Where do you stay on vacation?
09-27-2011, 04:29 PM
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Do you always stay at a hotel/motel? Do you look own/rent a time-share? Do you look for individually owned condos/houses? Where do you look to find places at your destination? We've used VRBO.com and Homeaway.com to find condos to rent when we go. We like having that "home away from home" feel and have always had good experiences. I know summer has ended, but it's never too early to be thinking about next year! (Wish we could do polls on here! lol) Just wondering what others do and if anyone knows of any other great sites to find the perfect vacation rental.
09-27-2011, 04:44 PM
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It varies, motels and hotels mostly. Family is all grown and have families of their own so it's just DH and I. We don't need a big place as we like to move around our vacation spots. Usually fly somewhere, rent a car and make a big circle around the state or part of the state to see the sights, museums, quilt shops, visit family and friends.
09-27-2011, 04:48 PM
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I research our destination to death I check the prices at various hotels, then bed and breakfasts (can normally find a nice one for same price as hotel or less), VRBO I've used several times.
I've actually never booked things on Expedia or those sites but I use it as a base to see what the hotel rates go on their site for. Then if you go directly to that hotel's website you will find that you can get it for the same rate and you don't have to pay the booking agent fee.
I've actually never booked things on Expedia or those sites but I use it as a base to see what the hotel rates go on their site for. Then if you go directly to that hotel's website you will find that you can get it for the same rate and you don't have to pay the booking agent fee.
09-27-2011, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheila_H
I research our destination to death I check the prices at various hotels, then bed and breakfasts (can normally find a nice one for same price as hotel or less), VRBO I've used several times.
I've actually never booked things on Expedia or those sites but I use it as a base to see what the hotel rates go on their site for. Then if you go directly to that hotel's website you will find that you can get it for the same rate and you don't have to pay the booking agent fee.
I've actually never booked things on Expedia or those sites but I use it as a base to see what the hotel rates go on their site for. Then if you go directly to that hotel's website you will find that you can get it for the same rate and you don't have to pay the booking agent fee.
09-27-2011, 04:56 PM
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We have someone in Kauai who has a little one bedroom apt. with a kitchenette from whom we have been renting for over ten years. We like to cook our own breakfast and dinner and go out to lunch every day. We started sharing a lunch as everything is so expensive over there, usually the meals are large enough to share (especially an order of fries :oops:) We don't usually eat french fries when we are at home...
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