Question about home rentals

[DisKim]

I'm new to this board. I've always stayed on property, but I will be traveling with my mother next time and staying in a condo or rental home seems much more cost efficient than staying on property. I'm sorry if I'm repeting another thread, but can anyone tell me a good website to check out vacation homes. I would like to rent one with a private pool, etc. I've seen them on Expedia, but I don't know how good they are. Thanks!

 

[athurstance]

I would book direct with the owner rather than through somewhere like expedia as you can look at the actual villa rather than just a 'typical example'. Some management companies also allow you to choose the specific villa.

Somes sites to try would be:
www.orlandovillas.com
www.vacation-rentals-orlando.com
www.vrbo.om

 

[SimonV]

I would echo those comments to check on websites that let you see the actual[/] villa in question. Some more to try would be:

www.resortquest.com
www.floridasunshine.com
www.welcomehomesusa.com
and Florida Leisure (www.floridaleisure, etc!)

 

[Jamieb]

While looking for rental home for our upcoming trip I came across another good site at:

http://www.rentalo.com

 

[DisKim]

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your help. I have never rented a place off site before and I am greatful for any information. I saw a condo in Windsor Palms that I liked. I e-mailed the owner and she gave me a quote of $759 for 6 nights in Disney's value season. I thought this was a little high from what I've read.

 

[debden]

Try http://vr360homes.co.uk We found our home for June on this site.

 

[DisKim]

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your help. I have never rented a place off site before and I am greatful for any information. I saw a condo in Windsor Palms that I liked. I e-mailed the owner and she gave me a quote of $759 for 6 nights in Disney's value season. I thought this was a little high from what I've read.

 

[Jamieb]

Some owners want more. We were just looking for a home for our trip in July and was able to find one for $595 plus tax, so around $675 for seven nights. We also had a few owners eamil us for some nice homes for $700 including tax for the week.

We got them all from the rentalo site. I entered my dates and got quite a few emails from owners of all kinds of properties since we did not state we were looking for a house. We received about 60 offers for our trip in July. We ended up winning a 2 bedroom condo on skyauction for $326 in the end though.

Just take a look at all the sites and find a few you think you will like and email the owners. I am sure you can find one that will be closer to the price you want.

 

[disneysteve]

Originally posted by DisKim
I saw a condo in Windsor Palms that I liked. I e-mailed the owner and she gave me a quote of $759 for 6 nights in Disney's value season. I thought this was a little high from what I've read.

That is high for a condo. You didn't mention when your trip is or if you are looking for 2 or 3 bedrooms, but I would suggest checking http://www.closesttodisney.com/. You'll certainly get a better rate there.

 

[DisKim]

The trip is from 10/30 to 11/5. We are looking for a 3 bedroom condo. I tried retalo.com and got some quotes for Windsor Palms for around $500 fro 6 nights. That was tax included. I got an offer for a condo for $380, but I'm not quite sure where it is. I thought since this is my first time renting, I would stick to Windsor Palms since I hear good things about it.

 

[disneysteve]

Originally posted by DisKim
The trip is from 10/30 to 11/5. We are looking for a 3 bedroom condo. I tried retalo.com and got some quotes for Windsor Palms for around $500 fro 6 nights. That was tax included. I got an offer for a condo for $380, but I'm not quite sure where it is. I thought since this is my first time renting, I would stick to Windsor Palms since I hear good things about it.

3-bed condo at closesttodisney.com for those dates is $93/nite though you can probably do better.

Look for the green Mickey heads. We'll be there that week as well.