As a couple who haven't stayed in a hotel in Florida since the last millennium (apart from a one night pre-cruise stay in
Miami)
not sure if I'm really qualified to answer in a comparative way.
Just returned from our 13th visit to the same 4 bed villa with November booked as well. We are just a couple as well.
Too many advantages to list really. Twenty feet from the spa with a coffee to watch the sunrise - just the two of us. Ten feet from the private pool. Ten feet from sunbathing on the pool deck. Five feet from sitting in the shade under the lanai.
Four toilets to choose from with one on the pool deck. Wash and tumble dry when we want to and nobody else to please. One bedroom just for shopping.
The ability and freedom to pop back in for coffee or cold drink whenever we like without asking whether housekeeping have been.
The ability for one of our daughters to join us for a week and pay no more accommodation costs - yes we do get the owner's approval.
Watching the 10" high mockingbird attack a hawk perched on the screen and twice its size.
Watching Jeopardy either in the lounge or in bed.
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