{"id":170,"date":"2013-09-30T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/30\/vacation-villa-vs-hotel-room-a-moms-perspective\/"},"modified":"2013-09-30T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T20:00:00","slug":"moms-perspective-on-vacation-villas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/30\/moms-perspective-on-vacation-villas\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation Villa vs. Hotel Room – A Mom’s Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having rented timeshare villas for all of our family vacations in the last five years, I\u2019m admittedly a little spoiled. I didn\u2019t realize the extent of it, though, until we rented a hotel room last summer. If you (or one of your travel mates) are on the fence about which way to go, check out this top 10 list of timeshare
advantages.<\/p>\n

1. Home away from home \u2013 after four or more hours on the road or in the air, there\u2019s just no way to describe how it feels when you walk into a spacious villa.<\/p>\n

\"Vacation<\/a>2. A place for everything \u2013 I\u2019m a bit of a neat freak but I find that it\u2019s much less stressful to unpack, put everything away, and move around without constantly tripping over STUFF.<\/p>\n

3. Ugly coffee \u2013 before I put on make-up and tame the bed head, I enjoy a brewed cup of my favorite coffee on the balcony\u2026best mornings ever!<\/p>\n

4. Dine-in option \u2013 after three or four days of restaurants, I prefer a home-cooked meal around the table in the villa (you can\u2019t do that in a hotel room!).<\/p>\n

5. Selective eaters \u2013 I won\u2019t call my son fussy but if I didn’t have a fridge to stock with his healthy favorites, his vacation diet would be limited to chicken fingers and fries.<\/p>\n

6. Making memories \u2013 friends gathered in the kitchen and around the dining table, margs in the blender, a breeze coming in through the patio doors, good tunes\u2026that’s what vacations are all about!<\/p>\n

7. Poolside refreshments \u2013 most timeshare resorts offer snacks and bevies around the pool, which is a great option, but your dollar goes a lot further when you pack a cooler of goodies from your villa.<\/p>\n

8. Two TVs  \u2013 after a great day out and about, a little down time that doesn’t include SpongeBob SquarePants is nice.<\/p>\n

9. Money, money, money \u2013 there’s just no beating the value of a timeshare rental when you consider meal savings and the free resort amenities and activities.<\/p>\n

10. Separate bedroom \u2013 enough said \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: You get more for your vacation dollar in a timeshare resort. I\u2019ve booked Marriott and Wyndham villas (one- and two-bedroom units) for my family and our friends in Wisconsin Dells<\/a>, Orlando<\/a>, Palm Springs<\/a>, and Las Vegas<\/a> \u2013 and we’ve never been disappointed. My RedWeek membership<\/a> has paid for itself many times over!<\/p>\n

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This blog post was submitted by Cindy, a frequent traveler and happy RedWeek member out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  Want to submit your own perspective?  Post a comment below and we’ll get you the details!<\/p>\n

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