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Sun Vista Reservations
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Greetings!
There is a category of family vacationers who are not content to stay in a hotel. They have discovered the benefits of renting a privately owned condominium or house. They have become accustomed to the extra space and privacy a condo or home gives them.
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If you are traveling as a family, having a separate room for the children not only means more space. It also means more privacy. It is also generally more pleasant just to have a room to get away to. Families with more than one or two kids find the benefits even more advantageous.
Of course, you can always rent multiple hotel rooms!
For example, a recent survey of hotels/motels/resorts vs. condos/vacation homes indicated that the average daily rate in March, 2008 for a hotel room was $232.11 and the average daily rate for a vacation condo/home was $261.73. Since condos and homes have at least two or three bedrooms, the equivalent space in a hotel/motel/resort would be somewhere between $464.88 to $697.32.
The average hotel room lacks another benefit of condo or home vacationing: the availability of kitchen facilities. The ability to prepare your own food from time to time takes the pressure off your timetable and your budget.
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Private Owner or Rental Company
The advantage of an owner direct rental is usually a price break. As with anything else in life, however, you get what you pay for.
There would seem to be a good possibility that the unit will be cleaned superficially, and faulty appliances and HVAC systems will only be diagnosed when the guests show up.
What vacationer wants to cope with waiting for a service or repairs when arriving for their long anticipated vacation?
How do you check in if the owner is not on the premises? Did you get a key in the mail? Are you sure that the key will work when you get to the unit? What if it doesn't work? What if you misplace the key, or lock yourself out of the unit? How will you get back in? Sun Vista Reservations is a professional rental company. We are located on the Beach in the same area where the vacation property is located. Sun Vista Reservations has a centrally located Reservation Center for key pick up and lock out procedures in place.
If the owner has arranged to have a neighbor or friend let you in when you arrive, what happens if your arrival is delayed. Will the neighbor be happy to let you in at 2 am in the morning? Sun Vista Reservations has an after hours arrival system in place.
Then there is the question of cleanliness. A private owner can contract with an independent cleaning service. If the bed linens are laundered in the unit, will the water be hot enough to sanitize the sheets and towels? Sun Vista Reservations, a full service rental company has a professional linen service that is required to replace the linens used by the previous occupant with freshly laundered and sanitized items.
What if something unanticipated happens while you are there? Sun Vista Reservations has a wide range of properties on our inventory. Sun Vista Reservations would find another place to relocate you and probably with a complimentary upgrade.
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As tempting as is the appeal of a lower cost, the consequences may be far more costly in time, money nad vacation experience than the savings.
Call Sun Vista Reservations today at
1-800-570-7077
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Jocelyn Pedalino
Sun Vista Reservations
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