Owners: late checkout?

[Nostromo]

We had booked a late evening flight and specifically requested a late check-out at 5pm. We were allowed to overstay at no extra cost, but the owners did say that it might have been difficult if they had new guests arriving the following day (which they did not). It depends on the time of the year you plan to go; it will be easier off season.

[Cheshirecat]

This is all really helpful, thank you. Really good to get an owners perspective.

Carolyn

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

Personally we go for Virgin every time as you get most of the afternoon (they land at just after 2pm from Manchester so you are at the villa for 4pm) and first evening and then all of the last day (thanks to the Downtown Disney checkin). With the indirect flights you usually do not land in Orlando until 7pm or later and so do not get to the villa until 10pm and then on the last day there is not enough time to do the parks as you have to be at the airport early.

Virgin is more expensive than indirect flights but we think it's a good price to pay for virtually 1 1/2 days of holiday that would otherwise be lost.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Cheshirecat
Oooooh I did not know that!

Will definitely bear that in mind when we book. Can't make our minds up yet whether to do MAN-MCO via PHL with US Airways (done this route before, they have a great IFE system which is a big plus), Virgin direct to MCO from MAN, another routing/airline to Tampa or American Airlines.... a lot will depend on the cost. US Airways have some great prices. I booked my parents a MAN-PHL-MCO out, back DFW-PHL-MAN for 199 each plus tax and my sister got a fantastic rate for this September. Think we are leaning towards them at the moment, depends how much we can get a Virgin ticket for. I work in travel so can look at all the airlne's Fare Quote Displays for published fares, as well as the company's nego fares. Will be watching closely! Also I think Virgin lease their MAN-MCO aircraft from Air Atlanta (something like that) so I'm sot sure what the IFE is like. WE flew LGW-MCO and I didn't rate it to be honest. You can pause stuff on the US Airways one so you don't miss films/programmes you've started to watch when your dinner comes, or can read a book then watch a film when you feel like it, not when they put it on....!
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