Drinking water in villas

[Trixster]

This may be a silly question, but is it safe to drink the water from the taps in a rented villa or would people recommend buying bottled water. I know that when you travel to Europe, it is not advised to drink tap water, but is there a similar situation in the US?

 

[Dimplenose]

I drink the water from any tap in Orlando unless it specifically says you can't - it's quite safe. It does have a strange taste though that a lot of people really don't like.

 

[PJB71]

Hi

We use the water out of the fridge as that usually has a filter in it to make coffee and cook etc

And buy bottled water for drinking as its only cheap think its around 60c, but thats as I drink alot of water (and I dont even like the tap water in the UK)

 

[wayneg]

As said perfectly safe to drink but we don't really like it. We buy bottled, Publix sell gallon bottles for about $1.29 or 99 cents if on offer.

 

[Boodle]

This may be a silly question, but is it safe to drink the water from the taps in a rented villa or would people recommend buying bottled water. I know that when you travel to Europe, it is not advised to drink tap water, but is there a similar situation in the US?

We just leave a big jug of tapwater in the fridge every night for the following day to top up our water bottles - tastes fine!

 

[torsie24]

We bought loads of bottled water, but did drink the free wwater in the parks (just asked at CS locations for tap water)

It taste a bit swampy, but we used the crystal light on the go sachets and then it's only a little bit swampy!

I have a really sensitive stomach and the tap water never upset it.

 

[Goofysmate]

If it's for a cuppa then tap water is put in the kettle , but for drinking water we have always used bottle water .

I've know idea if it's ok to drink the tap water in the villa as i've never asked the question before & just thought it would be better for us doing it the way we do it

 

[Pegasus928]

We have used the tap water on may occassions but as far as I can remember the fridges in the villas we have had have all had a cold water and ice attachments, and they taste much better than the tap water.
We also go for the bottles for when we are away from the villa.

 

[Helen B]

We usually buy the 5 gallon bottles of drinking water from the supermarket for $1.99 (well they were 2 years ago.) We also buy 2x 750ml bottles and then fill them up with the chilled water. If we run out in the parks, we'll then fill them up at a water fountain.

I think the funny taste from the tap is due to the amount of flouride in the water.


When we go the water parks, we get refillable cups with the barcodes.

 

[juliebro]

As said perfectly safe to drink but we don't really like it. We buy bottled, Publix sell gallon bottles for about $1.29 or 99 cents if on offer.

We don't like the taste either - so we buy the gallon bottles to make tea/coffee and then smaller bottles to chill/freeze and take with us on our days out.

 

[buzz for boys]

As others have said its safe to drink and comes down to personal choice x

The first time we went we did drink tap water for a couple of days but then we all had a funny tummy so swapped to bottled water and have never gone back to tap water whilst visting america. Bottled water is ridculously cheap not like over here.

I too think there is a higher amount of flouride in the water and thats why it tastes weird and for some people affects the tummy.

 

[Dimplenose]

I too think there is a higher amount of flouride in the water and thats why it tastes weird and for some people affects the tummy.

I was told it had a higher sulphur content than over here - either way it tastes better cold and has never affected my family, luckily. For the last two trip I used a Brita sports bottle with a filter which worked really well at getting rid of the taste - but Brita have stopped selling the replacement filters in the UK

When I asked a similiar question about the safety of tap water in hotel rooms the Americans that answered were shocked that I would even think it might not be drinkable. (I think there'd be a lot of suing going on for bad water that wasn't marked as such.)