How can you earn some money for a Disney trip?

[Walt Disney1955]

Put a penny in your jar on day one

On day two double it.
On day three double that figure.
Keep doubling that figure every day for a month.

You will have more than enough for your trip within 30 days.

Seems easy doesn't it?

$2,689,354.56

I chuckled at this for a second, and then I stopped..................then my head hurt for a second because I was actually adding things up in my head. So I wrote it down on paper. Yeah, that would be a fine trip, but first I'd retire.

 

[unkadug]

I chuckled at this for a second, and then I stopped..................then my head hurt for a second because I was actually adding things up in my head. So I wrote it down on paper. Yeah, that would be a fine trip, but first I'd retire.

It's quite amazing isn't it.

 

[WDWVolFan]

Alright, long story short, as you can see I have gone to Disney a few times in recent years. Our most recent trip was Southern California in September. First time at Disneyland for me and won't be the last. We left our 18 month old son at home and had a blast. However, I so badly wanted him to experience either WDW or DL in 2013. He's 2 now and I guess I felt he would have loved it.

Well, over the winter we ran into some financial trouble. Bills piled up and I borrowed a bit of money from my parents. I have always paid them back and I will this time as well, probably in the next 3-4 months but we are making good money again and while it seems impossible now I would love to go back to one of the parks this year, sometime in the fall of 2013. Crazy, I know, but if all of our ducks are in a row I want to do it.

Other than general overtime and the usual squeezing of a penny, explain to me how you would get money really fast in order to go on a Disney trip. A bank loan right now is not the option, my credit is still building back up and it might take at least a couple of months in order to get approved.

So if you have any ideas, let me know. Or, should I just let it go and start saving away for a trip sometime in 2014. The only issue is that we may or may not have another addition to the family by then.

I usually save some but mainly that's what tax return and bonuses are for! lol

I agree with the poster that said that getting into debt to go to Disney is not good. What you can do is book it in advance and pay as you go until your trip. That way instead of saving, you're paying on it. They offered me that option when I booked my last trip. I paid the deposit and then I could make payments up until the deadline or just make one lumpsum payment if I so wished.