VH villas

[Jockey]

Do you book your villa through VH or just book a fly drive? What is the best location VH offer? Last year we stayed at Emerald Island and it was great. What's the lindfields resort like? Can VH arrange pool heating? TIA

[welshwiz]

I would recommend just booking flights and car separtately as you get better deals on nicer cars via brokers like airline network.

Then I would book a villa separately too so you can select exactly what features and location you prefer. I think that pool heating booked directly with an owner is cheaper than via VH too. There are villas listed on the Dibb and you can place a request in the 'requests & offers' forum for quotes from owners on here.

[Jakey rowling]

We DIY our villa now, we did a VH once a few years back.
Villa was OK but not that private.

Specifically VH named resorts are Lindfields, Espirit, Lake Davenport, Westridge, Highlands Reserve.
There is a high chance if you don't get named resorts you will end up on the US27.

Never stayed at Lindfields but the location is decent.

They will arrange pool heat but it expensive to do so compared to private rentals.

From personal experience I'd suggest you DIY the villa but it can depend on the overall price you get quoted.

[hayleyandhilda]

i would get some quotes from the Dibb villa owners
they seem to be a friendly bunch and own some beautiful villas

[joanneclaire]

Now of course I would be a little biased, especially as all our villas are located in Lindfields, but we love Lindfields.

Pool heat I would always recommend booking with the owner, tour operators / travel agents charge a fortune for it!

I would certainly look at pricing it up DIY, at least then you know, you get to choose the villa you want in the location you want. The villa you book will be the villa you stay in.

Joanne

[Jedi_Angie]

We usually book flights (with VA) and car separately, but this year it worked out cheaper for us to book flydrives with VH - we'll then ignore the car they allocate us and book our own separately.

We always book a villa direct with the owner, so we know exactly what we're getting (it seems to work out cheaper, too, especially if you shop around). :grin:

Whether you'll need pool heating or not depends on the time of year you're planning on going. We go in October and always use pool heating - as someone else mentioned, it's generally more expensive to pay for pool heating through a TA.

[Jules R]

Specifically VH named resorts are Lindfields, Espirit, Lake Davenport, Westridge, Highlands Reserve.
There is a high chance if you don't get named resorts you will end up on the US27.



Esprit, Lake Davenport, Westridge and Highlands are all on the US27 or very close to it.

Jules

[shazzy555]

Hi we have booked our villa with virgin for this holiday and flydrive but wont get the car,if we had seen this site before we booked in dec l think we would have booked villa from here .I asked about pool heating and that is more expensive and we dont no where we are staying . :spin:

[sunsetlakes]

We too would say to look at booking your villa direct with the owners. We are inbetween Emerald Isle and Lindfields on the gated community of Sunset Lakes - Lindfields is ungated but really nice and both are really quick for Disney

[Jockey]

Thanks guys, have decided to book my own villa. There are some beautiful villas for rent on here! :grin:

[deejay]

Good decision to book your own villa - you will get to choose the facilities and location that best suits your family's needs.

[Serendipity]

You can either put a wish list on the request page here and owners with availability will email or message you their details:
http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=94

Or you can narrow down your search using the search features here:
http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/villa-search.php

Ask any questions you like - all Dibb owners wil be more than happy to answer.

Happy hunting!