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Orlando Accommodation: Where to Stay on a
Vacation in Orlando
Your choice of
Orlando accommodation
can be difficult to make. When considering a vacation in
Orlando, Florida, one of your problems will be finding the
right kind of accommodation to suit you and your family.
Hotel rooms are OK, but not always suitable for a family
with children, and it is important to realize that there are
alternatives. Let’s have a look at the various types of
vacation accommodation in Orlando
that people choose when on holiday and discuss the pros and
cons of each.
Hotels
Hotels are the standard form of accommodation
that people think of first. Generally if there is a good
hotel in the district then they will consider that before
anything else, and the only factor considered is price. But
should it be? Sure, hotels usually provide a range of
services and all the cleaning is done for you every day. The
restaurant is on site along with the bar, and you have a TV
in your room. But what about the negative aspects of hotel
vacation accommodation in Orlando?
Price could be an issue if you have a
family: even two children can double the cost if they need
their own room, and if it is a room for each then the price
of your vacation in Orlando starts to look a bit steep. Not
only that, but hotel bar and restaurant prices are a bit
hefty, so you will probably end up going out of the hotel a
fair bit to eat and drink in any case. How about
entertainment? You won’t be out and about all the time, and
your room entertainment is restricted to one TV. Mmm. . . .
Holiday Resort
So perhaps a trailer or cabin in an Orlando
holiday park or resort might be better. That’s OK if you
are on a tight budget, but it can get a bit crowded, and you
still only have the TV to keep them occupied while in the
accommodation. You will just have to plan your day to be
out from morning till bed time. At least you have the option
to make a sandwich or some supper at night which you can’t
do in a hotel.
Others
Maybe you can find a ranch or a farm for your
Orlando vacation, but these don’t always come cheap any
more. Maybe a guest house or motel, but your accommodation
entertainment is still pretty basic and again you are
sometimes pretty limited in your food and drink
alternatives. Do your kids really want to live on a ranch
or in a motel? Sounds great at first but the novelty soon
wears off and they can easily get bored.
Orlando Vacation Villa
Last but not least, you could opt for an
Orlando vacation villa.
The negatives are that you would likely have to book early
because of their popularity, but let’s look at the plusses
first. Each person will have their own room: seven people
seven rooms. Four people four rooms if you want, but since
most are doubles, some also with a single bed in the double,
a 7 bedroom villa could sleep up to a dozen people or more:
ideal for a crowd of golfing buddies or an
Orlando vacation
with your extended family.
How about entertainment? How about a TV in
each room, with a main wide screen plasma TV with a DVD
player – also DVD in most of the rooms? Add to that a games
console such as Playstation or Xbox and a games room with
shuffle hockey and a pool table? That should be enough to
keep everybody occupied, or you might just want to
experience the quality of your Bose radio and CD player.
As for food, you can just eat out as if you
were in any other type of
Orlando vacation accommodation,
or enjoy some home cooking in the luxury fitted kitchen. You
have your own pool and spa, and can lounge on your poolside
patio in the evening, drinking your own drinks at
supermarket prices, not those charged by hotel bars. Feel
like a snack? Just rustle up a sandwich or burger – a lot
cheaper than room service!
How about the local attractions? How about
10 minutes or less from Disney World, Seaworld or Universal
Studios? Everything close to keep the kids happy, and there
are several great golf courses in the area to let you relax
while mom or dad takes the kids round Disney. Now that’s
what I call a vacation in Orlando!
So which of these would you prefer? It’s
obvious what my choice would be, but it must be terribly
expensive, mustn’t it? Absolutely not! Consider an
Orlando vacation with you, your partner and, say, three
children. All of an age where the three cannot all share one
room. You need three hotel rooms – that not only costs, but
you don’t know what they are doing in their rooms.
Now consider the villa – a four bedroom
Orlando Vacation Villa so they all
have their own rooms and you know exactly where they are all
the time. How much do you think? I’ll tell you: $155 in
High season and just 15 minutes from Disney.
That’s right, and if there is a whole bunch
of you, say a dozen, then you can have a 7 bedroom Orlando
vacation villa from only $210 a night: that’s $17.50 each.
Now what hotel will offer you luxury accommodation at that
price?
So what
would your preference be? I know what mine is
Mark Whichard is an Orlando tourism expert
and writes frequently about attractions in and around
Orlando.
Mark and his wife Susan are the proprietors of
Quality Villa Rentals Orlando. You can
get great deals on
Orlando Villa rentals and vacation Homes at this website
http://www.qualityvillarentals.com
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