| Your Home Away from Home near Mickey |
[Mar. 21st, 2007|08:27 am] |
I’ve just found a place to stay near Disney World for $65 a night. Not bad. Especially when you discover that this isn’t a budget motel room. In fact it’s a three-bedroom house with a pool.
For my money the best accommodation value in Orlando for visiting families is one of the seemingly thousands of homes that you can rent by the day in the area. The rate I just mentioned is for the off-season, but the same house is only $99 in high season. That translates to $33 a room. Plus let me mention one more time, you have your own pool. And a kitchen, which can be a huge cost-cutter when you’re traveling with the whole family.
These rates are “Magicard” deals available through Orlando’s Convention and Tourism Bureau (http://www.orlandoinfo.com/magicard/index.cfm?act=offersinCategory&cid=14) where you’ll also find discounts to everything from hot air balloon rides to significant discounts at one of the cities plethora of themed dinner venues.
And here’s another little secret about visiting Orlando. Our kids tend to get out of school a bit earlier than those in the north, because we don’t have snow days. So if you round ‘em up and head out as soon as that final bell rings, you’ll beat the worst of the summer crowds, and the heat. Let’s face it, Orlando is just as hot and humid in summer as it is here.
Southwest (www.southwest.com) has just announced $59 one-way fares to Orlando from both New Orleans and Jackson. Several other airlines are matching. If you’re going to be back by mid-June you can also fly one way, and rent a car from Avis (www.avis.com/AvisWeb/JSP/US/en/deals/oneway07.jsp?ICID=DealsLanding&IID=oneway07) for $12.99 a day, if you’ll drive it back to either the New Orleans or Jackson airports. |
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