation to Walt Disney World, contact us so we can get started on your personalized vacation package. As always, our concierge vacation planning services are free of...
by Lauren Bowser | Jan 28, 2018 | Our Trip Reports
This is the trip report of an EPIC journey of two Disney Nerds in which we stayed at Boardwalk Villas, we cruised on the DisneyDream, and returned to WDW to stay at Wilderness Lodge Villas. AND it just so happens to be our Honeymoon, which made it even more amazing! We went through David’s Vacation Club Rentals for our accommodations at Boardwalk and Wilderness Lodge. I highly recommend them! We’ve booked multiple trips using them and have absolutely thrilled every time we’ve used them. www.dvcrequest.com Characters: Lauren (your trip writer extraordinaire), Chris, and a Yeti (I’ll explain later.) Our wedding was held on August 11, 2012 in Johnstown, PA, where Chris grew up. You can watch our VIDEO trip report vlogs HERE. Please subscribe to our channel because we post ALL of our trip vlogs! After a year-long engagement, our wedding took place on August 11, 2012. It was truly the best day of our lives. We had 260-some guests, and we partied our buns off! The only thing wrong was that it went entirely too fast. You have something you look forward to and spend SO much time planning, and it is over in the blink of an eye. Thankfully we hired some very talented photographers and videographers to help us remember that day for the rest of our lives. The honeymoon trip report really starts the following day. So here we go!! Day 1: Sunday, August 12, 2012: We woke up and had a lovely, nutritious breakfast of COOKIES! If you live in the Pittsburgh area or have ever been to a wedding in the vicinity, you...
