Where do i start??

[Southsider]

I agree with Liam & Sandie, flights first, I have used the car hire from this site and it was definitely cheaper and also look at your park tickets from here. Its like a one stop shop!! I hope you have a great trip.

Tricia

[melvazquez]

Yes I agree. Book flights first. Then when you know you can get there! book the villa, from this site of course. And the car hire here is the cheapest I found.

Good luck and enjoy the experience - organising the holiday is great, tho' sometimes a bit stressful [msnscared]

Mel

[orlandobabe]

As I'm an owner -I can do things a bit differently-but even then I need to pencil my own weeks in just in case, which often means my dates are fixed.

If you can be flexible on your choice of airport it also gives you a bit more leeway for flight prices. I tend to leave mine pretty late-for example I booked 8 days before our last trip at the end of September-that was a lot later than usual-I did think I wasn't going to be able to go at first. I couldn't go from Newcastle-my preference-but by being perepared to go from Manchester I paid only £250 when I've seen us pay £420 at the same time of year. Granted we only needed 2 seats-but I have a friend who watches the flights and then as soon as they start to go up-she books them-and she has had the most amazing bargains!

Then I book car hire when all the main bits are sorted out.

I also watch the dollar prices and if they go up significantly-and I'm a bit flush-I buy my dollars too.

[millie]

The only thing I would say is to spend a lot of time reading these forums and asking lots of questions (even if they sound obvious). You get so much info from here and the people here know what they are talking about. We found it so useful when booking and planning our trip. We also found that some of the advice got from here and other sites is invaluable for making the most of your holiday. Orlando is the kind of place you need to research fully.

I am fascinated by the info on here and definetly take advice from those who know a lot more than me!!!!

[Snapper]

Hi Molly,

I always book flights and the villa first. Get these sorted and then everything else will drop into place.

The reason for flights and villa is that prices and availability change depending on your required dates, and so sometimes a bit of date juggling is needed to get the perfect holiday.

To think of it another way; car hire and park tickets are always available for your chosen dates; flights and villas are not.

Once you have your dates, flights and villa sorted why not start a new thread to work out which parks and attractions you want to visit - and the corresponding best value ticket packages to help you achieve this.

Don't forget to have a ton of fun putting it all together.

[heathercobbett]

The way yhat we work is to pencil in our villa booking while our renters sort out the flights.
Once you have those 2 things in place you can sort eveything else out.

[Lynnes]

Heather
I agree, ask the villa owner to hold the villa for a couple of days while you sort out your flights, car hire etc.

[gromit]

We pencil in bookings as well to give the guests time to sort other items out. Sometimes they even come back with more members in their party going on holiday!!!!! We all love Florida.....

[Ray&Sarah]

Before we had our villa we would book the flights first and then the accomodation, followed lastly by the car hire. Have fun with all the arranging its all part of the process.[msnsmile2]

[Madabouttigger]

Hi Molly and welcolme to the forum. As you can see from the above you will get lots of very good sound advice from people with a lot of experience on this site. Personally I always book flights first, because I am in the "North" I have to fly from Manchester and am limited to the flights available. If you can afford it I would fly direct to Orlando, if you are on a budget then you will have to consider making at least one change, this makes the travelling time longer to and not much fun with 5 kids and a baby!
Once I have my flights booked I then search out our accommodation, from this site you will be spoilt for choice and maybe even able to pick up a bargain on the late availability pages! Have a good look round and any questions, just ask!
Diane

[grouphug]