Condo/house??

[April&Wes]

Hi,
this is my first post and I have so many questions.
We will be travelling for 12 days and was thinking about renting a house/condo for the time we are there. There will be only 3 adults, no children.
I have seem so many posts about how people got good deals on condos/homes and was wondering how to go about doing that? Where are good locations? What are good companies? We were hoping to pay around $400 for the 12 days (late August to early September) - is this logical and probable? I really want a good location.
Can you help me to find a good one? I am really learly about using Priceline or Hotwire etc. I want a reputable company to rent through. I have also seen on ebay some places for rent as well. Do you recommend using ebay to rent a home?
Thanks<
A&W

 

[disneysteve]

$400 for 12 days is only $33.33/day. I don't think you can get anything for that price and certainly not a condo or house. The cheapest I've heard folks getting 2-bed condos is about $55/nite. You may be able to do better through skyauction.com. Several folks here have used them with good experiences. I haven't tried it yet but I may for our trip in November.

Check out vrbo.com, closesttodisney.com for some ideas.

 

[Big V]

First of all: Welcome to the Dis! You might want to check out www.hotelkingdom.com also. For the price you are looking for, you might want to do one of the timeshare deals.

 

[Jamieb]

There are many places to look, you can always check out

http://www.vrbo.com
http://www.rentalo.com

These sites are both sites where you can get in touch with owners of vacation rentals.

Like disneysteve said, I think it will be very unlikely that you can find a condo/home for that long for $400. You may be able to find a hotel through priceline but it may still be hard to do as well with taxes.

Skyauction might be a place to look. We won a 2 bedroom condo for July for a week for $326. You would need to win two seperate auctions and not use it a couple of nights on one of your weeks but for two weeks your looking at $420 for the tax/service fees on two auctions before you even bid.

You may need to evaluate your budget to add more for your hotel/condo/home if you plan on being there that long. In order to get in that $400 price range, for twelve nights, you will need to find a place for $30 a night before taxes. Current tax is 12% and is going up to 13% July 1st.