What do you look for?

Hi Daniel

Click on this link: http://www.orlandovillas.com
and then look at the "Find Villas" section or the "General Enquiries" section.

You can then send out an enquiry with all of your requirements.

Have a wonderful time!!

When booking my one and only florida holiday for the family, I was left in charge of finding a suitable villa by "Management" and so, I went for seclusion with sunshine first (obviously), then location in relation to theme parks et al (although they all are purdy close), then rooms/facilities and then price (ok, i've got more money than sense - he he). We were originally a party of 8 but are now only 4 so we could cut down the cost by going for a 3 bed. I am very pleased with the villa I picked.

Brian.

Thanks Carla, still looking for the best home, I really want the internet access for a requirement and then a large pool, so far nothing yet and I may change my date to the month of january for our visit, in that case I would book for the whole month if possible.

January, particularly after about the 4th or 5th when the Christmas/New Year people have gone home, will open up a lot more villas for you Daniel, as generally it is the Americans who holiday during this month, and very few of your countrymen and women plan so far in advance, so you should get the pick of the crop!! :D:D

Brian, with your "handle" you definitely need the seclusion!!!!
Make sure that you use plenty of sun cream. :D:D

LOL:D;):D

I was thinking along the same lines Carla - and just in case anybody is interested the weather in Florida is gorgeous today:D:D - just wish we were'nt going back to the UK on sunday - actually if I could take the weather with me....................

Carla / Caroline,

Thnks for that advice [:I]

I cant wait until we get out there.

Regards,
Brian.
:)

I just sent a deposit for home #3 for 28 nights in january, its going to be a big difference if its our normal -20 to -40F here in Alaska and then we all travel to 70-85F[:0]
Last time I spent 4 days just readjusting to pollen, ozone, and the warm humidity. In south central Alaska just north of Anchorage is whats calleed the Matanuska-Susitna Valley where we live, its semi-arid so its very dry year round, most rain happens mid july to mid august and we usually get less than 3 feet of snow. We have no air pollution, no ozone,no factories and refineries and almost no heavy traffic so our air is pure, dry and never stagnant and it can be very windy so if it gets too dusty the winds pick up.

So summing it up going to Florida is a pretty big change, I think it was the ozone that made my bronchitis flair up but it was worth being in a warm climate and swimming, our winters start in sept and run until may,so easy to get cabin fever when winter is 6 months long, even now or lakes still have frozen surface ice though it has gotten up to record high of 62F.

We rented a villa before from a management company which meant we had no idea where the house was until we arrived and had to pick up the keys from a management company. Having said that the villa was lovely.

This time we booked with an owner from this site and the difference is huge. We really needed a cot and high chair and the playstation 2 was a big plus for my husband (they never grow up do they???).
The biggest selling point was the personal service from the owner. Being able to communicate by email and ask questions makes you feel you are paying for the use of a family's home rather than from a faceless business.

As Villa Owners that is just the kind of service we pride ourselves on!! We all like to make it a personal thing.

Have a great time :D

Daniel
Thanks so much for telling us about your corner of the world-I was really fascinated. It sounds idyllic if a little too chilly for my liking. I often wondered how people live in the colder parts of the world. I'll be honest-I think I would find it very difficult.

I'm from the north of england where we have fairly mild winters on a good year and mild to hot summers-if we're lucky. We had about 3 days of snow in Feb-but we get lots of rain!

I watched the film Insomniacs-with Al Pacino-which I believe depicted Alaska-if not filmed in Alaska-and felt frozen the whole time watching it. The scenery was spectacular though.

I hope you have a wonderful time in Florida-and it doesn't make you ill-you don't need that!