Hello Shirl
This is probably going to sound very harsh but what I think you need to know from a villa owner is the fact that our overheads are enormous. We get power bills alone that are enough to make your hair curl-without mortgage payments, management company fees, insurance, repair and renewal bills to mention just a few.

Please don't think any of us make a profit from our houses. More often is the case that we end up putting our own money into the pot. Some owners can barely afford to visit their houses once a year.

Having read what I've just said-perhaps you can understand how unfair on other guests it would be to give you a 2 week for the price of one offer-and refuse them.

May is a very popular time of year to go to Florida. It's usually dry and quite hot and you will find that owners can fill May up time and time again-so that is not a good time to look for a bargain anyway if you are on a budget. If money is going to be tight-can I politely suggest that you wait till May 2005 and really save up-so that you can all go there and enjoy yourselves without having to worry about the cost.

I'm sorry that I'm unable to offer you my villa-as we always visit in May ourselves as we love that time of year so much.

Failing that-if you can't wait till then you could lokk for the first 2 weeks in January. It is low season, the villas may be a bit cheaper then, flights usually are and the parks are much quieter.

Hope that helps