want to enjoy your Disney vacation to its maximum, consider Orlando vacation villas as your choice of accommodation rather than a hotel. This is particularly true if you have a few children with you and you would like a bit of peace and quiet now and again.
In order to explain that, just consider a hotel for a while. You have booked yourself, your partner and the kids into a lovely hotel for a couple of weeks, and are looking forward to a great holiday in Orlando, visiting Disney and also many of the other attractions that this part of Florida has to offer.
After checking in comes the first problem. Who sleeps where? Unless you have booked a family room, with everybody spending the vacation in the same room, either the children have to be given their own room, or you and your partner have to split, each sharing the children between you. A lot depends upon how many you have.
However, in the final analysis it doesn’t matter if you have two children or four or even six. You either enjoy your vacation with just the two of you in your own room, and the children in theirs or you don’t. Even now, you can see where Orlando vacation villas are suddenly beginning to look attractive.
No matter how well behaved your kids are, you will always be wondering what they are getting up to, and that isn’t your only problem with a hotel. If your children have reached that age when they must have their own bedrooms, particularly if you have boys and girls, then the hotel costs are going to be pretty steep.
There are more problems, but let’s forget them all, because Disney vacation should not involve problems of any kind. Let’s stop for a minute and look at how a Disney vacation villa can solve all of these problems.
First the rooms: you can rent an Orlando vacation villa with up to six bedrooms, and you need to have an awful lot of kids to fill that. Likely a three bedroom villa would suit you, where two children can have their own rooms, or up to two boys and two girls can share, each of the four having their own bed. They share rooms, but no need to share beds.
Each has its own TV and DVD player and is also en suite. Some even have a games console in the rooms, so nobody is going to get bored. A family of six can live in one of these vacation villas in Orlando vary comfortably, with its own pool for just a little extra, spa, games room and even the kitchen where you can rustle up some breakfast or supper, and still eat out for lunch and dinner if your prefer - you can’t cook in a hotel!
But that must cost a fortune, mustn’t it! No way can you afford that. Well, yes, there is way you can do that. Consider the relative costs. First the hotel. What do you need? A room for you two, one for the boys and one for the girls. Three hotel rooms close to Disney World. Cheap? Absolutely - not!!
Now check the three-bedroom Orlando villa rental. Set in a great resort with a private pool and spa, you pay $160 a night. That’s for all of you! That equates to three double hotel rooms at $54 a night. It’s a no-brainer. It’s £27 a person! You won’t find a hotel anywhere for that price unless you take your own bedbug catcher. But that’s not all: you can get a four bedroom villa with more amenities for just under $200 a night - that’s $50 a room. There is nothing a hotel can offer that you won’t get either in your own villa or offered in one of the many restaurants and amenity centers that are everywhere in Orlando. And you are only 15 minutes from Disney! You have your own DVD player to play your own videos, or rent one for the night. That will be a lot less expensive that watching hotel movies!
Your kids can go to bed any time they like, and watch the movies they want to watch, or view their own TV programs. Perhaps play with the Playstation, but the main thing is that you know they are safe in the same house as you.
Compare that to a hotel: you are continually worried about your children in the rooms next door - are they slipping out without you knowing, are they breaking anything, are the movies suitable. In fact, how much are they running up on the bill by watching these late-night TV movies?
If it has a pool it is shared with the entire hotel, you can’t cook your own food if you feel like it and your drinks will be at hotel bar prices compared to drinking your own home-made cocktails by your own private pool while you cook up some steaks and mushrooms. That’s a vacation!
Raye
I am trying to find the best 2 or 3 islands to pursue for a Feb 08 Vacation with the family. 2 adults and 7 and 5 year old boys. We want a 2 bedroom villa on the beach with a pool. Cost is not an issue. I just don’t know which islands to pursue. Thanks.
Birmingham
u wish to try an Orlando vacation villa for your forthcoming trip - what next?
If this is your first time trying the luxury of a holiday villa for your vacation the following tips and advice should make the whole process quite straightforward for you.
Once you have established how many people will be travelling with you on holiday, you then decide which size of villa will then best suit your requirements. You can choose from a 3-bedroom villa all the way up to 7 or more (for those travelling with several families). Most of the Orlando vacation villas are well within a 30-minute drive of Walt Disney World (many being even much less than that).
Confirm the dates and price…
The next step is to contact the owner directly to confirm they have your dates available and they will quote you a price for your length of stay. (Please not villa prices are always per villa per night or per week and NEVER per person.) This is the perfect opportunity to ask the owner any questions you may have about the villa, what it has to offer, its location, or anything else, which comes to mind. To proceed from this point you would pay the homeowner a deposit to secure your booking for those particular dates.
Every villa is privately owned so each one will have their very own terms and conditions. It is advisable to read these-as you would when booking any travel arrangements. Pay particular attention to their cancellation and refund policies in the event of any change in circumstances affecting any members of your party who are due to travel. Popular dates like Christmas and Easter can be booked almost year in advance, so none of us know exactly what is in store for us one year down the line. Do remember to pay any monies due (i.e. deposit/final balance) on time since failure to do so may result in losing your dates.
Time to get directions…
Closer to your departure date the balance of your payment is due. It is on receipt of this that the homeowner will issue you with travel directions to their specific rental villa and instructions on when and how to obtain keys to enter the villa. Many rental villas use a lockbox system and the owner will provide you with the access code before you go. Some owners still use a nearby management office where you can pop in to collect keys en-route to your vacation villa.
On arrival at your vacation villa, you will find plenty more information on all that Orlando has to offer you and your party during your stay, and we are SO confident you will be delighted with your Orlando vacation villa that you will wonder why you have never holidayed this way before and undoubtedly will be thinking ahead as to when you can do this again!
You can find a popular site for renting a private Orlando vacation rental here http://www.windsorpalmsflorida.com/Sitemap/CentralDisneyArea.html
Having spoken to the homeowner when booking the villa and probably when balances were due, you may already have some rapport with them, so if you showed an interest in returning to their Orlando vacation rental at a future date, they may just offer you a discount on your next stay as a “thank-you” for returning to their home in the sun.
Peter Kenny has been travelling to Florida for the last 20 years and runs two vacation rental sites Reunion golf rentals and Orlando vacation rentals Please visit for more articles on vacation rentals and ownership.
Cathryn
Are you planning to set off on a vacation in Orlando? Orlando has enough attractions which keep you entertained and busy all the time. During planning for vacation in Orlando, you must think of accommodation. Orlando has enough accommodation facilities and renting a villa in Orlando is perfect one. Villas are the first choice for savvy visitors in Orlando, Florida as they are luxurious, convenient, economic, and situated at the attractive locations. Disney World is the major attraction in Orlando and most of villas are situated there. If you rent a villa at this place, it will be convenient for you to visit at Disney land and other attractive places.
You will also find lots of hotels and resorts in Orlando but they are quite expensive and offer limited services as per the budget. But if you rent a villa you will get more facilities at fewer prices. They are equipped with modern facilities such as well equipped kitchen with breakfast and dinning area, TV, queen size bed, DVD player, games equipment, etc. They are more spacious than any hotel or resort rooms. You can rent a villa as per your needs. Their prices are ideally low for example $160 for four bedroom villa with luxurious facilities for one day. It sounds quite surprising and unbelievable to get luxury accommodation at this price.
This luxury villa mean lot for you as it gives you the feel of home where you don’t have to do any formality as the whole villa is your own for few days at such an economic price. As their prices are low and facilities are convenient and luxurious more and more people demands for villas. Once you have finalized that you are going for a vacation in Orlando, it is advisable to book a villa in advance. Lots of websites are available on the Internet which offers Orlando villas to rent or Orlando vacation rentals with their necessary details such as price, facilities, location, etc.
Sherrel
I HAVE A BEUTIFULLY 2 BEDROOM VILLA IN ISLAND AND WOULD LIKE VISITORS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, IS VERY CLOSE TO THE TOWN AND THE BEACHE I HAVE A WEB SITE BUT NOT GETTING ENOUGH TRAFFICE CAN SOME ONE TELL ME HOW. TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE VILLA FOR HOLIDAYS.
Betteann
