Orlando Vacation Home Rental Companies – Should I Book With One?

September 3rd, 2008 by Alison | Filed under Orlando Vacation Homes.

If you are looking for a villa in Kissimmee for rent then there are a lot of options. Are you confused yet? There are so many out there all with websites tempting you to book their rental home. They all shout ‘please book my home it is the best one out there’! So how do you choose?

You just want to have a fabulous vacation – not deal with trawling around the internet for days trying to find the best home!

You just want to have a great Disney World family vacation right?

You just want to have a great Disney World family vacation right?

The first choice that you have to make is are you going to book with an Orlando vacation home rental company, or will you book directly with the owner?

There are advantages and potential disadvantages to each approach. If you book an Orlando home directly with an owner then generally you will get a better rate than booking with a large company. You will also know exactly which home you are booking. No surprises when you arrive at the house and find out it is not located where you had hoped, or it just doesn’t look like the brochure. An Orlando home owner will also usually give you more personal service than a large company – well they certainly should do anyway!

But I understand that booking an Orlando rental home directly with an owner can also be a bit of a leap of faith. You have to trust the owner. You are trusting them that they have described the house accurately, and that they will help you if there is a problem when you arrive. You should take some time to build up a conversation with the owner. You can do this with email, but sometime the internet is a confusing place, so if you would rather they called you then ask them. Sometimes a 5 minute conversation can help more than hours worth of surfing on the internet. That is why I am always happy to talk to any of my guests and answer any questions they have – either on the phone or in person on the phone. I am here to make your vacation special. I adore Disney World and I personally love staying in my homes. I enjoy luxury and the best of everything so figure that my guests enjoy the same. I genuinely want to make their stay as exceptional as I can. So I work hard at it. All the time.

Lets face it. There are good owners and the not so good. Great companies and the ones that people tell me they have had bad experiences with. So how do you increase your chances of finding a great orlando vacation home rental? Well you book one of my homes of course! You didn’t think that you were going to be saved the shameless self promotion did you? Well of course I want you to book one of my homes, but I know that most of you out there probably won’t – for a start there aren’t enough to go around! What I know and want you to take from this is that you need to be happy with your choice. Look at the website. Is there care taken over that? Do you get quick and helpful responses to questions? Will they give you guest testimonials?

You will know when you have found the right house. Here’s hoping it is one of mine!

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