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Ditch The Hotel For A Villa Or Vacation Home
by: David Leonhardt
Two visits to Budapest. Two apartments, walking distance from downtown. I did
not even set foot in the Hilton. My mother and I saw Budapest like only someone
who stays away from the Americanized hotels can. We stayed with the locals. We
came to feel the city, not just see it.
Several years later, I returned to Europe on my honeymoon (this time, without
my mother). The first two nights in a little village near Schaffhausen,
Switzerland, we stayed in the European version of a vacation villa rental: our
own unit in a private home, our own balcony overlooking the scenic village,
comfort, privacy and peace.
Three weeks of touring brought us to one or two hotels, several bed and
breakfasts, and a couple "gasthauses" in Austria and Liechtenstein
that felt more like private homes.
"There is no way to compare the comfort and privacy of a private villa
with squeezing everybody into an impersonal hotel room," says Stewart
Granville, CEO of Last Minute Villas ( http://www.lastminutevillas.net
), a booking site for Florida villas and vacation rental homes. "You have
your own space – and lots of it – and you don't have to worry about noise of
peeping eyes. Usually you have a private pool, spa, sound system and other
luxuries."
Last Minute Villas books some vacation rentals on Florida's Gulf Coast, but
mostly in the Orlando area. Typically, theme park visitors stay in the motel
strip in Kissimmee. Those with deeper pockets might stay at the Disney World
Hotel. Few people realize that a Vacation home near Disney World or in nearby
Orlando is even an option.
Fewer still realize how cheap it is. One Florida villa owner describes how he
had just checked his guests in to his own Kissimmee/Orlando area villa. Drew was
heading out of town, but he missed his flight. With ten people staying in his
rental home, there really was no place for him. He checked into a very basic
motel, typical of the Kissimmee strip, and realized he would be paying over $200
per night for ten people – or about $1500 per week – for uncomfortably basic
motel rooms typical of Orlando and other vacation mecas.
"They stayed in my house for $900 - and they got their own private pool,
ensuite bedrooms, laundry facilities, refrigerator and all the things you now
take for granted in villas," Drew says. "It really opened my eyes to
just what a sweet deal my visitors are getting – and how little motel visitors
get for their money, too."
Two years ago, my brother and I rented a private cottage in the Laurentians.
We had four bedrooms, enough to accommodate both our young families. We could
see two of the neighboring houses, which would be useful in case of an
emergency.
We had the television, the stereo, the fire place, fresh raspberries right
off the bushes around the house (some blueberries, too!), a screened patio with
a private table/bench swing, and a nice big fridge to keep juice, milk and beer
cool. We had plenty of space to spread out and a table just perfect for a
relaxing evening of cards.
Last summer, we rented a private villa in the Laurentians again, this time
overlooking a small lake, and a canoe was supplied.
Why would anybody want to crowd their family into a hotel room? Or even two?
I've been spoiled. From Orlando, Florida to Budapest, Hungary, travel in style
by staying in a private vacation rental home, no matter where you go.
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