| So you want a vacation? You want all the comforts | | | | beside a major road or intersection for the best |
| of home but the services provided by a hotel. Did | | | | exposure for the hotel. This is all well and good until it |
| you ever stop and think how nice it would be if you | | | | comes time to turn out the light and then it's the |
| could have all of this? Well - imagine my surprise | | | | familiar tossing and turning to the sounds of honking |
| when I Googled 'home away from home' just for fun | | | | horns all night or an intimate relationship with a pair of |
| and found a website designed just for me. Homes | | | | ear plugs. The beauty of most vacation homes is |
| that I could stay in that would provide me all that I | | | | that they are usually located in equally accessible |
| was looking for in a fabulous luxury vacation without | | | | spots but more often than not they will be just a |
| all the other tourists getting in my way. | | | | couple of minutes drive off that main highway in a |
| Next time you are planning a vacation, don't forget | | | | quiet little cul-de-sac or an 'out of the way' corner |
| to take the wonderful option of vacation homes into | | | | away from the drone of speeding tucks. Indeed in |
| consideration. Having done several 'vacation home' | | | | many cases they will be placed in beautifully |
| getaways I am now absolutely and utterly convinced | | | | landscaped, resort style communities (my personal |
| that this truly is the only way to have it all. | | | | favorite kind of vacation home) that may even have |
| Now of course there are many types of vacation | | | | a view or a lake or some other appealing attraction. |
| home, in all kinds of locations so it does depend | | | | The best thing about these resort style |
| exactly what type of vacation you are looking for | | | | developments are of course the facilities which range |
| but in the majority of places you may want to visit it | | | | from the simplest of community lounges to a fully |
| is easy to find vacation homes that have all the | | | | equipped spa and gym facility with community pool, |
| creature comforts and luxury you need without being | | | | Jacuzzi, children's play area and business centre. |
| overly pricey. Like you, I had heard amazing stories | | | | There may even be a well-manned concierge service |
| of super deluxe mansions for rent for a small fortune | | | | for assisting with all that priceless 'local information'. |
| but I never believed that it would be within the | | | | Most of the vacation homes themselves have an |
| realms of possibility that I could afford something like | | | | incredible level of facilities including fully equipped |
| that. I was pleasantly surprised to find that in actual | | | | kitchen and laundry facilities, private pool and internet |
| fact the vacation home can be incredibly | | | | access and of course TV and other entertainment |
| competitively priced and can often accommodate a | | | | equipment. |
| large number of people to allow for any variety of | | | | My favorite part of the vacation home is that after a |
| group combo's; from family groups to large groups of | | | | couple of hours inside it really does begin to feel like |
| friends looking for various double and twin room | | | | your own and for those few days of that well |
| combinations - there is almost every possible | | | | earned vacation you can escape from the real world |
| combination of rooms and facilities. Best yet; when | | | | in a place that feels like home. The bottom line is this |
| you split the cost between guests for a full house, | | | | - if you haven't yet tried this wonderful alternative to |
| your vacation can cost as little as under $10 a day | | | | a hotel or guest-house; then give it a try - I promise |
| per person - now that's great value. | | | | you, you won't be disappointed. You'll have the |
| I'm sure you've all heard that saying in reference to | | | | vacation of a lifetime without having to share it with |
| real estate that goes: location ,location, location - well | | | | the hundreds of other guests sharing the hotel - you'll |
| you will often find that if you stay in a hotel in a | | | | have your vacation home all to yourself! |
| vacation spot you will be 'conveniently located' right | | | | |