We are considering an offsite house rental for next winter for 8 people, but it's 3 separate families within our family so I'm looking for a house that will have 3 'master' bedrooms with ensuite baths and be toddler friendly, and that will offer some spaces for us to spread out a bit when we don't all want to be together after being together all day 
. These are my questions for those who have rented houses before on a Disney trip:
1)Is there a specific management company you would recommend? I want someone very familiar with the inventory who can guarantee the house will be immaculately clean, as two people in our group have severe allergies to dust and dander.
2)Is there an area that is your favorite, and why? Proximity to the parks is important because we are traveling with toddlers, so I've been looking at Windsor Hills. We stayed in Championsgate at the Omni recently and really enjoyed that area, so I've been looking there as well.
3)If you've stayed at a favorite house in the past and want to recommend it, I'm all ears. I don't think a pool is vital as we are going in winter when it may be too cold to swim anyway, but if there is a nice, heated community pool area/splashpad for the kids that's warm enough in January, that's a bonus.
I still have to compare all of the costs to onsite rooms, parking costs, and car rentals. But with 3 rooms on site at Disney in a moderate or deluxe compared to a house rental, it's looking like we can't go wrong with the house rental for value. On our most recent trip, we stayed offsite for the first time and didn't find it too much of a hassle to drive back and forth from the Omni Championsgate. There's nothing like staying on the monorail, but it's just so expensive. I'm thinking of a split stay with 2-3 nights on the monorail for our Magic Kingdom and Epcot days and then 5 nights of house rental so we could get the best of both worlds.
. These are my questions for those who have rented houses before on a Disney trip:1)Is there a specific management company you would recommend? I want someone very familiar with the inventory who can guarantee the house will be immaculately clean, as two people in our group have severe allergies to dust and dander.
2)Is there an area that is your favorite, and why? Proximity to the parks is important because we are traveling with toddlers, so I've been looking at Windsor Hills. We stayed in Championsgate at the Omni recently and really enjoyed that area, so I've been looking there as well.
3)If you've stayed at a favorite house in the past and want to recommend it, I'm all ears. I don't think a pool is vital as we are going in winter when it may be too cold to swim anyway, but if there is a nice, heated community pool area/splashpad for the kids that's warm enough in January, that's a bonus.
I still have to compare all of the costs to onsite rooms, parking costs, and car rentals. But with 3 rooms on site at Disney in a moderate or deluxe compared to a house rental, it's looking like we can't go wrong with the house rental for value. On our most recent trip, we stayed offsite for the first time and didn't find it too much of a hassle to drive back and forth from the Omni Championsgate. There's nothing like staying on the monorail, but it's just so expensive. I'm thinking of a split stay with 2-3 nights on the monorail for our Magic Kingdom and Epcot days and then 5 nights of house rental so we could get the best of both worlds.
