| Now you wish to try an Orlando vacation villa for your | | | | your party who are due to travel. Popular dates like |
| forthcoming trip ? what next? | | | | Christmas and Easter can be booked almost year in |
| If this is your first time trying the luxury of a holiday villa | | | | advance, so none of us know exactly what is in store |
| for your vacation the following tips and advice should | | | | for us one year down the line. Do remember to pay |
| make the whole process quite straightforward for you. | | | | any monies due (i.e. deposit/final balance) on time since |
| Once you have established how many people will be | | | | failure to do so may result in losing your dates. |
| travelling with you on holiday, you then decide which | | | | Time to get directions? |
| size of villa will then best suit your requirements. You | | | | Closer to your departure date the balance of your |
| can choose from a 3-bedroom villa all the way up to 7 | | | | payment is due. It is on receipt of this that the |
| or more (for those travelling with several families). | | | | homeowner will issue you with travel directions to their |
| Most of the Orlando vacation villas are well within a | | | | specific rental villa and instructions on when and how |
| 30-minute drive of Walt Disney World (many being | | | | to obtain keys to enter the villa. Many rental villas use a |
| even much less than that). | | | | lockbox system and the owner will provide you with |
| Confirm the dates and price? | | | | the access code before you go. Some owners still |
| The next step is to contact the owner directly to | | | | use a nearby management office where you can pop |
| confirm they have your dates available and they will | | | | in to collect keys en-route to your vacation villa. |
| quote you a price for your length of stay. (Please not | | | | On arrival at your vacation villa, you will find plenty |
| villa prices are always per villa per night or per week | | | | more information on all that Orlando has to offer you |
| and NEVER per person.) This is the perfect | | | | and your party during your stay, and we are SO |
| opportunity to ask the owner any questions you may | | | | confident you will be delighted with your Orlando |
| have about the villa, what it has to offer, its location, or | | | | vacation villa that you will wonder why you have |
| anything else, which comes to mind. To proceed from | | | | never holidayed this way before and undoubtedly will |
| this point you would pay the homeowner a deposit to | | | | be thinking ahead as to when you can do this again! |
| secure your booking for those particular dates. | | | | Having spoken to the homeowner when booking the |
| Every villa is privately owned so each one will have | | | | villa and probably when balances were due, you may |
| their very own terms and conditions. It is advisable to | | | | already have some rapport with them, so if you |
| read these-as you would when booking any travel | | | | showed an interest in returning to their Orlando |
| arrangements. Pay particular attention to their | | | | vacation rental at a future date, they may just offer |
| cancellation and refund policies in the event of any | | | | you a discount on your next stay as a ?thank-you? |
| change in circumstances affecting any members of | | | | for returning to their home in the sun. |