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how to make DME reservations [+ do you tip the drivers?]
I have paid for all of my trip and have checked in online for our hotel. Where do I go to make my DME reservation? (I have seen many people say that should do this considerably in advance and I am 47 days out.)
Also, another silly question, do you tip the DME drivers for your bags even though they will come later? Or what do you do for this if you may not be in your room when the bags come?
you nee to go to a website to book it https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/ai...n-reservation/ and give them your flight information. As for tipping you only need to tip the driver if they handle your luggage. If you have your bags tagged and they pick them up or you give them your claim checks to retrieve them for you they will go in a separate truck to your resort.
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Also, another silly question, do you tip the DME drivers for your bags even though they will come later? Or what do you do for this if you may not be in your room when the bags come?
As EastYork says: the bags with the yellow DME labels on them, that's already included and you don't need to tip anyone for them.
If your driver handles a bag, for example if you have them stow your carry-on under the bus, then it would be good to tip them - a dollar per bag is a reasonable tip for this service.
At your resort, it will not be DME people who deliver your bags to your room. They won't know what room to bring them to; instead, they will deliver the bags to your resort's Luggage Services department, and someone from there will bring them by. A tip for this is not obligatory, but if you are in your room when they arrive, I should think it would be the polite thing to do. Again, $1/bag would be a good amount.
Similarly, by the by, if someone from Luggage Services helps you bring any bags to your room - e.g., they load your carry-on luggage onto one of those cart thingies and walk it out to your room with you - a tip of $1 per bag would be polite.
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Generally, a good rule of thumb when travelling is: almost anytime someone helps you with your luggage (skycap, bellhop, bus driver, etc), a tip of $1 per bag is the appropriate gesture to make. The sole major exception would be airline personnel - e.g., when checking in, or gate-checking something like a stroller.
you nee to go to a website to book it https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/ai...n-reservation/ and give them your flight information. As for tipping you only need to tip the driver if they handle your luggage. If you have your bags tagged and they pick them up or you give them your claim checks to retrieve them for you they will go in a separate truck to your resort.
I was just looking for this info too this morning on the Disney website and couldn't find it. Thank you so much for the link! I tried calling this morning, but there was over a 30 minute wait to talk to someone, so I thought I'd wait until next week. I'm so glad I checked the boards today!!!
Thanks everyone. That made it a lot easier with the link.
I appreciate the advice about tipping too as I am accustomed to tipping per bag but wasn't sure what to do.
I was just looking for this info too this morning on the Disney website and couldn't find it. Thank you so much for the link! I tried calling this morning, but there was over a 30 minute wait to talk to someone, so I thought I'd wait until next week. I'm so glad I checked the boards today!!!
You're welcome I saw it listed somewhere else and did a google search for it.
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I tip the driver even if he doesn't touch my bags. He's performing a service for me, and DME saves me a ton of money.
Me too. If they handle any bags, carry ons, etc I tip $1 per bag. But if I don't have a bag, I still tip, $1 per person.
I found out on my last trip, if you fly 2 different airlines, airline desk won't take bags, I had to take them on DME and check them in at airport because I flew US Air from MCO, then changed to Alaska in Philly. This was going home.
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Something that might come in handy to know: you don't HAVE to have reservations for DME. You don't even have to have the yellow tags. Just take yourself and your luggage claim tags from the airline to the DME counter. They will check your reservation and get you onto a bus. Give them the claim tags and they will retrieve your luggage, too. Done it more than once when tags were late coming.
Something that might come in handy to know: you don't HAVE to have reservations for DME. You don't even have to have the yellow tags. Just take yourself and your luggage claim tags from the airline to the DME counter. They will check your reservation and get you onto a bus. Give them the claim tags and they will retrieve your luggage, too. Done it more than once when tags were late coming.
Although it's true that you don't need luggage tags for DME to retrieve your luggage, you do need a reservation - it's part of DME's agreement with MCO.
Although it's true that you don't need luggage tags for DME to retrieve your luggage, you do need a reservation - it's part of DME's agreement with MCO.
Yes, this is correct. The contract with MCO and the Greater Orlando Airport Authority states they cannot take walk-ups. Other companies that offer ground transportation complained that Disney was introducing unfair competition and the courts agreed. As a result, each contract MCO signs with Disney and DME states that they can't take walk-ups. You are supposed to make a reservation at least 10 days before boarding a DME bus. If DME is caught taking walk-ups they will be hit with a very hefty fine.
You are supposed to make a reservation at least 10 days before boarding a DME bus.
I could be wrong, but I think you can do it as little as 24 hours in advance. I believe they need a minimum of 10 days' notice to get the luggage tags to you, but as has been said, the tags aren't necessary.
I could be wrong, but I think you can do it as little as 24 hours in advance. I believe they need a minimum of 10 days' notice to get the luggage tags to you, but as has been said, the tags aren't necessary.
Yes you can make them as little as 24 hours in advance. However, the contract with MCO says that it is supposed to be 10 days. They can bend that because it was still an advance reservation.
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