An Orlando vacation villa offers the ideal Disney Florida holiday, particularly if it is situated in the magnificent Windsor Hills resort. Have you any idea just how luxurious these vacations in Orlando are? If you are still using hotels for your Disney holidays in Florida, then obviously not!

Nobody that has spent their vacation in one of these villas, especially in Windsor Hills resort, could ever use a hotel again. It’s not only the cost, and we shall come back to that later, but mainly the sheer ambience, luxury and quiet that you get, and what more can you want on an Orlando vacation except perhaps the fun and entertainment for which any Orlando resort is famed.

Let’s have a look at three distinctly different groups of people (you likely fit into one of them), and how they can enjoy a Disney Florida holiday using an Orlando vacation villa as their home base. Even if you can’t identify with one of these, you will be close, I promise you.

1. The Small Family

The difference between a small and a large family is all relative of course (Ha! Ha!), but let’s assume a small family comprises two partners and their two children – a boy and a girl aged about 12 – 15 or so. Had they booked a hotel, they would have had to have three rooms – kids of that age and different genders cannot share a room. This is a common situation, so you have, say, 3 hotel rooms in Orlando for 7 days, 6 nights.

I won’t even estimate the prices of the hotel rooms, although a four-bedroom villa will cost less than $190 in high season. That sleeps 6, so even if your kids bring their friends, there’s more than enough room. Three bathrooms, 4 TVs and 3 DVD players, and a PS2. You also get your own kitchen, so no having to pay for room service for a burger at the end of the night. If you aren’t bothered about your kids’ friends, get a 4 -bed condo for only $125 a night.

Thinks of these prices, and that’s the last I will say about it. At $145, that’s less than $50 per room, and at $125, it comes to exactly $31.25 each. You can get your own pool for $55 total extra for the week.

2. The Large Family

If you are on vacation with a large family – perhaps several children and some aunts and uncles, the price for a 6 bedroom Orlando vacation villa in the Windsor Hills resort comes to $24.50 each for a party of 10 in mid-summer. That gives you the ideal Disney Florida holiday in a luxury villa for less the price of a cabin or trailer/caravan.

3. The Golfers

The third group is the golfing buddies. They are not so much interested in Disney World Florida, but they will be in the Windsor Hills resort with all its sporting facilities, video rental and store. You can enjoy your day on the golf course, and then get back to your villa with a few beers from the supermarket (no hotel bar prices), rustle up a few burgers or hot dogs without paying room service, and sit by your pool enjoying a great evening. Maybe hire a video and watch that on your 50+ inch flat screen TV.

The one thing in common with each of these groups is that there is more than enough sleeping accommodation, you have a private pool, but best of all, you have your own kitchen, freezer, dishwasher and clothes washer/dryer. Saves you a fortune over hotels, and when you add to that the benefits of the resort then it’s a no-brainer for your Disney Florida holiday.

The vast majority of people that have tried an Orlando vacation villa have never gone back to a hotel, cabin or anything else, and when that has been situated within the bounds of the Windsor Hills resort, only 5 minutes from Disney – easy walking distance – with all that the resort has to offer, then they have unanimously declared it sheer perfection as accommodation for their Disney vacation. They also question the ultra-low price when they first see it, but the reason is very obvious once explained.

No restaurant and staff, no daily cleaners, no waiters, bellhops, reception staff, bar staff, captains, laundry or anybody else needed to run a good hotel. No lights on all day or anything else needed by guests. It’s just like home: sure, you have to clean up, but you can pay extra to have it done for you. However, don’t judge your Orlando vacation villa just by comparing it to a hotel.

These villas are just like home, with separate bedrooms, some have games rooms and you also have a kitchen and lounge, with plenty entertainment units such as a games console, TVs, VCRs DVD players, some have Bose radios and all the rest that turns just a villa into a luxury villa.

If you intend having a Disney Florida holiday next year, book an Orlando vacation villa, and if you can get one in the Windsor Hills resort, then so much the better. See you there!

What do you want from your Orlando vacation rental? Let’s assume that you have decided on a Disney vacation, and have gone for a villa rather than a hotel room. There’s no point in enumerating the countless reasons why a hotel room is so inferior to having your own vacation rental in Orlando, but just in case you still need some persuading here are a few without embellishment.

Do you honestly want to spend your vacation living in one room? If you have children, do you really want them to have their own hotel room? Would you be able to relax and sleep well at night knowing they could be anywhere? What if they are too old to share a room? You now have three hotel rooms to pay for, and at what price?

What if you are spending your Orlando vacation with a bunch of buddies? You all need your own rooms, and then you have to be quiet at night so as not to upset the other guests. Sharing a pool with a couple hundred more people? Having to get out to allow the maid do the cleaning? Hotel booze prices and room service prices if you get hungry at night. Need I go on? No!

So, you have made the wise choice and elected for an Orlando vacation rental for your Disney vacation – or perhaps your Florida golfing holiday, who cares. It all amounts to the same thing. A 5 bedroom Vacation rental will cost $210 in high season when you could pay that for just one hotel room. If there are 5 of you it’s only $42 each a night, or $21 each for 10 of you. The villa offers you a private pool and spa, and you can drink your own drinks at supermart prices by your own pool.

You can stay up till any time you like, and you have a luxury kitchen if you feel hungry and want to rustle yourself up a chili dog or some burgers. Watch your 42 inch plasma screen while the kids pay with their Playstation in their room. Their ‘room’? They have room each! And you know where they are.

So that’s settled. A vacation rental in Orlando it is. So back to the original question: what do you want from your Orlando vacation rental? If yours is a Disney vacation, then it has to be close to Disney World how does 10 minutes suit you? If not Disney then a golfing vacation? How about a villa with a golf course close by? And, of course, all these great Florida golf courses available for you. There are a number of Golf Academies if you want to brush up on your drive or swing, and a vacation villa is just great for a bunch of guys: some can sleep 12 or more and you can crack open some beers at night without worrying about hotel guests – or hotel prices!

That hasn’t answered the question though, of what you want from an Orlando vacation rental. Close to Disney – sure. Sleeps as many as you want – yes. Luxury kitchen so you can cook your own food when you feel like it – sure. TVs and DVD players – yep. What’s been missed? The ice box and pool. Yes, these are there, and your spa.

How about a pool table? You can have a pool table and table football or Foos-Ball. When you’re bored with golf (are you kidding?) you can always get a few beers and shoot some pool on a proper table – just for you in your own games room.

If you are here with the family, you can go get some golf instruction while your partner takes the kids round Disney, then go join them later to have look round the Universal Studios and finish off at the Amura Japanese Restaurant for something a bit different to what you get back home. Well you are on vacation, so go ahead and spoil yourself – and them.

There are two points to all of this. The first is that you can have a great time in Orlando, and the attractions are just half of it. The other half is your Orlando vacation rental accommodation that you will look forward to going home to when it is time, unlike a boring hotel room that you will try to leave till the very last minute of the day. Enjoy a relaxing evening round the pool, maybe with a barbecue and some wine while the kids enjoy playing with their games console or watching a movie.

The second part is that you are saving so much money against hotel room and bar prices that you can afford the Japanese restaurant and all the other little luxuries that make for a memorable vacation. People that take the plunge and choose a vacation rental for the first time never return to any other form of accommodation.

It is so relaxing and you have so much to do that you could spend your entire vacation in the villa and have a great time. Not that you will, of course, because Orlando has so much to offer, but you will always remember your Orlando Vacation villa, and will be dying to come here again for a Disney vacation next year for more of the same. You can’t beat it!

If you 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