Archive for April, 2009

Late Villa Deals

Sunday, April 26th, 2009


late villa deals in Florida

late villa deals in Florida

 

There are thousands of villas available for rental in Florida, so how do you get a late villa deal? The biggest saving you will make by far is booking with the villa owner direct rather than through an agent. Villa owners pay to advertise their properties on vacation rental websites and want to deal with you direct as it cuts out paying commission to agents. Ultimately saving you and the villa owner money, so book direct. A good vacation rental website will allow you to search on required dates, and feature special or late villa deals. Prices are usually quoted per night for the villa and not per person, so it can be surprisingly affordable. Remember villa owners don’t want their villas to sit empty, as an empty villa is not paying for itself, so if you can hold your nerve to within of few weeks of departure you can often bag yourself a bargain. Sending a last minute General Enquiry to multiple villa owners asking for a late villa deal will usually come up trumps. Check the availability calendar for a property. If it has been maintained but there are not many nights booked this could be a sign that an owner may be willing to negotiate more on price.   Don’t be afraid to make an owner an offer for renting their home. The worst that can happen is that they say no. However keep it realistic the owner has bills to pay too.

House rentals near Disney

Friday, April 17th, 2009


House rentals near Disney Florida, there are so many to choose from, is one location better than another?

If it’s your first time to Orlando Florida and you are new to renting a villa, how do you choose one location over another? Do you want to be near Disney, Sea World, Universal or indeed one of the lesser known theme parks?

The highest number of visits to the parks will probably be to the Disney, due to them simply having 4 major parks as well as the 2 water parks and vast range of other entertainment available, therefore I would recommend trying to find a base closer to Disney. Staying in the Disney area will probably mean a journey of around 20-30 minutes when you do decide to venture further afield and visit Sea World or Universal Studios.

First time visitors to Disney need also to appreciate that Disney is vast, covering some 35000 acres or 47 square miles. So you have to ask yourself where does Disney start and finish, that again depends on which particular Disney park you want to visit.

That said leaving Disney the majority of house rentals near Disney are accessible via the busy Highway 192 or Interstate 4. Many new Orlando villa communities are located along Highway 27, roughly a 15 minute drive along the 192 from Disney or Interstate 4. Personally having stayed at various communities along Highway 27 we have found the easier ones with regards to travelling are those within a few minutes of the Interstate 4 such as Calabay Park

Over the last few years we have stayed near Champion gate at Lake Wilson Preserve. This community is less than 5 minutes to Interstate 4 and less than 10 minutes along Old Lake Wilson Road to the 192. An excellent location whatever your itinerary with many shops and restaurants within close proximity.

Some vacation rental websites such as Wannavilla also provide maps of Orlando villa locations relative to the major attractions, which is another great tool to help plan your vacation.

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