Experience more than Theme Parks on a Florida Vacation

OK so if you’ve got little ones in your family, the possibility of ignoring the theme parks – especially the ones connected to the main mouse himself, are probably nil.  However, even if you do have to spend a few days touring the Disney parks, patting dolphins at Sea World, or even getting an adrenalin rush or two on the rides at Universal studios, make sure that you don’t use all your vacation standing in lines for cookie cutter rides, and cute photo opportunities.  Instead check out what else Florida has to offer.

One way of ensuring that you do this is by having a fly-drive vacation.  If you don’t drive down into Florida, hire a car, and allow you and your family to have a great time exploring the rest of Florida.  One great way of doing this is to check out the accommodation at Florida vacation rental homes.  These beautiful homes will situate you out of the lure of Orlando tourist central with all its time taking theme parks.   If you want to visit them, great – but they won’t be in your face from the time you open the drapes in the morning!

Get a great guidebook to Florida and see what other things you can do there.  What about taking a drive to St. Augustine and walking around the old fort, on the way back how about a stop at the Daytona Speedway.   There are some great family moment opportunities around Daytona that you could also take part in such as miniature golf which are perfect for after supper activities to round off the day before returning to your beautiful villa where you can unwind beside the pool and plan what to explore the following day.

Maybe you’re taking a two week vacation and want to go down to the Everglades or explore the Keys.  With a normal hotel booking you’d have to both check-out and pack all your stuff with you only to recheck-in again a couple of days later, or pay to keep your room and hope no-one cleans it out by mistake.  By using Florida vacation rental homes you pay for the two week period and can plan “mini trips” taking only what you need while leaving most of your stuff in the house – just like you would at home.    The beauty of this is that you can take that air boat ride in the Everglades like you always dreamed of, or cruise the Art Deco lined streets of Miami, or even just soak up the sun for a day on a beautiful St. Petersburg beach, and if the distance is too great to get back that night, you can opt for a “stay over” en route.  At the same time, your main Florida vacation residence will be right in the middle of the state offering a wide variety of museums, smaller lesser known attractions, and great natural history to explore.  

Florida is a state that’s geographically made for exploring by car.  Add this to accommodation such as a villa from the Florida vacation rental homes list, and all you need is a great guidebook, and a spirit of adventure to plan the vacation of a lifetime.  Happy holidays!