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You will find prices in the US incredible particularly with the current weakdollar rate (July 04). This is the beauty of staying in a villa – you don’tneed to take too many clothes as there are washers and driers in all so don’ttake so much and you have plenty of room to bring new bits and pieces back. Ensure however you take all tags off as it has been known for customs to querythe amount bought as you only “officially” supposed to bring back around $150worth of goods. We always pack a foldable type holdall for all those extras. If you fly scheduled, i.e. Continental, American Airlines, and United etc youhave a far larger baggage allowance than if you fly charter. You can spend literally days shopping and still not have visited 10 per centof all the shops that Orlando has to offer – see my reviews on Belz and PremiumOutlets. Here are a few items that we always buy as they are so much cheaper than inthe UK. Trainers: if you have children, simply buy future sizes, they grow soquickly, it is worth it. Reebok often do buy 2 get one free and there arealways coupons everywhere with $10 off if you spend $65. Nike and Reebokoutlets can be found all over Orlando – but visit Footlockersas they often have great bargains too. If you want the latest fashions, youwill probably find that you will pay in dollars what you would in pounds (i.e.what is £100 will be $100 which is still a fantastic saving). Jeans: Levis are much cheaper here and again the Levi outlets oftenhave offers but do try them on, as even the same size of jeans in the same style(i.e. 501 etc) can vary. We are often asked to bring jeans back for people butI am reluctant to do this as the sizes can vary quite a lot – one of the reasonsthey may be seconds I guess. The department stores, Sears, Dillards, andBurdines do not sell seconds so again they are much cheaper than over here. Guess, Ralph Lauren are all available and worth buying. CDs: lots of record shops around and the chart CDs are about $10! Don’t forget that DVDs and Play station games do not work with normal UKmachines but if you have the correct region or machines are chipped you can usethem. Game boy games are fine as these are universal. Makeup: Sooooooo much cheaper, Revlon, Max Factor, literally all makesof lipstick, foundation, mascara are far cheaper here – check out Wal-Mart andWalgreen’s. Toys: If you are a Lego freak, don’t forget to visit Downtown Disneyto their wonderful “Lego land” (which is free by the way) but you will also findevery kind of Lego item in the shops and again Wal-Mart is a good source forthis. Vitamins: Huge amounts of every kind of vitamin sold in the US – againfar cheaper. Batteries: if you use Walkman etc, don’t bring extra batteries; buythem when you get there. If you want to buy spare batteries or memory for yourdigital camera, wait and visit the electrical shops in Orlando. Sun cream: Far cheaper in the US and no messy spillages in yoursuitcase! When we return to the UK we don’t go shopping for weeks because we getdepressed by the prices! Page added on: 21 July 2004
Author: Jane Sansom (Villa link: www.orlandovillas.com /florida-vacation-rental-37.aspx) We aim to provide acccurate and useful information, but if you feel anything provided here is not accurate or out of date, please email us with the address of the page concerned and any commments so we can amend as necessary. Viewed 141 times since 1 September 2008.
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