Stupid question, whats your favourite thing todo in a villa?

[Karen Mouse]

Hi everyone

We're getting a villa for the first time next October - we've always just used hotels in the past.

My question is:

What do you differently? Whats your favourite things about having a villa?

Do you cook a lot or still eat out, or get take out? - we've never even looked at the frozen food etc in Walmart.

Do you have a late dip in the pool after a tiring day at the parks? etc etc

We're not going to be doing Univ or Disney we'll be doing all the smaller stuff like Gatorland etc. We'll only have 6 days so we want to make the most of having a lovely villa.

[pchivvy]

Kids late evening swims in the moonlight, whilst we sit by the pool with a nice cold beer.
Eating different food, that you can't get here (try walmarts bison burgers-yum yum!), being able to let the kids watch a cartoon when they start to get wound up and over excited. Having take aways delivered- my brother was so excited to receive a chinese take away in a carton! Love villas and would never do it any other way.

[easto]

I love staying in Villas it is like a home from home, you are not restricted to times or anything, you can stay in or go out for meals. Waking up and the kids can play in the pool before we go out, thats if we are not going to a park that day, and when you come back a dip in the pool is great especially if you have a jacuzzi so relaxing. I would recommend a villa every time.

[megaflyer]

Have a B B Q (use outside of the screened area ) with fab sea food from Walmat/Pulbix & eat it by the pool after a long day in a park followed by a late night dip. Blisssssss

[UncleLatch]

When the parks get too hot, or crowded we love to escape back to the villa and just chill out round the pool in peace and quiet, with a fridge full of snacks and ice cold drinks. Recharge the old batteries for the evening outing. Bliss

[rusty30]

We usually breakfast at the villa - get in cereal, bread, marmalade, milk & juice.

Sometimes I'll cook the kids a healthy tea as I hate the unoriginal kids meals on offer - just something simple like pasta with a veggie sauce and cheese for example.

DH has always threatened a BBQ but there are too many brill restaurants to eat at to bother! We keep wine, beers, nibbles like tortillas, dips, trail mix, jelly beans, cookies in for snacking. Lots of American soda drinks - diet cherry 7Up, vanilla Dr Pepper for example!

Lots of pool time, relaxing in the evenings watching TV or out by the pool - sometimes we will get in a takeaway (all the restaurants do them - Outback, chilis etc) makes a change if you dont feel like dressing up to go out.

One thing I hate about hotels is tripping over each other and the stuff you buy so we like having our own space! We keep one room for all our unpacked cases and our shopping so the villa stays nice and tidy!

The best thing about a villa is being REALLY able to relax - coming back to a small hotel room when you are hot and sweaty - then all fighting for the one bathroom - YUK. Villas have numerous bathrooms so you can all freshen up at your leisure, put on your PJs and slob about - wander to the fridge, grab a beer or soda, dip your feet in the pool - total bliss!

[Hudson]

Not sit on the edge of the bed.

[rusty30]

Originally Posted by Hudson

Not sit on the edge of the bed.

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Yes, that horrible sit on the edge of the bed syndrome when you get back to a hotel room -something you wont suffer from with a villa. Kick back on a large squishy squashy sofa, with your widescreen TV that doesnt have hotel propaganda or infuriating "menus"

[UncleLatch]

Originally Posted by rusty30

put on your PJs and slob about

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Sounds lovely! Not seen any pictures of that in your trippies!

[rusty30]

Originally Posted by UncleLatch

Sounds lovely! Not seen any pictures of that in your trippies!

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