Comments on: I’d rather stay in a vacation rental than a hotel

By: stephen@DDG Retreat

stephen@DDG Retreat — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:06:20 +0000

Vacations are the great ways to relax ourselves with our family members. Usually I prefer retreats or resorts that are located in natural surroundings which provides wonderful experience.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:19:43 +0000

Me and my family rather use vacation rentals. We work and live in stressful city so vacations for us needs to be peaceful. Rather choose then some untouchable nature bays in Croatia or some undiscovered small country on Mediterranean coast.

By: Gecko Villa Thailand

Gecko Villa Thailand — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:16:05 +0000

Thanks for the support of vacation rentals….once a very American affair, they are now popping up around the world!
In Thailand, where we live, there are many possibilities to hire a villa, from a basic affair to luxurious hotel-related properties, but we have carved out our own niche in sustainable vacation villas with private swimming pools among the rice paddies of the Northeast. Blending a hotel with a friend’s house with a vacation rental, our villas offer fully catered holidays, have a minimum stay of only two nights, and are managed by the Thai host family. In essence, we feel that this allows guests to have a more authentic experience of the destination, where they get to meet the locals, and they can still enjoy a good level of service. Let’s continue the trend and make the vacation villa rental experience even better!

By: grata kiev

grata kiev — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:02:49 +0000

I totally agree, they offer much better value than hotels, more privacy and freedom. If you are taking young kids with you it is no fun being cramped in an hotel room

By: Villas Rent Algarve

Villas Rent Algarve — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:15:50 +0000

I agree. The Internet has completely changed the travel business for sure. If you know how to search you can nearly always get a villa rental deal for the same price (or cheaper) than an hotel. If you value your comfort and privacy it’s worth that extra few minutes on the Net. Nice post. thanks!

By: Cheap Laminate Flooring

Cheap Laminate Flooring — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:51:43 +0000

We have used vacation rentals before and we much prefer a condo or home rental over a hotel. the only time we use a hotel anymore if it is strictly for travelling and need a night to stay. If we are going to spend a few days or more vacation style it’s gotta be a home or condo. The comfort level of the added rooms, kitchen, more space etc has spoiled us. I have used services like you mention and have had very good luck when using them for Florida rentals.

By: La Digue

La Digue — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:06:04 +0000

I’ve never done a road trip in the US or Canada but i can say that it would have been a great vacation style. That is, you drive and visit all the interesting places on your way during the day and at night you find a cheap motel for the family to stay and gather energy for the next day…Looking forward to do such things in the upcoming years.

By: room rent

room rent — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:01:37 +0000

A vacation rentals should be cheaper than hotel. But hotel has its own advantage. Hotel is located in the strategic location and have some additional services, e.g. swimming pool, spa, meeting room, etc. While the vacation rental offers good price and private place.

Vacation rental also can be near beaches which is good, better than hotels. It took a lot of times to choose which vacation rental .

By: Orlando Villas

Orlando Villas — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:22:35 +0000

I totally agree, they offer much better value than hotels, more privacy and freedom. If you are taking young kids with you it is no fun being cramped in an hotel room!

By: Tree R Cool

Tree R Cool — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:28:15 +0000

Yea i spent alot of time traveling when i was younger i hated it then but im glad i did now

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:56:21 +0000

I’ve never done that, but can see how it would be much better.

By: sofitravelquest

sofitravelquest — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:35:46 +0000

How funny that I have a very similar experience. I remember hating specially the “returning back home” part of the car trip. Although it was really nice to actually get back home. It is truly a blessing to have been able to travel around. My parents also liked staying at vacation homes, we rarely had a bad experience although I do remember once being very lost and not finding the place. We thought we would have to spend the night inside the car! Finally we found it and were able to spend a good night sleep. Nowadays I really don’t know how they did it, the planning part is so time consuming. So anyways.. yeah it is a real advantage to have the internet these days!