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Florida Accommodations – Private Villa or a Hotel

Story Published on August 2, 2008 ⋅  Email this Story ⋅  Print this Story ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

After booking your Florida flights you will then need to arrange appropriate accommodation. Do you stay in a hotel or rent a private villa? Your choice will depend on the size of your family or the number of people travelling with you.

When people in Europe go on holiday they generally stay in a hotel or a self catering apartment. In Florida the option to stay in a private villa is not normally available and is something new to consider

What could be the main differences between a private holiday villa as compared to a normal hotel in Florida?

Normally in a hotel you would only get one room for your family and depending on how many people are travelling you may need more than one room which will obviously add to the costs. Most private holiday homes will have between two to three bedrooms and possibly a fold down couch in another room. So if the number of people travelling will not fit into a hotel room or you just want more privacy on holiday then a villa could be the option.

Villas are generally furnished to a very high standard and offer more space than any hotel room would. Most villas are privately owned and the owners use them at certain times of the year.

If you have to get more than one hotel room there is no guarantee that you will get rooms next door to each other. In some cases you could have rooms not only on a different floor but even a different building.

Hotels can be noisy as people come and go at all hours. Like you people are free to come and go as they please and this could result in you being wakened if someone returns to their room during the night and makes a noise.

In your villa you would expect cooking facilities and a fridge for you to fill up with your food and of course drinks. If you stayed in a hotel or a motel you would have to go looking for the ice machine and make sure you have enough change for the vending machine for any cold drinks.

Some of the Florida villas available to rent have their own swimming pool. This can be a very popular option as only you and your friends and family are able to use it. On the downside the pools are generally quite small whereas the hotels normally have large pools shared between all its guests.

In the colder months of the year you may need to pay extra to heat the villas swimming pool. This comes at an extra cost and this can be around $40 per day. This would not be payable if you were staying at a hotel.

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