Florida Guide - Accommodation - Page 5
Renting a Vacation Home Explained, To Americans, Part I
I am in a minority, I am an American vacation home owner. Most vacation homes near Disney are owned by British families. This is mostly due to their love of Florida and their established acceptance of what they call “self-catering holidays”. In fact ...
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Getting the most out of your rental home!
You’ve chosen the very best type of accommodation for your Florida visit, a privately owned vacation home and made a great choice. So how do you get the most of it for your stay? Most of the vacation homes are within 15 mins of Disney so, if y...
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Where to stay in Florida
Well that’s depends as much about what you want to do as it does on what your budget is. It must be remembered that a great, successful trip to Orlando or any part of Florida is about great planning. If you simply book somewhere to stay with a...
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St Augustine
St Augustine Two hours drive north of Orlando is the historical city of St Augustine. St Augustine is America’s oldest city and has two main areas of interest, the 43 miles of beaches and the buzz and charm of the old town. Both are gre...
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Hampton Lakes Community
Florida’s Tropical Community of Orlando Vacation Homes Visit Hampton Lakes, a magnificent development of award winning Orlando villas with private pools, which provide a style of living based on the art of relaxation. The villas range from 3 t...
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Disney in a Day
We have been visiting central Florida since early 1993 and I think we can now be classed as official addicts. There is so much to do in and around the Orlando and Kissimmee area that we never have a problem finding somewhere new to try on each trip. ...
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Key West, a brief tour
Despite vacationing in Florida for over 15 years we had never visited Key West. It was always on our “to do” list. However we finally took the plunge this July, and Oh how we wished we had done it sooner. We left our hotel in Naples just after...
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The Guest House Premium Lounge - Sanford Airport
If you are travelling back from Sanford Airport why not pre-book The Guest House, the VIP departure lounge where you can relax in style before your flight back home. One of the great things about The Guest House is that they allow children and adu...
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Cafe Tu Tu Tango - For The Starving Artist!
After driving past and always meaning to pop in for a meal we eventually made it to Cafe Tu Tu Tango on International Drive last night. Marketed as a Spanish artists loft, it is a very lively place! Local artists sell their wares and are on the pr...
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Universal's Hard Rock Hotel
Last October we decided to spend the first two nights of our holiday at the
Hard Rock Hotel before heading off to our villa (mainly because we had guests in
the villa that wanted to extend their stay!)
It felt very strange driving from...
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Disney's Boardwalk Hotel
Disney's BoardWalk was planned as a "village across the water," a place where
frazzled tourists could take a day off from the theme parks or spend a
romantic evening.
The complex, which opened in 1996, features the Board...
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Abiding By The Rules Of Your Vacation Villa
Renting a villa is far preferable to cramming a whole family into
one hotel room - more space, much more comfort, a real home from home.
But villas by their very nature are part of real communities, especially
those on mixe...
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Booking A Villa in Florida For The First Time
People who have never stayed in a Florida villa are often apprehensive about making the first steps in booking a villa. I know we were when we first booked a villa two years ago. We asked ourselves hundreds of questions including: is ...
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