Convenience and savings! Why rent a cramped hotel room when you can rent our three bedroomed condo for about the same amount of money? Our home sleeps 8 and is spacious enough to accommodate two families on vacation. Remember, the price is not per person but for the home as a whole and shared between eight then the savings are considerable!
Savings continue by not having to eat every meal in a restaurant. Children want their favourite breakfast cereal and milk along with watching TV when at home so why rush and get dressed, drive around looking for food and then wait in line to eat breakfast out where a family of five will easily spend $25 or more. Enjoy a lazy morning in and have breakfast at home then wander over to the pool, take a soak in the hot tub and plan the rest of your day.
Alternatively slide open our lovely balcony door off the Master Bedroom, take in the warm fresh air and have breakfast on the balcony in the early morning sun! Saves time, trouble and money!
Eat dinner out with a family of five at an inexpensive restaurant and you'll pay well over $40, over $80 at a more upmarket one! However, we all like eating out at some time which is great, but don't forget to bring back the leftovers for another time. You'll have a refrigerator, microwave, stove, pots/pans, etc and the local supermarkets provide lots of different foods so you can enjoy something with little or no preparation. Fancy a cold beer or cooling glass of wine? Our large refrigerator with ice maker can accommodate lots of beer and wine and even the cola for the kids. Why take loads of clothes on your holiday? T-shirts and shorts are the Florida way. We have a full laundry installed - large washer and drier so you only need the minimum.
Need a place to park the car? No problem - pull up in a bay right opposite the condo. Fancy being energetic? Tennis and volleyball courts are more or less next door - we even provide the rackets and balls. Do the children like arcade games? No problem - there are some good ones in the clubhouse opposite where they can play whilst you get fit in our small exercise room next door.
Finally what can be nicer than to return from a hectic day out than to relax in the quiet of your own home and not be disturbed by the noises coming from the disco, or next door. We have a quiet time policy after 10pm.
The Hotel Way
You've just spent over nine hours on a flight plus the time it took to get your rental car and you finally pull up to the hotel and guess what? There is never a spot out front. You drive around to the side. You walk up to the reservation desk and wait in line. They put you up on the 6th floor overlooking the parking lot. You go and check out the room - small with two double beds, maybe a coffee maker if you're lucky. Now it is time to unload the car and cart all your luggage up to the 6th floor - and if you've got children to look after as well then it's even harder. You're tired and maybe hungry so you get in the car and drive off to find an affordable restaurant. Exhausting! The next day the children are up early and you'd like to sleep in just a little more. They turn on the TV - you're up. You fancy a nice refreshing cup of tea. Where's the kettle? One bathroom in which you take turns. Go down to the hotel restaurant and have a so-so breakfast at gourmet prices. After breakfast it is back up to the room to finalise the plans for the day.
After a long and exhausting day (and evening) at an amusement park you drive back to the hotel. It is dark and late and all the close parking places are gone. You park about a block away in the back of the parking lot. The children are asleep and you have to carry one of them back to the room. You fancy a late night snack and the hotel eateries are closed. Does the hotel have vending machines?
The day you leave is even worse, because everyone is checking out at the same time. Again you have to start making the trips with the luggage to the elevator and then down to load the car (at the other end of the parking lot). The children are hungry but you have to get out of the hotel first, then you can eat. Call this a holiday?
The Island Club Way
First, there are no queues and no check-in. We can put you in touch with a car hire company who will meet you at the airport and drive you to our condo - where your hire car will be waiting on the drive (although you can of course make your own car hire arrangements). Once at the condo (whatever car option you have chosen), we knew you were coming and you will have the access code to the door so there is no need to collect keys from anywhere. Your own parking space outside is practically outside the front door. You don't get one room with two double beds and a single small bathroom - awaiting you are three bedrooms and two bathrooms (a home that sleeps six comfortably and up to eight if necessary). Add to that all the comforts of home and a large communal heated pool with hot tub and plenty of space for sunbathing. Villas at Island Club is close to grocery stores and all the main attractions. Disney is only four miles away - you couldn't pick a nicer location. All Orlando attractions are nearby. The Atlantic Ocean and Cape Canaveral, where the shuttle lifts off, are only an hour away. The Gulf Coast is little more than an hour in the other direction.
Enjoy the parks - enjoy our home! Sit back on the sun balcony off the Master Bedroom , enjoy a col and refreshing drink and listen to the sounds of nature from the conservation area. No carrying children for blocks and waiting for elevators late at night. Pull up to the house and you are inside within seconds. Have a relaxed morning breakfast or family dinner on your schedule and not on some restaurant's timetable and waiting list. And when it is time to leave, you do just that. Your car is waiting at the front door and there is no need to wait in line to check out.
Now that is how a family holiday should be! Treat yourselves like royalty - you've worked hard and you deserve it!
Make this a holiday to remember - make this a Villas at Island Club vacation - one you'll want to come back to over and over again!