Las Vegas ranks as the United States city with the most motel rooms; Orlando, Florida comes in second. However, if you are looking for really cheap vacation rentals in Orlando, Florida you might feel a little lost while looking through motel locations and rates. This is because the cheap vacation rentals in Orlando, Florida are not found in motels.
How to find affordable vacation rentals:
To find an affordable vacation rental anywhere in the country is hard to do until you learn how to think outside of the commercialism box. What do you get with a motel room? Staff, staff, an accounting firm, staff, an advertising budget, more staff and a bedroom. Inexpensive motel rooms in Orlando, Florida run between 55.00 and 75.00 per night. Paying 60.00 a night (plus maid tip) for a bedroom is no bargain in my book, even with an all-you-can-eat snack bar breakfast.
Cheap vacation rentals in Orlando, Florida are not motel rooms. Cheap vacation rentals in Orlando, Florida are full-sized furnished houses: bedrooms, functioning kitchen, large screen TV, hot tub or pool, fenced yard with playground, garage… and, some even take pets. Why pay a motel for a room when you can have a whole house instead?
Our housing economy has been bad for years. What’s happening is that when homes won’t sell, people are turning them into rent by the day, week, or month cheap vacation rentals. Since home owners are low-man on the vacation rental totem pole, they must meet or beat motel standards in everything that they do. The final result is that these private owners always have the best prices in affordable vacation rentals.
You can find your cheap vacation rentals in Orlando, Florida by asking the local Chamber of Commerce to send you a newspaper, or by searching through the many sites devoted to private cheap vacation rentals that are online. When you go shopping for an affordable vacation rental online, the sites will have homes, condos, cabins, and villas divided by location and number of bedrooms. These ads all come with photos.
VRBO.com is one of the larger vacation rentals post boards where owners list their options. There are many of these sites on the internet. Here are some examples of Orlando, Florida homes from the VRBO site that are priced under 100.00 per night or under 700.00 per week:
~ 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, inside pool, house adjoins woods for privacy, 2 car garage, 3 TV’s, 3 VCR’s, 3 telephones with answering machines, baby bed and accessories, full kitchen + more. Sleeps 12. 695.00 week.
~ 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 27″ TV, DVD/CD, Playstation, all bedrooms have TV’s, washer and dryer, full kitchen w/ dishwasher, professional quality pool table, private patio heated pool, jacuzzi, air hockey and more. Sleeps 6-8. 95.00 night.
~ 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, complete game room, pool, spa, pool table, TV’s, VCR’s, DVD’s, bar-b-que, telephones and answering machines, baby items, complete kitchen, washer and dryer, 10 minutes to Disney and more. Sleeps 10-12. From 650.00 week.
~ Executive Studio Condo, full kitchen, indoor pool, outdoor pool, free buffet, free shuttle to attractions, and more. Sleeps 4. 50.00 per night.
~ 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Condo, full kitchen, 42″ TV + more, Playstation, children’s room, internet, washer dryer, baby accessories available, 2 pools and more. Pets okay if conditions are met. Sleeps 4-6. 550.00 per week.
When taking pets with you into any of these cheap vacation rentals in the Orlando, Florida area be prepared to show current clean bill of health with all shot papers from your vet, and proof of recent flea bath treatment from your groomer. Some vacation rental homes will also have you post a refundable damage deposit fee.
