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Is a Resort Hotel Better Than a Vacation Home?

How to Choose Which Would Be Best for You

By renee, published Dec 22, 2005
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When planning your vacation this is probably one of the main things on your mind. I had the dilemma when we were planning our trip to Walt Disney World. We were not sure if we wanted to stay at one of the many Disney Resorts of if we wanted to rent a vacation home. Both of them seemed very nice. So I started to research first the vacation homes that are located closest to Walt Disney World. The first place I found was located in what they call golfer’s paradise. This is only 10 min from Walt Disney World. The company is known as Disney Dreaming. The website is disney-dreaming.com, and they have a five bedroom house with many luxuries. 

But since I did not see any kind of personal feedback on the website from people who had stayed there I was a little unsure. So I called and the people were not very friendly so I just ruled them out. Then next place that I checked was, Mickeytown.com. They are located only five minutes from Downtown Disney and the homes look very nice. They have four bedroom and five bedroom homes that range in price from $600-$1000 for one week. With several different floor plans to choose from there are really a lot of options. I was also a little skeptical of this website because I could not find a telephone number, but they do have e-mail for you to contact them. So I added them to my maybe list.

Finally I found what I was looking for a three star triple A approved vacation home. Award vacation homes seem to be the best of the pick. They are located just a few minutes from Walt Disney World and offer various seasonal packages. You can rent a three bedroom home from $99 a night, however this excludes holidays when the rates are a little higher. Also there are four, five and six bedroom luxury pool homes for a slightly higher price. There are charcoal grills, TV’s, VCR, high chairs, and cribs in every home, and you can call for a brochure. The website address is www.awardpoolhomes.com. You can get all of the information needed to make a reservation here. This place went right to the top of my list.

Is a Resort Hotel Better Than a Vacation Home?

PoP Century Resort at Walt Disney World

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Takeaways
  • The private homes are almost like your still at home, and not on vacation.
  • You will have to drive to your activates, and load up the vehicle.
  • But if you stay at the Disney Resort�s there is always transportation available 24 hrs a day.
Did You Know?
No matter where you vacation the homes will always give you a bit more privacy.
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I have stayed in several vacation rentals and I agree that they are usually much more private than hotels. Even condo rentals tend to be quieter, because there will often be a lot of units that are just owned by people as second homes (not being actively rented), so you won't run into crowds. Vacation rentals do, however, tend to be more expensive than hotels.

Posted on 10/01/2007 at 4:10:00 PM

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