We do what I would consider a fair amount of traveling in our family. We travel a lot for vacations, weekend getaways, camping, and sports/dance competitions.
As much as we love checking out new hotels and resorts, we love the convenience of actually renting a whole house.
It’s hard eating 3 meals a day at a restaurant when you have kids! Let’s face it, we can only take so many tantrums, spilled drinks, and broken crayons. Renting a house lets you at least have some meals in a relaxed atmosphere of home.
I know, who wants to cook on vacation? You don’t have to do anything elaborate. Even just cereal for breakfast is fine. It’s less stressful than everyone getting dressed and going out. Not to mention the money you will save by eating out less.
Staying in one hotel room is also really difficult for families. Kids have early bedtimes usually even on vacation. I can’t tell you how many times Eric and I have had to go to bed at 8 o’clock so that our kids would!
We recently vacationed in Marco Island, Florida. We rented a beautiful home through HomeAway.
We rent through HomeAway quite often. We rented on a previous Marco Island vacation, in Cape Cod, and in New Hampshire. We loved them all! It has been a wonderful experience every time.
This beautiful house had 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a perfect pool area. The first thing Eric did when we arrived was checked out the pool of course.
The home had 4 bedrooms which were more than we needed. It was actually less expensive for a 4 bedroom home than it was for a 3 bedroom.
Good tip with HomeAway: don’t limit your search requirements too much when you are looking for a rental because sometimes you can get a better price for say a 4 bedroom home than a 3 bedroom home.
The master suite was beautiful with a sliding glass door right to the pool.
