How do I plan a cheap vacation in fla for a family of four?

Question

I am a single mom and I am trying to plan a florida family vacation for my three kids and I. I am planning to go next year for a week in aug. I was looking into renting property for a week and purchasing tickets. My kids will be 10, 5, and 1 I want to do somthing for all of my kids to enjoy. I am looking to spend 2500 for tickets and housing and food. This will be our first real summer vacation so I need suggestions on what I should d in planning it. I will pick a best answer

Answer 1

Honestly, the 10 and 5 year olds would love anything you can think of to do in Florida. The 1 year old is too young to enjoy a lot of Disney and the associated whirlwind of activity.

You can rent a condo or a private house with a pool in Orlando or close for a reasonable amount. That will save you some bucks, you can plan to eat breakfast and dinner at home. The trade-off is getting back and forth to the parks. Disney often runs a special, usually in September, to get free meals with your park tickets and hotel stay on property. That plan was going to cost our family of 6 (4 adults, 2 kids) about $2800 for this September. That was for 2 rooms at the Pop Century resort. As it happens, our grand children decided they wanted to go to Washington DC instead. So we aren't doing Disney this year after all.

Other parts of Florida have things to offer if you aren't planning to do theme parks every day.

If you've never been to Florida, I will warn you that it is hot, sticky, buggy, and miserable from June through mid-September.

Answer 2

All depends on certain factors. Are you going to get your own car, rent a car or depend on hotel transportation? This question is important because can determine how far from the parks area you can stay. You may find cheaper hotels closer to the airport. (check the hotels at Conway road that is next to the airport). I stayed in one a couple years ago for about $40 the night, clean and very nice hotel (including swiming pool). To go to the parks you can get one of the offers from the timesharing resorts. You can get your tickets very cheap, specially if you go by the small booths that you may see in several Orlando roads. If you are a little persistent and avoid the big stores to get the tickets you can get them preety cheap (I had got them in the past for about $20 each, they are costing like $70), the only problem you have to go to a presentation (breakfast included) of the timesharing facility and they are going to try to sell it to you. If you do not want it just be firm and say it at the END of the presentation, you get your tickets even if you do not buy. Go early in the morning because you want to be on the parks early. Also is important to consider how long you are going to stay in Orlando. If is a week you can stay in a hotel, there are also apartment complex that rent apartments fully equiped by the week and if you look close to Semoran avenue (you need a car) you can get them a lot cheaper than most hotels.