I am planning a 2-3 week orlando/disney vacation. I want to rent a condo or villa and make several small trips to see the real florida. Nature, beach, historical places… Thanks for the tips.
Wojciech
are looking for a fabulous Disney vacation, booking a holiday villa in Orlando would seem to be the first step to take. One of the most important aspects of a vacation after choosing the destination is your choice of accommodation, and there are generally two types of people with little in between.
Either you like to rough it, in which case you will go for a tent, trailer or log cabin, or you like luxury in which case you will normally opt for a hotel. Of those that like to rough it, most will eventually admit that it is the price that attracts them, and that if they could afford something better they would go for it. Sure, there are those that genuinely prefer a tent, and there’s a lot to be said for a camping holiday. However, if that’s not you, then nothing is going to persuade you other than cost.
Of those that prefer the hotel room, most when pressed for an answer why will say that there are no alternatives. A hotel is the only way to rest comfortably when on vacation in Orlando, and they have enough hassle during the rest of the year to want any on their Disney vacation. They want some luxury: a comfortable bed, a pool and spa and just to be able to chill out.
Of these two extremes, neither will likely have given any consideration to a holiday villa in Orlando. There is a wide range of Orlando vacation villas, from condos to six bedroom villas set in luxury resorts where every form of entertainment is laid on for them. However, if you mention that to them they will prevaricate and mention the price. “It must be dreadfully expensive” they will say, as if that were an excuse. How much are these hotel rooms costing them? Particularly if they have a large family with them, which many have. The happy campers can be forgiven believing that, but it’s not much of an excuse for the hotel lovers.
Actually they are wrong. Let’s take the hotel lovers first. Ignore what they are paying for their hotel, but look at their family. Let’s say they are a couple with four children. What would that involve accommodation-wise? Three rooms? Certainly more than two, and three at a minimum. Perhaps even four if the kids are of a certain age, but let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and settle for three.
Now let’s look at the price of a three bedroom holiday villa in Orlando. In fact let’s look first at a 3 bedroom town house in Windsor Palms resort: that is $135 a night – for the whole family of six people. That’s high season in mid-summer for under $44 a room. What kind of hotel will offer you rooms at that price? I don’t know, but I sure don’t want to spend a night there! That’s fabulous luxury accommodation with a pool, high speed internet and everything the resort has to offer for a measly 44 bucks a room.
If they wanted to up that to a 4 bedroom holiday villa in Orlando it would be $180: $45 a night per room to include a Playstation, games room with pool and air hockey, private pool and lots more beside. Even at that they are getting more than their hotel could offer. What if they were hungry at night? Room service prices? No, rustle yourself up a burger or a sandwich in your own kitchen. Bye-bye hotel – you suddenly just got outvoted on price, luxury and privacy.
Now, how about the Disney vacation being enjoyed by the happy campers – those that prefer to live under canvas? Nothing wrong with a tent or trailer, but they are only doing this because they can’t afford better – they said so. However, they can afford a luxury holiday villa in Orlando, especially if they go for a condo at $125 a night for three bedrooms. Six people at less than $21 each. There’s no arguing with value like that.
Keep in mind that we are talking only 2 miles from Disney here! Plus shuttle transport to all the attractions. Not only that, but this is in the Windsor Hills Resort with its fitness room, volleyball, tennis, basketball, movie cinema and games arcade. Plus a pool, hot tub . . .
There is too much to mention. With your own laundry and cooking facilities you are going to save money here, and that means you have more to spend on enjoying yourself. There is no reason at all why anybody, whether they are in a tent or a hotel room, should not be able to afford a luxury holiday villa in Orlando and not only save money, but also have the best and most fabulous Disney vacation that they have ever had
Hal
Hi, Me and my family wanted to plan a disney vacation but we wanted a disney world villa that cost less than 3000 dollars. Since we have 5 people in our party (2 adults 3 kids) we didnt think a hotel room would be benificial. Does anyone know any deals or has anyone stayed in a disney world villa before. Keep in mind we want it to cost less than 3000 dollars.
Earle
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
we were just think of it
8 days 7 nights
2 adults 3 kids
airtravel ny- orlando
and a villa that would fit atleast 10 people
other people are coming with us i just wanna know the price for just my family
Fionna
me and my family are going to disney in late july and we want to rent a villa can anyone suggest a villa and also has anyone been in the last year we want to get a price range for a family of four total 7 day vacation
Azmeena
My family and I wanna go to Disney World for vacation this summer. Which villa place should we stay at though? My wife and I want a master bedroom with a whirlpool tub and shower in the bathroom there. Our 2 kids also want their own bed. So we need a place with 2 bedrooms, 3 beds, full kitchen, and maybe 1 to 2 balconies. And also a living room with dvd player and tv. Thanks!
Zainab